Playwriting/Acting/Other Projects

Salsa Night:

Iraq, 2004: A Dominican-American infantryman on respite and a Haitian-American sergeant who works for Mortuary Affairs meet on base, by chance. Despite obvious differences and initial distrust, the two Marines find a moment of connection, commonality, and even joy, amidst loneliness and loss. With immersive design and universal themes, Salsa Night is an experimentally composed, closely observed, and bracingly human look at isolation and alienation–feelings that, in a pandemic-rattled world, echo for military and civilians alike.

1. Marine Corps Heritage Foundation‘s Lieutenant William Broyles Award – (2023) Play: Salsa Night
2. VetRep Theatre Third Place Finalist – (2022) Play: Salsa Night
3. AITAF Bridge Award Playwright Finalist – (2022) Play: Salsa Night
4. Play Reading: Radioman – (2019) Directed by: Vanessa Stalling – Written by: James McManus – Character: Various Veterans
5. Play: What Happens Next – (2018) Directed by: Michael John Garcés – Written by: Naomi Iizuka – Character: Mike
6. IMDB Page – (2016) Web Series: Permission To Speak Freely