WRITING FOR THEATRE
Upcoming Commissions:
Bo Frazier conceived a new translation of The Maids by Jean Genet
Through the lens of trans women/femmes of color we ask what does oppression do to the human spirit?
Collaborators: Roger Q Mason, Mikael Burke, Amelia Parenteau
Court Theatre, Chicago, 2025
LEONARDx & The Flying Machines
[an electro queer fantasia]
A multidisciplinary dance/theatre piece based on the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and their universal mind. Leo preferred experience over theory, fantasy over reality and was always curious about everything. In this piece, the ensemble becomes part of Leonardx’s dreams and inventions through the use of choreography and multimedia. Written using found text from Da Vinci’s notebooks expanding on themes, ideas and ventures. “Farsi Universale”
Cast: 7-10 people of all ethnicities, genders, ages and bodies.
History:
2018 - Reading of a draft with the University of Iowa MFA Playwriting class
2018 - Movement lab with University of Iowa Choreography Class
THE FIELD (working title)
What started as an interracial queer love story has expanded into an all-encompassing story. 6 humans of 6 creeds prove to society that LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE. This love affair takes place in a field. That field becomes their nest, preferred home, refuge and battleground. This piece uses original text intertwined with movement based storytelling breaking down barriers of form and gender. Based on an anonymous quote found on instagram and Chikamatsu’s “Love Suicides at Amijima” as inspiration, this ultimate tragic love story uses 6 performers alternating roles every night in a story that transcends boundaries given to us in society.
Cast: 6-10 people of all ethnicities, genders, ages and bodies.
History:
2016 Developmental Workshop at Gibney Dance with Mary Jessica Colvin, Jadd Tank and Steven Bono Jr
KONSTANTIN: a riff on The Seagull
by Bo Frazier, music by Kevin Hoffman
A rebellious, re-imagined riff on Chekhovian characters told (almost) entirely through original music and movement. The eternal struggle between traditional and new artistic forms, told in a battle of sorts. Old vs New /American Standards vs Electronic Rock Fusion. Created in deep collaboration with the ensemble and Co-Director with Mary Colvin.
CAST: Alyssa DiPalma, Joshua Doss, Kevin Hoffman, Ashlee Nunn
CREATIVES: Mary Colvin (CO-DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER) Kevin Hoffman (COMPOSER) Sylvia Eskridge (COSTUME)
PRODUCTION: Dixon Place, NYC 2015
OTHER WRITING
29 Days, 29 Dates: My Crazy Social Experiment
It all began in January, when I was sitting in my East London flat thinking to myself, "Next month is February, and yet again I will be alone and single." Then a lightbulb went off: 29 days, 29 dates, 29 chances to find love. Surelyof them would be boyfriend material!
Currently Writing:
The Adventures of Fernettapoo, a Childrens Book Series
Based on my mother’s daycare Jellybean Junction (1985-2020) and the van named Fernettapoo that took the children on adventures. All the kids sing to Fernettapoo so that it gets them to their destination safely. Each book they would go on an adventure to learn something new about culture/history/society like about gender nonconformity, women’s rights, the history of racial justice, how DNA works, how to love your body, bullying etc.
Kinda like Magic School Bus meets A Child's Introduction to Pride By Sarah Prager, but the modern important social issues and excluded histories that we never learned in school.