D I R E C T I N G
DevisIng / writing / Original Work
IT’S TIME WE PAY THEM A VISIT, Cannonball/Philly Fringe Festival Philadelphia, PA, 2023
SPELL ACADEMY, Philadelphia, PA, 2022
PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION STORIES, Simpatico Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
IT’S TIME WE PAY THEM A VISIT, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
CYCLES, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
HAUNTED HALLS, Immersive Experience, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2019
WILMAGINATION PROJECT, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
PHILLY REALITY, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
PORTALS TO THE PAST/PORTALS TO THE FUTURE, Site Specific Dance, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
OUT OF WORK: RESPONDING TO THE ECONOMY, CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA, 2010
CONSUMING CULTURE, National Tour, 2010
BRINGING FIRE, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
BUS STORIES, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
A CONVERSATION PICNIC, Site Specific Work, Providence, RI, 2003
D I R E C T I N G
Scripted Work
(A QUEER) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2023
TEN WAYS TO SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2022
LASER GAMES, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
IN THE HEIGHTS, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Philadelphia, PA, 2013-2019
URINETOWN, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
PROSPECT HIGH: BROOKLYN, Roundabout Theatre Rolling World Premiere, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
P E R F O R M A N C E
DevisIng / writing / Original Work
SOAPBOX, Late Night Snacks/Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA 2023
NIGHT OF 1000 KATES, Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA 2023
KARAOKE NIGHT WITH A SCORPIO, Overboard Cabaret @ Cannonball Festival, Philadelphia, PA 2022
BARRY’S BONANZA, Pig Iron Theatre School, Philadelphia, PA 2019
LET THE SUN SHINE / STOLEN LAND, Site Specific Work, Queens, NY, 2018
CONCEPTION, Dir. Suli Holum, Commonspace Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
3 PROMS, Original Solo Work, Commonspace Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
FEATURED STORYTELLER and THREE-TIME WINNER, First Person Arts Story Slams, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2017
FEATURED STANDUP PERFORMER, Philly Q-Comedy Fest, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
P E R F O R M A N C E
SCRIPted Work
DOPPELBANGER, Judson Memorial Church, New York City, 2024
RISE CHOIR, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA 2022
THE CARDINAL, Dir. Juliette Carrillo, Cornerstone Theater, Queens, NY, 2018
THE SINCERITY PROJECT, Team Sunshine, Fringe Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
THE NOTHING FACTORY, Erik Ruin Productions, Philadelphia, PA and Baltimore, MD, 2010
WEEDS: A ROCK OPERA, Puppet Uprising, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
AN OLIVE ON THE SEDER PLATE, Liberty Cabbage Theatre (writing credit), National Tours, 2004-2006
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, Inaugural College Performances, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1999
f i l m + a u d i o
STORY DOULA & DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Philly Education Stories Podcast, 2021-present
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Community Visions: Out My Door, Collaboration with US & ILL DOOTS, 2022
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Community Visions: Into My School, Collaboration with US & ILL DOOTS, 2022
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT and SOUND, Sundown Road, Philadelphia, 2022
DIRECTOR, Earth Uprising, 2021
CONSULTANT, Memories from the Future, 2019
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, Resistance: the battle of philadelphia Web Series, 2017-2018
PRODUCER, Resistance: the battle of philadelphia (prologue), 2016
TALKS / PANELS / PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS
The Silences We Must Break: MLK Jr’s Beyond Vietnam Speech Today, Panelist, Philadelphia PA, 2024
The La La Lil Jidar Collective, Moderator, Philadelphia PA, 2024
Looking Back at Teacher Action in Philly, Facilitator, Philadelphia PA, 2023
We Do This Til We Free Us Abolition Study Group, Facilitator, Philadelphia PA, 2021
Beyond Performance: Anti-Racism Work in Community, Panelist, Building Anti-Racist White Educators, 2021
Making Space for Young Voices, Panelist, International Performing Arts for Youth Conference, 2020
