My name is Kaypri. I am a creative renaissance woman slash artivist!

AND 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 and brings to life 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, a book adaptation. When Miss Morris, my brown sugarplum of a Creative Writing teacher proclaimed, i “had a good ear for dialogue”, I charged the battery of my Energizer bunny and I kept on going! Today I make my mark on the world through words as a creative multi-hyphenate. New York’s Tri-State Area made me, and 80s hip hop shaped me.  

Upon graduating with my BFA in Drama from Howard University, 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 grown up to be a TV pilot and multi-fellowship finalist. In 2026, I received the Pink Among Men Fellowship and am currently in pre-production on Babygirl’s play adaptation, True Colors. Babygirl’s onstage sequel,The Good Daughter & The Do Gooder was a New Humanitas New Voices finalist and more importantly, a love letter to my incredibly unique woke-before-her-time mother, her social justice work, and my caregiver journey with her.

My academic journey continues at Antioch University where I am an MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing. Is I am not writing, acting, I am recording bringing characters to life in audiobook form!

To sum myself up: I AM an Artivist & Creative Missionary!

KAYPRI: THE PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

My production company Priscilla Belle Productions is dedicated to sharing stories that have been neglected by mainstream media. I have associate produced short films including the multi-award winning Superman Doesn’t Steal, produced my two solo plays, published my mother’s autobiography for her 80th birthday, wrote and directed the AARP award-winning PSA The Baton (which led to a featured article in The Wall Street Journal). My directorial debut, White Tears will be coming to a theater near you soon!

KAYPRI: THE GOOD DAUGHTER

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

RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2026 HIGHLIGHTS

NOMINATED BEST ACTRESS - AN AMERICAN EMBASSY - TINFF SEPTEMBER 2026 - TORONTO

BEGAN MFA IN DRAMATIC WRITING PROGRAM AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE - 1 OF 3!

AWARDED PINK AMONG MEN FELLOWSHIP - THE BABYGIRL SHOW - 1 OF 6!

2025

THE BABYGIRL SHOW - TOP 10% TELEVISION COMEDY - COVERFLY RED LIST

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

2023

THE BABYGIRL SHOW - THE SCRIPT LAB QUARTERFINALIST (11,900 submissions)

2022

MADE COVERFLY’S RED LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME!‍ ‍JOINED THE WGA! PAGECRAFT AND WRITE OR DIE GRANT RECIPIENT!

2021

Sundance and Stowe Episodic Lab Finalist AND PEN Emerging Artist Finalist AND Screenwriting Award for the film short Everything!

Hired on writing staff/Writer’s Assistant for S.A.H.M. nowstreaming on VURT

2020

One of 50 monologues (chosen from 250) was performed virtually by the Billie Holiday Theater - NY

2019

One of 50 Monologues chosen as part of co-production with WACO in Los Angeles and Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn, NY