Then, in the throes of early motherhood, I stepped back from the nights and weekends of our field and honed my fundraising experience. As the sole grant writer in a nonprofit development office, I increased grant revenue 29% within 12 months. I also taught college theatre courses and seminars about theatre history, public speaking, the business of theatre, and Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed.
And, babies don’t keep. Soon, I returned to the stage with renewed enthusiasm and perspective: continuing to teach at the college-level, devising new works, directing, even acting when a friend needs a favor. In 2025, I leveled up my MA in Theatre Education to an MFA in Applied Theatre.
I currently serve as Vice President of the Board for History Alive, Inc., am a proud inaugural board member of Whiffletree Works, Inc., and hold an affiliated faculty position in the Department of Performing Arts at Emerson College.
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.”