I wrote BLOCK 2025 out of urgency and grief for the times we live in. We are watching democracy fray at its edges: immigrant families torn apart, queer and trans lives legislated out of existence, books banned, and authoritarian rhetoric normalized. In this climate, silence is dangerous.

 Theater is one of the last communal spaces where we can confront truths together. By giving voice to the silenced—from undocumented mothers to queer elders, from betrayed soldiers to the ghosts of the disappeared—BLOCK 2025 insists that their stories are not lost. Its heightened, lyrical style asks us to hear today’s crises not as passing politics, but as timeless human struggles.

I believe theater can bear witness, ignite empathy, and stir audiences to resist despair. BLOCK 2025 is my contribution to that fight: a warning, a lament, and a call to courage. 

I have dedicated over 45 years to the transformative power of theater arts as a playwright, director, performer, and educator. I have owned and operated four theater spaces in San Francisco and Denver, including the award winning 1800 Square Feet, a performance space at 719 Clementina, where I co-produced over 350 artists, both established and emerging. I founded All Tribes Playhouse (2002–2023) and Sanctuarey.org (2024–present), a living arts workshop exploring theater as a site of compassion, resilience, and community. 

As a playwright, I have authored 11 plays, including Fucked—A Love Story (1997 Theater Rhinoceros), War Cry (2015 Latino/Latina Room SFPL; 2016 subMISSION Gallery) Humanimal (2018 Mercury Theater), Stardust to Starlight (2019 All Tribes), Viagra Falls (2023 People’s Theater Collective), Block 2025 (2025 Koret Auditorium), and Boiling Point, Twice Trumped, American Christmas Story and King Me. My artistic practice spans multimedia, socially engaged performance. 

In addition to my artistic work, I have served as a chaplain, arts therapist, and HIV prevention educator, bringing theater into dialogue with public health, healing, and social justice. His work insists on theater as a space of witness, transformation, and sanctuary.