The Shaft — now under contract with Price Productions for packaging
Redefining LGBTQ+ storytelling through bold, cinematic narratives where love, power, and fate collide in a neo-noir landscape.
"More Going Down" – Awarded Stage 32 Double Recommend (Top 1%)
I don’t write “gay stories.” I write thrillers where power seduces, love destroys, and fate never blinks. The fact that some of my leads are queer?
That just makes the stakes higher.
I'm not chasing trends. I’m redefining them.
Beautifully unstable narratives that linger long after the credits roll.
“Insanity — of the best kind.” – Joshua Malkin
“Fucking genius.” – Stage 32 Reader
🕶️ NOIR NEVER SLEEPS.
The industry’s waking up to the name DJ Manning.
💼 The Shaft — under contract with Price Productions.
💼 The Substitute Wife — under contract with Voyage Media.
✍️ Deuce’s Wild and One Less Egg to Fry — both written this month, both awarded Greenlight Coverage: RECOMMEND.
🎯 More Going Down — Double Recommend from Stage 32. Top 1% Look Book. Circulating.
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A Shonda the Musical
Two worlds collide in this musical about two men deeply in love in Memphis, Tennessee. A young Orthodox Jewish man and a down-home country boy struggle to reconcile their relationship as their communities try to keep them apart by using religion and God as a wedge. Will Duvid leave his Orthodox community and his wife behind? Will Clay reject the bigotry that runs deep in his family? This is the first musical ever to explore these two worlds through the lens of a gay relationship. From the creators of the hit musicals Now & Then, Come Out! Come Out!, and One More Yesterday comes the world premiere of a brand-new musical, A Shonda.
