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Backyard Stages Critical Response Process Salon
Join Backyard Stages, a non-profit that I helped found, for an evening of new work by artists we love! À la the Parisian avant-garde artist/writer salons of the early 1900s, hosted by famous poet and playwright Gertrude Stein, our Critical Response Process (CRP) Salon...
The Culture and Aesthetics of Disability, Dance, and the Arts
A recording of the panel conversation, The Culture and Aesthetics of Disability, Dance, and the Arts, held at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is available to listen to here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Clip+of+AI+Awards+USE/1_joh38rzl The moderated conversation...
League of Historic American Theatres Conference Presentation
Presenting my research at the League of Historic American Theatres 48th National Conference was wildly meaningful for me. Embedding arts-related missions into civic structures, city planning mechanisms, budgetary assets (the list goes on!) can help nonprofits build...
Women In Politics Panel Discussion
Read this article from the Collegiate Times about a panel discussion I curated on the intersection of femme empowerment, local government, and women in politics on behalf of the School of Performing Arts in the Virginia Tech College of Architecture, Arts, and Design....
Science Communication Instruction: Summer 2024
It was an honor to work as a science communication instructor again with Virginia Tech College of Engineering 's partner center, the Virginia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. The future of engineering is bright!
Science Communication Techniques at Rutgers University
This past summer, I had the pleasure of teaching science communication techniques at Rutgers University - Camden with the post-docs and PhD students at the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology. Through applied theatre and improvisation, the Center for...
Interview: Dacquiri Baptiste on Operational Planning
If you are interested in short-, mid-, and long-range operational planning, you might be a nerd for venue management like I am! Dacquiri (Smittick) Baptiste, Vice President and COO of the Orpheum Theatre Group in Memphis, TN, sat down with me for an interview about...
Research Presentation at the League of Historic Theatres 2024 Conference
Structuring Sustainable Success: Building Functional Relationships Between City-Entities and Nonprofit Theatres as a Means for Ensuring Longevity I am grateful to be presenting my research at the 48th League of Historic Theatres' annual conference in Milwaukee...