In this scene from "Home: Containment & Freedom," an original movement and text piece by collaborator Karl Baumann and I, we explore the communal experience of "domestic captivity" so many of us lived through during the Covid-19 pandemic. How do we continue to connect in isolation? What do we learn about ourselves and one another? "Home" premiered at The Spark: A Performing Arts Community as part of Boulder Fringe Festival 2021.

In this excerpt from Tom Stoppard's erudite ARCADIA, author Hannah Jarvis passionately states her appreciation for the Classical aesthetic and disdain for the the Romantic.

Referencing and--to some extent, embodying--the Classical Furies, goddesses of vengeance, my character sings about the fate of Prince Orestes, whose luck turned ill after killing his own mother to avenge his father.

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This excerpt from DOWNCYCLE (later renamed TREAD LIGHTLY) is a piece of environmental theatre examining the disposable plastics crisis and its effects on living creatures of all kinds including the Laysan albatross. With my frequent collaborator and Cirque de Soleil veteran, Karl Baumann, I devised this piece under direction by LARAMIE PROJECT lead writer Leigh Fondakowski. Note that this material is only intended for your personal/educational use and not for public distribution. The copyright of this material belongs to the performer(s) represented in the video(s) and should not be used without their express written consent. This material is intended for the Naropa archive and not for public distribution so it has not been branded or closed captioned and Naropa disclaims any responsibility for use of this material without copyright permissions.

This excerpt from CONSENT, the collective MFA thesis of the 2019 graduating class of Naropa University's Theater: Contemporary Performance MFA, reflects on the importance of consent and the parallels between the sexual assault and harassment charges levied against Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Clarence Thomas. Devised movement-theatre poetic text are interspersed with actual courtroom transcript to create a stunning piece of social justice theatre. Note that this material is only intended for your personal/educational use and not for public distribution. The copyright of this material belongs to the performer(s) represented in the video(s) and should not be used without their express written consent. This material is intended for the Naropa archive and not for public distribution so it has not been branded or closed captioned and Naropa disclaims any responsibility for use of this material without copyright permissions.

This excerpt from my Naropa University MFA Thesis reflects my involvement with somatic bodywork, and my personal investment in trauma recovery through performance.