Author of Wedding Dance, Personal History, Upcity Service(s) and I Wish You Love among other plays. Directing projects have included Fresh Faust, Uppa Creek, Destiny, Ride the Rhythm, The Wiz, and Black Nativity. He has worked with Penumbra Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, New York Theatre Workshop, Crossroads Theater, Rites and Reasons Theatre, and Ensemble Studio Theatre, among others. He is a Board Member for The Givens Foundation for African-American Literature. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists. He holds a Bachelors and a Master of Fine Arts from Brown University and is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.