BONDED

(Drama / 3 male, 1 female)

A re-imagined slave narrative set in 1820. Sonny, Lily and Jack are the last remaining slaves on a crumbling, cash-strapped Virginia farm. When Asa, a young body servant from New York, is brought in to help in the fields, repressed desires and memories of loss are unlocked, forcing Sonny and the other slaves to face their bridled passions and test the limits of the cruel world as they know it. This play is about four people who are simply trying to endure, and then what happens when Sonny and Asa fall for each other…

World Premiere - Playwrights’ Arena & Latino Theatre Company/LATC March—April 2011 - directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera

LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award, Playwriting for an Original Play (nomination)

GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater (nomination)

Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Prize for LGBTQ-Themed Arts Projects Based on, or Inspired by, History (1st place winner)