Dramaturgical Writing
Dramaturgy
Some of my favorite projects as a production dramaturg, and especially as a developmental dramaturg on new plays and musicals.
by William Shakespeare
directed by Carl Cofield
NYU Skirball, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Yale Repertory Theatre
co-dramaturg, Patrick Young
2019-2023
Research Dramaturg
to Nambi E. Kelley
2021
Dramaturgy Project Assistant
to Erika Dickerson-Despenza
New Dramatists
2021
by Genne Murphy
directed by Shadi Ghaheri
Yale School of Drama
Carlotta Festival of New Plays
2018
by Nambi E. Kelley
directed by Seret Scott
Yale Repertory Theatre
2017
My Video Interview of Playwright Nambi E. Kelley
by Alex Lubischer
directed by Jecamiah Ybañez
Yale School of Drama
New Play Laboratory
2017
by Majkin Holmquist & Alex Lubischer
directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
Yale Cabaret
2017
by Sarah B. Mantell
directed by Rachel Carpman
Yale Cabaret
2016
by Ken Urban
directed by M. Bevin O'Gara
Huntington Theatre Company
Summer Workshop
2015
created & directed by Scott Ray Merchant & Will Bishop
First Floor Theater
2014
by Naomi Iizuka
directed by Hutch Pimentel
First Floor Theater
2013
Literary Management
& Institutional Dramaturgy
Yale Repertory Theatre
Artistic Fellow, 2019-2022
- Managed script submissions and coverage.
- Produced community and education programming.
Literary Assistant, 2015-2016
- Facilitated and evaluated submissions for the National Playwrights and National Music Theater Conferences, with a record-breaking 1450 and 285 submissions, respectively!
- Spent the summer developing new plays and musicals by the sea, serving as script supervisor for The Burdens by Matt Schatz & The Museum of Broken Relationships by Daniel Green & David H. Bell.
- Mentored writers aged 13-17 through script development, rehearsal, and production of their plays in the Young Playwrights Festival.
Literary Apprentice, 2014-2015
- Contributed research and writing as assistant dramaturg on all productions.
- Supported productions and workshops of new plays by A. Rey Pamatmat; Ronan Noone; Melinda Lopez; Craig Lucas; Walt McGough; Mike Lew; and Huntington Playwriting Fellows Sam Marks, John J. King, Nina Louise Morrison, and Mia Chung.
- Participated in season selection and programming.
- Moderated regular post-show audience conversations and curated and hosted guest speakers, like this series for The Colored Museum.
- Planned 35 Below parties to engage young adult audiences...including making extremely important photo booth props like the Maggie Smith masks in progress, pictured.
Company Member & Dramaturg, 2012-2014
- Built the dramaturgy-driven approach of the Chicago Reader’s Best New Theater of 2013.
- Dramaturged productions including the first annual LitFest, an evening of new short plays inspired by the Brothers Grimm.
Reading & Coverage
Freelance, 2014-present
- I've written stage and screen script coverage for the Public Theater, Somerled Arts, The Writers Lab, and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - Artistic Council, among others.
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