Recent and Upcoming Projects include: Figaro/Faggots, devised and directed by Kevin Carillo (Baryshnikov Arts Center 20th Anniversary season); the New York Premiere reading of Umoja by New York Times best-selling author LaDarrion Williams, directed by Ares Harper (Making Our Space Theatre Co.); consulting on the developmental workshop of Parallel written by Hannah Sturgis, directed by Jasmine Mitchell (New York Theatre Workshop; readings of Best Foreign (O’Neill Finalist) by Francisco Mendoza, directed by Danilo Gambini (NJ Play Lab, Rattlestick Theater).

Select Past Projects include: assisting Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton for the off-Broadway production of Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola; the world premiere of Cockroaches (O’Neill Finalist) by Emma Schillage (Breaking and Entering Theater Co; Del Shores Foundation, Best Script winner; The Cell); the world premiere of Vile Isle by Justin Halle, directed by Spencer Whale (The Tank Theater Core Production); production dramaturgy for The Mountaintop, directed by Cameron Knight (2024 Utah Shakespeare Festival); the world premiere of the musical Luna and the Starbodies with book, music, and lyrics by Truth Future Bachman (Powerhouse Theater; Joe’s Pub; Lincoln Center Festival of Firsts); Gross by Emma Schillage (Ten Toes Theater); production dramaturgy for When the Rain Stops Falling, directed by Ares Harper (Lenfest Center for the Arts); assisting Drama Desk nominee Ellie Heyman for the world premiere of The Tattooed Lady and consulting writers Tony Award nominee Max Vernon and Obie Award winner Erin Courtney.

Dezi is a member of the Dramaturgy Cohort at The New Jersey Play Lab as well as an alumnus of The Public Theater’s BIPOC Critics Lab (2024-2025).