BElow is a current CV, along with a list of Research contributions

Education

Phd, Theatre and Performance Studies

  • York University, Toronto, ON — 2014-2020

  • Graduate Scholarship of Academic Distinction

Masters of Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies

  • York University, Toronto, ON — 2012-2013

  • Awarded York Entrance Scholarship

 

Bachelor of Journalism, Journalism

  • University of King’s College, Halifax, NS—2011-2012

  • Graduated with Distinction, King’s President’s List

Bachelor of Arts, Honours English

  • McGill University, Montreal, QC — 2008-2011

  • Graduated with Honours

Work Experience

Editor/ Researcher | York University | 2013- present

  • SSHRC-funded project, Palgrave book, Performing Objects (2014), with Marlis Schweitzer.

  • Winter 2014 Edition of Theatre Research in Canada.

  • Theatre of Caryl Churchill (2014) and The Mind-Body Stage (2013), by Darren Gobert.

Event Planner | York University | 2013- present

  • Organizer of Performing the Accidental Archive, York University Theatre & Performance Studies (TPS) Graduate Symposium, April 2015.

  • Tasks include coordinating volunteers, managing email and social media, creating maintaining budget, applying for funding.

  • Co-organizer of Performance. Discuss, social event for York University (TPS).

  • Tasks include: organizing and running raffle and other fundraising initiatives.

Senior Teacher/Social Media | Explore It! Inc | '13- '15

  • Running twitter, facebook, Instagram and other related social media.

  • Training teachers, supervising classes, and liaising between teachers and management.

  • Programming curriculum and teaching for musical theatre, theatre, textile arts and other related classes.

  • Marketing for Explore It! Inc.

 Program Director | Centauri Arts Camp | 2007-present

  • Teaching and running an interactive program for kids ages 9-14. I have taught theatre, creative writing and film.

  • Supervising children ages 9-18, running arts workshops and camp-wide activities

Assistant Producer | Storyhouse Production | May 2012

  • Researching details for documentary television show: Forensic Firsts.

  • contacting interview subjects and interviewing streeters for future documentary work.

News Reporter (Intern)| CBC Halifax | April 2012

  • Reporting daily on current affairs and news in Halifax, NS.

Store Manager | Broadway Cheesecake | 2009- 2012

  • Managing and Training Staff, closing and opening store, balancing cash, Hired and interviewed staff, made schedules and PR representative.

  • Preparing and serving coffee, sandwiches, and cheesecake.

 

Artistic Creations

(custom gallery)

Lola’s is Open. (in development)

Writer. Co-created with Cameron Sedgwick. Dramaturg: Matt McGeachy. Supported by Ontario Arts Council.

Horses. (in development)

Writer/Director. Co-created with Justin Otto.  Produced by Flare Production. Staged Reading, September, 2023.

Rich Bitch. (in development)

Creator/Performer. Getting Paid Showcase, Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT), curated by  Crème De La Femme. Robert Gil Theatre, February 2019.

The Breakup Album. (In development)

Creator/Performer. Curated by Jaimes Mayhew. ‘Sindikit: A Friday Performance Series. Online, November 2020.

Miracle on Avenue du Parc — 2021.

Creator/Performer. Storytelling with Steamwhistle, with Next Stage Festival.  Online, January, 2021.

Rapunzel: A Family-Friendly Musical — 2020-2022.

Writer/Director/Performer. With Toronto Youth Theatre (TYT Theatre). Annex Theatre, April 2020 [Postponed due to Covid]; Annex Theatre December 2021. Wychwood Theatre April 2022.

 Cinderella: A Holliday Pantomime — 2019-Present.

Writer/Director/Performer. With Toronto Youth Theatre (TYT Theatre).  Annex Theatre, Dec 2019; Wychwood Theatre Dec 2023.

Fucking Feminist. (Workshop) — 2019

Creator/Performer. Feminist Arts Council Residency, May 2019.

Drunk Girl — 2014-2019

(workshop) Storefront Theatre, May 2014 | Part of 360° of Engagement: Publicly-situated performance. CATR in Congress 2014, Brock University. May 2014 | Reading with Write On Playwrights Showcase, Sept 2015 | Edmonton Fringe Festival, 2016 | Cucalorus Film Festival, Nov 2016 | World Fringe, 2017 | Adelaide Fringe, 2017 | Winnipeg Fringe, 2017 | Edmonton Fringe, 2017 (winner: hold-over series) | Montreal Fringe 2018 | Ottawa Fringe, 2018 (Fringe Encore)

Nominated: Best Theatre Show (Fringe WORLD, 2017), Best English Theatre (Montreal Fringe 2018), Best Comedy (Montreal Fringe 2018)

Naked Ladies — December 2013-2017

(Workshop) hub 14, Dec 2013 | (Workshop) VideoFag, June 2015 | Edmonton Fringe Festival, 5 stars Edmonton Journal and Global News, Aug 2015 | Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington NC, Nov 2015 | (upcoming) Adelaide Fringe, March 2016 | Montreal Fringe Festival, June 2016. 

Tilt-a-Whirl—March 2016-Present

Performer. Dir/Produced by Adam Kritzer. Cucalorus Artist Residency, Wilmington, NC, 2016.

