Banner Photo: Peril In Thine Eye, Umass Amherst, 2016
Published Scholarship and Essays
“Living Our Internal War on Stage” Roundabout Theatre Company, 2024, Web. Click Here to Access
Featured Critical Responses in the exhibit “Dance We Must: Another Look.” May – August 2019, Jacob’s Pillow Archives, Becket, Massachusetts.
"Celebrating Historic Milestones While Critically Understanding the Past" HowlRound, Emerson College, January 2019. Click Here to Access
"Dramaturgical Work with College-Aged Artists around Race and Whiteness." HowlRound, Emerson College, June 2018, Web. Click Here to Access
Queer Temporality and Aesthetics in Taylor Mac's 'The Lily's Revenge': a Dramaturgical Exploration of the Production at UMass Amherst (M.F.A. Thesis). ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, The University of Massachusetts, 2018, Web. Click Here to Access
“Dramaturgy and Dance.” The Jacob’s Pillow Archive Website, 2018, Web. Click Here To Access
The Brief: NYTW's Dramaturgy Website, writer, editor, and contributor, New York Theatre Workshop 2014-15 Season. Click Here to Access
“Die Glassmenagerie.” Communications from the International Brecht Society, Sept. 2011, p. 26. Print.
Featured Critical Responses in the exhibit “Dance We Must: Another Look.” May – August 2019, Jacob’s Pillow Archives, Becket, Massachusetts.
"Celebrating Historic Milestones While Critically Understanding the Past" HowlRound, Emerson College, January 2019. Click Here to Access
"Dramaturgical Work with College-Aged Artists around Race and Whiteness." HowlRound, Emerson College, June 2018, Web. Click Here to Access
Queer Temporality and Aesthetics in Taylor Mac's 'The Lily's Revenge': a Dramaturgical Exploration of the Production at UMass Amherst (M.F.A. Thesis). ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, The University of Massachusetts, 2018, Web. Click Here to Access
“Dramaturgy and Dance.” The Jacob’s Pillow Archive Website, 2018, Web. Click Here To Access
The Brief: NYTW's Dramaturgy Website, writer, editor, and contributor, New York Theatre Workshop 2014-15 Season. Click Here to Access
“Die Glassmenagerie.” Communications from the International Brecht Society, Sept. 2011, p. 26. Print.
Courses
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
Co- Creator and Program Manager, Veteran Voices Playwriting Program
ZOOM, New York, NY, 2021 – Present
New York, NY, March 2021 - Present
New York, NY, February 2021 – Present
ZOOM, 2020 – 2021
New York, NY, October 2014; January 2022 - Present
CHERRY GROVE ARTS PROJECT, “Rainbow Connection," Fire Island, New York July 2021, 2022, 2023
Co-facilitate an intergenerational theatre program on Fire Island that brings together participants from different age groups to explore LGBTQIA experiences across the decades. Through collaborative storytelling and theatre-making, participants engage in meaningful conversations about queer history, culminating in a devised public presentation at the end of the two-week program.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Primary Course Instructor: Amherst, MA, January 2017 – May 2018
Theatre 130, Contemporary Playwrights of Color (Spring 2017)
Theater movements of Black, Latinx, Asian, and Native American communities, and the body of literature by contemporary playwrights of color within a historical context. The course focuses on multi-disciplinary writing research and writing skills for the Humanities and Arts. Students are also expected to create original creative work, and attend theatrical performances around the Five College Consortium.
Theatre 393, Asian American Theater History (Spring 2018)
In this course, we examine theatrical works and the social and political contexts of Asian American theater-makers in the US. The course focuses on multi-disciplinary writing research and writing skills for the Humanities and Arts. Students are required to attend theatrical events around the Five College Consortium, as well as complete a group research project. The course was co-developed and taught with Prof. Priscilla Page.
