Her guidance is truthful and tender. Her writing is deeply engaging and liberating. Collaborating with her is always a phenomenal honor. Anyone who has the pleasure of her presence will be uplifted to a new sense of self. A new sense of being. She is in a category of her own. Her expression inspired mine as a writer, performer and producer. She simply is the Jovelyn Richards.

Being able to witness her work with a concept and nurture it’s development through to execution has continued to be such a gift to me. I’ve experienced her process including deep interrogation, memory, and play- and have always sensed through her work (and true for what she is doing and how she is doing it!) there is healing and liberation happening.

That being said Jovelyn and I have created art together ever since. I fell in love with the thought she gave every role in her writing but more how she could use those characters to find a depth in the actors playing those parts, becoming those parts. Her work reflects a broken world with people searching for answers, searching for healing. And she gives just that to anyone who is touched by the gift of her being. The amount of confidence that she’s instilled in me not just as an actor or performer but as a person is something that speaks to the shape of her heart. Her passion for connecting on spiritual, emotional and intellectual levels through her societal commentaries allows us to feel how intertwoven we are in one another’s lives. In growing with her she’s helped to open my eyes to so many beautiful things we can accomplish when reach within ourselves to find our hurt and turn it into art.