Last Gasp, Nov 2015

Hemispheric Institute GSI Convergence, Austin TX.

School of Making Thinking Summer Residency—Summer 2015

#NoFilter, SpiderWeb Show, Toronto ON — Aug 2014 

Created with Secret Theatre’s artist’s residency, Halifax NS, http://spiderwebshow.ca/sounds/secret-selfies

Daughter’s Disease, FADO’s Emerging Artist Series, Toronto ON — March 2014

    Critically Kinaesthetic Conference, York University Graduate Conference, April 2014.

Needle Piece, Link&Pin Perfomance Art Series, Toronto ON — Sept 2013

Community involvement

  • TEDxYouth @ Toronto, Youth Ambassador Coordinator

  • Producer and Co-Artistic Director for 32teeth— independent Toronto-based theatre company

  • PR Officer and Symposium Chair for Theatre and Performance Studies GSA. 2014-2015

  • Web designer, minute taker, and participant in Fashion Research Group in Toronto. 2013-2014

  • Gargantua Emerging Artist Roundtable. Spring 2014.

  • Podcast Producer with Toronto Review Of Books. Fall 2013.

  • York University Theatre and Performance Studies social coordinator. 2012-2013

  • Unofficial recruiter and aide for prospective and new students to York University Theatre and Performance Studies Program. 2012-2013.

  • Member of Vagina Monologues and VDAY club at York University. February 2013.

  • Journalist and reviewer for McGill Tribune, King’s Watch and Concordia (2011-2013)

Additional Skills

  • adobe audition

  • final cut pro

  • experience with customer service

  • ushering

  • multitasking

  • leadership

  • team-player

  • quick learner

  • critical thinking

  • fluent in french

  • strong written and editing skills

  • good people skills

  • problem solver

  • self-motivated

  • good time-management

  • Microsoft office

  • Microsoft excel

publications, presentations, awards, conferences

Puplications

“Restorative justice on/off stage: mobilising fringe towards communities of consent.” International Journal of Restorative Justice. “Arts and Restorative Justice.” Issue 3, 2022, 455-462.

“Introduction: Where there is Smoke…” in Voice of a Generation: Three Millennial Plays edited by Michelle McArthur. Playwrights Canada Press, 2021. 

“Performing Trans Ontologies: The Body (and Body of Work) of Jaimes Mayhew.” Frontiers, A  Women Studies Journal. “Staging Feminist Futures” 41.3 (October 2020).

“Women’s Work: Queer Phenomenology and Performing Domesticity.” Etudes: An Online Theatre and Performance Studies Journal. 5.1 (December 2019). 

 “Consent on the Fringe: Restorative Justice and Accountable Communities.” Canadian Theatre Review 180 (2019): 14-19.

“Mouthpiece: The Contemporary Female Body and the Dialectics of Seen and Heard.” Canadian Theatre Review, Fall 2018.

“The Body Delicate’: LEAR, a Collaborative Case Study in Contemporary Feminist Theatre.” Canadian Theatre Review, Spring/Summer 2014.

Seminars Convener

Seminar Co-convener. “Minority Language Performance in Quebec and Canada” Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Montreal, May 2020.

Seminar co-convener. “Hot Mess: Performing Nasty Feminism in Theatre and Performance.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Kingston, June 2018.

Conference Presentations

“’La Petite Anglaise’: Les Québécois Anglais et ma langue maternelle.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research. Part of seminar, Minority Language Performances in Quebec and Canada, Montreal Qc, May 2020.  

“’The Lucky Fxxxers’: The Fringe Performer as Alternative Theatre Archivist.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research. Part of seminar, On the Fringe: Fringe Festival Phenomenon in Canada. Montreal Qc, May 2020.

“’Brave,’ ‘Graphic’ and Other Opinions: NAKED LADIES and the Art/Porn Binary.” College Art Association. Part of curated panel, Indecent Exposure: The Body in the 21st Century Creative Process, Chicago, February 2020.  

“#MeToo, On The Fringe.” Performance Studies International. Calgary, July 2019. 

“Narcissister’s Every Woman; Inside/Out of the Queer Striptease.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Vancouver, June 2019.  

Participant with Micro-Life. Hemispheric Institutes GSI Convergence, Toronto ON, Nov 2017.

“Canadian Association for Fringe Festival.” Theatre Library Association, symposium on Fringe Festivals. New York NY, Oct 2016

Participant with [Female] Bodies & Femininity [Borders].  Hemispheric Institutes GSI  Convergence, Austin TX, Nov 2015. 

“Unravelling our Expectations: Loring-Wyle Parkette Revisited,” ATHE Emerging Scholar Panel, Montreal QC, Aug 2015.

“Ethics in Live-Facebook Eavesdropping,” Blogging in/and Performance (Seminar). Canadian Association of Theatre Research (CATR), Brock University, ON, May 2014.

“The Naked Body, the Knitted Body: Unraveling Embodied History”, Critically Kinaesthetic, York University TPS Graduate Symposium, April 2014.

“She Works Hard for the Money: An Encounter with The Needle.” Thinking|Feeling, York/Ryerson University Graduate Conference, Feb 2014.