Seasoned theatre artist and educator with over 20 years experience in higher education as a teacher and administrator engaged in curriculum development, community outreach, and program direction. Over 30 years experience as a performer and teaching artist. Professional experience as actor, director, dialect/vocal coach, and artistic director. Research and creative interests include interdisciplinary work, devising, and the intersection of arts and activism with significant focus on LGBTQ+ theatre and history.
Passionate advocate for theatre for social change, arts-in-education, holistic teaching, and community engagement. Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills. Trained in leadership, group facilitation, and anti-racist practices.
Towson University, Department of Theatre Arts: 2020-Present
2020-Present Program Director, MFA in Theatre Arts
Towson’s University’s MFA in Theatre Arts cultivates the self-generative artist through an interdisciplinary, process-oriented, and collaborative approach to the creation of new works Responsibilities include:
- Recruitment
- Scheduling and faculty teaching assignments
- Regularly coordinating inter-disciplinary experiences through collaboration with faculty across the college
- Budgeting and finances
- Curation and selection of guest artists for workshops and residencies
- Advising
- Supervision of Final Projects/Thesis
- Courses taught
- Integrated Voice and Movement
- Performance and Society
- Synthesis I: Formal Elements
- Graduate Project Laboratory
- Independent Study: Making Inclusive Theatre/Making Theatre Inclusive