BElow is a current CV, along with a list of Research contributions
Education
Phd, Theatre and Performance Studies
- York University, Toronto, ON — 2014- present
- 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
Higher Education— Cucalorus Artist Residency, Wilmington, NC— March 2016
Naked Ladies — December 2013-Present
(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 | (upcoming) Montreal Fringe Festival, June 2016.
Drunk Girl — 2014-Present
(workshop) Storefront Theatre, May 2014 | Part of 360° of Engagement: Publicly-situated performance. CATR in Congress 2014: Borders without Boundaries, Brock University. May 2014 | Reading with Write On Playwrights Showcase, Sept 2015 | (Upcoming) Edmonton Fringe Festival, 2016
Last Gasp, Hemispheric Institute GSI Convergence, Austin TX — Nov 2015
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
“The Body Delicate’: LEAR, a Collaborative Case Study in Contemporary Feminist Theatre”
- Canadian Theatre Review, Spring/Summer 2014.
Assistant Editor/ Research Assistant
- 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.
Scholarship, Graduate Foundation of Academic Distinction, York University, 2014-Present
Participant with [Female] Bodies & Femininity [Borders] (Working Group)
- Hemispheric Institutes GSI Convergence, Austin TX, Nov 2015
“Unravelling our Expectations: Loring-Wyle Parkette Revisited”
- ATHE Emerging Scholar Panel, Montreal QC, Aug 2015
Organizer of Performing the Accidental Archive
- York University Theatre & Performance Studies (TPS) Graduate Symposium, April 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
Guest Presenter on “Life After Grad School”
- York TPS Graduate Class (’13-’14), Sept 2013.
Dramaturge, Kristina Wong’s Wong Street Journal,
- TPS at York University, May 2013.