It’s all about MAAAAAAY!

So. Much. Happening. It’s been a happy and busy May so far. I’m gonna throw in one April thing because it was the end of the month and a fun gig. Friend and director Dev Bondarin asked me to do stage directions of a reading of a development project of The York Theater. Kilgallen and Kennedy is musical in progress dealing with a reporter and her hunt for the truth about the assassination of JFK. The following week, I did stage directions, again with Dev, as part of Vinyl Vanguard by fabulous up and coming playwright Marcus Scott, which was part of The National Black Theater’s Keep Soul Alive series. High school! Race! Culture! And all the cool music; can these kids be a band, or will it all blow up? A few days later, as part of the Fresh Draft Series put on by The Latinx Playwright’s Circle, I got to continue my exploration of the role of ‘Alex’ in Kendra Augustin’s play “The Beauty of My Youth is Gone, But The Chemicals Remain” which is a post-apocalyptic tale that has some serious Handmaid’s Tale vibes. And then came BinderSuze: Mashup Mixtape at The Green Room 42. Binder and I debuted this show at Don’t Tell Mama last December and , and, after the response, brought it back. We even added new material and had a great night. Lastly, I just did a reading of MJ Perrin’s The Absurdity of Life as part of New Perspective Theater’s Sweet Noise Festival. This piece covers a lot of ground, from being a black queer woman, to childhood trauma, to parenting; so much to tell and I can’t wait to see how it evolves.

Coming up: Come on over to The Triad for James Beaman in his critically acclaimed solo cabaret Lived Experience. After a fab debut back in October, he is bringing it back June 1st. I’ll be returning with MAC Award winners Sierra Rein and Goldie Dver as back up singers for the show.

*6/14 I’ll be back at Otto’s Shrunken Head, back behind the kit for the June No Name..And A Bag O’Chips show. There might be a BinderSuze appearance as well!

In the meantime, I hope your are able to get out and enjoy the good weather while we got it. 

And if you need this merry mezzo for your next project, go on and smash that CONTACT button!

​Peace ✌🏽