I'm a new play dramaturg, podcaster, and literary manager;
my pronouns are he/him/his or xe/xem/xyrs
Dramaturgy
Orlando by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf, dir. Iris Sowlat
WITCH by Jen Silverman, dir. Rudy Ramires
A Passage in Relief, devised by the ensemble, led by Elena Araoz, produced in collaboration with The One Flea Spare Project
Coven-19: Magicks for Unprecedented Times, devised by the ensemble, produced by Maegan Clearwood and Percival Hornak
URL vs. IRL, devised by the ensemble, dir. Jonathan David Martin
The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, dir. Seema Sueko
JQA* by Aaron Posner, dir. Aaron Posner
Tranquil* by Andrew Rosendorf, dir. Cheryl Katz
Indian Head* by Nikkole Salter, dir. Kareem Fahmy
This Wonderful Life by Steve Murray, dir. Daryl Stewart
King of the Mountains* by Ben Clawson, dir. Cheryl Katz
Dutchman by Amiri Baraka, dir. Sarah Crake
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, dir. Julia Matthews
norway.today by Igor Bauersima, dir. Connor Feeney
4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, dir. Sarah Crake
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, dir. Jeffrey Lentz
Maelstrom* by Jeffrey Lentz and Cocol Bernal, dir. Jeffrey Lentz
* world premiere
UMass Amherst, 2022
UMass Amherst, 2022
Princeton University, 2021
UMass Amherst, 2020 - 2021
Andy's Summer Playhouse, 2019
Arena Stage, 2019
Arena Stage, 2019
Luna Stage, 2017
Luna Stage, 2017
Luna Stage, 2016
Luna Stage, 2016
Albright College, 2016
Albright College, 2016
Albright College, 2016
Albright College, 2016
Albright College, 2015
Albright College, 2014
Work Experience
URL vs. IRL, Andy's Summer Playhouse; photo by Katerina Klavon
Head Archivist & Digital Dramaturg, The Digital Renaissance Project
May 2020 - September 2020
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work with executive leadership on the development of the Digital Renaissance Project
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organize and archive all projects and sessions
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produce the weekly Digital Renaissance podcast, Eye to Eye
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offer dramaturgical support to lead artists within the project
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lead projects for young artists:
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Dungeons & Dragons
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LGBTQ Social Hour
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Andy's Time Capsule Project
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Resident Dramaturg & Literary Manager, Team Awesome Robot
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manage script submission process & volunteer readers
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offer dramaturgical support to projects
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assist resident playwrights with play development
June 2019 - present
August 2017 - May 2019
Literary Fellow, Arena Stage
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read and evaluated script submissions; helped maintain database of submissions
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provided research and assisted with workshops for commissioned writers
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conducted three Consensus Organizing for Theatre community engagement projects
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provided administrative support to the Artistic Development office
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served as Script Supervisor and assisted writers on the following world premieres:
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Jubilee, written and directed by Tazewell Thompson
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JQA, written and directed by Aaron Posner
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Kleptocracy by Kenneth Lin, dir. Jackson Gay
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Dave, book by Thomas Meehan and Nell Benjamin, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, music by Tom Kitt, dir. Tina Landau
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Snow Child, book by John Strand, lyrics by Georgia Stitt, music by Georgia Stitt and Bob Banghart, dir. Molly Smith
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Sovereignty by Mary Kathryn Nagle, dir. Molly Smith
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served as script supervisor and offered dramaturgy support on a two week workshop of Thoughts of a Colored Man by Keenan Scott II, dir. Taye Diggs
June - August 2017
Research, Policy, and Collective Action Intern, Theatre Communications Group
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assisted with collecting and processing survey data for TheatreFacts and the Special Report on Education
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assisted with drafting releases and email blasts about TCG’s advocacy efforts
August 2016 - June 2017
Artistic Resident, Luna Stage Company
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organized and managed monthly public new play readings
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created a new electronic script submission tracking system and managed a team of script readers
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created and populated an online audience engagement space, the Virtual Context Room

Education
2020 - 2023
University of Massachusetts Amherst
MFA Dramaturgy
norway.today, Albright College; photo by John Pankratz
2012 - 2016
Albright College

Albright College, B.A. English/Theatre (summa cum laude, College Honors)
Jacob Albright Scholar, Dean's List Recipient
Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honors Society)
Departmental Distinction in English