Vitae

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, PhD playwriting and theatre history/theory/criticism: aborted.

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, MFA playwriting, August, 2003. Thesis: @}--{-- VIRTUAL ROSES. Moe Lab Theatre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dir. Don Barnett.

University of California, Los Angeles, BA, English, December, 1999.



INTERESTS AND SPECIALITIES

Cognitive Theory.  Non-traditional playwriting. Playwriting and adaptations. Postmodern and Postdramatic Theatre. Elizabethan Theatre and playwrights. Shakespeare and First Folio Cue Script Technique.



TEACHING

Cinema, Teacher's Assistant, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech University, Spring, 2009.

Theatre Appreciation, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech University, Fall, 2008.

Theatre History II, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech University, Spring, 2008.

Cinema, Teacher's Assistant, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech University, Fall, 2007.

Theatre Appreciation, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech University, Spring, 2007.

Cinema, Teacher's Assistant, Department of Theatre and Dance, Fall, 2006.



PLAY PRODUCTIONS

An Evening With Beaver (five one-acts), Experimental Artists Theatre, The Limelight Theatre, Lubbock. Dir. Adam Gallegos and China Young. October, 2009.

Phallus Pan (full-length), Experimental Artists Theatre, The Limelight Theatre, Lubbock. Dir. Paul Fillingim. August, 2009.

Pulp Fairy (full-length). Owassa High School, Tulsa. Dir. Topher Payne. July, 2009.

Frank Lee Anne/Hell in Keller (two one-acts). Experimental Artists Theatre, The Limelight Theatre, Lubbock. Dirs. Paul Fillingim/Mandi Tapia. May, 2009.

Murder Mystery (full length dinner theatre). Main Event, Lubbock. February-March, 2009.

Wonderland in Alice: The Uncertainty Principle (full-length). Dionysus Theatre Complex's L'il Peach Theatre, New York City, Dirs. Ben Gougeon and Doug Spagnola. Equity Approved Showcase. February, 2009.
"Theatre is Easy" Review
Acorn Jones Review

MFMDing (Meeting Fucking Marrying Divorcing) (full-length). Boston Avenue Playhouse, Experimental Artists Theatre, Lubbock. Dir. Paul Fillingim. January, 2009.

Wonderland in Alice: The Uncertainty Principle (full-length), Experimental Artists Theatre, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Lubbock.  Dir. Topher Payne. August, 2008.

Pulp Fairy (full-length). Frenship High School, Wolfforth. Dir. Topher Payne. May, 2008.

Solve for Castrato(κ) (one-act). Laboratory Theater, Lubbock. Dir. Topher Payne. April, 2008.

A scene from Agamemnon (one-act). Escondido Theater, Lubbock. Dir. Mike Novak. April, 2007.

Abbey Flybynight (full-length).Grindlebone Arts Collective, Top Floor Theatre, Hamilton Arts Centre, Baltimore. Dir. Don Elwell. July, 2006.

Sappho (one-act). Moe Lab Theatre. Dir. Lori Merrill-Fink. March/April, 2003.

Fat(one-act). Moe Lab Theatre. Dir. Alan Chevsky. October, 2002.

Kissing Betelgeuse (one-act). Moe Lab Theatre. Dir. Elyse Pineau. March/April, 2001.

Abbey Flybynight(full-length). Greylight Theatre Collective, Murphysboro. Dir. Don Elwell. April, 1999.



STAGED READINGS

Sullied Flesh (full-length). Experimental Artists Theatre, The Limelight Theatre. Lubbock, Dir. Paul Fillingim. September, 2009.

Engines of Torture (full-length). Moe Lab Theatre, staged reading. Dir. Christopher Marcum. September, 2003.

@--}-- Virtual Roses (full-length). SIUC Scriptcamp, staged reading, Carbondale. Dir. by Shade Murray. August, 2002.

CNN (one-act). Chicago Dramatists, staged reading, Chicago. August, 2001.



DRAMATURGY

Waiting for Lefty, dramaturg, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Chicago. Dir. Christopher Marcum. Spring, 2007.

Uncle Vanya, dramaturg, Boston Avenue Playhouse, Lubbock. Dir. Dr. Aaron Adair. Spring, 2007.

The Pillowman, dramaturg, Maedgen Theatre, Lubbock. Dir. Dr. Linda Donahue. Spring, 2007.

Little House on the Prairie, script adaptation, Theatre Hikes, Morton Arboretum, Lisle. Dir. Linda D. LeVeque. Summer, 2006.

HENRY 4 (Part One), dramaturg, Stockyards Theatre Company, Theatre Building, Chicago. Dirs., Katie Carey Govier and Angela Bonacasa. August, 2005.

Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline, dramaturg, Western Illinois University Studio Theatre. Dir. Fulton Burns. Spring, 2006.

I Henry IV, script editor, Hainline Theatre. Dir. Bill Kincaid. February, 2005.

King Lear, script editor, Vitalist Theatre Company, Theatre Building. Dir. Elizabeth Carlton Metz. September-October, 2004.

Angel Street, dramaturg, Brown County Playhouse. Dir. Bill Kincaid. August, 2003.

King Lear, dramaturg, McLeod Theatre, Dir. Bill Kincaid. Spring, 2002.

Dracula, dramaturg, McLeod Theatre. Dir. Blair Beasley. Spring, 2001.



DIRECTING

True West, Hub Theatre Group, Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock. July, 2008.

Macbeth, Trama Theatre Company, Crossroads Theatre, Naperville. October, 2004.

Hamlet, Trama Theatre Company, Crossroads Theatre, Naperville. May, 2004.



PUBLICATION

“Unearthing Hamlet’s Fool: A Metatheatrical Excavation of Yorick,” Wooden O Symposium Journal, 2007.

“Direct Address in Shakespeare: Unlocking Audience-Centered Moments Through Performance," Wooden O Symposium Journal, 2006.

Greylight Theatre: Selected New Plays from the First Three Seasons, “Abbey Flybynight”. Don Elwell, Editor. New York: Writer’s Club Press: 2001.



CONFERENCES/POSTERS

“Shakespearean Performance,” American Society of Theatre Research, Research Group, November, 2007.

“First Folio Technique and the Bloodying of Mark Antony,” Wooden O Symposium, Utah Shakespearean Festival, presented paper, August, 2007.

“Unearthing Hamlet’s Fool: A Metatheatrical Excavation of Yorick,” Wooden O Symposium, Utah Shakespearean Festival, presented paper, August, 2006.

"Direct Address In Shakespeare: Unlocking Audience Centered Moments," Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Theater Workshop, January, 2006.

“Direct Address in Shakespeare: Unlocking Audience-Centered Moments Through Performance,” Wooden O Symposium, Utah Shakespearean Festival, co-presented paper, August, 2005.

“PHARMAKON and Researching the History of Medicine," Phi Kappa Phi Research Day, poster, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March, 2003.

“PHARMAKON and Past, Present, and Future Doctors,” Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease Conference, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, presented paper, June, 2002.

“Dramaturging Dracula,” Phi Kappa Phi Research Day, poster, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March, 2002.



PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Limelight Theatre, Executive Director, Lubbock. 2009-2010.

Experimental Artists Theatre, Original Founder, Lubbock. 2008-Present.

Trama Theatre, Naperville, Original Founder, Associate Artistic Director. 2004-2005.