Current/Upcoming projects:
- Smart People by Lydia R. Diamond @ Silverthorne Theater, August 2-10 2024
- Mother by Fig Lefevre @ Play Incubation Collective, October 6 2024
I have worked on projects at a variety of professional, educational, and community theaters, including: University of Massachusetts, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke, Smith College, Westfield State University, Amherst College, University of Evansville, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Center Stage Baltimore, Play Incubation Collective, Silverthorne Theater, The Playwrights' Center Minneapolis, New Harmony Theatre, and more. Below are selected projects and examples of my work.
To Serve the Hive (intimacy choreographer - Theater Between Addresses 2024) |
Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2024) |
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Marisol (intimacy choreographer - Mount Holyoke 2024)
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Bar Dykes (intimacy choreographer - Queer Community Theatre 2023) |
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The Hatmaker's Wife (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2023) |
They Won't Pay? We Won't Pay! (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2023) |
Into the Woods (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2023) |
The Cake (intimacy choreographer - Silverthorne Theater 2023)
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Intimate Apparel (intimacy choreographer - Silverthorne Theater 2023) |
The Moors (intimacy choreographer - Mount Holyoke 2023) |
Orlando (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2022)
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This production included lots of intimacy, ranging from several kissing moments to flirtatious touch to Desdemona's violent death to implied nudity/stripping to silhouetted sexuality. It was a joy to play with queering intimacy and gendered expectations.
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Short Eyes (intimacy choreographer - Mt. Holyoke 2022) |
Late: A Cowboy Song (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2022) |
WITCH (intimacy choreographer - UMass 2022)
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For this production I did workshops with the actors on boundaries & consent, staged, choreographed, and assisted with scenes of intimacy and violence. I collaborated with the fight choreographer on a scene with combined intimacy/violence. I also trained the costume and makeup crew in consent for quick changes, other interactions with actors.
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Gender Experience™ (community activist partner - UMass 2020-21)
Watch the performance here!
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For this digital performance series, dramaturg Tatiana Godfrey and director Josh Glenn-Kayden developed a new process in which they paired activists with playwrights to imagine "visionary futures" together. I worked with M Sloth Levine to envision what our fantasy future of trans healthcare might look like.
Watch a panel I participated in about the project here. Read more about the project here. |
The Mystery of Irma Vep (dramaturg - The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis 2020)
Queer & Now: Sync or Swim (dramaturg, devisor, sound engineer - Amherst 2018, NYC 2019, Greenfield, MA 2020)
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Queer&Now: Sync or Swim is the third iteration of an ensemble devised project I've worked on for the past 3 years. This version queers mythology, imagining how we might build communities, smash the patriarchy, and love our queer and trans bodies.
Press about Sync or Swim: Greenfield Recorder Valley Advocate |
Wild Thing (Dramaturgy Consultant - UMASS 2019)
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Wild Thing is the first ever performed English translation of La Serrana de la Vera, written in 1613 by Luis Vélez de Guevara and translated by Harley Erdman. This production explored Gila, the title character, as through a trans lens.As a Guest Artist, I designed the poster (left), led workshops on gender performance for the cast, facilitated a workshop for visiting school groups, and moderated talkbacks on feminism, gender, and trans bodies in performance.
You can read the study guide I created for area high schools here. Read a review of the production here. |
Hir (Dramaturg - Jobsite Theater, Tampa, FL 2018)
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I served as dramaturg for this production of Taylor Mac's absurdist take on family and gender dynamics. I provided a research packet and spoke at an audience talkback.
Read excerpts of the actor's packet here. Watch clips and learn more about Hir here. Read a review of the production here. Nominated for a Tampa Bay Theater award for Best Director. |
Queer&Now: A Lip Sync Spectacular (Dramaturg, devisor, sound engineer - Amherst, MA 2017-18)
Trailer by Alyssa Labrie. |
Queer&Now is an ensemble devised project that explores lip sync and drag as a form of queer dissent. The project combines music, movement, poetry, and gender exploration in a night of fun, raunch, protest, and celebration. As a devisor and dramaturg on this project, I assisted in the choreographing, selection of materials, sound engineering, and overall concept.
See more on the website I built here. Read a review of the production here. |
Hedda (Dramaturg, adaptation playwright - UMASS 2017)
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I adapted a new version of Hedda Gabler for this production, focusing on a feminist vision with a cast of 7 women who switched in and out of the titular role. As dramaturg, I led post show discussions, planned a post show Stag Party, created lobby displays, and provided in-rehearsal support.
Read my program note here. Read reviews of the production here and here. |
Playlab (Producer, dramaturg - UMASS 2015, 2016, Advisor - 2019, 2020)
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For two years I produced and dramaturged a new play festival at UMass, where we solicited scripts from playwrights across the country, eventually selecting works from MJ Kaufman (Sagittarius Ponderosa), Michael Yates Crowley (The Rape of the Sabine Women by Grace B. Matthias), Kim Euell (The Dance), and Stephanie Swirsky (What Actually Happened Was...).
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Marie Antoinette (Dramaturg - UMASS 2015)
Pride and Prejudice (Assistant Dramaturg, Adaptor's Assistant - Center Stage, Baltimore, MD 2015)
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As adaptor's assistant, I provided script feedback to the adaptor and served as an in-rehearsal liaison for this world premiere production. As assistant dramaturg, I crafted research materials, interactive digital lobby displays, and assisted in the development of an immersive lobby experience.
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Midsummer Night's Dream (Assistant Dramaturg - University of Evansville, 2010)
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Check out my lobby display (left), and read an excerpt of my dramaturgy actor's packet for this production here.
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Various Other Play Work
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