YEAR:
2023
PROJECT:
See Better Lear
DESCRIPTION:
I teamed up as dramaturg with Keely Song Glenn, artistic director of Contemporary Dance Theater, to create a contemporary dance concert about King Lear. As a pair, we created a dramatic conceit that combined the setting of a college Shakespeare club, the plot of King Lear, and about a dozen contemporary dances. We wrote the script, arranged the dances, coached the actors, filled the lobby with educational posters about Shakespeare, and passed out marked up copies of Lear to audience members as if they were part of the book club.
YEAR:
2023
PROJECT:
The Conversation Around Conservation
DESCRIPTION:
I served as dramaturg for Words for Water, a concert at Brigham Young University that featured works by student creative writers and dancers. This project about Utah’s water systems involved five different departments on campus, including five faculty, nine choreographers, nine writers, and 27 dancers. Each choreographer was paired with a creative writing student and charged with creating an original dance about water that incorporated writing in some way. My dramaturgical work focused on researching the intersections between writing and movement, facilitating the collaboration between writers and choreographers, and educating audiences through program information and lobby displays about Utah’s water crisis.
YEAR:
2023
PROJECT:
Fiddler on the Roof: Balancing Yesterday and Today
Fourth Wall Dramaturgy
DESCRIPTION:
My dramaturgy for Brigham Young University’s MainStage production of Fiddler on the Roof involved me writing online content and investigating the parallels between the religious cultures of Anatevka, Ukraine and Provo, Utah.