Articles
In addition to stage, film, and television-writing, I am a published writer of essays and criticism. I write about arts & culture and the arts & culture industry, politics and current events—as well as their many intersections.
2022 May 4 | “Moments and Movements: Thoughts on Writing About Struggle” in Extended Play
Discusses the harsh reality of the New York taxi driver, the inspiration behind my new play, A Wake At Singh’s.
Bhairavi Desai, co-founder of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. Photograph by Martha Camarillo / GAARTISTS
2020 Jul 15 | “Artists of the World Unite!” in American Theatre Magazine
Surveys the experience of arts workers before and after COVID-19 shutdowns devastated the industry, and advocates for ambitious, structural solutions to long-term and acute problems, using the New Deal-era Federal Theatre Project as inspiration.
Black Harlem residence gather for a wildly-successful production of Macbeth, a co-production of the WPA’s Negro Theatre Unit and Orson Welle’s Mercury Theatre Company.