Practice

My interdisciplinary performance work combines practice-as-research methods with devised, improvised, and theatre for social change techniques.

Throughout, I create accessible productions and accessible production practices, innovating across content and form to create new work.

Productions

A black and white image of a person covering their face.The image is translucent and mirrored. onthe other half of the page. There is unreadable text in the center.
A large knarled tree. The text reads: kin song: ode to disability ancestors.
A red background with yellow lines and white circles. The text reads: The Mad Maps Project.
access/embodiment
kin • song
the mad maps project
A hand holds an open book. The text reads babbled: a new play.
A black and white photograph of a woman looking at the camera. A disembodied arm reaches forward, its hand covering her mouth. The text reads: Call me Crazy: Field Notes from the Land of the "Mentally Ill"
A black poster with decorative lines. The poster reads: Revival, a southern gothic gospel cabaret by Bobby Britton Jr.
babble(d)
call me crazy
other projects

News

kin • song: ode to disability ancestors wins B. Iden Payne award for best editing

Nick Wingez-Yanez reviews kin • song: ode to disability ancestors for
QT Voices special issue on Trans Temporalities, edited by Vox Jo Hsu

The cover of the play Telephone. Two people in Victorian clothing kiss. There a geometric lines around them.

Mental Health Dramaturgy

For the past few years, I have been developing a dramaturgical practice that combines mad and disability history/theory with mental health first aid practices to support actors and directors as they craft informed, respectful, and safe representations of mental (ill) health. Sometimes, this means working with a director to contextualize a character’s diagnosis within the play’s historical, geographical, and cultural location. Other times, this means meeting with a production team to work through the politics of a particular staging, or collaborating with actors to implement strategies for performing mental distress without inducing mental distress. I also share my expertise on talkback panels, particularly for shows with mental health themes.

For more information, or to discuss collaborations, please reach out via my contact form.