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Education
| Bachelor of Arts | Emory
University, Atlanta, GA. May 2002 Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture: History of Marginalized Groups in the U.S., 1830-Present Phi Beta Kappa Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society Graduated with Highest Honors |
| Languge Certification | Proyecto
Linguïstico Quetzalteco de Español Quetzaltenango, Guatemala |
Training
| Suzuki and Viewpoints | J. Ed. Araiza, Stephen Weber, SITI Company |
| ImprovE! |
Pam Joyce, Fly-By Theatre Company |
| Performance
Art for Social Change |
Tim Miller |
| Theater
Boot Camp: Ensemble Building,Creating Scripts, Viewpoints and Suzuki |
Out of Hand Theater Company |
| Creating
New Work: solo performance, literary adaptation, and plays. |
Ken Hornbeck and Vincent Murphy |
| Clowning
for the New Millennium |
Kenny Raskin |
| Staging
Samuel Beckett |
Theater Emory |
| Speeches
and Monologues |
Tim McDonough |
| Voice
and Diction |
Elisa Lloyd-Carlton |
| Feminist
Performance |
Dr. Angelika Bammer |
| Performance
as Social Activism |
Dr. Angelika Bammer, Dr. Alice N. Benston, Vincent Murphy |
| Horizon
Young Playwrights Festival 2002 |
Valetta Anderson, Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Jim Peskin, Kendra Myers |
| Advanced
Playwriting |
Jim Grimsley |
| Playwriting
Special Seminar |
David Kranes, Vincent Murphy, Richard Schenkhan, Wole Soyinka |
| Advanced
Poetry |
Natasha Trethewey |
| Fiction
Writing |
Joseph Skibell |
| Poetry
Writing |
Ha Jin |
Original Performance Work
Gay
Marriage Here Today |
The
University of Virginia |
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| Debutante
Balls 1 hour solo show about class, race, and coming out at the three gala balls I attended. |
Trans/Giving,
Los Angeles, CA; Cornell University, Ithaca NY; Rice University, Houston
TX; Southern Comfort Conference, Atlanta GA; 7 Stages, Atlanta GA; FRESH
MEAT 2005, San Francisco CA; Northwestern University, Evanston IL; Emory
University, Atlanta GA; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; Hampshire
College, Amherst, MA; Gender Queer/Queer Genders Conference, University
of California at Santa Barbara; GenderCrash, Boston MA; The University
of Wyoming at Laramie; The University of Houston; The University of
North Carolina at Asheville; The Chicago Single File Festival, 2004;
First Look: The Seen + Heard Festival 2004 |
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| Underground
TRANSit: 45 minute solo show where a homecoming queen turned gender renegade describes that ride on a subway train. |
UMASS-Amherst;
The Horizon School, Atlanta; University of Virginia; Georgia State University;
University of Wyoming at Laramie; Seven Stages Theater, Atlanta GA;
2003 National Transgender Theater Festival, New York City, NY; Alternate
ROOTS Annual Meeting; HERE Arts Center, New York, NY; AIDS OASIS Conference,
Pensacola, FL; University of North Carolina at Asheville; Actor’s
Express Theater, Atlanta, GA; 1st Annual Southern Youth Creating Change
Conference, Asheville, NC; Ladyfest South, Atlanta GA; Theater in the
Square, Marietta, GA; Southern Comfort Conference, Atlanta, GA; Mumm
Puppet Theater, Philadelphia Fringe Festival; The PushPush Theater,
Atlanta, GA; Bennington College, Bennington, VT; Bard College, Poughkipsy,
NY; Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Charis Books & More, Atlanta GA. |
|
This
Train: |
Actor’s
Express Theater, Atlanta, GA. |
"Falling
as Sport": |
Estrofest
Productions; Ondine and Company, Atlanta, GA. |
| Family
Trees: 15-minute solo in response to the “No Sanctuary” lynching photography exhibit |
2002 National Black Arts Festival; Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic Site, Atlanta, GA. |
Collaborations
| Words
Can't Describe with S. Bear Bergman |
7 Stages, Atlanta GA |
| The
Southern Gents Tour with the Athens Boys Choir |
Portland
State University, Portland, OR; Reed College, Portland, OR; Bates College,
Lewiston ME; |
| School's Out with Mark Blankenship | Brave
New Works Festival, 2005 Emory University, Atlanta GA |
| Turn Me On with Sheri Mann Stewart | Brave New Works Festival, 2004; LGBT Performance Festival, 2004 Emory University, Atlanta GA |
| Where
You Wear Your Heart with Martha Donovan |
The
Nerve Series of New Modern Dance, 2004 The Beam, Atlanta GA |
| LynchPa*n: with Dr. Yvonne Singh |
2002
National Black Arts Festival, |
Workshop / Teaching Experience
"Queer Theory in Practice"
Guest Lecturer
West Chester University
Fall 2005
Cornell University
Fall 2005
Emory University
Fall 2005
Wesleyan
University
Spring 2005
Butler University
Spring 2005
The University of Virginia
Fall 2004
The University of Wyoming at Laramie
Fall 2004
“Making
Performance for Social Change”
West Chester University
Fall 2005
Bates College
Fall 2005
7 Stages Youth Creates Program
Summer 2005
Wesleyan University
Spring 2005
Columbia College Chicago
Spring 2005
University of Virginia
University of Wyoming at Laramie
Fall 2003
"Your
Life as
Art"
"Community Service in Costa Rica"
"Costa Rica: Land Sea and Sky"
Visions and Dreams Creative
Learning Programs for Youth, Inc.
