Here is a video of a staged reading of my play, Let the Night Come.
Synopsis: On a backpacking trip, four white men in their 60s share their losses of privilege, relevance, careers, and vitality. They witness changes to the wilderness and the global climate—and challenges to their common commitment to social justice. As they become lost and confront physical danger, they argue. What has to die here? What must be given up?
I first envisioned Let the Night Come in my tent during a summer 2022 backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail. I completed a first draft that fall, In my first semester in the Master of Fine Arts program at San Francisco State University, I later submitted it for inclusion in SFSU’s Greenhouse Festival of new plays. Through this collaboration between the Creative Writing and Theater Arts departments, I was connected with a director and actors to stage a reading, which was held on May 13, 2025 in “The Lab” theater at SFSU.