The Collection
The unexpected death of Edward Deerson alters three womens’ lives forever, forcing them to confront choices they made, and choices that were made for them, upending everything they thought to be true about themselves, Edward and each other.
Feature/Screenplay
THE LEFTEARLIES
Mandy decides to leave this lifetime early. Her sister, Talya, goes looking for her.
(One Act Play)
May 2022 Developmental Production - Winston Salem, NC.
Audio Drama (in Development)
Graphic Novel (in Development)
COMING BACK FOR ME
Dorothy, a 40-something, cubicle dwelling office worker, Michael’s Craft Store regular, mother to teenagers, and wife of a factory worker, is living a life she never dreamed of. But she’s got a secret she’s keeping in her craft room. She has stopped crafting and started creating three-dimensional works of contemporary art. When her art is accidentally discovered, it leaves her son Leo terrified, her husband mortified and the “Art World” mesmerized. The other-worldly inspiration for these pieces? Well, it makes Dorothy a little uneasy herself. This is a story about finding yourself, in a place you never thought to look. And forces of the Universe that just might be giving you clues.
(Full Length play 120 minutes)
Currently being adapted into a feature screenplay
WINNER of the 2020 Chrysalis 2.0 Project
Cary Playwrights Forum - September 2023 Production
2020 Guilford College Theater Dept. Season
2019 UNCG New Concepts Theatre Lab
Official Selection She L.A. Festival
Shortlisted for the 2019 Play Penn Conference
THEMBA
by
Amy da Luz and Kamilah Bush
A tragic accident leaves Lola, a newly adopted black baby from South Africa, in the middle of a fierce custody battle between estranged sisters Mary and Sarah, who are white. The fight exposes ulterior motives, covert racism and some uncomfortable truths about transracial intercountry adoption. The search for answers, instigated by Fran, a Black playwright, follows a trail of hypocrisy and denial on all sides, challenging faith, family and identity. (Full Length 110 Minutes)
THEMBA was an Official Selection
Actors Theatre of Charlotte
2019 nuVoices Play Festival
THEMBA was awarded a 2018 Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts Council of Winston Salem and Forsyth County for a workshop production.
BOXES and BAGGAGE
A stripped-down story of an elemental journey to an unknown destination taken by two strangers; Cilla and Clara. This surrealist adventure follows the travelers, each encumbered with their own unique restriction, as they are challenged by the world and each other to leave their comfort zones and find meaning in existence. Sound serious? It’s not. But it is.
(Full Length Play 90 minutes)
WINNER of the 2018 North Carolina New Play Project Award
SKELETONS
Family secrets come alive, literally. Meet the Skeletons. They exist side by side with the keepers of those secrets. Some are comfortable, working diligently on various crafts and hobbies, while others are struggling to stay in the closet. But all of them need silence. A crisis brings Maddie, her family and their skeletons together under one roof for the first time in over 10 years. The closet is very cramped. And when the truth threatens this tenuous co-existence, a battle begins that is as insidious as it is tragic (Full Length Play 90 minutes)
Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist 2017
The Bridge Initiative Semi-Finalist 2017
Women's Work Festival NYC Semi-Finalist 2017
2017 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival NYC Official Selection