ADJUNCT FACULTY
Bryn Mawr College, 2012-2022
Playwriting I & II
Circadium, since 2017
Circus Dramaturgy - Beginning & Intermediate
Circus Creation - Beginning & Intermediate
Writing, Dramaturgy, & Artistic Craft
Mission, Vision, & Values
End-of-Year-Show Creation / Ensemble Devising
Artistic Advising for Majors & Thesis
Writing for Solo Performance
Independent Study
Farleigh Dickinson University, 2011
Bard High School Early College, 2010-2012
GUEST LECTURER
Kent State University, 2023
Hendrix College, 2023
Stanford University, 2022
School of the New York Times, 2022
West Chester University, 2016, 2021, 2022
Hunter College, 2010
Cornell University, 2009
LEAD ARTIST / MENTOR
The Foundry, since 2020 (co-led with R. Eric Thomas)
TEACHING ARTIST
The Playwrights’ Center, 2022-2023
Playing with Form
Villanova University, 2022
Blowing Up the Can(n)on
Dramatists Guild Institute, 2022
Playing with Alternative Structures
Jefferson Medical School with Lantern Theatre, 2016-2022
Playwriting for Seeding Empathy
PlayPenn, 2015-2022
Contemporary Theater Script Club
Words & Bodies: Writing Movement
Full Draft Workshop
Intro to Playwriting
(and many other topics)
Murphy Writing of Stockton University, 2021
Voice, Body, Space – Playwriting Tools for Writers of All Genres
Blue Stoop, 2020
Restocking Our Artistic Shelves, or Playwriting Through Reading
New England Center for Circus Arts, 2015-2019
Making Circus That Matters: Tools Beyond Technique
Making Circus That Dazzles: Tapping into the Spectacular
Words & Bodies: Finding, Making, & Exploring Text for Dancers, Movers, & Circus Artists
McCarter Theatre, 2012, 2015, 2016
Playwriting & Devising (for Youth)
Two River Theatre Company, PlayBack, 2010-2012 (co-led with Pirronne Yousefzadeh)
Ensemble-Based Devising, Playwriting, and Adaptation (for Youth)
Youth Dynamics Group Home for Middle & High School Youth, 2010
Elkhorn Women’s Lockdown Methamphetamine Treatment Center, 2010
Dwight/Edgewood Project, 2008
Yale Playwrights Festival, 2007-2008
V A Medical Center, 2007
ECA ACES Magnet High School, 2006
PRESENTER / PANELIST
FUSING CIRCUS AND TRADITIONAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE - LMDA Conference, 2022
DRAMATURGY ON THE FRINGES - LMDA Conference, 2017
PLAYWRITING AND CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS - Montreal Working Group on Circus Research & Circus Dramaturgy, 2017
WHAT IS A JEWISH WRITER IN 2019? - Yiddishkayt Initiative, 2019
SQUARING THE CIRCLE: CIRCUS DRAMATURGY AND DIRECTION - Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, 2014
ROUNDTALBE ON WRITING ONE-ACT COMIC PLAYS - Moderated by David Ives, Dramatists Guild Magazine, 2012
FROM PAGE TO STAGE - Barnard College, 2011
THE STATE OF PLAYWRIGHTS AND NEW PLAYS IN THE AMERICAN THEATER - Montana Repertory Theatre; Cornell University; 2009
CIRCUS COACH / PRIVATE LESSONS
Workshops & Private Lessons around the country, 2014-2020
Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 2015-2019
Act creation & development
Show creation & development
Theatricality, audience connection, performance technique
Character development
Finding, crafting, and integrating text
Duo trapeze
Handstands & Handbalancing
Intro to trapeze
Intro to partner acrobatics
Circus strength conditioning