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There is a surprising amount of theatre going on in rural Grinnell, Iowa. There’s the Theatre & Dance Department at Grinnell College, of which I am a current major, but there’s also the community theatre through Grinnell Area Arts Council. The theatre scene in Grinnell is interesting due to a quiet tension between the college […]
As a first year John Wells Directing MFA Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, I am constantly thinking about storytelling, visibility and voice. I deeply believe centering the stories of queer and trans folks, people of color, and people across the margins is one the most rigorous ways to resist white supremacy and heteronormativity. I […]
The Vagina Monologues was the first show I ever performed as a college student at Mount Holyoke College. As a nervous, yet prepared, first-year, I was absolutely thrilled by the chance to be onstage. I would have never guessed that two years from then, I would be turning down a callback for the very same […]
Thanks to The Palette Fund for underwriting Point Foundation’s Summer Internship Program, I spent 10 weeks working with Green Chimneys NYC Division. The internship reinforced my belief in the combined desire of both LGBT homeless youth and the broader community of inter-generational LGBT individuals – engaging with one another towards a specific goal of creating change […]