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about me
Playwright | Screen Writer
"Its the third law of NDN physics - cool apartment in expensive city equals NDNZ on my sofa." - Brewster White, SMOKE
FULL-LENGTH PLAYS
YUCHEWAHK´ENH (BITTER)
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Commission for NNPN Smith Prize Political Theater – 2020
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Reading – New Dramatists – 2020
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Reading – Native Voices at the Autry 2021
PURE NATIVE (AKA CORNSOUP) (2F 3M)
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World Premiere: Native Voices at the Autry 2019
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Workshop: Oregon Shakespeare Festival – Black Swan
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Workshop: Native Voices at the Autry – Festival of New Plays 2017 – Dir by Randy Reinholz
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Reading – The Eagle Project (Dir. Ryan Victor Pierce)
STANDOFF AT HWY#37 (3F 3M)
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Workshop: Up Next Series Labyrinth Theater Company (Dir. May Adrales)
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Production: University of South Dakota 2015 (Dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera)
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World Premiere: Native Voices at the Autry 2014 (Dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera)
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Workshop: Native Voices at the Autry 2013 (Dir. Randy Reinholz)
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Workshop: Missoula Writer’s Colony 2013 (Dir. Randy Reinholz)
SMOKE (3F 5M)
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World Premiere: Mixed Phoenix Theatre Group at Pershing Square Signature Center 2013 (Dir. By Richard Aven)
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Workshop: Different Voices: Roundabout Theatre Company 2010 (Dir. Colman Domingo)
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Reading: Amerinda at The Public Theater 2009 (Dir. Steve Elm)
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Reading: Chukalokoli and Native Voices 1996 (Dir. Betsy Theobald)
ASHES (2F 5M)
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Reading: Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater SPOTLIGHT SERIES 2009 (Dir. Betsey Theobald)
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Reading: Amerinda at The Public Theater 2009 (Dir. Steve Elm)
ONE-ACT/TEN MINUTE PLAYS
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FEAST(3-F, 1-N, 2-M) – Reading - AICH Youth Theater Project
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SNOOKY IS A TERRORIST (2F 1M) Reading – Native Voices at the Autry - Annual Short Play Festival, 2016 (Dir. Jean Bruce Scott)
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LIMIKIN (SHAPESHIFTER) (1F 1M) World Premiere – New Native Theatre’s – National Ten-Minute Play Festival 2016 (Dir. Richard Hitchler)
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GLENBURN 12 W.P. (1F 1M) World Premiere – Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theater 2015 (Dir. Kel Haney)
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THE VARLETTES VS. THE SPACE ROCK (3M) World Premiere – Serials@The Flea – Series #38 - 2011
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LEONA BY THE BAYOU (2F) World Premiere – The 52nd Street Project, One on Ones 2010
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STANDOFF AT HWY#37 (ONE-ACT 3F 3M) Commission – Ohio Northern University for the 9th Annual Theatre Festival (Dir. Steve Elm)
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CASE 24: ROSWELL N.M. (2F) World Premiere – The 52nd Street Project One on Ones 2009
OTHER
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Cultural Consultant – Outer Range – Plan B Productions/Amazon Studios – (release 2021)
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Writer/Producer – Not Invisible Podcast - RedhouseSeries Productions – (Pre-production)
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Writer – Redhouse – RedhouseSeries Productions (Pre-production)
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Teaching – Playwriting 101 – The Empathy Reflex – Unsity of Rochester
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Teaching – Playwriting – Alter Theater’s Arts Learning Project
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Directing – Husk by Montana Adams – AICH Voices of Hope Festival – Carnegie Hall
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Directing – Mushole by Dawn Jamieson – Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program
EDUCATION/TRAINING
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Master Classes: Oskar Eustis, Craig Lucas, David Henry Hwang, Lisa Kron, Richard Nelson, Robert O’Hara,
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS/NOMINATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
* 2022 - Elizabeth George Commission - Seattle Rep
* 2020 - Smith Prize Political Theater - Yuchewahkenh
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2019 – Honorable Mention – The Kilroys – Pure Native
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2019 – Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival – Pure Native (as Corn Soup)
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2019 – Adjudicated Kennedy Center, American College Theater Festival
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2018 – Residency, New Dramatists – Class of 2027
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2017 - Published in Plays by Women of Color, Routledge, ed. Roberta Uno
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2016 – Published in Monologues for Actors of Color: Female 2016, Routledge, ed. Roberta Uno
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2016 – Published in Monologues for Actors of Color: Male 2016, Routledge, ed. Roberta Uno
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2010 - NYSCA Individual Artist Award.
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Member of the New York Public Theater’s 2009 Emerging Writers Group
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2016 – Honorable Mention – Kilroys List – Standoff at Hwy#37
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2009/2010 - NYC Urban Artists Fellowship