I am thrilled to announce that my latest article, "The Lifelike Dead: Staging the Nonhuman in Colonial Nairobi" has appeared in the September 2017 issue of Theatre Journal. Many thanks to special issue editor Jennifer Parker-Starbuck and the rest of the Theatre Journal team for making this a reality. To access the journal, please visit their Project MUSE page. A PDF of my article is also available through academia.edu
Press for Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy
California Magazine has recently published a feature on my collaborator Marica Petrey and our work together on Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy. Have a look here.
Marica was also interviewed for The Undefined Gen podcast about her creative process. It's well worth a listen.
New Trailer for "Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy"
Here's a new trailer for Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy, the short film I co-wrote with the phenomenal Marica Petrey, who also directed. The film premieres February 3 and 4 in San Francisco, along with a reimagined Radix Troupe production of my short play Zoey in the Snow and some new musical collaborations with the band Girl Swallows Nightingale. Have a look.
The Habitat Theater Directors' Playground
It's just been announced that my brilliant collaborator Whitney Mosery has been chosen to take part in The Habitat Theater's 2016-2017 Directors' Playground. Many congratulations to her! We'll be working together to develop a new piece on drug-resistant superbugs. It may or may not be a love story.
Article in Performance Research
My new academic article, "Going Ape: Simian Feminism and Transspecies Drag" has appeared in the October 2016 issue of Performance Research. Many thanks to issue editor Amelia Jones and the rest of the phenomenal staff at Performance Research for making this possible. Read the article here or on my academia.edu page. I'll also present some of this research at ASTR 2016, if you plan to attend.
ZOEY & THE WIND-UP BOY Teaser
I'm thrilled to be able to share the first teaser for Zoey & The Wind-Up Boy, the Radix Troupe short film I co-wrote with director and actor Marica Petrey, which will premiere in February in San Francisco. Enjoy:
New Teaching Role at Harvard University
This fall, I will begin work at Harvard University as a Preceptor of Expository Writing. I will teach two sections of a freshman writing course (Expos 20) of my own design that explores the legacy and politics of autobiographical art-making in the African diaspora. I am extraordinarily grateful for this opportunity and look forward to joining the Harvard community. For more information, see the Harvard College Writing Program website.
AT BUFFALO at Rhinebeck
At Buffalo, the musical I am writing with Amma Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin and Khalil Sullivan, has been selected for a residency this summer at the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. I am so looking forward to this amazing opportunity to continue to develop this piece. Thank you to all involved.
Pieces on Brittle Paper & LA Review of Books
I'm really thrilled that my work is appearing this month on Brittle Paper and on the LA Review of Books. The Brittle Paper piece is a review of Roye Okupe's graphic novel E.X.O.; the LARB piece is an extended reflection on Disney's Zootopia and HBO's Animals. Many thanks to Ainehi Edoro at Brittle Paper and Anna Shechtman at LARB for their editorial wizardry.
"The Lunatics" in Best of PlayGround 20
I'm very pleased to announce that my short play "The Lunatics" will be produced as part of the Best of PlayGround 20 festival at the Thick House in San Francisco this June. It will also be published as part of this year's Best of PlayGround anthology. For more information, click here.