EDUCATION
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Theatre Arts Major, Writing and Music Minors Class of May 20, 2018
GPA: 3.75/4.00
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
MFA in Theatre Class of May 2020
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Theatre Arts Major, Writing and Music Minors Class of May 20, 2018
GPA: 3.75/4.00
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
MFA in Theatre Class of May 2020
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- Blog Writing
- Playwriting
- Nonfiction Writing, Personal Essays
- Poetry
- Social Media Marketing (Tumblr, Facebook)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Weebly
PERFORMED WORKS
House Call
Antidotal (Solo) None of Us Want to Be Here (devised) Auntie Brynn Tells It Like It Is Somebody Was Here Retail Therapy Antidotal Pumpkin Dreams Paradise Lost and Found Runaway Reflections |
May 2024
June 24 and 25, 2023 April 12, 2023 November 4, 2022 June 7, 2022 February 24 and 26, 2022 November 9, 10, and 13, 2021 January 13, 2021 Canceled due to COVID 19 September 4, 2020 October 23, 2020 February 15, 2020 November 5, 2019 February 2019 |
Benson/Queens Theatre Disability Plays
The Tank Pridefest 2023 The Brick ?!: New Works Festival Youtube, self-produced Crimson and Clover Festival, The Tank Cut/Edge Tone Plays 10 Min Play Festival NYC Summerfest Vibrating Body Staged Reading (Russia) A Minute Flowering Theatre Festival New Moon Minute Digital Theatre Festival SoundScape Theater; Scarescape Festival Loud Colorful Filth Reading Series SLC, First Look Reading Series SLC, GNPDS Reading |
PUBLISHED WORKS
"Grounding"
Poem, 2016
"Las Vegas"
Poem, 2016
"On Romance and Self Image: The Fear That Still Exists"
Personal Essay, 2016
"Cambria"
Poem, December 2016
"Brecon Beacons"
Poem, December 2016
"Stalling"
Personal Essay, 2016, edited for performance 2017
“Papa”
Poem, 2016, edited for submission 2017
"Texas with an Accent"
Poem, 2017, edited for submission 2018
"Dark Chocolate and Other Bitter Things"
Poem, edited for submission 2018
"It Is July"
Poem, 2021
"Somebody Was Here"
10 Minute Play, 2022
Poem, 2016
- The Mercury, 2016
- An introspective work documenting my journey from feeling alien in Gettysburg to eventually coming to love the city.
"Las Vegas"
Poem, 2016
- The Mercury, 2016
- A work of "heartbreak poetry" about my childhood best friend who moved across the country.
"On Romance and Self Image: The Fear That Still Exists"
Personal Essay, 2016
- The Mercury, 2016
- This piece talks about my experiences with romance from a young age and the effect it had on my self image and esteem.
"Cambria"
Poem, December 2016
- The Mercury, 2017
- This piece talks about my father's side of the family, where they come from, and how that effects my identity.
"Brecon Beacons"
Poem, December 2016
- The Mercury, 2017
- A poem that discusses in vivid detail a hike that I went on in Wales while studying abroad.
"Stalling"
Personal Essay, 2016, edited for performance 2017
- The People Project, performed March 2017
- This essay tells the story of a time when my mother's car stalled when I was driving it, and how that made me think about my anxiety disorder.
“Papa”
Poem, 2016, edited for submission 2017
- Z Publishing, Best Emerging Poets of Pennsylvania, Published November 2017
- This poem is based on stories my mother told me about my great grandfather, whom I never met.
"Texas with an Accent"
Poem, 2017, edited for submission 2018
- The Mercury 2018, published April 2018
- This poem is based on a memory of an ex-lover and a dance he taught me that I later taught to my now-fiance.
"Dark Chocolate and Other Bitter Things"
Poem, edited for submission 2018
- Z Publishing, Best Emerging Poets in America, Published July 2018
- This poem is a love poem that starts out with a little known fact about tongues.
"It Is July"
Poem, 2021
- The Perch, Yale University Publication
- A piece written about the isolation and perception of time in July 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Somebody Was Here"
10 Minute Play, 2022
- The Coachella Review
- A short apocalyptic exploration of survival.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Contract Writer Summer 2020
Gamer's Decide online magazine
Contract Editor and Script Writer October 2020-October 2021
Scribd Inc.
Gamer's Decide online magazine
- Wrote five successful articles on topics requested by magazine editor
- Researched, wrote, and edited said articles regarding various aspects of Dungeons and Dragons
Contract Editor and Script Writer October 2020-October 2021
Scribd Inc.
- Ghost write audio course scripts from outlines, research, and content creator/teacher's previous work
- Edit scripts according to Scribd Coach guidelines
- Meet set deadlines by creating own schedule; time management
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Semi-Finalist for the O'Neill National Playwright's Conference 2024, PIETA, 2024
- Named Semi-Finalist in November of 2023
- Was a Finalist for the Experimental Heals Festival in NYC for 2023
- Developed new play, PIETA, and produced/filmed a reading
- Artist headshot, bio, and the first ten pages of The Eleventh Star were showcased on the company website.
- Antidotal was one of three plays chosen out of approximately 150+ submissions to be a finalist.
- https://vibratingbody.jimdofree.com/projects/neem-2019-first-page/
- Won with the poem "Brecon Beacons".
UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Breath
Full-Length Play, 2016-- rewritten in 2021
"Freshman Year Playlist"
Personal Essay, 2017
Runaway Reflections, or The Mirror Play
Full-Length Play, 2018
Paradise Lost and Found
Full-Length Play, 2018-2019
Retail Therapy
Solo Performance, 2019
Antidotal
Performance piece, 2019
The Eleventh Star
Full-Length Play, 2020
PIETA
Full-Length Play, 2021-2022
Various Works of Poetry
Various Short Essays
Full-Length Play, 2016-- rewritten in 2021
- Original written in playwriting class in Advanced Studies in England.
- This show discusses themes of abuse, queerness, neurodivergency, and healthy relationships.
"Freshman Year Playlist"
Personal Essay, 2017
- Written for an ekphrastic writing class at Gettysburg College
- This piece uses a playlist I made during my freshman year of college to talk about events that happened during that year that fundamentally changed me as a person.
Runaway Reflections, or The Mirror Play
Full-Length Play, 2018
- First draft completed summer 2018.
- This play follows twenty-seven year old Leona Amantea as she deals with the unexpected death of her identical twin sister and the repercussions of running away from home when she was sixteen.
Paradise Lost and Found
Full-Length Play, 2018-2019
- First draft completed February 2019.
- Follows three people that find themselves in a very strange purgatory shortly after their deaths.
Retail Therapy
Solo Performance, 2019
- First draft completed July 2019.
- A solo show about a woman's experience working in retail, why she is there, and what she would do to get out.
Antidotal
Performance piece, 2019
- First draft completed November 2019.
- A one act experimental performance about the experiences of femme chronically ill/disabled people specifically in the medical industry.
The Eleventh Star
Full-Length Play, 2020
- First performance worthy draft finished July 2020.
- Follows four women in two different generations in a non-linear fashion as they cope with their depression and mental illness.
PIETA
Full-Length Play, 2021-2022
- Second draft completed October 2022
- In 1700's Venice, four of the many women residing in the Ospedale Della Pieta must confront their own views on womanhood, musicianship, queerness, and what it truly means to be a family-- all while growing up under the watchful eye of Catholic nuns and the renowned composer, Antonio Vivaldi.
Various Works of Poetry
- Written from 2014-present
Various Short Essays
- Written from 2016-present
Like what you see?