Derek responding to audience questions at the Making Money Work Break Out Session … photo courtesy of Emily Melissa.

I’m very excited about the collaborations coming together.

This isn’t just a performance.
It’s a call-in.
An invitation to listen, reflect, and co-imagine what this piece can become.

Excited about an upcoming gig to showcase WATER RIOT: a cyber punk rock opera! We’re coming to the Backward River Festival june 8!

Reflecting on 2023… personally and in my work as a writer/producer.

Had my head down recently, hustling my portfolio and creating opportunities to get my work up for 2024 and beyond!

On Friday July 21st at 4:30 PM CST, I’ll be in conversation with three directors, all leaders in the field, and with great experience envisioning and staging afro-futuristic work (like mine).

I’m taking a moment to reflect.

On Afrofuturism.

Or perhaps more accurately Afrofuturisms.

I think there’s more than one now.

2022 year in review - reflections on my creative practice

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