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DMV folks RUN not walk to @atlaspacdc to witness former @weldersdc & master theatre artist Caleen Jennings’ beautiful & moving play, ‘Queens Girl in Africa.’ You will not be disappointed! It’s playing from Jan 4– Feb. 4, 2018. Get your tickets at @mosaictheaterdc.

Playwright Inspiration Detroit’s Very Own Ms. Dominique Morrisseau! #hottestissueoftheyear #blackwomenplaywrights #africanamericanwomenplaywrights ##BlackgirlGenius

#africanamericanwomenplaywrights #hottestissueoftheyear #blackwomenplaywrights #blackgirlgenius

When you are an ambitious Playwright trying to write the strongest play you can create! #cincywestendgirlsplays

#cincywestendgirlsplays

I brought this over the top teacup & saucer in Dubai... @freddieboswell laughed at me bc it was sooo ‘Dubai’! After having a magnificent holiday in Iceland & NYC I’m now dedicated to living every day up, so daily coffee & tea from posh cup from now on.

This London hit from the National Theatre BLEW MY FRIGGIN mind last night! The script is great but the acting by Denise Gough & The ensemble along with the breathtaking theatricality stunned me. They did things on that stage that I didn’t think you could do on stage! This blew my mind the way ‘Hamilton’ & ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars.’ If this is how they do Theatre in London, I’m down.

I thought I was coming to NYC to see Theater & friends but I’ve now come to realize that I’m in search of my personal definition of “theater” or “art.” I know I need to expand my ideas about theater & seeing DMV actor Eric Berryman’s art/theater piece last night was instrumental in the formation. I’m beginning to agree with Andy (Warhol).

I’m a fan of this book so I was curious about how they would adapted it for the stage. I’m still undecided if I liked it or not, if it worked or not. The whole theater matinee experience was kinda a hot mess— students talking, loud sirens from police cars & fire truck passing by. I basically kept thinking — ‘I should have seen ‘The Wolves’ at Lincoln Center.

Seeing two theater pieces today so I’m starting off with a hearty lunch in Koreatown!

Playwright Jireh Breon Holder did the DAMN THING! This play was fresh, insightful, the relationships between the women & men were complex! I only went to see it bc it cost $25 and it was playing on a Tuesday night. I thought I’d be bored but this explores new territory in the civil rights storytelling arena with the beginning of the exploration of class politics in the Black community in the early 60s.