With nearly two decades of professional experience, from NYC to an internally displaced persons camp in northern Uganda, I believe that how we make work reveals our priorities and the kind of world we want to bring into being.
I spent my 20s developing and implementing comprehensive performing arts programming for communities across Massachusetts because I believe all people should have access to arts education. During that time, I also helped raise more than $1 million to restore a historic theatre, now dedicated to community use.
Then, in the throes of early motherhood, I stepped back from the nights and weekends of our field to further hone 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.
After 10 years of teaching at Gordon College, I leveled up my MA in Theatre Education to an MFA in Applied Theatre and taught in an affiliated faculty capacity at Emerson College. Go Lions!
I currently serve as Vice President of the Board for History Alive, Inc., am a proud inaugural board member of Whiffletree Works, Inc, and am Assistant Professor and Artistic Director of Theatre at Ashland University.
