I'm a collaborative storyteller, new play dramaturg, podcaster, researcher, and literary manager;
my pronouns are he/him/his
Research
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An account of the creation of an interactive performance/Alternate Reality Game that brings together techniques of immersive and experiential theater with pervasive game design to experiment with models of inviting the audience to participate in and co-create performance events.
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"Theatre of the Mind: A Dramaturgical Perspective on Tabletop Role-Playing Games" by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis
a Dungeons + Drama Nerds podcast episode
"Reclaiming Queer History in Together We Write Private Cathedrals"
at Generation Analog, July 2023
"Building Trans Homes Through Embodied Play and Lyric Games"
at Generation Analog, July 2024
Production Dramaturgy
Playing Wolves by Leo Grierson, Andy's Summer Playhouse, August 2023
Orlando by Sarah Ruhl, UMass Amherst Theater, November 2022
photo by Derek Fowles
Witch by Jen Silverman, UMass Amherst Theater, February 2022
photo by Derek Fowles
URL vs IRL, Andy's Summer Playhouse, July 2019