Theatre

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“No emotion ever made, or ever will make, a good play if we do not know what kind of forces set emotion going. Emotion, to be sure, is as necessary to a play as barking to a dog.”

– Lajos Egri


“Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

– Bertolt Brecht


“Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.”

– Suzan-Lori Parks

Expertise

Recent Work

Sideshow Theatre

Company Manager & Casting Associate

Over the course of my tenure as Company Manager & Casting Associate, I built a progressive casting system from the ground-up to encourage and increase efficiency of digital casting submissions. I wrote and edited all company contracts. I established a reliable tracking system to enhance staff and talent communication. I helped to institute community guidelines and active procedure to ensure personal and public accountability.

The P*ssy Paragraphs

Script Supervisor

The P*ssy Paragraphs is a queer artistic ensemble based in Chicago, IL.

Their titular show, “The P*ssy Paragraphs: a trans-affirmative comedic riff on that one famous vagina play” is a devised comedy. This ragtag group of artists reclaim their own stories of body, gender, and sexuality through a trans-affirmative and intersectional feminist lens.

Thin Mints

Stage Manager

Thin Mints by Ellen Steves was a workshop production at The Greenhouse Theatre Center in Chicago, IL. This workshop was directed by Justin J. Sacramone.

Thin Mints follows a troop of Bonfire Girls during a five-day woodland retreat as they prepare for an important election. The play scores 100% on the Bechdel Test and offers a warped perspective on the consequences of a community governed by abuse and manipulation.

America v. 2.3: The Gospel of Simeon Samuels

Workshop Script Supervisor

America v. 2.3: The Gospel of Simeon Samuels by Stacey Rose was a workshop reading as a part of the Goodman Theatre’s Playwright’s Unit.

Simeon Samuels is a prophet of humble stock who was divinely assigned by God to be the savior this world needs. His battle to overcome his circumstances lands him in a place of great wealth and power, but he faces his own downfall as the world questions: is he a divinely-ordained prophet or just a fanatic with delusions of grandeur? Simeon may not be the savior the country wants, but he’s definitely the one it deserves.

The Laramie Project

Dramaturg

The Laramie Project was written by Moisés Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project, and directed by Johanna Pinzler. This was a production held at New York Live Arts in collaboration with Marymount Manhattan College.

The Laramie Project is a piece of documentary theater created by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project in 2000. The play documents the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crime legislation in various states, including Wyoming.

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