Last updated August 1, 2020.
CURRENT
Core company member of Fake Friends (Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley, Catherine María "Cat" Rodríguez, and Ariel Sibert).
Dramaturgy for “Invasive Species,” a new project by artist/filmmaker Savas Boyraz. “Invasive Species” examines the environmental and social impact of colonial military interventions in Kurdish Yuksekova/Hakkari. Other films by Savas on vimeo. Trailer available upon request.
Dramaturgy for Circle Jerk, created by Fake Friends (produced with support from Jeremy O’Harris/HBO, Theater Mitu, and Immediate Medium; developed as a part of Ars Nova’s Makers Lab).
Dramaturgy for AVITAL, created by Michael Breslin, with Ariel Sibert, Zoe Mann, and Amandla Jahava (Yale Cabaret). Currently in development. Trailer on vimeo.
Editorial collaboration and script preparation with Thomas F. DeFrantz/SLIPPAGE, documenting “Soundz at the Back of My Head,” premiered at Gibney Dance, January 2020. To be published in Theater magazine, volume 50, issue 3, Fall 2020.
Teaching Fellow in Theater History at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University (2020-2021).
Doctorate of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama (expected completion in 2022).
Recent PAST
Assistant Producer and Production Manager for Hito Steyerl’s DRILL (Park Avenue Armory, June 2019).
Associate Editor of Theater Magazine, a scholarly journal published by Yale University and Duke University Press (2018-2020).
Teaching Fellow in Theater Studies at Yale University (2018-2020).
Dramaturgy for This American Wife, created by Michael + Patrick (New York Theatre Workshop, Next Wave Festival), 2017-present.
Dramaturgy for A Doll's House, Pt. 3, created by Michael + Patrick with Zoe Mann and Anna Crivelli (Ars Nova’s ANT Fest and the Exponential Festival; workshops and showings at Wesleyan University and Hamilton College), 2018-present. 2019 performance on Vimeo.
Dramaturgy for Kiss, by Guillermo Calderón, directed by Evan Yianoulis (Yale Repertory Theatre).
Published review of Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone (Theater Magazine, issue 48.2): "A Back Garden at the End of the World"
American Society of Theater Researchers Conference (ASTR), 2019, member of the Animal Engagements Working Group led by Jennifer Parker-Starbuck;
American Society of Theater Researchers Conference (ASTR), 2018, member of the Data & Surveillance Working Group led by Elise Morrison and James Harding.
Member of the New Museum’s Critical Matters of Performance Working Group, 2018
Winner of the Araca Project Producing Award for production of Elfriede Jelinek's Shadow. Eurydice Says, 2017
American Theatre, "How 1 Harassed NYC Theatre Freelancer Is Fighting Back,” 2017
Winner of the John W. Gassner Prize for Critical Writing, Yale University, Yale School of Drama, 2018
Winner of the 2016 Joel Tansey Award for Graduate Writing, Comparative Drama Conference, 2016
HISTORIC PAST
As DRAMATURG:
Kiss, by Guillermo Calderón, dir. Evan Yionoulis, Yale Repertory Theatre
Death of Yazdgerd, by Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Manuchehr Anvar, dir. Shadi Ghaheri, Yale School of Drama
This American Wife, created by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, New York Theatre Workshop and the Yale Cabaret
A Doll's House, Pt. 3, created by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, Ars Nova's ANT Fest
Lear, by Young Jean Lee, dir. Shadi Ghaheri, the Yale Summer Cabaret
The Trojan Women, by Ellen McLaughlin, dir. Shadi Ghaheri, the Yale Summer Cabaret
Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare, dir. Shadi Ghaheri, the Yale School of Drama
Kaspar, by Peter Handke, in a new translation by Matthew Ward, dir. Ayham Ghraowi with Ashley Chang and Ariel Sibert, the Yale Cabaret
The Slow Sound of Snow, by Jaber Ramezani and Payam Saeedi, in a new translation by Shadi Ghareri, dir. Shadi Ghaheri, the Yale Cabaret
Vignette of a Recollection, dir. Wlad Woyno Rodriguez, with texts by Nabokov; a virtual reality experience, the Yale Cabaret Satellite Series
The Highwaymen, by Josh Wilder, for development at the History Theatre, St. Paul, MN
The Sea Witch, by Genne Murphy, dir. Lucy Dawkins, the Yale School of Drama
Roberto Zucco, by Bernard-Marie Koltès, dir. Chris Ghaffari, the Yale Cabaret
Young Playwrights Inc.'s Urban Retreat Reading Series (short works by high school students)
The Monologue Series at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company (nine original solo pieces, devised by the performer)
The Ensemble Series at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company (two original one-act plays, devised by the cast)
Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company The Tens (three new ten-minute plays, selected by the company)
Voices Inside: A Prison Play Series, a free monthly reading of new ten-minute plays written by inmates at the Northpoint Training Center, a medium-security prison in Burgin, KY
Brothers in a Riot, by Josh Bonzie and Max Monnig, freelance; performed for SURJ (Show Up for Racial Justice), Louisville, KY
The Wicked Sisters, by Rachel Dart and Collin Morris
AS assistant dramaturG:
Actors Theatre of Louisville Mainstage; The Last Five Years, book and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; A Christmas Carol, adaptation by Barbara Field; At the Vanishing Point by Naomi Iizuka
Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New Plays; The Glory of the World by Charles L. Mee; Dot by Colman Domingo; That High Lonesome Sound by Diana Grisanti, Jeff Augustin, Charise Castro Smith & Cory Hinkle
AS Literary Management Intern at Actors Theatre of Louisville (2014-2015 Season):
Wrote original dramaturgical materials for lobby displays and Inside Actors, the theatre's promotional magazine
Acted as a reader for the National Ten-Minute Play Festival and the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival
Co-founded and co-directed an internal playwriting workshop for Actors Theatre staff
Assisted in the day-to-day operations of the Literary Department
Copy-edited literary and promotional materials
Acted as a production dramaturg for the Apprentice Intern Company, Mainstage and Humana seasons (credits listed above)
Academic Past
Yale Graduate Writing Center, staff consultant for students of the Yale School of Drama and students in the humanities, 2016-2019.
M.F.A. Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama, 2018
B.A. with Honors in Art History, Princeton University, 2012