I Am Soil Breaking Off
Video Poetry | 3 minutes
Synopsis
Life often exposes us to violent storms. But like the seed of the mangrove tree, we can find a home wherever we drift.
Features
¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest, Motion Pictures Film Festival, Festival Fotogenia, Down East Flick Fest, International Art Film Festival, Duende Sessions Festival Barcelona, 9th Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest, SOLFEST: A Latinx Theater Festival, Videotitlán Festival de Video: Argot Audiovisual, National Short Film Festival, Poetic Phoneteque’s Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival, and VALÈIFF Valencia Indie Film Festival
Every Word I Say to You
Video Poetry | 1.5 minutes
Synopsis
A caretaker experiences various emotions as they care for a loved one who lives with Alzheimer's.
Features
REELpoetry/HoustonTX, FUSE Film Under Severe Experiment, and 10th International Video Poetry Festival
Rosa: The Day of the Dead
Opera | 20 minutes
3 Singers, 2 Instruments
Synopsis
On the Day of the Dead, Rose receives an unexpected ghastly visit that unravels truths about her family, heritage, and past.
Production History
The opera is commissioned by White Snake Projects's Let’s Celebrate! Living Holiday Traditions in America festival (2020).
Close (But Not Too Close!)
Musical | 15 - 20 minutes
4 Performers
Synopsis
Too nervous to meet that special someone in person just yet? Log on to CloseButNotTooClose.com to find your perfect date - but watch out for scammers!
Production History
The musical was workshopped through New Musicals Inc. (2020) and produced by Project Y Theatre Company's Women in Theatre Festival (2021).
Press
Close But Not Too Close Made Us Beg For More, The Young-Howze Theater Journal (23 March 2021)
BuT yOuR eNgLiSh Is So GoOd!
Choreopoem | 5-10 minutes
2+ Performers
Synopsis
A choreopoem inspired by the phrase "BuT yOuR eNgLiSh Is So GoOd!"
Production History
The has been performed at Carnegie Mellon's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Awards, where it was awarded a Special Drama Award (2020); and at Poetic Theater Productions's Poetic Open Sessions (2019). It was first workshopped at Carnegie Mellon's Theatre Lab (2019).
Press
KDKA's Pittsburgh Today Live
Cola'o: A Bilingual Trova
Play with Music | 10 minutes
2 Performers
Synopsis
Two lovers – each with contrary opinions about Puerto Rican national identity – uncover how to prepare “authentic” coffee.
Production History
The play was presented at Theatre Now's Sound Bites 7.0 (2020), Nuyorican Poets Cafe (2018), WRCT 88.3FM Barrio Latino (2017), and Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Playground Festival (2016). It was first created through Carnegie Mellon's SURF Fellowship (2016).
Awards & Honors
The play is a City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award finalist (2020) and was published by Bridge: Bluffton University Literary Journal (2019).
