Freedom and Other Works: A Collection of Plays and Short Films by Dr. Dykes

Freedom and Other Works is a collection of stories created across different seasons of my life. Each piece reflects a moment of questioning, becoming, or reckoning—whether with identity, grief, love, fear, or survival.Freedom was my first play and my first declaration as a writer. It set the foundation for the works that followed, all of which explore the tension between truth and silence, autonomy and expectation.While some of these works were written for the stage and others for the screen, they are presented here as literature—meant to be read, imagined, and interpreted without limitation.This book exists as both an archive and an offering. It honors where I have been while making room for where I am still going. Read more