I am a theatre artist who directs, performs, teaches, and writes for and about theatre.
My interest in acting opened the door to a life-long pursuit of theatre practice and study. I am a member of the Screen Actors Guild and eligible for membership in Actors Equity. Stanislavski technique, augmented by Practical Aesthetics and elements of Meisner technique, form the core of my approach to acting instruction.
My training as a director evolved alongside with my training in playwriting and new play dramaturgy at the University of Texas-Austin, and consequently was influenced by both.
In addition to teaching and directing, my practice includes Theatre and Social Change, with a focus on interactive performance using Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre Technique
My scholarship extends my interest in the social function of theatre and examines how African-American practitioners use their craft in response to hegemonic presentations of African-American identity and experience.
I hold an MFA in playwriting from the University of Texas-Austin, an MA in English with a concentration African Diaspora Studies from the University of Missouri, and Secondary Education Teaching Credentials from California State University Los Angeles. I earned my Ph.D. in theatre with a Minor in College Teaching at the University of Missouri in 2013 and previously taught acting, directing, and playwriting as the Heanon Wilkins Fellow in theatre at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. I currently teach acting, directing, playwriting, script analysis and African-American theatre history at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
My interest in acting opened the door to a life-long pursuit of theatre practice and study. I am a member of the Screen Actors Guild and eligible for membership in Actors Equity. Stanislavski technique, augmented by Practical Aesthetics and elements of Meisner technique, form the core of my approach to acting instruction.
My training as a director evolved alongside with my training in playwriting and new play dramaturgy at the University of Texas-Austin, and consequently was influenced by both.
In addition to teaching and directing, my practice includes Theatre and Social Change, with a focus on interactive performance using Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre Technique
My scholarship extends my interest in the social function of theatre and examines how African-American practitioners use their craft in response to hegemonic presentations of African-American identity and experience.
I hold an MFA in playwriting from the University of Texas-Austin, an MA in English with a concentration African Diaspora Studies from the University of Missouri, and Secondary Education Teaching Credentials from California State University Los Angeles. I earned my Ph.D. in theatre with a Minor in College Teaching at the University of Missouri in 2013 and previously taught acting, directing, and playwriting as the Heanon Wilkins Fellow in theatre at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. I currently teach acting, directing, playwriting, script analysis and African-American theatre history at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
