CV
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Literary Manager & Dramaturg, Geffen Playhouse, 2022 - Present
Manager of New Work Development, Pittsburgh CLO, 2018 - 2022
Producing Assistant, Pittsburgh CLO, 2017 - 2018
Artistic Associate, Roundabout Theatre Company, 2015 - 2017
Artistic/Literary Assistant, Roundabout Theatre Company, 2014 - 2015
Artistic Apprentice, Roundabout Theatre Company, 2013 - 2014
COMMITTEES & EVALUATIVE READING
Script Reader, The Black List, 2022
Selection Committee, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, 2020 - 2022
Evaluator, Musical Theatre Factory MTF Makers Initiative, 2019 - 2020
Consultant, National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Annual Festival of New Musicals, 2019, 2021, 2022
Reader, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, 2019 - 2021
Selection Committee, 5th Avenue Theatre First Draft Story Summit, 2018
Literary Committee, City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival, 2014 - 2017
DRAMATURGY
Dramaturg: POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
By Selina Fillinger; Dir. Jennifer Chambers
Geffen Playhouse, Winter 2024
Dramaturg: EVERY BRILLIANT THING
By Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe; Dir. Colm Summers
Geffen Playhouse, Fall 2023
Dramaturg: THE ANTS
By Ramiz Monsef; Dir. Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Geffen Playhouse, Summer 2023
Dramaturg: AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS
By Elizabeth McGovern; Dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Geffen Playhouse, Spring 2023
Dramaturg: THE INHERITANCE
By Matthew López; Dir. Mike Donahue
Geffen Playhouse, Fall 2022
Co-Dramaturg: AN UNTITLED NEW PLAY BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
By Matt Schatz; Dir. Reginald L. Douglas
Pittsburgh CLO/City Theatre Company Co-Production, Fall 2021
Dramaturg: A BORING STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
By Lucy Potts; Dir. Linda Haston
City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival, Fall 2021
Dramaturg: Homegrown Stories 2
By Gab Cody, Monteze Freeland, and Molly Rice; Dir. Sam Turich, Amber Holder, and Taavon Gamble
City Theatre Company, Spring 2021
Dramaturg: THE GIFT OF THE MAD GUYS*
By Brian Pope; Dir. Bianca LaVerne Jones
Pittsburgh Public Theater, Fall 2020
Dramaturg: DEAR SHIRLEY*
By Kevin Hammonds & Kristin Bair; Dir. Paige Price
Philadelphia Theatre Company, Summer 2020
Dramaturg: PROJECT AMELIA
By Michael Skirpan; Dir. Tami Dixon & Jeffrey Carpenter
Bricolage Production Company, Fall 2019
Dramaturg: FLIGHT
By Amelia Staresinic; Dir. Spencer Whale
City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival, Fall 2019
Dramaturg: THE DUST PEOPLE*
By Catherine Trieschmann; Dir. Marc Masterson
City Theatre Company Momentum Festival, Spring 2019
Dramaturg/Manager of New Work Development: THE DOUBLE-THREAT TRIO
By Adam Overett; Dir. Scott Weinstein
Pittsburgh CLO, Spring 2019
Dramaturg/Manager of New Work Development: New Musicals Weekend
Featuring work by Brian Quijada, David Rossmer & Dan Lipton, Meghan Brown & Sarah Taylor Ellis, Brian Adam Davis, Tim Kashani, & Pamela Winslow Kashani
Pittsburgh CLO, Spring 2019
Dramaturg/Manager of New Work Development: GAME ON
By Marcus Stevens & David Dabbon; Dir. Jen Wineman
Pittsburgh CLO, Fall 2018
Dramaturg/Manager of New Work Development: UP AND AWAY
By Kevin Hammonds & Kristin Bair; Dir. Marlo Hunter
Pittsburgh CLO, Winter 2018
Dramaturg/Manager of New Work Development: SPARK Festival of New Musicals
Featuring work by David Rossmer & Dan Lipton, Matt Schatz, Nora Brigid Monahan & Alex Oyen, Meghan Brown & Sarah Taylor Ellis, Adam Overett, Marcus Stevens & David Dabbon, Jillian Walker, Niko Tsakalakos & Janet Allard, Kellen Blair, Sarah Ziegler Blair, & David Christensen, Christina McCann & Joseph Domencic
Pittsburgh CLO, Spring 2018
Dramaturg/Associate Artist: THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
By Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Dir. Benjamin Viertel
Third Space at The New Ohio, Winter 2017
Playwright Mentor: SLOWMATCH*
