"Slut" to be Published in Smith College and Duke University Publication

My play, “Slut”, will be published in the upcoming issue of Meridians, a peer-reviewed, feminist, interdisciplinary journal whose goal is to provide a forum for the finest scholarship and creative work by and about women of color in US and international contexts. The journal is a venture of Smith College and is published by Duke University Press.

“Slut” received an Honorable Mention for the 2026 Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award (EACWA) for Prose. The Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award celebrates an author whose work embodies the lyrically powerful and historically engaged nature of Dr. Alexander's writing. This award highlights different forms of knowledge production that emerge from the artistic, political, and cultural advocacy for transformative change undertaken by women of color nationally, transnational, and globally.

Out of a record breaking number of submissions the CWAB selected “Slut” for its “look at assimilation and resistance of assimilation; cultural expectations and intergenerational dialogue” and found it to be “striking” and “fresh.” 

Along with publication, the award includes a monetary prize and recognition through press releases and public acknowledgements.

Scotland's Hawthornden Castle Writers' Initiative Awards Me a Residency

I’m delighted to have been awarded a residency at The Hawthornden Castle Writers’ Retreat in Midlothian, Scotland. The month-long retreat in 2026 will be based in the Castle (15th–17th century) on a wooded gorge above the River North Esk, offering a quiet, secluded setting. All expenses are covered and a stipend is provided. Each year, this opportunity invites writers from all over the world.

I'm a Quarterfinalist with The Writers Lab

My hour-long pilot, Koyta, about sugar cane laborers in India, is a quarterfinalist with The Writers Lab. Funded by Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Natalie Portman, The The Writers Lab was founded to amplify the long unheard voices of women and nonbinary writers over 40, support gifted storytellers, build community, and diversify content in world cinema. Focusing on script development, the foundation of fictional narrative filmmaking, the Lab cultivates the work of women writers, supporting the successful realization of their scripts. Each year, the Lab selects writers to work one-on-one and in group sessions with acclaimed screen industry leaders to develop their feature and pilot scripts, as well as their craft and the tools and strategies to achieve success. During the 4-day lab, mentors and writers engage in script development through one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, peer workshops, mock writers’ rooms and more.

Vermont Studio Center Awards Three-Week Residency for Play Development

I’ve been awarded a three-week residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Each year, the Center receives in excess of 5,000 applications and awards approximately 400 residencies. The Vermont Studio Center was founded by artists in 1984 to provide studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form. The Center’s buildings, many of them historic Vermont landmarks, overlook the Gihon River in the northern Green Mountains. For four decades, the Center’s residency program has offered residents an opportunity to engage with global creative communities. The Center invites Visiting Writers and Artists from around the world to visit during the residencies to mentor residents, present readings, facilitate craft talks, and give lectures that are open to the public.

I'm a Finalist with Boise Contemporary Theater's Playwright Festival

“Brad Pitt’s My Bitch” is a finalist with the Boise Contemporary Theater’s annual Playwrights Festival. Playwrights who are accepted into the Festival receive a stipend, transportation and lodging, and a week-long workshop of their play. The workshop includes a director and full cast, and culminates in a staged reading on BCT's Mainstage.

Past BIPOC Festival Playwrights include Juan Jose Alfonso, Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters, Debra Ann Byrd, Jeanne Sakata, Vinecia Coleman, Jason Tseng, Novid Parsi, LaDarrion Williams, Herb Newsome, Habib Yazdi, Kamila Boga, Luma Jasim, Prince Gomolvilas, and Lisa Langford.

"Brad Pitt's My Bitch" Awarded Grant from Bechdel Project

Last year, NYC-based Bechdel Project awarded a grant for the development of “Brad Pitt’s My Bitch.” The grant ensured that the play could reach new heights by funding its research, a workshop and a rewrite. I am so grateful and honored to be a member of the Project’s FIFE Fellowship, a writers-led collective. FIFE stands for Feminism is for Everybody and draws its inspiration from the writing of bell hooks. The multi-year fellowship supports the creation of new work for the stage or screen. The fellowship also provides space in Brooklyn as well as logistical, dramaturgical and productional support. https://www.bechdelproject.org/home/development/fife

"Brad Pitt's My Bitch" is an O'Neill Semi-Finalist

My play, “Brad Pitt’s My Bitch”, is a semi-finalist for the 2025 National Playwrights Conference! This year, the O’Neill received over 1600 submissions from which they select 15% to advance to the Semi-Finalist round.

The Launchpad of American Theater, the O’Neill is the country’s preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the stage. Founded in 1964, the O'Neill has launched some of the most important voices and works in American theater and has revolutionized the way new work is developed.

​The O’Neill has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and thousands more emerging artists. Writers, directors, puppeteers, singers, students, and audiences alike take their first steps in exploring, revising, and understanding their work and the potential of the theater they help create. All focus remains on the writer and script: Performers work with simply rendered sets and costumes, script in hand, revealing for the first time the magic of a new play or musical, puppetry piece, or cabaret act.

Scores of projects developed at the O’Neill have gone on to full production at theaters around the world. Work first performed at the O'Neill has gone on to regional theaters, Broadway, film, and television. Students and professionals who have honed their skills at the O'Neill can be seen in these venues every day across the nation and world.

Seattle Public Theater Announces 2024 Semi- Finalists

Seattle Public Theater has selected my play as one of 30 semi-finalists from its pool of 350 submissions. Ultimately, five plays will be selected for its Distillery New Works Festival, a celebration of theater and an opportunity for playwrights to gain valuable feedback on new work. Each play in the festival receives a live reading by a cast of professional actors. The readings conclude with a discussion of the play with the playwright, giving writers the chance to receive feedback from Seattle audiences and providing a platform for audiences to help shape new works in process. 

"REALITY CHECK" MAKES SEMI-FINALIST ROUND AT SANTA MONICA, CA THEATER

As one of 30 semi-finalists, Reality Check was selected from over 400 submissions to the New Works Festival at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre. Since 1946, The Santa Monica Theatre Guild has been a source of entertainment, inspiration and education for residents of Santa Monica, the Westside and Los Angeles. The Guild offesr a full season of six musical and non-musical plays with a subscription series, single-show and group reservations available, as well as student and senior discounted admissions. The Santa Monica Theatre Guild is a 501(c)(3) [non-profit] organization and is the recipient of grants from the California Arts Council, Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Santa Monica Arts Commission.

The goal of the Festival is to welcome a wide range of genres and styles of plays. The New Works Festival will occur September - October 2023. Playwrights whose works are selected will be offered optional opportunities to meet at informal Playwrights’ Gatherings to be held this summer prior to the festival.

I'm A Semi-Finalist with Left Edge Theatre

I’m a semi-finalist for Left Edge Theatre’s 2023 festival. Held in July each year in Santa Rosa, CA, the festival celebrates playwrights from around the world. In addition to the festival, Left Edge produces a year-round season of plays in its own Studio Theatre. Founded in 2015, the company distinguishes itself by producing contemporary plays written within the past decade - most of which are Sonoma County premieres.