My hope is that students, teachers, administrators, and parents – anyone and everyone who watches SQUEAK – will come away with a little more patience and a lot more understanding of what goes on inside the minds of kids whose brains work a little differently.

Though I have written a lot and published a bit, I didn’t think my writing was good enough to be produced. In fact, when I received the call that “The C Word” was chosen to be produced, I was shocked.

We’re kicking of #AANHPI Heritage Month with a conversation between Jerry Rapier and Brandan Ngo.

This play felt incredibly specific in 2010 but now it feels like Jenifer wrote this astonishing piece of literature earlier today for this moment, this evening. It feels urgent.

FIRE! is a play for now, connecting two Utah writers of color separated by a century, the careers of both cut tragically short. Revisiting Jenifer’s first work as her final Plan-B production is a fitting farewell to a barrier-breaking writer in conversation with and celebration of another.

I hope audiences who see GO HOME COME BACK will consider that, since we don’t know what tomorrow brings, it’s incumbent upon us to embrace those we love, strengthen our friendships, and act with kindness, compassion, and forgiveness before our lives end.

This post also appears in the current issue of Catalyst Magazine.

True abortion stories gathered by Planned Parenthood Association of Utah from Utahns who have had abortions. A co-production of An Other Theater Co., Plan-B Theatre, PYGmalion Productions, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah.