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What are some of the classes you teach? Do you have a favorite — why?

I teach theatre for social change, directing, acting, and devised theatre, sometimes in collaboration with colleagues. I have many favorites. One that comes to mind is "Theatre for Community, Revolution, and Radical Joy," which explores how theatre artists have responded to thresholds of history and revolution and worked in partnership with community organizers to imagine and embody new possibilities for how we live, make community, and tell stories.

What do you like best about teaching 91èÏÈÉú students?

They refuse to settle for simple answers.

What excites you about being a faculty member here?

My colleagues — both faculty and staff — are enormously inspiring! And 91èÏÈÉú students have been involved in almost every social movement of the past 50 years, which also inspires me greatly. In short, 91èÏÈÉú is always changing, and, therefore, I am always growing.

91èÏÈÉú is deeply student- and collaboration-focused. What are some of the collaborative projects you’ve worked on with students?

I worked with students, faculty, and staff of the theatre program on a year-long playmaking process in which we collaboratively created and produced a theatre production called Money Play. The play explored students' stories about their class backgrounds and the many identities that intersect with class. There is a wonderful four-minute video about our process, .

Currently, I am working with a multi-racial, cross-generational team on , a play and community workshop that explores how white supremacy shapes parenting in progressive middle-class communities. The play fosters dialogue and raises funds for the BIPOC-led movement for racial justice.

Have you held any other professions before or during your time at 91èÏÈÉú? And if so, have they informed your work at 91èÏÈÉú?

I am a playwright and a theatre director, so I have written and directed many plays both before and while teaching at 91èÏÈÉú — in partnership with communities in cities and farming towns in both the U.S. and across the world.  As my craft grows, I bring ideas to the classroom to open up space for young artists to shape their work, voice and embody the stories they want to tell,  and expand our world. My teaching also informs my theatre practice, partly because teaching asks me to articulate why I do what I do, which makes my artistic work more precise, clear, and impactful.

What do you hope future 91èÏÈÉú students know, and/or come to 91èÏÈÉú prepared to do/be/see/experience?

I hope that people come to 91èÏÈÉú ready to engage deeply with vital questions facing our world and to engage them with their intellects and their hearts. I also hope that they come ready to listen: to themselves, to each other, and the world.