The Write Choice Staged Reading Premieres In Collaboration With New York Theatre Workshop

As part of Daysha’s thesis requirement for the UCLA MFA playwriting program, Daysha participated in a 4-week development workshop in collaboration with New York Theatre Workshop.

The Write Choice, Daysha’s newest full-length play, follows an insecure, young black writer who suffers a tragic loss in the family that sends her back to her childhood home. It is here that she discovers a photograph that inspires her to write her first play with the purpose of submitting it to a prominent new works program up in Portland. To everyone's shock, she wins. But when she shows up for the staged reading and discovers that her cast was not what she had originally envisioned for the piece, she is pushed into finding her own voice to ask for what she really wants amidst navigating the complicated racial power structures of the theater. The reading was directed by Tyler Thomas.

A live reading of the play will be streamed on Friday December 11th at 7 PM PST. To watch it live, click here.

To watch the replay, click here.