Harold Hodge Jr
Director Writer Activist
Theater
Fancy Maids
Director
Playwright
Fancy Maids follows the story of four women who have escaped the horrors of slavery and are trying to make a new life for themselves in the North. When their new way of life is threatened, they find that they may have to take up violence themselves.
Walkerspace Theater (2023)
Rave Theater Festival (2019)
The Bridge Theater (2018)
*Winner of "Outstanding Play" at The Rave Theater Festival
*Winner of two "Outstanding Performance Awards" at The Rave Theater Festival
* Winner of the Gerard Cannon Writing Award
*Published by StageRights in 2021
Call Me From The Grave: A New Musical
Writer (Book)
Call Me From The Grave explores the life and myth of famed Bluesman, Robert Johnson. Born into a poor sharecropping family in Mississippi, Robert longs to be a famed musician and escape a life of labor. After experiencing a heartbreaking loss, Robert feels he has nothing to lose when he is approached by a mysterious man who offers him a deal: all of his heart's wishes in exchange for his soul. Taking the deal, Robert is thrust into stardom. Torn between the life he dreamt of and the family he left behind, Robert must weigh what really matters in the short time one has to live.
*ASCAP Musical Theater Festival (Directed by Stephen Schwartz)
*O'Neil Musical Theater Finalist
*New Voices Project
*Theater Incubator Program (Off Broadway)
*GreenRoom 42 Concert
The Boy in the Church
Director
Playwright
The Boy in the Church is a modernized retelling of The Hunchback of Notre Dame that takes place in the Great-Depression-era, deep south. This play critically analyzes the race relations of the time, while also drawing parallels to our most pressing, contemporary issues. The story follows aspiring writer, Peter Gorenstein, through his journey into small-town Alabama, where he meets the shadowy figures of the Sheriff and the Reverend, a beautiful African-American dancer named Estelle, and Q, the rumored “boy in the church.”
*Theater 54 (2015)
*Tour (2018)
*Winner of The Gerard Cannon Writing Award
Candyland The Musical
Co-Director
Playwright
Candyland is a story of lust, betrayal, and a search for identity. Set in a dystopian future where everyone has been put in their “proper place” by an all-powerful Regime, Candyland serves as a cautionary tale of what a world without tolerance and acceptance can become. To escape the death sentence of a convicted homosexual, Lance takes refuge in an underground brothel. Here he meets Charlie, a sex worker who is in the midst of starting a revolution.
*Theater 54 (2016)
*Winner of the Sarah Willis Writing Award
Thread
Director
In the wake of the Civil War Draft Riots that shook New York City in 1863, Bartow-Pell mansion is the site of a long-delayed reunion between two African-American New Yorkers: a self-made dress-maker and a Navy recruiter who face crucial choices about the future they pursue – and whether it will be shared.
Touring Production (2023-2024)
Away
Director
Playwright
To the world, Eleanor Wilson’s life seems ideal; she overcame poverty, married one of the most eligible bachelors, and had three beautiful children. However, approaching the end of her life, she has lost all that she loved and, struggling from dementia, she can not figure out where she went wrong. Through a series of disjointed memories, we see the Wilson’s dark family secrets unfold.
*The Bridge Theater (2017)
youexistrightnow
Collaborator
In "youexistrightnow," a man writes a book, a woman climbs a bridge railing and nine people's lives spanning 65 years wrap around each other. A meditation on life, death and connection, "youexistrightnow" is an ensemble based magic realism play that explores the impact of existing in your given Present and the desire to affect the Future.
Pace University (2015)
Off-Off Broadway (2016)
Thailand (2016)
Disney's Alice in Wonderland
Director
Travel down the rabbit hole and join Alice, one of literature’s most beloved heroines, in her madcap adventures. Featuring updated songs from Disney’s thrilling animated motion picture, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland JR.is a fast-paced take on the classic tale.
Akelarre
Director
Collaborator (Devised)
Five powerful, magical beings are brought together by a common threat. Though they come from different places, spread across the globe, their unique gifts have always made them targets. With magic at their fingertips, they seek to fight a common enemy. Can they set aside their differences to work towards a common goal?
The Hive NYC (2017)
Memento Mori
Director
Collaborator (Devised)
Based on Jonathan Nolan’s short story of the same name, Memento Mori is a white-knuckled adaptation that follows a man’s struggle for vengeance, while simultaneously suffering from a condition that encapsulates his life to a short-term memory span of ten minutes. But how can he trust anything around him when he can't even trust himself?
Into the Woods Jr.
Director
Lester Middle School
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.
The Survivors
Director
Playwright
Growing up and discovering one’s self can be difficult, especially doing so during an apocalyptic flood. In this retelling of Noah’s Ark, six teens must come of age while the world around them is destroyed. The Survivors explores what it means to brave into a new world independent of one’s family.
Sarah's Book
Director
Playwright
Sarah Martin is a not so typical bookworm, dealing with the death of her father, a depressed mother, peer pressure, and school bullies. After reading an inscription in her late father’s fairytale book, Sarah is shocked when she summons her very own Fairy Godmother. Sarah finds herself within the book, surrounded by her favorite fairytale characters. However, after being tricked into giving Fairy Godmother’s wand to Beezlebub, an evil wizard, Sarah must fight to set things back on course. As she works to save her new friends, she discovers more about herself then she ever could imagine.
