My name is Kaypri and I am a proud daughter of two unsung civil rights activists an inter-racial couple who secretly dated in for over a decade and decided America had overcome in the seventies. They were optimists! I am the only child they had together. Having older parents set me apart from my peers early on and has gifted me with a unique POV who authentically pens the voices of multiple generations. I have been a right brain most of my life from playing “make pretend” to writing my first play in middle school. When Miss Morris, a brown sugarplum of a Creative Writing teacher told me I, “had a good ear for dialogue”, I charged the battery of my Energizer bunny and I kept going! Today I make my mark on the world through words as a creative multi-hyphenate: actor/writer/producer and story doctor! New Jersey/New York made me, 80s hip hop shaped me, and Howard University affirmed me. 

Upon graduation with my BFA in Drama, I took off into the unknown shaking stages with what evolved into my crowd pleasing “Hip Hop Wonder Years” solo play Babygirl: media-codependa-lova-holic which has since grew up to be a TV pilot and multi-fellowship finalist. Babygirl’s sequel, The Good Daughter & The Do Gooder is a New Humanitas finalist and more importantly, a love letter to my incredibly unique woke-before-her-time mother, and her social justice work, and my caregiver journey with her. To sum myself up: I AM an Artivist & Creative Missionary!

KAYPRI: THE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR

My production company Priscilla Belle Productions is dedicated to sharing stories that have been neglected by mainstream media. I have produced my two solo plays, published my mother’s autobiography, and directed the AARP award winning PSA The Baton and in 2025, my first narrative short film White Tears.

KAYPRI: THE GOOD DAUGHTER

For my late mother’s surprise 80th birthday in 2012, I gifted her with a finished copy of her autobiography Not Another White Savior Story: What I Didn’t Know & Found Out About Race, declaring, “Dementia wouldn’t win!” I then went on to write, produce, and direct The Baton, an AARP award-winning PSA on caregiving, which led to a featured article in the Wall Street Journal.

I am a creative renaissance woman slash artivist who also works as a story doctor for all genres.

My years as a caregiver taught me many lessons. Now that my mother Dorothy www.dorothystory.com has received her wings, I’m taking on the next phase of my career going full speed ahead!

RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

SUMMER 2025 - TOP 10% TELEVISION COMEDY - COVERFLY RED LIST

FEBRUARY 2025 - NAACP IMAGE AWARD - BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION- Associate Producer for the multi-award winning SUPERMAN DOESN’T STEAL directed by Tamika Lamison

SPRING 2023 - THE SCRIPT LAB QUARTERFINALIST (over 11,900 submissions)

2022 - COVERFLY RED LIST! JOINED THE WGA! PAGECRAFT AND WRITE OR DIE GRANT RECIPIENT!

2021 - Sundance and Stowe Episodic Lab Finalist! PEN Emerging Artist Finalist! Screenwriting Award for the film short Everything! Hired on writing staff for SAHM Webseries and served as Writer’s Assistant - (filmed in 2023)

2020 - One of 50 monologues chosen out of 250 performed virtually by Billie Holiday Theater (Brooklyn, NY)

2019 - One of 50 Monologues chosen to be performed for co-production with WACO Arts Center (Los Angeles) & Billie Holiday Theater (Brooklyn, NY)