I’m Sequoia (she/her/hers), a composer, lyricist, bookwriter and collaborative theater artist based in New York City. I am passionate about creating work that is accessible, equitable and reimagines the possibilities of what the world could be by challenging traditional storytelling expectations through a feminist and anti-racist lens. As a composer I believe musical motifs have great power and can do big things. I geek out about every note's meaning, and strive to move audiences in unexpected ways. I write dark, intense, funny, feminist, political, accessible, heart-wrenching radical theater. I am overly empathetic, and roots for human beings, complexity and all! Some themes I explores are climate change, the female orgasm, complicated families, overlooked women in history, mental illness, injustices, and hope. Theater is a window, a door, or a mirror, and I strive to critique things by understanding every side of every situation. I use comedy as a way into a world, and will flip to tragedy to break your heart. I believe collaboration fuels the relationships we need to cultivate. As someone who has always been involved in community organizing and art-making, the theater is a natural home. After all, “everything is beautiful at the ballet, raise your arms and someone’s always there.”
