From Concept to Creation: Notes On Self ProducingThe current global pandemic has ushered us into a time of endless possibility and opportunity. Gone are the days where we wait for someone…Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Love & Pride: Remembering Uncle Marvin and Uncle ClydeIt has taken me a few days to process all the waves of emotions but I feel compelled to write today. So here I am. I lost two uncles…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Be Thankful For Your Imperfect LifeWhen I attended middle school cell phones weren’t a thing. I mean they had been invented but they weren’t for general public use. We had…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
One on One with Miss Maxine LyleI sat down for a fierce cup coffee and conversation with my longtime friend and collaborator Maxine Lyle. A proud Newark native, Maxine…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
Why every adult should go to theater camp at least once.If I could go back in time and ask my seventeen-year-old self “where will you be at 30?” the answer would be very quick, dry-cut and…Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018
I Know Things NowThe new year came and everything began to fall apart. My annual spring trip was canceled, my sister was diagnosed with Lupus, I lost a good…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
The Divine Power of FriendshipI stumbled toward the threshold of my bedroom door as I held my hand on my forehead. I quickly shut my bedroom light out to avoid any…Oct 4, 20171Oct 4, 20171
Hold on to hope; a reflectionIt was a balmy April evening and I walked out the front entrance of a New Jersey hospital. I felt a frog emerge in my throat as I gripped…Aug 22, 2017Aug 22, 2017