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 I took off into the unknown shaking stages with what evolved into my crowd pleasing “Hip Hop Wonder Years” solo play Babygirl which has since grew up to TV pilot and two time fellowship finalist. Babygirl’s sequel, The Good Daughter is a New Humanitas finalist and more importantly a love letter to my incredibly unique woke-before-her-time mother and my caregiver journey. To sum myself up: Artivist & Creative Missionary!

KAYPRI THE PRODUCER

My production company Priscilla Belle Productions is dedicated to sharing stories that have been neglected by the mainstream media.

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

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

2022 Coverfly’s Red List!

2022 JOINED THE WGA!

2022 PageCraft Concept to Pages Grant Recipient

2022 Write or Die Grant Recipient

2021 Sundance and Stowe Episodic Lab Finalist!

2021 PEN Emerging Artist Finalist!

2021 Screenwriting Award: Everything - PHILMCO

2021 Staff Writer (and Writer’s Assistant) for SAHM Webseries - Filming 2023

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

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