Resume

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

Princeton University, 2021

UMass Amherst, 2020 - 2021

Andy's Summer Playhouse, 2019

Arena Stage, 2019

Luna Stage, 2017

Luna Stage, 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

work with executive leadership on the development of the Digital Renaissance Project
organize and archive all projects and sessions
produce the weekly Digital Renaissance podcast, Eye to Eye
offer dramaturgical support to lead artists within the project
lead projects for young artists:
- Dungeons & Dragons
- LGBTQ Social Hour
- Andy's Time Capsule Project

Resident Dramaturg & Literary Manager, Team Awesome Robot

manage script submission process & volunteer readers
offer dramaturgical support to projects
assist resident playwrights with play development

June 2019 - present

August 2017 - May 2019

Literary Fellow, Arena Stage

read and evaluated script submissions; helped maintain database of submissions
provided research and assisted with workshops for commissioned writers
conducted three Consensus Organizing for Theatre community engagement projects
provided administrative support to the Artistic Development office
served as Script Supervisor and assisted writers on the following world premieres:

Jubilee, written and directed by Tazewell Thompson
JQA, written and directed by Aaron Posner
Kleptocracy by Kenneth Lin, dir. Jackson Gay
Dave, book by Thomas Meehan and Nell Benjamin, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, music by Tom Kitt, dir. Tina Landau
Snow Child, book by John Strand, lyrics by Georgia Stitt, music by Georgia Stitt and Bob Banghart, dir. Molly Smith
Sovereignty by Mary Kathryn Nagle, dir. Molly Smith

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

assisted with collecting and processing survey data for TheatreFacts and the Special Report on Education
assisted with drafting releases and email blasts about TCG’s advocacy efforts

August 2016 - June 2017

Artistic Resident, Luna Stage Company

organized and managed monthly public new play readings
created a new electronic script submission tracking system and managed a team of script readers
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