Tearrance's play Br'er Cotton was first produced as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX), Lower Depth Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA), and the Cleveland Public Theatre (Cleveland, OH) as part of NNPN's Continued Life program. Previous productions include Hooded: Or Being Black (Mosaic Theater in D.C.) ; Bhavi the Avenger (Convergence Theatre), In Sweet Remembrance (Endstation Theatre Company) and A Month of Sundays (Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival). He has developed new works with Signature Theatre, Theatre J, Theatre Alliance, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and has held residencies at The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Djerassi Resident Artists Program and The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. He was a finalist for the Inaugural Relentless Award and the Theatre503 Playwriting Award. He received two of the 2016 National KCACTF awards, the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. Tearrance was a part of the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep with his play Anacostia Street Lions. He developed the play Black Lady Authority under the auspices of the Sundance Theater Lab. Tearrance holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Catholic University of America.