RÉSUMÉ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Literary Fellowship, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Summer 2023)
Editorial Assistant to Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins (2022-present)
International Journal of Education & the Arts
Prompt: A Journal of Theatre Theory, Practice, and Teaching
THEATRE PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
BERNARDA ALBA, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Chris Campbell (2024)
EMILIA, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Jenny Lamb (2023)
JULIUS CAESAR, Co-Dramaturg | Statespeare, dir. Michael Hewitt (2023)
INTO THE WOODS, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Rick Lombardo (2023)
BAYARD RUSTIN INSIDE ASHLAND, Assistant Dramaturg | People's Light, dir. Steve Broadnax III (2022)
BRIGADOON, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jennifer Delac (2022)
TWELFTH NIGHT, Dramaturg & Vocal Director | Statespeare, dir. Mary Rose Valentine (2022)
MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE, Co-Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jeanmarie Higgins & Michele Dunleavy (2022)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Sam Osheroff (2021)
EDGES, Assistant Technical Director | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Jess Raskauskas (2021)
THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jennifer Delac (2021)
TO MY BELOVED: A LOVE LETTER TO THE CLASSICS, Assistant Director | No Refund Theatre, dir. Maggie Dennis (2020)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Actor (Sophie) | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Kelly McGarrey [Canceled due to COVID-19]
READINGS
OF LOVE & LOX, Dramaturg | KC/ACTF Region II Festival 56, by Lara Miller (2024)
LEONTES AND PAULINA ARE VERY MUCH NOT DEAD, Playwright, Director | Pennsylvania State University (2023)
LOVE I AWETHU FURTHER, Assistant Dramaturg | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, by a.k. payne (2023)
MUSE OF FIRE, Producer, Director | Pennsylvania State University (2023)
LEONTES: A WINTER’S TALE, Director, Composer/Lyricist | Penn State University (2022)
CAPITAUX: AN ALLEGORICAL HEADACHE, Playwright | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Elizabeth Bonjean (2022)
VISITATION, Actor (Lili Weiss/Group Member) | Penn State University, by Mackenzie Miller (2022)
ALL IN THE TIMING, Co-Director | No Refund Theatre, co-dir. Kiran Pandey (2021)
OUTCASTS, Actor (Ashley) | No Refund Theatre, dir. Frederick D. Miller (2020)
CABARET WORK
"GOLDEN CHANCES": THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE, Producer, Co-Director | Pennsylvania State University, co-dir. Frederick D. Miller (2022)
MODERN SHAKESPEARE, Producer, Performer (Benedick, Hal, Henry), & Co-Director | 3 Dots Downtown, co-dir. Mary Rose Valentine and Joey Reihart (2021)
STATESPEARE SPRING SHOWCASE 2021, Co-Director & Performer (Olivia) | Statespeare, co-dir. Kiera James (2021)
MASQUERAIDS 2021: LOVE IS LOVE, Performer | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Lizzy Scipione (2021)
MISTLETONES 2020, Director | The Penn State Thespian Society (2020)
FESTIVALS
2024 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, Festival Co-Producer & Dramaturgy | Nouveau Theatre & Pennsylvania State University
24/7 PLAY FESTIVAL 2023, Festival Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, produced by Hannah Flade
24/7 PLAY FESTIVAL 2022, Festival Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, produced by Hannah Flade
LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT
President, Nouveau Theatre (Spring 2023-Spring 2024)
President, Statespeare (Fall 2021-September 2023)
Chair, B.A. Theatre Studies Society (Spring 2022)
Vice President, Statespeare (Spring 2021)
Member-at-Large/Secretary, B.A. Theatre Studies Society (2021)
Secretary & Historian, Penn State Performing Arts Council (Spring 2021)
Corporate Communications Chair, Penn State Society of Women Engineers (Fall 2020-Spring 2021)
EDUCATION
B.A. Theatre Studies, English, & Comparative Literature, The Pennsylvania State University | Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
English Concentration: Early British Literature
Honors in English and Theatre Studies (Schreyer Honors College & Paterno Fellows Program)
Programs: PSU Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Jumpstart Program (2023), Spark Program (2022)
TRAINING
Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 | Led by Mark Bly and Lynde Rosario (June 2021)
AWARDS & GRANTS
Creative Achievement Award, 2024 (Penn State University)
LMDA: Early Career Dramaturgy Award for Into the Woods, 2024 (KC/ACTF Region II)
Robert M. and Lela Brock Honors Scholarship, 2023-24 (Penn State University)
Golumbic Scholarship for Humanistic Achievement, 2023 (Penn State University)
Erickson Discovery Grant, 2023 (Penn State University)
Collegiate Laws of Life Essay Contest 2023, Second Place (Penn State University)
LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Award for Brigadoon, 2023 (KC/ACTF Region II)
Dramaturgy Program Note Award for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2023 (KC/ACTF Region II)
Theatre 100 Undergraduate Award, 2022 (Penn State University)
Samuel P. Bayard Award in Comparative Literature, 2022 (Penn State University)
Outstanding Dramaturgical Program Note Award for The Last Five Years, 2022 (KC/ACTF Region II)
Ross B. Lehman Freshman Leadership Award, 2021 (Penn State University)