In addition to programming and engagement, I’m also a monologist and storyteller. Often situated within elements of magical realism, my performances combine first-person narrative, character, humor, song, movement, and poetry to create new expressive pathways into questions of identity, embodiment, and belonging.
What do you do when you finally figure out who you are — right as your Mom totally forgets who she is?
A solo performance combining comedy, storytelling, poetry, and personal narrative to examine dementia caregiving as both an intimate family experience and a broader social issue. Developed with Luna Stages, Lauren Weedman, and Santa Monica Rep's 4th Annual Playreading Festival.
If given the opportunity, what would you turn yourself into?
Eight female characters explore beauty, redemption, death, mental illness, and a new religion known as 'Star Magic'. Developed at The Writing Pad in LA and WildAcres in North Carolina. Listed on Creative Capital's 'On Our Radar' series.
How do we balance the need to be perfect with the need to be a fully self-expressed woman?
Developed through workshops at The Field in NYC. Performed in NYC, Santa Monica, Bali, Washington DC, and North Carolina.
I have had the wonderful opportunity to perform on story stages in New York, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and more. Below is a collection of recorded monologues, both first-person and more “performance-art” leaning.