Project 365 - Week 3

Project 365 - Week 3 in San Francisco was a blast! Playwrights Foundation had Bay-Area playwrights present the plays at The Museum of the African Diaspora, and we all felt a great sense of belonging and community working on this wonderful project.

As a playwright, it was eye-opening for me to act in these plays. Suzan-Lori’s work allowed me the freedom to explore creative expression at a level that I rarely experience through simply applying pen to paper.

I thoroughly enjoyed all the plays I performed in, and was especially jazzed by acting in "(Again) Pilgrim’s Progress (For Thanksgiving)". Robert Henry Johnson choreographed the movement for this play, and he had us to create individual dance “phrases” for the piece. At first, this was especially challenging for me, then I remembered the advice Suzan-Lori gave about ignoring the bouncer standing at the door of our creativity. Her words gave me the courage to open up and find my own truth for this piece, and I really felt something truly magical.