Who I am
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I consider myself a theatre archaeologist. According to Julian Thomas, "what archaeologists do is to work with evidence in order to create something, a meaning or narrative or story which stands for the past in the present." As a theatre artist, I am undergoing the exact same process of animating and storytelling to bring an artifact into the present. Sometimes these are real archaeological artifacts like the 13th-century birch-bark tablets in my recent solo show Many Heads are on My Shoulders and other times the artifact might be the script itself that I adapt as in my recent production of Macbeth.
Working as Directing and Producing Assistant at McCarter Theatre, I had the privilege of assisting the amazing directors Emily Mann, John Doyle, and Sam Buntrock as well working with Danai Gurira, Nilo Cruz, and Paula Vogel. I received my MFA in Performance at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University and have also trained with the Globe Theatre in London, SITI Company, and Tectonic Theatre Project. Some of my favorite shows as a dramaturg or director include Addison & the Black Hole, Out of Many, Macbeth, and Conference of the Birds. Selections from some of these shows may be found below. Currently I am a Post-MFA Fellow in Applied Performance in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech as well as a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech. |
Training |
Arizona State University – Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts 2014-2017
McCarter Theatre Directing/Producing Assistant 2011-2012
Washington University in St. Louis 2007-2011
Workshops
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