Experience Level
Expert
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English
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French
Fluent
German
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Italian
Intermediate
Work Experience
Lecturer at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018Translation and adaptation for MFA dramaturgy candidates.
Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
July 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017Residency as writer.
Workshop/Residency Participant at The Ground Floor, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
June 1, 2016 - June 30, 2016Keep Your Forks — workshop.
Residency at The Ground Floor, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
June 1, 2016 - June 30, 2016Development residency for Keep Your Forks.
Playwright-in-Residence at Weston Playhouse Playwrights Residency
April 1, 2015 - April 30, 2015Residency for Bertram Cope’s Year (April 2015).
Playwrights Residency at Weston Playhouse
April 1, 2015 - April 30, 2015Weston Playhouse Playwrights Residency for Bertram Cope’s Year.
Playwright-in-Residence at The Kenyon Playwrights Conference
June 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014Joan & Bootsie workshop; residency in June 2014.
Residency at Kenyon Playwrights Conference
June 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014Kenyon Playwrights Conference participation (June 2014).
Residency at Kenyon Playwrights Conference
June 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014Playwrights Conference residency (June 2014).
Workshop Leader at Maisha Film Lab
November 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013Workshop: Old Wine into New Bottles — a page-to-stage adaptation workshop using East African folk tales as source material.
Workshop Instructor at Maisha Film Lab
November 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013Old Wine into New Bottles page-to-stage adaptation workshop using East African folk tales as source material.
Residency at The Hermitage Artist Retreat
December 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012Residency as writer.
Lecturer at University of Baltimore, Yale Gordon College of Arts & Sciences
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2017Lecturer in Dramatic Writing and Theatre Studies.
Visiting Professor at Princeton University
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012Intermediate Playwriting: Translation & Adaptation.
Lecturer at University of Baltimore
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2017Lecturer for MFA fiction writing workshop; taught translation and related topics; contributed to courses across arts disciplines.
Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
November 1, 2011 - November 30, 2011Residency as writer.
Workshop Leader at Center Stage PlayLab
October 7, 2010 - October 10, 2010Dunkler- Related Disorders workshop (October 7-10, 2010).
Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
June 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010Residency as writer.
Workshop/Public Presentation at Baltimore Theater/Center Stage (various projects)
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2008Participation in readings and workshops such as Would That You Were Cold or Hot (2006 Kennedy Center Page to Stage) and Pissing Match (2008 Baltimore Theater Project).
Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2022Taught production dramaturgy to theater majors; led an Honors Seminar in comparative drama (four canonical plays per week); delivered public lectures and campus outreach.
Lecturer at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2011Translation and adaptation for MFA dramaturgy candidates (1997-2011; 2018).
Dramaturg/Associate Artist at Center Stage, Baltimore
January 1, 1992 - December 31, 2011Plan mainstage season and long-term programming strategies with the Artistic Director; supervise and dramaturg commissions from initial conception to workshop to full production with playwrights such as Warren Leight, Lillian Groag, Danny Hoch, and Lynn Nottage; seek out emerging talent for season and special projects; supply full production dramaturgy for mainstage shows with resident and visiting directors; articulate Center Stage's institutional voice in printed material; contribute to grant writing and public presentations; edit program notes and related materials; involved in grant acquisition including securing a $2 Million Challenge Grant for Dramaturgy from the Mellon Foundation.
Education
DFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 1992 - January 3, 2026MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 1988 - January 3, 2026MA in French Literature at Yale University
January 1, 1984 - January 3, 2026BA in French Literature at Cornell University
January 1, 1982 - January 3, 2026Junior Year Abroad in Paris Program at Sweet Briar College
January 1, 1980 - December 31, 1981DFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1992MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama
January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1988MA in French Literature at Yale University
January 1, 1984 - January 1, 1984BA in French Literature at Cornell University
January 1, 1982 - January 1, 1982Junior Year Abroad in Paris Program at Sweet Briar College
January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1981Qualifications
ALTA Outstanding Literary Translation of 1997
January 1, 1997 - January 3, 2026ALTA Outstanding Literary Translation (Three French Comedies)
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 1997Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Best Gay Debut Fiction (Sugarless)
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010Finalist, Heidemann Prize, Actors Theater of Louisville
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009Third Coast Drama Prize, First Place (Penelope and the Sterile Field)
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008Ucross Foundation Fellow
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2002Ragdale Foundation Writing Residency
January 1, 1988 - December 31, 1988Theater Communications Group/Jerome Foundation Fellow, American Theatre
January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1992William E. Dakin Fellow in Fiction, Sewanee Writers’ Conference
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 20102010 VCCA Cabell First Novelist Award Short List
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010Industry Experience
Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Education, Professional Services, Other
Experience Level
Expert
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