Previous Staged Theater Productions

• “Church Hats,” New Play Workshop, York Arena, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2008.
• “eLLe 1: The L Word continued,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2010.
• “eLLe 2: The L Word continued,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2010.
• “eLLe 3: untitled,” PULSE Organic, Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011.
• “eLLe 4: Going the Distance,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011.
• “eLLe 5: You’ve Made Your Bed,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2011.
• “eLLe 6: Shift,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series,  Kalamazoo, MI, 2012.
• “Breadcrumbs: Journey to Authenticity,” devised in collaboration with Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative & Kalamazoo Black Arts and Cultural Center,  Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI, 2013.
• “eLLe 7: Can We Talk,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, Kalamazoo, MI, 2013.
• “Ghost Town,” Detroit, NY 10-minute Play Festival, The Dirty Blondes Theatre, New York, NY, 2014.
• “eLLe 8: Every Door the Closes,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2015.
• “A Detroit Carol,” devised work by Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Light Up Livernois, Detroit, MI, 2016.
• “eLLe 9: New Positions,” Queer Theatre Kalamazoo, theatrical series, Kalamazoo, MI, 2018.
• “We’re Here,” Light Up Livernois, Voices from the Neighborhood project Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Detroit, MI, Fall 2018.
• “We Own Everything,” 48 Hours Detroit, Alessee Hall, Detroit, MI, Summer 2019.
• “When the Moon Yells,” Detroit Fringe Festival, Jam Handy, Detroit, MI, Fall 2019.
• “eLLe 10: This Lane Open,” Face Off Theatre, Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI, 2019.
• “Don’t Break Up Over Text,” Violet Surprise: Lez Beaus, The Martin, Chicago, Il, February 2020.
• “8:46”, written in collaboration with Sean Paraventi, Angela King, The Breath Project, nationwide virtual screening, October 2020.
• “Cut Short,” Gay4Detroit One Act Festival, The Ringwald virtual, Detroit, MI, October 2020.
• “Out of Body,” Hear Our Cry, Peppermint Creek Theatre virtual, Lansing, MI, October 2020.
• “We Own Everything,”revised production to premier at Obsidian Theatre Festival, Boll Theatre, Detroit, MI,  June 2022.
• “Elf Is Back,” 12 Plays of Christmas Project, Mosaic Youth Theatre, Detroit, MI, December 2023.
• “Spend A Day” monologue as part of Sofa Stories, produced by Andrew Morton, Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit, MI, 2023.
• “Anxiety,” monologue, remixed from the lyrics of Anxiety by Megan Thee Stallion, performed by Camille Braodus, Class Act Block Party, Class Act, Detroit, MI, Summer 2024.
• “The Vision,” BRED Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Hilberry Gateway, Detroit, MI, August 2024.
• “Breaking Laws to Gain Freedom: Liberating Stories from Detroit,” devised play with Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre,  Open Book Theatre, Trenton, MI,, November 2024.

Previous Staged Readings

• “When The Moon Yells” Ann Arbor Civic Theater virtual, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2020.
• “Covert: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement,” devised work in partnership with Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, Douglas Center DYAC, Kalamazoo, 2013.
• “Morgue,” staged reading, The Play’s the Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theater, 2015.
• “Hardyman,” Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Community Night, 2015.
• “Bridge to Canada,” Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Community Night, 2015.
• “67 Rebellion: A memoir play,” devised work with Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Northwestern Unitarian Universalist, 2018.
• “Her Name Was A’laika,” The Play’s The Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mi, Jan. 2020.
• “Don’t Break Up Over Text,” The Play’s The Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mi, Jan. 2020.
• “Cut Short,” Queer Theatre Kalamazoo virtual, Kalamazoo, Mi June 2020.
• “The Aretha Project,” devised work with Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Detroit, MI, September 2020.
• “When The Moon Yells,” Ann Arbor Civic Theater, virtual, Ann Arbor, Mi, October 2020.
• “Happy Born day,” Purple Rose Theatre, virtual, Chelsea, Mi, February 2021.
• “Ales Awake,” The Vagrancy, virtual,  Michigan, 2021.
• Various works, Rush Hour Reads, Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Live6, October 2023.

Links to The Work

Facebook: “We Own Everything” Produced by Obsidian Theatre Festival – FULL VIDEO

Watch “We Own Everything” Obsidian Theatre Festival On Demand: https://www.obsidianfest.org/watch

eLLe Kalamazoo interview by Laura Kay Henderson (founder of Queer Theatre Kalamazoo) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWwPUyOJco

Revue – Review of eLLe New Position – https://revuewm.com/arts/theatre/item/4255-review-elle-lovingly-captures-the-modern-experience

WMUK – eLLe 10 announcement – https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-theater-change-society

WMUK interview 2015 – https://www.wmuk.org/post/series-based-l-word-returns-tell-untold-lgbt-stories

WMUK – Theater to change society clip with eLLe mention – https://www.wmuk.org/term/queer-theatre-kalamazoo-0

Ghost Town – The Dirty Blondes – https://www.thedirtyblondes.org/detroit-ny.html

Harlem9 48 Hours in Detroit – https://www.harlem9.org/48hours-in-detroit-2019

Review eLLe installment 10 “This Lane Open” – https://revuewm.com/arts/theatre/item/4640-review-elle-is-a-night-of-high-quality-totally-original-theater?fbclid=IwAR1bprB11n3nFnjjbGI48ZxfR0t1-zIBS7lSigIqbxLh6FjOJR_C9JlQBao

PAST PERFORMANCES & WORK

Watch filmed production of “WE OWN EVERYTHING” now

SOFA STORIES (created by Andrew Morton) – Several playwrights, including Shawntai created a monologue based on a conversation with someone involved in work to remedy housing insecurity, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more here.