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EDUCATION
\n<\/strong><\/span>Master of Fine Arts<\/strong>, Playwriting
\nThe New School for Drama\/Actors Studio Drama School, 2006
\nMaster of Arts<\/strong>, Creative Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies
\nSan Francisco State University, 1990
\nBachelor of Arts<\/strong>, Psychobiology
\nUniversity of California at Santa Cruz, 1980<\/p>\n

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/strong>
\nInterim Vice President for Student Affairs
\n<\/strong>Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 07\/19 to 06\/20
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 served as a liaison between Academic Affairs and Student Life
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 supervised two Deans of Students, the Assistant Dean of students and Assistant to the VPSA
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 allocated funds to programs within the division, and balanced the annual budget
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 served as a steward to the Board of Trustees
\n\u2022\u00a0 represented the College at public events
\n\u2022\u00a0 implemented new federal and state health and safety guidelines
\n\u2022\u00a0 revised sanctions for student conduct in relation to new health and safety guidelines
\n\u2022\u00a0 allocated and disbursed student emergency funds during the health pandemic
\nDean of the School for Interdisciplinary Arts
\n<\/strong>Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 07\/12 to 06\/15
\n\u2022\u00a0 served as a liaison between administration, faculty and staff
\n\u2022\u00a0 supervised daily operations of the School including management of the two staff employees
\n\u2022\u00a0 allocated funds to academic programs, and balanced the annual budget
\n\u2022\u00a0 facilitated faculty searches, hires, reappointments and promotions
\n\u2022\u00a0 annually reviewed faculty
\n\u2022\u00a0 represented the College at public events<\/span><\/p>\n

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
\n<\/span><\/strong>Universities & Colleges
\n<\/span><\/strong>Professor of Theatre
\n<\/strong>Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 07\/07 to present<\/span>
\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0 designing and teaching theatre courses
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 advising undergraduate students in all phases of production
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 developing and supporting programmatic strategies
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 participating in college governance and community service
\n<\/span>Visiting Adjunct Professor of Theatre<\/strong>
\nAmherst College, Amherst, MA 07\/16 to 12\/16
\n\u2022\u00a0 designed and taught undergraduate playwriting courses
\n\u2022\u00a0 advised undergraduate theatre students
\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 01\/00 to 06\/03
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 developed acting curriculum for BA students
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught beginning and intermediate acting
\n\u2022\u00a0 advised BA students
\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing<\/strong>
\nMinneapolis College of Art & Design, MN 09\/98 to 12\/01
\n\u2022\u00a0 developed liberal arts curriculum for BFA students
\n\u2022\u00a0 dramatic writing and acting
\n\u2022\u00a0 advised BFA students
\nAdjunct Professor of Theatre & Dance<\/strong>
\nMacalester College, Saint Paul, MN 03\/96 to 12\/02
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 choreographed and directed dance performances for annual concerts
\nVisiting Adjunct Professor of Dance<\/strong>
\nStanford University, Menlo Park, 03\/94 to 06\/94
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique
\nAdjunct Professor of Dance<\/strong>
\nCity College of San Francisco, San Francisco, 01\/91 to 06\/93
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique
\n\u2022\u00a0 choreographed and directed student performances for annual concerts<\/p>\n

Academies & Community Organizations
\n<\/span>Artist-in-Residence
\n<\/strong>Pillsbury House, Minneapolis, MN 08\/19 to present
\n\u2022\u00a0 teaching playwriting and performance to emerging artists of color
\nAmerican Musical & Dramatic Academy, NYC, NY 10\/06 to 06\/07
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught beginning acting and scene study
\nPatrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 10\/94 to 08\/06
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught acting and dramatic writing workshops
\n\u2022\u00a0 directed student performances
\nThe Loft, Minneapolis, MN 04\/97 to 07\/03
\n\u2022\u00a0 mentored young writers of color
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught dramatic writing workshops
\nPerforming Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA 09\/90 to 06\/93
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught creative process to children (K-6)
\n\u2022\u00a0 developed and staged personal narratives with youth (ages 14-17)
\nInstitute of Choreography, San Francisco, CA 06\/90 to 6\/94
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique
\nSchool of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 09\/89 to 06\/94
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique
\n\u2022\u00a0 choreographed and directed student performances
\nThird Wave Dance, San Francisco, CA 03\/87 to 06\/90
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique
\nCadaqu\u00e9s Dance Center, Barcelona, Spain, 06\/85 to 12\/85
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught traditional Haitian dance and folklore
\n\u2022\u00a0 taught Dunham technique<\/p>\n

