PLAYWRITING
HOW TO BRUISE GRACEFULLY
SYNOPSIS
A young YouTuber, Vi, is hiding something. What begins as a typical workday at Burger King soon spirals into a deep exploration of fear, trauma, and inner strength through the eyes of women who have both nothing and everything to lose. This is a crash course on survival and how to cope with the reality of not being in control of your own body.
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DEVELOPMENT
World Premiere - Cadence Theatre Company (2023)
Alliance Theatre - Developmental Workshop and Reading (2023)
Great Plains Theatre Conference Selection (2020)
James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance - Reading (2020)
AWARDS
The Kennedy Center’s Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award
The Kennedy Center’s Rosa Parks Playwriting Award (Second Place)
The Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting (Second Place)
Alliance Theatre’s Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition (2022 - Finalist)
Leah Ryan Playwriting Award (2023 - Finalist)
Richmond Theatre Community Circle Award Nomination for Best Original Work (2023)
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Photos by Jason Collins Photography
YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
SYNOPSIS
A family living in the Deep South struggles to come together—and the tension surrounding their very different beliefs about the American Dream reach a boiling point—in this bizarre and darkly funny exploration of race, identity, and the deep-rooted trauma that continues to haunt the Black race in America.
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DEVELOPMENT
American Blues Theatre - Reading (2024)
Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference Selection - Workshop/Reading (Selected in 2022, Developed in 2023)
The Juilliard School/Signature Theatre - Reading (2021)
AWARDS
American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Award (2024, Finalist)
The Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Award for Comic Playwriting (Second Place)
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Photos by Elizabeth Lauren West/Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
MOSAICS IN THE PROJECTS
SYNOPSIS
A community struggles to stay afloat in the midst of extreme poverty in the South Bronx during the early 1990’s – the poorest urban neighborhood in the nation at the time. This play follows young teenagers who turn to spoken word poetry one summer as an outlet to escape their reality, shedding light on the hidden gems surviving in poverty-stricken areas.
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Cadence Theatre Company - Reading (2021)
The Juilliard School - Reading (2021)
POUND CAKE
(A SHORT PLAY)
SYNOPSIS
A young Billie Holiday awaits a medical evaluation as she considers signing up to be a testing candidate for a procedure she believes will alter her memory, as doctors enter the early stages of discovering the lobotomy. While she waits, she has a life-changing encounter.
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Produced in The Fire This Time Festival (2025)
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“When you have ten minutes, it takes a special talent to say something profound about your characters, let alone revelations about our shared human experience. Fisher accomplishes the impossible, packing memorable gut-punches of lines into a bite-size format.” - CultureBot
Photos by Dante Chrichlow
NEW PLAYS ✿
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A group of Black men from various generations find themselves in limbo to the afterlife, in a greenhouse floating in outer space. The Greenhouse hosts a 24-hour therapy session for Black men who have died because of police brutality or racially charged incidents. But today, one of the therapists has just finished building a one-way shuttle that can transport them back to Earth and give them a second chance at life. They’ve got one chance, one choice, and a limited amount of time to make it. A re-imagination of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men.