San Rafael de Nandayure, Costa Rica
Summer 2004
"
Performing the Personal as Political”
Artists Residency with High School Students
The Horizon School, Atlanta GA
Spring 2004
“
Modern American Performance Art”
Guest Lecturer
Emory University Theater Studies Department
Fall 2003
"Activism: History and Theory"
Guest Lecturer in
Queer Theory and Gender Activism
Georgia State University Women's Studies Department
Fall 2003
“ Old Plays, New Work, and Why We Should Care”
Guest Lecturer
Emory University Interdisciplinary Studies Department
Fall 2003
“ Living the Kaleidoscope of Gender and Sexuality”
Lecure and Workshop with Dr. Marilyn K. Volker
6th Annual AIDS OASIS Conference, Pensacola, FL.
Spring 2003
"Transgender
101"
Panel Organizer and Moderator
LadyFest South 2002
“ !Levantanos – Teatro!”
6 Week Residency in Spanish
Centro Popular del Arte Luis y Aragón; Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Spring 2001
“ Guitarra Para Todos”
6 Week Residency in Spanish
Centro Popular del Arte Luis y Aragón; Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Spring 2001
“ National Coalition Building Institute Prejudice Reduction and Conflict
Resolution Workshop”
Emory University Emerging Leaders Freshman Seminar, 1999-2001.
Emory University Residence Life Staff Development 2000.
Publications
"Coming of Age—Still Performance / Manifesto" in Women &
Performance: a Journal of Feminist Theory, #28.
New York University, New York 2004
National Transgender Theater Festival Reader, New York: Renegade, 2003.
Excerpt from “Underground Transit” in [Becoming] Young ideas on
gender, identity, and sexuality.
Diane Anderson- Minshall and Gina Devries, Eds. Exlibris Corporation, July,
2004.
Speed Limit 25: New Plays by American Youth (forthcoming)
“I am the Pride Sucker.” Atlanta Creative Loafing, June 20, 2003.
“E. Lynne Harris: Suspenseful, Sensitive, Sexy.” Etcetera Magazine,
August, 2001.
MLK Day 2000 Photo essay. The Fire This Time, Spring 2000.
Work and Volunteer Experience
| Visions
and Dreams Creative Learning Programs for Youth, Inc. |
Head
Counsellor; Theater and Creative Writing Instructor Reference: Cia Ricco, Camp Director |
The
Seen + Heard Festival 2004 |
Retail
and Manufacturing Coordinator; |
| Etcetera Magazine: |
Research Assistant to performance artists Holly Hughes and Carmelita Tropicana at the WOW Café Theater, New York, NY. July-August, 2000.
| Journeys of Reconciliation, Emory University Dept. of Religion. |
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| Emory University Center for Ethics | Ethics
and Servant Leadership Forum, 1999-2000 Reference: Melissa Snarr, Program Coordinator. |
Awards
and Honors
2004
- Tanne Foundation Award
2004– Playwriting Center at Theater Emory Special Projects Grant
2003 – Playwriting Center at Theater Emory Special Projects Grant
2002 – Named “Atlanta’s Best Local Artist” by Southern
Voice Readers
2002 – Best Undergraduate Essay in LGBT Studies, Emory University
2002 – Agnes Scott College Writers Finalist in Dramatic Writing
2001 – AT&T GLOBAL Foundation Matthew Shepard Memorial Scholarship
2000 – Artistine Mann Award for Creative Non-Fiction
1999 – Stipe Society of Creative Scholars Scholarship (renewed 2000 and
2001)
1998 – Edmund Randall Williams Distinguished Leadership Award