In my work, theatrical spectacle is a portal to the sacred. I make theatre because of its capacity to generate new realities by transforming the audience. 

 

A bi-cultural child of parents from different hemispheres, I tell stories that reflect my own intersectionality as a Black American, as a South Asian in Diaspora, as a woman, as a mixed kid.

 

I use research to reclaim overlooked histories and imagine possible worlds. I build epic stories on stage that invite audiences into a state of wonder and leave them with the feeling that they have shared a dream or been on an adventure. 

 

I intentionally explore characters that defy stereotypes and force (us) to recontextualize the present and push (us) to ask new questions. My plays are crafted with the perspective of the community they represent in mind, and I want artists to love creating and performing my work. I reject the degrading spectatorship of Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous bodies in the American theatrical canon. In my work, we are funny, bright, clothed, odd, ingenious, broken, but always whole.