WRITING PORTFOLIO

This is a story about heartbreak

Personal Essay
September 2022

but that’s the thing about sleeping people. you can’t acknowledge the doubts or give breath to them. waking up is too frightening.

“We are disappointed that Governor DeWine has decided to use the distribution of a life-saving vaccine as a bargaining chip, holding this precious commodity hostage while pitting parents, administrators, teachers, other school workers, and students against each other,” the statement said.

Andrew Hungerford: Art + Science

American Theatre Magazine
June 2018

A tall, lanky man in his late 30s stands in front of a small but packed house. He rocks on his feet, practically dancing with anticipation, and flashes the audience a beaming smile. As he launches into the de rigueur “no cell phones, note the exits” pre-show monologue, he cracks jokes with the lighthearted familiarity of someone who has done this approximately 1,000 times before. This man is Andrew Hungerford, and he is the producing artistic director at Know Theatre of Cincinnati.

Teaching while Black

Black By God
October 2022

Twirling her vibrant locks around herself, Onwuka sets the scene. She’s substituting as a wellness class teacher for elementary students. During the day, Onwuka found her student’s attention latching onto their new teacher’s hairstyle. Long strands of bright orange, purple, and silver cascade down well past her waist. When Onwuka moves, her hair dances along with her. They are connected.

And then it hits you. That sickly-sweet, maple syrupy smell oozes out in a cloud of haze from somewhere off stage. Permeating the house, it beckons to you with a cartoony “come hither” finger motion, seeping into your very core, threatening to cross the blood-brain barrier, leaving you hopelessly addicted to its soothing familiarity and simultaneously amped for what’s to come.

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