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