Candice is an award-winning author, screenwriter, producer, director, performer, teacher, and erotic embodiment coach. She is the author of Reclaiming Eros: A Heroine's Journey and The Heart of Eros: One Hundred Haikus To Share With Your Beloveds. Her one-woman show, Portrait of the Heretic as a Young Woman, debuted at the Rogue Theatre Festival in Fresno, CA in March 2020.  

She co-directed the music video, Too Much, with Gabriel Diamond. Too Much had festival premiere at the 2023 Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda and at the 2023 Valley Film Festival in North Hollywood, CA. It was also selected as part of HollyShorts’ monthly screening series.

She recently completed the full-length stage play, Monster, which she is also developing into a screenplay. Monster was a quarterfinalist at the 2023 Creative World Awards. She completed the screenplay for her feminist horror/fantasy film, Purity Ring, as part of the Sundance Collab program. She received a full scholarship to continue developing Purity Ring as part of PageCraft’s 2023 California Screenwriting Retreat. She was also part of the Nostos Screenwriting Retreat September 2023 cohort.

THE DANCE AFTER THE LAST DANCE

Candice directed, wrote, and starred the short film, The Dance After the Last Dance - which is currently in film festivals. So far, the film has been an official selection at:

• Dance on Camera, in association with Films at Lincoln Center

• Sonoma International Film Festival

• Dance Camera West

• Valley Film Festival

• NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival

• Alameda Film Festival

• Contact Dance International Film Festival

• San Francisco Dance Film Festival

• Bolinas Film Festival

• Dance Camera Istanbul (details TBA)

• Central Florida Film Festival (details TBA)

GENERATIONS

Candice wrote the short film, Generations, which Indie Shorts Mag said was, “honest without being brutal.” Generations was an official selection at:

• OutFEST

• HollyShorts

• Napa Valley Film Festival

• Riverside International Film Festival (Audience Favorite Award: Best Short Film)

• California Independent Film Fest (Best Short Film)

• Firenze Film Fest

• Alameda Film Fest (Best Acting Ensemble)

• Reading Film Festival

• Sierra International Film Weekend (Best LGBT Short Film)

• Edmonton Film Fest

RISE/VULNERABLE RALLY

Candice co-produced and co-directed the music video, RISE/Vulnerable Rally, with Gabriel Diamond, which surpassed 1.2 million views on Facebook. She co-teaches Blindfolded Contact Dance with Gabriel and also co-founded the Vulnerable Rally movement with him.

RISE/Vulnerable Rally had its festival debut at the 2018 Dances With Films Festival.

MAGDALENA and SHAKY TOWN

Candice wrote the not-yet-produced short film, Magdalena. Her comedy pilot teleplay, Shaky Town, was a semi-finalist at the 2016 Creative World Awards. 

Magdalena participated in various screenplay competitions, including:

• Woods Hole Film Festival (Best Dramatic Short Script)

• California Women's Film Festival (Best Dramatic Short Script)

• Nashville International Film Festival (Semi-finalist)

PERFORMANCE

As a performer, she co-starred in the film, An Affirmative Act, which had a national theatrical release in 10 cities across the US. She is a founding member of New York City's award-winning Flux Theatre Ensemble and co-wrote/co-produced the play, 36:24:36, which premiered at the 2007 NY Fringe Festival.

Candice lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. BFA Theatre: Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. MA Psychology: University of Arizona Global Campus.