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Creating
Creating
These artifacts demonstrate my competence in conceiving and developing new work and ideas.
Jackie is an adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek's one woman show, which I conceived, produced, and co-directed. The artifacts in this folder include marketing materials, photos, and video clips.
This example demonstrates my ability to generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work as articulated by Colleti & Yolen (2017) in section Cr 1. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
The Most Massive Woman Wins is a short play by Madeleine George which I produced at PCHS in the fall of 2017 as our entry in the OSSAA One Act Play Contest. The production took first place at Regionals and was a State finalist. In addition to producing and directing the play, I served as the host and tournament director for one of the regional contests. The artifacts in this folder include marketing materials, photos, video clips, and documents that I created to manage the tournament.
This example demonstrates my ability to organize and develop artistic ideas and work as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Cr 2. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Perhaps the World Ends Here is an original play that I completed on a commission for Local Classic Repertory Theatre in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I wrote, directed, and edited what ultimately became a Zoom movie. The artifacts in this folder include marketing materials, a video recording of scene 1, a feature article from Broadway World, and a copy of the script.
This example demonstrates my ability to refine and complete artistic work as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Cr 3. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Performing
Performing
These artifacts demonstrate my competence in realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presenting.
In January of 2020, I traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to study culturally responsive, community centered, political theatre through the course "Drama in Education II," led by Dr. Amy Cordileone. In addition to training in physical theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed, I was able to study mask-making and puppetry with Deborah Hunt of AgitArte and the Papel Machete theater collective. My work with Deborah centered on the creation of both solo and group mask performances, which culminated in a public street performance at El Bastión during the holiday festival. The artifacts in this folder include a video recording of my performance in the festival, as well as photos of the mask making process.
This example demonstrates my ability to select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Pr 4. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
In the fall of 2013, I became a member of the SITI Company’s inaugural Graduate Theatre Conservatory focusing on physical and devised theatre. My cohort was comprised of ten Americans and ten international students. Cohort members trained in the Suzuki method of actor training and the Viewpoints for three hours a day, five days a week with members of the company. The remaining portion of our days was filled with classes on speaking, movement, scene study, dramaturgy, playwriting, composition (a method of devising), and guest lectures from high-profile artists. Evenings and weekends were spent working in small groups to devise short, original theatrical pieces which we premiered for an audience each Tuesday. We worked pretty much 24/7. Our culminating project was an original, full-length play about twenty people trapped in Grand Central Terminal at the end of the world, which we devised between the twenty of us. Over the course of the year, I developed and refined my practice as a physical theatre practitioner, gained a firm understanding of devising while developing and refining my own practice, and came into my own as a theatre maker with an aesthetic and a unique point of view. The artifacts in this folder include marketing materials, production photos, and a link to a full-length recording of the show on the SITI Company's Vimeo page.
This example demonstrates my ability to develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Pr 5. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
In the fall of 2014, I was cast alongside Broadway veteran Tom Nellis (Indecent) in This Is Not A Theatre Company’s audio production of The Ferry Play, which is a site-specific smartphone play, or “podplay,” set on the Staten Island Ferry. The artifacts in this folder include marketing materials and news clippings from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and American Theatre Magazine.
This example demonstrates my ability to convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Pr 6. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Responding
Responding
These artifacts demonstrate my competence in understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
In the fall of 2020, I took “Period Styles of Acting and Directing” with Dr. Nancy Smithner at NYU. One of the course assignments was to serve as a dramaturg on one of the scenes we were to perform in. I served as the dramaturg for the ancient Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex.
The paper contained in this folder demonstrates my ability to analyze, critique, and interpret a production through a dramaturgical and culturally responsive lens, as well as my ability to be a reflexive practitioner who constantly evaluates their own work in the spirit of maintaining a growth mindset.
This example demonstrates my ability to perceive and analyze artistic work, interpret meaning in artistic work, and apply criteria to evaluate artistic work as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in sections Re 7, 8, & 9 of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Connecting
Connecting
This artifact demonstrate my competence in relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
Cooking with Candy is a 5-minute solo-performance piece that I developed under the guidance of Anna Deavere Smith in the course "Performing Personal Narratives" at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the fall of 2019. The artifact contained in this folder is a recording of the final performance of this piece.
This example demonstrates my ability to relate and synthesize knowledge and personal experiences to inspire and inform artistic work as articulated by Colletti & Yolen (2017) in section Cn 10. of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Knowledge
Knowledge
This artifact outlines my culminating project and demonstrates my ability to apply theatre forms in its execution.
To demonstrate my depth of knowledge in theatre forms and my ability to apply them in my work, I am submitting an early iteration of my dissertation proposal, which is the artifact contained in this folder.
Arts-Based Research
Arts-Based Research
These artifacts demonstrate my competence as an arts-based researcher engaging in practice led inquiry.
This example demonstrates my ability to engage with the tools and techniques of ethnodrama and to employ them in conceiving and designing a community engaged workshop for social change. Additionally, it demonstrates my reflexive practice as an artist and researcher.
The artifacts in this folder include a video excerpt of Buffy Sainte-Marie speaking at Arizona State University, a video of me performing Buffy in the style of ethnodrama, the scored transcript I created of Buffy's speech, a post-performance analysis I wrote in reflection, and the education activism outreach plan I created in conjunction with the performance.
"Ignite Change: Impactful Storytelling Through Audio" is a new arts-based research fellowship program presented by the Cross-Cutting Initiative on Inequality, the Wasserman Center, and the NYU Production Lab. I have been tapped to co-create the curriculum for the program, as well as to co-facilitate it.
The artifacts in this folder include original marketing materials that I created in Canva, which are currently being distributed by the university.
This example demonstrates my understanding of the intricacies of arts-based research and the university’s faith in my ability to teach others this methodology and lead the way in creating polished ABR products that bare NYU’s brand.
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