By Nick Mecikalski; Dir. Daniella Wheelock
National Theatre for Student Artists, Spring 2016
Dramaturg/Associate Artist: FIREFACE
By Marius von Mayenburg; Dir. Benjamin Viertel
Third Space at The Brick, Summer 2015
Playwright Mentor: EXPEDITION
By Rae Binstock; Dir. Alex Tobey
National Theatre for Student Artists, Spring 2015
Dramaturg: DREAM HOUSE
By Drew Praskovich; Dir. Steven Wilson
City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival, Fall 2014
Associate Dramaturg: THE MYSTERIES
By 48 Playwrights; Dir. Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
The Flea Theater, Spring 2014
Dramaturg: TAME (THIS MONKEY’S GONE TO HEAVEN)
By Tyler Hudson; Dir. Kim Martin
City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Festival, Fall 2013
Dramaturg: FIREFACE
By Marius von Mayenburg; Dir. Benjamin Viertel
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2013
Dramaturg: ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
By Tony Kushner; Dir. Jed Allen Harris
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Fall 2012
Dramaturg: “MASTER HAROLD”… AND THE BOYS
By Athol Fugard; Dir. Elizabeth Nearing
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2012
Assistant Dramaturg: THE ALICE PROJECT
Devised by the Company; Dir. Marianne Weems
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2011
*Reading or Workshop
PLAYWRITING
LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC
Reading: City Theatre Company Momentum Festival/City of Asylum The Show Must Go On(Line) Pittsburgh, Spring 2020
Finalist: Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Spring 2020
Finalist: The Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series, Fall 2020
DECISION POINT: A Deliberative Theater Event on the Issue of Abortion in America
Monologue - SUE
Reading: Carnegie Mellon University Program for Deliberative Democracy, Spring 2017
ON THE BRIDGE: A SHORT [STORY] PLAY
Workshop Production: Carnegie Mellon University PLAYGROUND Festival, Spring 2013
FACILITATION & INSTRUCTION
Guest Lecturer, Pomona College: Introduction to Directing, Fall 2023
Campus Visit / Dramaturgy Master Class, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, Fall 2023
Group Facilitator, MusicalWriters.com Writing Group, 2021 - 2022
Guest Dramaturg, The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region II, Winter 2021
Guest Artist, Northwestern University Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, Spring 2020
Guest Speaker, The School of Education at The City College of New York: Exploring the History of Theatre, Winter 2014/2015
PUBLICATIONS & COPYWRITING
Freelance Content Writer, Dashlane. Fall 2021.
Copywriter for sales and marketing emails (B2B, SDR).
“A Hypothetical Response to the Anti-Intellectualism on Display in the Comments of an Unrequited High School Crush’s Facebook Post.” Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) Dramaturging the Phoenix Challenge, Winter 2021
Contributing Writer, Roundabout Theatre Company UPSTAGE Guides, 2013 - 2017
25+ articles for RTC’s educational theater guides
Contributing Writer, Carnegie Mellon Today Magazine, 2010 - 2015
20+ articles for alumni magazine
PERFORMANCE
(please take care of me)
Conceived & Directed by Tegan Ritz McDuffie
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2013
#BadSexUnderTheOldTree
By Megan Morrison; Dir. Ian-Julian Williams
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Fall 2012
DIABLERIE
By Murphi Cook; Dir. Caleb Hammond
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2012
STILL LIFE WITH IRIS
By Steven Dietz; Dir. Maggie Bridges
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Spring 2011
EDUCATION & INTERNSHIPS
BFA, Drama: Dramaturgy, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, 2013
Artistic Intern, Roundabout Theatre Company, Summer 2012
Literary Intern, Atlantic Theater Company, Summer 2011
Literary Intern, City Theatre Company, Spring 2011
RECOGNITION
Broadway Women’s Fund 50 Women to Watch List, 2020
Mary Michael Gifford Award for Excellence in Dramaturgy, 2013
Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar, 2012 - 2013