Directing
A Perfect Arrangment by Topher Payne
Western Kentucky University (WKU)
Turbulent Architect written & performed by Julie Lyn Barber
Guelph Fringe Festival
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki
WKU
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
WKU
Beyond the Screen: Experiments in Collaboration. Six Short Student-Written Plays Produced Online.
WKU
Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni, Music by Galt MacDermot
WKU
These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich
WKU
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
WKU
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
WKU
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
WKU
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
WKU
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
WKU
The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff
Self-Produced, Austin TX
First Year Players Revues
Co-Founder & Co-Creator/Director
University of Texas at Austin
Musical revues designed to give first-year students an opportunity to perform in their first semester.
Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
Assistant Director; Deb Guston, Director
Summer Theatre at Mt. Holyoke College
Turbulent Architect, written & performed by Julie Lyn Barber
Guelph Fringe Festival, August 2025
The Kitty Genovese Syndrome, written & performed by Audrey Plescia
WKU
Sense Memory, written & performed by Emma McGee
WKU
Seven Steps to Surviving Eldest Daughter Syndrome, written & performed by Kaytlyn Garcia-Meyer
WKU
Women Who Simply Did Not Give a F*ck Lollapalooza, written & performed by Ashley Austin
WKU
Nourishment, written & performed by Kendall Jennings
WKU
Sunshine, written & performed by Jonathan Sutphin
WKU
I Don't Wanna Play Anymore, written & performed by Kayla Cox
WKU
Just Beginnings (A New Musical) by Laura Krell
Dramaturgical Consultant
Memeical: The Meme Musical by Jarred Corona
WKU
Chrysalis by Jenny Connell
University Co-Op Presents the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, University of Texas at Austin
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Bellflower
Dir. by Mark Ridgeway
Purdue University Fort Wayne
It's All Been Arranged by Kaylee Scelso and Abigail Blakeman
Dir. by Chandler Morris
WKU New Works Festival
Toy Box (an immersive performance)
Created and directed by Reili Farmer
WKU New Works Festival
Sweet Encounters: Prom by Sage Parker
Dir. Tristin Drake
WKU New Works Festival
Something Rotten by John O'Farrell, Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick
Dir. David Young
WKU
Child of the Night: Pirates of the Mediterranean by Alan White
Dir. Carol Jordan
WKU
In Time by Ruby Gray
Dir. Hayley Robertson
WKU
Little Women: The Broadway Musical by Allan Knee, Mindy Dickstein, & Jason Howland
Dir. Bronson Norris Murphy
WKU
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Dir. Alan White
WKU
Writer / Performer
Girls with Guitars: A Queer Girls Cabaret
Writer / Performer
Archives of Desire
Performer
Madame Melange, Stone Soup (Original Musical Adaptation) by David Nields & Noah Smith
Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre
Founding Artistic Director
WKU Department of Theatre & Dance New Works Festival (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025)
Outreach Coordinator
University Co-Op Presents the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, University of Texas at Austin
Artistic Resumé
Other
Imtimacy Choreography
New Works Dramaturgy
Review of Suffs by Shaina Taub
Theatre Journal, 2025
"The Broadway Musical"
Milestones in Queer US Theatre, Ed. Dennis Sloan
Routledge, 2025
“Embracing Excess: The Queer Feminist Power of Musical Theatre Diva Roles”
Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Musical Theatre: He/She/They Could Have Danced All Night, Ed Kelly Kessler
Intellect Press, 2023
“How Do We Do the Queer Canon?” (co-contributor) Troubling Traditions: Canonicity, Theatre, and Performance in the US. Eds. Lindsey Mantoan, Matthew Moore, Angela Farr Schiller
Routledge, 2021
“‘Just Saying Our Goodbyes’: Elegies’ Queer Interventions into the History of 9/11/01”
The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, 2015
“The Post-War Musical”
The Oxford Handbook of American Drama, Eds. Jeffrey H. Richards and Heather Nathans
Oxford University Press, 2014
“Audiences and Critics”
The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical, Eds. Raymond Knapp, Stacy Wolf, and Mitchell Morris Oxford University Press, 2011
"A Chorus Line"
Broadway: An Encyclopedia of Theater and American Culture, Ed. Thomas A. Greenfield
Greenwood Press, 2010.
“Gypsy”
Broadway: An Encyclopedia of Theater and American Culture, Ed. Thomas A. Greenfield
Greenwood Press, 2010.
Published Writing
Higher Education
Courses Taught Include:
Adaptation
Drama Writing
Dramaturgy Lab
Fundamentals of Acting
Fundamentals of Theatre
Introduction to Best Practices in Theatrical Intimacy
New Play Development for Dramaturgs & Writers
Performing Arts Career Seminar Lab: Multi-Hyphenate Artists
Solo Performance
Advanced Solo Performance
Topics in Drama: Contemporary Queer Theatre in the US
Topics in Drama: Contemporary US Theatrical Criticism
Topics in Drama: Current US Drama
Topics in Drama: Feminist Theatre
University Experience
Culture and Performance
Introduction to Theatre for Non-Majors
Musical Theatre History
Musicals: Performing "America"
Performance Studies: Everyday Life and Literature
World Theatre History I & II; US Theatre History
Outside the Classroom
Graduate Writing Tutor
Student Athlete Academic Mentor
Academic Advising & Mentorship
First Reader / Advisor for Student Honors Thesis and Capstone Projects
Other Educational Experience
Instructor, Students On Stage
Summer Theatre Program for 7 - 12 year olds
Summer Theatre at Mt. Holyoke College
Director, Students On Stage
Summer Theatre Program for 7 - 12 year olds
Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre
Instructor / Director, Youth for Arts Drama and Teen Scenes
Camp Fire USA Orange County Council
Program Administrator, Youth For Arts Programs
Camp Fire USA Orange County Council
Instructional Assistant
Howard County, MD Special Education Extended School Year Progam