Teaching
&
Curriculum Design
My teaching and theater-making practices share one aim: to activate collective imagination. These are live, collaborative acts that challenge us to pay attention, take risks, build connection, and imagine otherwise.
I teach like I make theater—with presence, curiosity, and a central belief in ensemble. I draw on the tools of the stage—embodiment, metaphor, improvisation—to spark empathy and inspire new thinking.
My goal isn’t to perform knowledge, but to co-create spaces that foster transformation and truth-telling. I aim to cultivate conditions under which discovery can happen, together.
Partnership
highlights:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Kennesaw State University
La Mama Gun Violence Prevention Festival
Perelman Performing Arts Center
Annenberg Center
Cambridge University
Tufts University
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Parramatta Riverside Theatres, Australia
Seattle Childrens Theater
Devised Physical Storytelling
Developed in collaboration with
BKBX aims to activate the imaginations of our audiences, contemporize the art of mime, and remind us all of the power of simple storytelling.
Mathemagic Plays
Developed in partnership with
Mathemagic plays are scripted shows that are performed by K-5 students. All plays include scaffolded opportunities for students to perform mental "math magic tricks" live on stage within the context of an action-packed story.
Mathemagic and the Techno-Monsters
Young mathemagicians prove that the power of mental math is stronger than technology.
Mathemagic: SLIMEFACTOR
An underdog crew of mathletes come together save the mathemagic show from being canceled in favor of a mindless reality TV program.
Mathemagic: Time Warp
The mathemagicians accidentally discover time travel! They need need to harness their own mental math abilities as well as the help of some under-recognized historical mathematicians to return to the present.
Invisibuilders
Developed in partnership with
Drawing upon mime & devised physical theater, improv, escape-the-room, and child-led pedagogy, Invisibuilders is typically a multi-week school residency. In design, we sought to de-center teaching artists from being “the experts” while activating young people as creative collaborators.
Structured as episodes, each week the group is tasked with using embodied imaginative storytelling to solve an identified community concern.
Example Episode:
The Mysterious Mistrustometer
We are alerted to an alarming trend: people are becoming more and more connected to machines, and less connected to one another. The group needs to find ways to activate collaboration and build imaginative connections to the natural world so we can take down this dangerous machine!
Disability Inclusion & Access
Some favorite collaborations offering joyful, creative opportunities to neurodiverse groups:
Camp Paha
Theater Horizon Autism Drama
NYC D75 Schools
AHRC
Brooklyn Transitional High School
