In this article, I discuss my experience devising with Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American students on O’ahu, and make the argument that a devised theatre process aimed at giving its participants as much control as possible can benefit BIPOC communities under the right circumstances. Click here to view.

We have been nominated for Best New Play, Best Direction, Best Ensemble, two for Best Acting, and two for Design! Click here to cast your vote.

Student Agency in Devised Theatre Education: Creating Collaborative Dramaturgy in Virtual and In-Person Classrooms will be in print in 2024. Come back for more info!

I published my first academic book chapter! Routledge’s “Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising” is out today; my chapter focuses on collaborative worldbuilding exercises. I think the book provides some pretty cool outside-of-the-box approaches to playwriting.

Thank you everyone who came out to KOA Theater and made our little weird dark comedy about living with disability into a sleeper hit. Thank you as well to Aloha Independent Living Hawaii for your partnership. Until next time!

Ava has an unexplained illness arrive overnight that leaves her disabled, leaving her to navigate a series of frustrating and quirky characters comprising her surprisingly ableist community, including a callous doctor, inquisitive Uber drivers, and an anthropomorphic spoon. You’re NOT Sick new dark comedy about living with disability in Hawai’i in 2023.

We are partnering with Aloha Independent Living Hawaii, a fantastic nonprofit organization who provides independent living programs and services for persons with disabilities in all over Hawai’i. Every performance will have representatives available with more information.

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My seven-minute play “What’s Left Behind,” a play about climate change, the end of the human race, and real estate savvy cockroaches, won the National Playwright Program’s Region VIII Planet Earth Award at this year’s KCACTF. Click to watch the staged reading (featuring a rare acting performance from yours truly!).

My dissertation “Metanoia And Our Legacy: The Fostering Of Student Agency Through Devised Theatre Education” is now available from ProQuest. Based on quantitative and qualitative analyses from two case studies, I argue that a devised theatre educational methodology aimed at allowing students as much agency as possible can be a formidable learning methodology in an increasingly shifting and unpredictable world.

My chapter on playwriting exercises aimed at worldbuilding through devised and improv exercises in Routledge’s Embodied Playwriting is coming out soon, stay tuned for more details!

My theatre work with the students at Waipahu High School was recently featured in an article emphasizing the successes and challenges of COVID-era teaching in Hawaii. Click here to read the article