Throwback: My Off-Broadway debut!

Agnus, a crime drama I co-wrote and co-produced, ran at Theatre Row at 42nd St & 9th Ave in Manhattan in January and February, 2018. My co-writer and co-producer, Ise Lyfe, played the title role of Agnus, an odd-looking man who is accused of a heinous crime. The show is set in a futuristic prison barge 30 years in the future, and it explores issues around the criminal justice system and technology. My pitch is that it's a crime drama like "A Few Good Men," but set in the future.

Politically, the show was well-timed for the New York audience, in that Donald Trump had been in office less than a year, and he had already tried to establish a 'Muslim ban' and was detaining migrant children at the southern border for indefinite periods of time. Our show addressed these political hot-button issues such as racial profiling and unlawful detention, and we hosted a series of talkbacks and a residency in the space for nonprofits to use our theater for events on dark nights.

For more info about the show, see https://www.agnustheplay.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/agnustheplay/.

The show was an Actors' Equity Showcase directed by Nelson Eusebio starred Ise Lyfe, Khalil Kain, Brian Burke, Kiran Rhe, Rachel King, H. Foley, Erik Parillo, Natasha Edwards, Cedrice Weber, and Lester Perez. Here are production stills, and photos from an audience talkback.