C.V.
* indicates a world premiere
+ indicates upcoming production
Professional Production Dramaturgy
La Cage aux Folles, dramaturg The Studio Theatre Dir. Nathaniel Niemi
Romeo and Juliet, assistant dramaturg The Acting Company Dir. Leah C. Gardiner
King Lear , dramaturgy associate Houston Shakespeare Festival Dir. Stephanie Shine
No. 6, dramaturg The Studio Theatre Dir. Toma LangstonYou’re Cordially Invited to Sit-in*, dramaturg Stages Theatre Dir. Aaron Brown
Sweat, research dramaturg Alley Theatre Dir. Rob Melrose, A.D Eileen Morris
Broadbend, Arkansas, dramaturg The Studio Theatre Dir. Toma Langston
University Dramaturgy
The Amish Project, dramaturg UH Downtown Dir. Tim Klein
Silence, dramaturg University of Houston Dir. Josh Morrison
How I Learned to Play Tennis*, lead dramaturg University of Houston Dir. Phillip B. Kershaw
The Oresteia, co-lead dramaturg University of Houston Dir. Lily Wolff
In the Blood, dramaturg University of Houston Dir. Leah C. Gardiner
What We’re Up Against, dramaturg University of Houston Dir. Mekeva McNeil
Sense and Sensibility, dramaturg William and Mary Dir. Christopher Owens
Film Dramaturgy
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dramaturg Houston Shakespeare Festival Dir. Max Reinhardt (1935)
Henry V, dramaturg Houston Shakespeare Festival Dir. Kenneth Branagh (1989)
New Play Development
[In-], dramaturg The Attic Studio One Night Only Festival Dir. Ethan Joshua Persyko
Arnett Cobb Project, dramaturg Alley Theatre Written by Shawn Hamilton
Education
M.A. Theatre Studies, University of Houston (2022)
Thesis: Down For My [Queer] Niggaz: Claiming Black Queer Theatrical Culture
Committee: Dr. Alison Christy (chair), Dr. Robert Shimko, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
B.A. Anthropology and a minor in Theatre, The College of William and Mary (2020)
Cum laude
Academic Appointments
Teaching Assistant, School of Theatre & Dance (2020-2022)
University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern School of the Arts
As Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Theatre, American Drama, Dramatic Structures and Genres, Theatre History II
Presentations
Panel Discussion: "Careers in the Arts." Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce and Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (15 May 2023)
Guest Lecture: "Global Insurgency in Manjula Padmanabhan's Harvest," University of Houston (24 Mar. 2022)
Guest Lecture: “Plot Progression and Structure in Lynn Nottage’s Sweat,” University of Houston (30 Sep. 2021)
Co-host: “Black Theatre Caucus Presents: By Us, With Us, For Us Event,” Black Theatre Caucus (15 Oct. 2020)
Guest Lecture: “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” University of Houston (27 Oct. 2020)
Committees & Professional Development
Artist Inc. Houston 2023 Cohort, Fresh Arts & Mid-America Arts Alliance (2023)
Membership Subcommittee, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (2023)
2023 Festival Grant Panel, Houston Arts Alliance (2022)
Season Selection Committee, University of Houston (2021-2022)
Write it Out! Reading Committee, National Queer Theatre (2020)
Script Reading
Bay Area Playwrights Festival (2022)
Alley Theatre (Since 2021)
National Queer Theater Write it Out! Reading Committee (2020)
Honors and Awards
Alyssa R. Parks LGBTQ+ Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Houston (2021-2022)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Scholarship, University of Houston (2020-2021)
William and Mary Theatre Scholarship, The College of William and Mary (2018-2019)
Professional Affiliations
Founding Member, The Montrose Center Rising Leaders (since 2022)
Black Theatre Network (since 2021)
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (since 2020)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (since 2017)
Program Consultation experience available upon request.