What's New?
Welcome! I hope you are doing well during these challenging times. Please stay safe and healthy by responsibly social distancing and wearing masks in public. I'm happy to share that I am continuing to program virtual community events and gatherings with New York Theatre Workshop to support artists, audiences, and our local communities. For virtual resources on COVID-19 and ways to support the Black Lives Matter Movement, please scroll down.
Now:
January 2021. Commissioned with Filipina actor Regina De Vera to write a new adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata set in the Philippines. Produced by The Sông Collective. First draft coming along!
Recent Projects:
December 2020. Commissioned to write a new essay for Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive about contemporary Dance Dramaturgy.
December 2 - 10, 2020. Dramaturging a development workshop of Yilong Liu's PrEP Play, or The Blue Parachute Play. Director Adin Walker, produced by National Queer Theatre.
October - December 2020. Participating virtually as a director in The Lark's Playground series.
September 2020. Starting a collaboration as dramaturg with playwright Roger Q. Mason. More information to come.
Now:
January 2021. Commissioned with Filipina actor Regina De Vera to write a new adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata set in the Philippines. Produced by The Sông Collective. First draft coming along!
Recent Projects:
December 2020. Commissioned to write a new essay for Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive about contemporary Dance Dramaturgy.
December 2 - 10, 2020. Dramaturging a development workshop of Yilong Liu's PrEP Play, or The Blue Parachute Play. Director Adin Walker, produced by National Queer Theatre.
October - December 2020. Participating virtually as a director in The Lark's Playground series.
September 2020. Starting a collaboration as dramaturg with playwright Roger Q. Mason. More information to come.
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My name is Gaven, rhymes with "Raven"...He/him/his. I am a brown queer Asian American theatremaker based in New York City. I have experience with new play development, production dramaturgy, audience engagement, direction, and arts administration. I am a globally conscious and interdisciplinary artist who believes that theatre is a transformative tool for underrepresented communities to imagine and create radically new inclusive worlds. I continue to work closely with LGBTQIA community leaders, artists with disabilities, and international artists whose work focus on Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Belonging (EDIB) Initiatives. I believe in an artistic collaborative process that centers on feminist and queer concepts of radical compassion, love, empathy, and community-building. I advocate for LGBTQIA+ and feminist issues, mental health awareness, inclusive accessible theatre, and advancement of diverse representation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) people on and off U.S. stages. I have had the honor to intern and work at various companies in various artistic, administrative, and dramaturgical positions: The Juilliard School Drama Division, Musical Theatre Factory, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, New York Theater Workshop, Ma-Yi Theatre, the TEAM, Playhouse on the Square (Memphis, TN), and Bremen Schaulspielhaus. B.A. American Studies, Dickinson College; M.F.A. Dramaturgy, University of Massachusetts Amherst; and graduate certificate of Advanced Feminist Studies from the UMass Amherst Women, Gender, and Sexualities Department. I am also a proud former teacher of Teach for America's Memphis Corps from 2012 to 2014. I recently completed a year-long professional apprenticeship in the Drama Division at The Juilliard School. I currently reside with my 10-year-old dog Ripley in the East Village. I am the Community Engagement Associate at New York Theatre Workshop.
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First ZOOM all staff meeting. Photo/GIF credit: Kacie Chow
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New York Theatre Workshop
Out of continued concern for the health and safety of our audiences, artists and staff, NYTW will not return to public events in the 2019/20 season. We have a wonderful mostly virtual season for 2020/2021, featuring work from 30+ artists responding to the political, cultural, and social zeitgeist and innovating new ways to connecting to other human beings. As a member of the NYTW Education and Engagement team, I'm happy to say we have expanded our community programs nationwide and have continued fostering programs with amazing local organizations, such as People's Theatre Project. For more information visit NYTW.ORG. Covid-19 Resources for Artists New York Theatre Workshop staff have compiled list of resources for our diverse community. The list is growing and will be updated periodically. Click here to access the list. Free Virtual Programming Beloved members of NYTW’s artistic community will be leading master classes on directing, writing, performance and beyond on Monday afternoons while we’re on hiatus. Wednesdays are dedicated to artist conversations and talks, while the rest of the week is filled with music jam sessions, open mic night events, more! Click here to read more and register. Recent chats and workshops have included the See Foundation and Black Acting Methods Studio. Black Lives Matter Movement Resources The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, James Spurlock, David McAtee, and countless other Black folx are reprehensible and are unacceptable. Black Lives Matter. We encourage you to join us in action. We offer the following resources that we are using today:
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