Telling Our Story: 10 Years of Teacher Action, Panelist, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
StoryCircle Theatre Project, Facilitator, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Education for Liberation Conference, Co-chair, Teacher Action Group, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2019
After Charlottesville: Confronting White Supremacy, Convener, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Teaching in the Time of Trump, Speaker and Facilitator, Philadelphia, PA 2017
Education to Govern: Exploring the Possibilities of Public Education, Facilitator, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Countering Racial Capitalism for a Just City, Facilitator, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
Understanding by Design: Unit Curriculum Planning, Presenter, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
Educating for Insurgency? A Conversation with Educators, Facilitator, Allied Media Conference, Detroit MI, 2015
The Teacher as Cultural Worker, Keynote Address, Philadelphia Writing Project Celebration of Literacy, 2014
Organizing Against the School to Prison Pipeline, Presenter, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI, 2014
Organizing Against the School to Prison Pipeline, Presenter, New York Collective of Radical Educators Conference, 2014
Fund Schools Not Prisons, Invited Speaker, Decarcerate PA March to Harrisburg Kickoff, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Lessons from Philly’s Education Crisis, Panelist, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI, 2013
Organizing for Teacher Action, Presenter, Free Minds Free People Conference, Oakland, CA, 2013
The Case against Standardized Testing, Panelist, Philadelphia Education Fund, 2013
Strategies for Staying Afloat in Education, Panelist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Organizing for Teacher Action, Presenter, Free Minds Free People Conference, Providence RI, 2011
Organizing Educators to Confront Neoliberalism, Presenter, United States Social Forum, Detroit, MI, 2010
Collaborative, Multigenerational Playwriting, Presenter, EduCon, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
p u b l i s h i n g
AFTER THE RETURN, Blog, 2009-2017
PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN EDUCATION, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
NOT AS VAPID AS YOU THINK, Self-published Zine, 2000-2004
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
THEATER TEACHER and DIRECTOR, Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-present
THEATER and HUMANITIES TEACHER, Bodine High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
ENGLISH and CREATIVE ARTS TEACHER, Bartram High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
THEATER and ENGLISH TEACHER, West Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2012
FOUNDING ENGLISH TEACHER, Kensington Urban Education Academy, Philadelphia, PA, 2010-2011
DIRECTOR and THEATER DEPARTMENT FOUNDER, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2009
C O M M U N I T Y W O R K
BLOCK COMMITTEE, 52nd Street Neighbors, Philadelphia, PA, 2018-present
CORE MEMBER, Teacher Action Group, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-present
PROJECT COORDINATOR and BOARD MEMBER, Philadelphia Student Union, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-2015
A W A R D S
COMMUNITY VOICES GRANT RECIPIENT, 2020
LEEWAY ART AND CHANGE GRANT RECIPIENT, 2019
LEEWAY ART AND CHANGE GRANT RECIPIENT, 2018
LINDBACK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, 2017
LEEWAY ART AND CHANGE GRANT COMMUNITY PARTNER, 2015
PHILA SOUP GRANT, 2014
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOW, 2012
E D U C A T I O N
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
M.Ed. in Education; PA Certified in English 7-12 with Praxis Honors, Social Studies 7-12
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, RI, 2003
B.A. in Urban Studies with Honors in Community Leadership and Creative Writing
A D D I T I O N A L T R A I N I N G
PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY: Summer Intensive Journey of the Mask
CORNERSTONE THEATER: Summer Institute Fellowship in Community-based Theater Work
MOVEMENT THEATER STUDIO: Directing for Ensemble-based Devising
PLAY PENN: Script Analysis for Directors, Writing and Directing for Devised Theater, Writing Dynamic Dialogue, Feminist Playwriting
DIRECTORS GATHERING: Pick-up Directing Classes
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: Vocal Lab, Acting Lab
PHILADELPHIA IMPROV THEATER: Improv 1 and 2
MISSOULA-OBLONGATA: Introduction to Pochinko Clown, Devising Methods
EGOPO: Viewpoints