New Play Development

Sugarcraft

By Danny Tieger
Directed by Ryan Emmons
Developed by No.11 Productions
59E59 Theaters, February - March 2025

  • Provided period-specific research during development

  • Participated in readings of multiple drafts and attended the workshop at 59E59 Theaters

  • Supervised all script edits and additions during the rehearsal period

We the People of These Fifty Acre Woods

By andrew michael reid
Directed by Calvin Atkinson
New Play Festival, Columbia University, May 2025

  • Researched and contextualized the work in relation to the present day

  • Attended readings and engaged in feedback sessions with the playwright and director

  • Compiled world-building materials for the cast and creative team; led two dramaturgy-focused discussion sessions with the cast

Here, Time Feels So

By andrew michael reid
Directed by Ghina Fawaz
Columbia University, April 2024

  • Provided contextualizing materials to the cast and creative team to clarify and expand the fantastical world of the play

  • Attended readings and rehearsals and engaged in feedback sessions with the playwright and director

Harold and Babs

By D.A. Mindell
Directed by Matt Stabile
Theatre Lab at FAU New Play Festival, March 2024 (staged reading)

  • Performed extensive research on period-specific events and identities

  • Compiled a thorough dramaturgical packet for the cast and creative team

  • Supported the playwright in initial drafting stages through the completion of the reading draft

On the Evolutionary Function of Shame

By D.A. Mindell
Directed by L.D. Kelley
Columbia University, February 2024

  • Provided world- and story-building support through multiple drafts, readings, and workshop sessions

  • Collected engaging, relevant materials to provide information on the world of the play; ensured that the materials suited a range of learning styles to support the accessibility needs of all cast and creative team members

  • Engaged in frequent feedback sessions with the playwright and director throughout the rehearsal process

Production Dramaturgy

Measure for Measure

Directed by Benjamin Viertel
By William Shakespeare
Text cut and adapted by Viertel and myself
Columbia University, December 2024

  • Collaborated with Viertel to cut the text to a 90 minute run time and honor his directorial vision

  • Cut, added, and rearranged the text further during the rehearsal period as new discoveries were made; monitored and confirmed all script changes with the cast and director

  • Attended all rehearsals and consistently engaged directly with the director and cast to build the play’s world

Hermione

By Oded Gross
Directed by Christopher Liam Moore
Columbia University, April 2024 (staged reading)

  • Provided support to the cast and creative team during the week-long rehearsal and reading process

  • Performed research and thorough readings of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and Othello, which Gross uses as inspiration for Hermione

Ivanov

Directed by Benjamin Viertel
By Anton Chekhov (translation by Paul Schmidt)
Text cut and adapted by Viertel and myself
Columbia University, October 2023

  • Collaborated with Viertel to cut the text to a 90 minute run time and honor his directorial vision; worked with Viertel to update the language for a contemporary setting

  • Made additional cuts to the text during the rehearsal period as new discoveries were made; monitored and confirmed all script changes with the stage manager, director, and cast

  • Attended all rehearsals and regularly engaged in feedback sessions with the director and creative team

Moi, Moi, Moi

Directed and curated by Calvin Atkinson
An evening of four gay plays: Fog by Robert Patrick, The Madness of Lady Bright by Lanford Wilson,
The Bed by Robert Heide, and Confessional by Tennessee Williams
Columbia University, October 2023

  • Performed extensive research on the specific time period(s) in which the plays were written, focusing on queer identities (especially cis gay men)

  • Presented contextualizing research on the emergence of gay theater in NYC

  • Led two dramaturgy-focused discussions with the cast and creative team

Movement Dramaturgy and Choreography

Photo by: Yiyuan Li

Dancing at Lughnasa

Directed by Miguel Angel Bregante Garcia
By Brian Friel
Columbia University, October 2023

  • Researched Irish dance styles and crafted choreography to honor them

  • Collaborated with the performers to shape the Irish dance-inspired choreography into movement that felt comfortable to them; encouraged the cast to make the movement their own