“I think the question of ownership always comes up for me, like who's in charge of the show that we're watching? Who's profiting the most...

“I want to create work where Black people and Black queer people can see themselves in the work and not have to find themselves. My...

“Something that I learned a long time ago at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, she said, ‘When you’re nervous, we are scared of our nervous...

“There’s a lot of reasons to be stressed about the theatre landscape that are about finances and about how theatres are gonna survive...

Happy 10th anniversary, Holler If Ya Hear Me! A decade ago, today, a musical featuring a score from one of history's most influential...

“I don't believe you have to be the same background as the playwright to be able to fairly and professionally review or write about a...

We are BACK IN THE HABIT, y’all! After three years away, we are kicking off season six with a catch-up episode. We highlight some of the...

"I sometimes wonder with young people today that there's a fragility born of carrying around violence machines every day of your life...

"I think the way we measure our success is how successful we are at maintaining that sense of community. This industry is up and down—no...

"It's such synchronous situation...As an artist-scholar, I find an issue that's really interesting to me and I end up having a both...

“For me, it’s age and experience. If I had gone to [Juilliard when I was younger], I think it would have been harder. I think I would...

“Whenever you walk into a space into a theatre, you can usually feel that it’s a white space. Usually from the way the audience members...

“Putting the language of ‘being a playwright’ into your mouth makes you a playwright. I discovered late in the game is that just saying...

“It’s why I write plays now, y’all need to understand where we’re coming from and you need to understand whatever idea you have in your...

“People don’t like to be wrong. It’s uncomfortable. It’s very uncomfortable. In fact it’s so uncomfortable that if we’re gonna feel that...

"Write whatever the fuck you want to write. Period! Be as authentic and true to yourself as you possibly can. That is your only...

“What I’ve discovered is the older I get, the less I actually truly open up and express myself and let myself feel these things. I can...

"I try to write stories that I want to hear and experience. I am trying to make theatre to say to a demographic often ignored in the...

"Everybody wants to consume Africa in a certain way...they've already taken so much in terms of our stories and our culture...Let us have...

“I am so a black artist, but I am an artist first. When you put “black” you are telling the audience they may only relate to a certain...