Trivia

First mentor was John Oliver Killens.

Second mentor was Gene Davis.

Wrote for Happily Ever After for HBO.

Lived on Mount Morris Park in Harlem for six years.

Lived in Las Feliz section of Los Angeles for seven years.

Drove across country for the first (and only) time in 2006.

First love was Jinni Rock-Bailey.

Went to Rio for research for a project.

Favorite band in college was Osibisa.

Performed with African drum and dance group in college.

Went to Paris for Honeymoon (best thing about the marriage).

Had Bermudian surrogate grandparents (Edward and Jennie Simons).

Favorite screenwriters are William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan.

Wrote first play (a one act) which was staged at DC Black Rep.

Huge acappella fan.

Teaches at Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus). Loves teaching.

Former NYC Teaching Fellow.

Judges acappella competitions.

Wrote for SPAWN for HBO.

Moved to NYC in 1981.

Started writing (poetry) in college.

Graduated from Asbury Park High School (which he hated).

Graduated from Howard University (which he loved).

Regrets not marrying Amparo "Chigui" Santiago.

Co-produced first ever all acappela TV special (for PBS and the BBC).

Is based in New York to be close to his son who is autistic (his only child).

Loved to travel to Guatemala (three times).

Father was an oral surgeon and a 20-year Air Force Vet.

Learned to swim in the ocean in Asbury Park New Jersey.

Born in Neptune, New Jersey.

Wrote first full length play (JONIN") right after college; JONIN' was produced by Joseph Papp at Public Theater NYC.

Has one half, and two stepsisters who all live in California.

Raised by single mother who was a social worker.