Teaching Assistant: Amherst, MA, September 2015 – Dec 2017
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co- Creator and Program Manager, Veteran Voices Playwriting Program
ZOOM, New York, NY, 2021 – Present
- Created a free playwriting seminar in partnership with Poetic Theatre Productions for a community of veterans, primarily BIPOC, femme, and LGBTQIA individuals. This program equips veterans with the tools to navigate the professional theatre world while developing and writing original plays, fostering new voices and perspectives in theatre.
New York, NY, March 2021 - Present
- Partnered with PEN America and National Queer Theatre to launch a free playwriting seminar specifically designed for LGBTQIA Immigrant and Dreamer writers. As the primary liaison for the teaching artist, support participants through the final stages of the program, preparing their work for public presentation. This initiative creates space for marginalized voices and ensures their stories are brought to the forefront.
New York, NY, February 2021 – Present
- Occasionally lead and facilitate NYTW’s Mind the Gap, a flagship program that bridges generational divides by pairing elders (60+ years) with teens (14-19 years) to create theatre together. Taught both playwriting and devising versions of the program, fostering meaningful intergenerational connections through the power of storytelling.
ZOOM, 2020 – 2021
- Assisted a national program for youth artists to create original social justice theatre online during the national shutdown. Working with participants from across the U.S., helped guide these emerging activists in developing new works that respond to today’s social issues, fostering a generation of socially conscious theatre-makers. The program has evolved into an in-person that serves students from the five boroughs of New York City, which is now fully facilitated by my colleagues in the NYTW Education team.
New York, NY, October 2014; January 2022 - Present
- Assisted in running NYTW’s 8-week case study course on Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand, giving students an insider’s view into professional theatre production. More recently, have managed and assisted the Casebook series for productions such as Aleshea Harris’ On Sugarland, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself, and Tectonic Theatre Project’s Here There Are Blueberries. These programs provide aspiring theatre professionals with direct access to the creative process behind major productions. As of October 2024, will fully co-facilitate all future Casebook programs with Associate Artistic Director Aaron Malkin.
CHERRY GROVE ARTS PROJECT, “Rainbow Connection," Fire Island, New York July 2021, 2022, 2023
Co-facilitate an intergenerational theatre program on Fire Island that brings together participants from different age groups to explore LGBTQIA experiences across the decades. Through collaborative storytelling and theatre-making, participants engage in meaningful conversations about queer history, culminating in a devised public presentation at the end of the two-week program.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Primary Course Instructor: Amherst, MA, January 2017 – May 2018
Theatre 130, Contemporary Playwrights of Color (Spring 2017)
Theater movements of Black, Latinx, Asian, and Native American communities, and the body of literature by contemporary playwrights of color within a historical context. The course focuses on multi-disciplinary writing research and writing skills for the Humanities and Arts. Students are also expected to create original creative work, and attend theatrical performances around the Five College Consortium.
Theatre 393, Asian American Theater History (Spring 2018)
In this course, we examine theatrical works and the social and political contexts of Asian American theater-makers in the US. The course focuses on multi-disciplinary writing research and writing skills for the Humanities and Arts. Students are required to attend theatrical events around the Five College Consortium, as well as complete a group research project. The course was co-developed and taught with Prof. Priscilla Page.
Teaching Assistant: Amherst, MA, September 2015 – Dec 2017
- Theatre 100, Theatrical Frontiers: Live Performance, Prof. Harley Erdman
- Guest Lecture: "History of Musical Theatre in the U.S."
- Guest Lecture: "Creating Devised Theatre"
- Theatre 130, Contemporary Playwrights of Color, Prof. Priscilla Page
- Guest Lecture: "Intro to Asian American Theatre History"
- Guest Lecture: "The Legacy of Frank Chin and his Work"
- Theatre 105, Drama & the Media – Performing Mythologies in the Contemporary World, Prof. Megan Lewis
- Guest Lecture: "Intro to Documentary Theatre in the U.S."
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Teach for America, Memphis Corps 2012 - English Language Learners K-12 Grades