Change Agent
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Artistic Leadership
Official leadership positions include five years as Artistic Director at Denver’s disability-affirmative Phamaly Theatre Company, and two years as Educational Outreach Coordinator and Administrative Director.
I have enjoyed over two decades of mentoring developing artists, and sharing artistic knowledge in such venues as:
Kennedy Center LEAD Conference
National Performing Arts Convention
US Dept of State FLEX/YES Civic Education Week
TEDx DU
US Institute of Technical Theatre (USITT)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
A.R.T./New York/MAC Consortium
UC San Diego Triton Leaders Conference
Tilt West
Big-i Communication Center for Disability (Japan)
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Consulting/Advising
Areas of expertise include creative leadership, disability aesthetics, organizational accessibility, disability inclusion, and nonprofit leadership/board process. Past partners include:
National Arts Strategies
Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Off-Center Theater of the Mind
Theatre Communications Group
Opera Praktikos (NY)
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (Denver)
Denver Public Schools
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company
Guest presentations include: Grantmakers in the Arts, St. Paul Airport Partners, University of Colorado School of Theatre, Educational Theatre Association, California Presenters Association, World Denver, Immersive Denver, Jeffco Public Schools
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Teaching
I have enjoyed sharing knowledge at every level of education, from elementary to graduate school programs, adjunct professorships to guest lecturing. Past teaching includes:
UC San Diego
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Randolph-Macon College
La Jolla Playhouse
Phamaly Theatre Company
Guest lecturing includes: Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, Depaul University, CU Denver, University of Colorado (Boulder), Montana State University, Road Scholars
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Advocacy/Community
Community engagement positions have included board positions, grant panels, juries, and other volunteer work including:
Craig Hospital Board of Directors
National Endowment for the Arts
AmeriCorps
3Arts Chicago
Denver ACTS Fund
Meow Wolf - Denver Community Advisory
Art of Access Denver
IDEA Stages
Phamaly Board of Directors
Amigos de las Americas
Colorado Refugee ESL Program