Playwriting CV

 

EDUCATION

University of Edinburgh — PhD, 2024-

University of Edinburgh — MSc Playwriting w/ Distinction, 2019-2020

Dalhousie University — BA Double Honours Classics and Theatre Studies, 2015-2019

Full Length Plays

Euripidaristophanize - 2024

  • Commissioned by Fountain School of Performing Arts (2022)

  • Full production in Sir James Dunn Theatre, Halifax NS (2024)

Glass Houses — 2020

    • Long-listed in Traverse Theatre Open Submissions (2021)

    • Staged reading directed by Finn Den Hertog as part of Pre-View: Readings From New Plays by Emerging Artists; produced by Playwright’s Studio Scotland and the University of Edinburgh (2020)

    • Workshopped as part of the University of Edinburgh MSc Playwriting program (2020)

ONE Act Plays

All the Breathless — 2022

  • Longlisted for the David MacLennan Award.

The Mask of Agamemnon — 2020

    • Staged reading by The Canadian Play Thing (2020)

    • Workshopped as part of the University of Edinburgh MSc Playwriting program (2020)

Handle with care — 2019

    • Workshopped as part of the University of Edinburgh MSc Playwriting program (2020)

Objects — 2017

    • Virtual production by Mount Allison University (2020)

    • Staged reading hosted by Playwright’s Atlantic Resource Centre (2019)

    • Production by Dalhousie Theatre Society (2018)

SHORT Plays

The Great Teller of Tales — 2020

    • Commissioned by 'Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company' for the anthology piece Forest Town. Performed at the Park Place Theatre in Halifax, NS with support from Shakespeare by the Sea.

Additional Credentials

Script Reader for LIVE Theatre, Newcastle. (2023-)

Member of the Wonderfool’s Youth Board - a select collective of young theatre professionals working to make a difference in Scottish theatre. (2021-2023) 

Professional Placement with Playwright’s Studio Scotland, primarily organizing and digitizing script archive. (2020) 

Script Reader for the James Tait Black Prize for Drama. (2020) 

Primary organizer of the ‘Pythian Games’ performance festival held through the Dalhousie Classics Department. Responsibilities included: hosting the event and writing the main script, auditioning and selecting the acts for the event, organizing programs, advertising, dealing with translations of multiple languages and creating and running subtitles, and collecting and distributing prizes. (2018-2019) 

Attended a month-long seminar on Baroque Culture and Theatre at Çesky Krumlov castle in the Czech Republic. (2018) 

Took part in a year-long playwriting intensive program at Dalhousie where we worked with many Canadian playwrights, including Hannah Moscovitch, Catherine Banks, Juanita Peters and Mary Vingoe. (2017-2018) 

Registered PARC member. (2017-)