The Greenhouse
Managing Director,
Florida International University, 2018-present
During a week-long residency playwrights are provided with actors, a director, and a dramaturg to support them as they refine a script.
Playwright Development Program
Resident Director/Dramaturg
Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, 2016-present
This program supports early- and mid-career playwrights over a two year period. Projects developed within the program include:
Estate
An immersive performance on Florida history by Stephanie Ansin, Hannah Benitez, Vanessa Garcia, and William Hector.
Radio Plays at Radio Fest
A series of radio plays based on news stories from WLRN, Miami's public radio station.
Threat
by Yusha-Mari Sorsano
YoungArts, 2019
An immersive dancetheater piece
Brookdale
by Lazaro Godoy
An immersive dancetheater piece
After Orlando/Miami
Organizer
Miami New Drama, 2016
The Miami edition of this international theater action commemorating the Pulse shooting included short plays presented by 7 local theater companies and 2 brand-new short plays by local playwrights.
Something Suddenly Recklessly Gay
Gallatin Gallery, New York University, 2012A two-day event dedicated to the work of Assurbanipal Babilla, who created visual art and theater. The event included panels and readings as well as a gallery exhibit.
Iranian Theater Festival
Brick Theater, 2010
Curated a festival of work by Iranian theater artists living in the United States
Kitchen Monkey
by Octavio Campos
Edited text from jailed women for dancetheater work and devised action for a chorus of teenagers
The Bugchasers
by Octavio Campos and Campositon
Researched and supervised informant interviews for a dancetheater documentary work on HIV infection in 2007, wrote and selected text, assembled material from two years of workshops into a dramatic non-narrative framework