CONFERENCES
\nPanels & Performances<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Tell That: A Tribute to Laurie Carlos, Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA 2019
\n\u2022\u00a0 Writer\/Performer \u2013 staged reading with Dr. Priscilla Page & Ben Davis
\nTell That: A Tribute to Laurie Carlos, Soundworks Gathering #6, Easthampton, MA 2018
\n\u2022\u00a0 Writer\/Performer \u2013 staged reading with Dr. Priscilla Page & Shakeel Sohail-Gibran Cullis
\nRobbie McCauley Symposium: A Convening in Performance, Emerson College, Boston, MA 2017
\n\u2022\u00a0 Writer\/Performer \u2013 A Tribute to Robbie
\nMerit<\/em> by Lenelle Moise, Smith College, Northampton, MA 2017
\n\u2022 Performer \u2013 staged reading
\nFire & Ink: Witness, Advocacy for GLBT People of African Descent, Detroit, MI 2015
\n\u2022\u00a0 Presenter\/Workshop: \u2018Writing\/Embodying Autobiography\u2019
\n\u2022\u00a0 Performer: sash & trim<\/em> \u2013 staged reading
\n\u2022\u00a0 Performer: The Messiah Complex<\/em> by Nia Witherspoon \u2013 staged reading
\nFestival of Original Theatre (FOOT): Queer(ing) Performance, University of Toronto, ON 2015
\n\u2022\u00a0 Presenter\/Panel: Verbatim Theatre and Black Queer Narratives
\n\u2022\u00a0 Performer: Picasso\u2019s Black Canvas<\/em>, by Antonio Cayonne
\nFire & Ink: Cotillion, A Writer\u2019s Festival for LGBTQ People of African Descent, Austin, TX 2009
\n\u2022\u00a0 Performer: Delta Dandi<\/em> by Sharon Bridgforth \u2013 staged reading<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/span>
\nPlaywright<\/span>
\n<\/strong>sash & trim
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Curtain, UMass, Amherst, MA 2008
\ncover
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Samuel French One-Act Festival, NYC, NY 2006
\noranges & honey
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>The New School for Drama, NYC, NY 2005
\nQueen Nanny, Queen Nanny
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>In the Heart of the Beast, Minneapolis, MN 2002
\nMighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>National Black Theater Festival, Winston-Salem, NC 2001
\n\u2022\u00a0 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 2000
\n\u2022\u00a0 Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\nThe House That Crack Built <\/em>(with Aaron Barnell)
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Pillsbury House, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\nWhere I\u2019m At
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Southern, Minneapolis, MN 1998
\nForever Hold Your Piece<\/em> (with Patrick Scully)
\n\u2022\u00a0 Illusion, Minneapolis, MN 1997
\n\u2022\u00a0 Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, NY 1996
\nSweet Sadie
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Dixon Place, NYC, NY 1997
\n\u2022\u00a0 Patrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 1997, 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Out North, Anchorage, AK 1996
\n\u2022\u00a0 Josie\u2019s Cabaret, San Francisco, CA 1994<\/p>\n

Actor<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>Oba Qween Baba King Baba <\/em>by Ni’ja Whitson
\n\u2022\u00a0 Saint Marks Church, NYC, NY 2019
\n<\/em><\/span>River See <\/em>by Sharon Bridgforth
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0 Theatre Offensive, Boston, MA 2014<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>…and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi <\/em>by Marcus Gardley
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Curtain, UMass, Amherst, MA 2009
\nsash & trim
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Curtain, UMass, Amherst, MA 2008
\nFools & Lovers\u00a0<\/em>adapted by Moonwork
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Connelly, NYC, NY\u00a0 2006
\ncon flama\u00a0<\/em>by Sharon Bridgforth\u00a0
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Penumbra, Saint Paul, MN 2001
\nBlack Nativity\u00a0<\/em>by Langston Hughes\u00a0
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Penumbra, Saint Paul, MN 2001, 1999
\nMighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>National Black Theater Festival, Winston-Salem, NC 2001
\n\u2022\u00a0 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 2000
\n\u2022\u00a0 Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\nAngels in America, Part II: Perestroika<\/em> by Tony Kushner
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Pillsbury House, Minneapolis, MN 2001
\nThe Darker Face of the Earth<\/em> by Rita Dove
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Guthrie, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\nBlues for an Alabama Sky<\/em> by Pearl Cleage
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Penumbra, Saint Paul, MN 1999
\nblood pudding <\/em>by Sharon Bridgforth
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Frontera@Hyde Park, Austin, TX 1998
\nForever Hold Your Piece <\/em>(with Patrick Scully)
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Illusion, Minneapolis, MN 1997
\n\u2022\u00a0 Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, NY 1996
\nSweet Sadie
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Dixon Place, NYC, NY 1997
\n\u2022\u00a0 Patrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 1997, 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Out North, Anchorage, AK 1996
\n\u2022\u00a0 Josie\u2019s Cabaret, San Francisco, CA 1994
\nDark Fruit <\/em>with Pomo Afro Homos
\n<\/em>selected venues include:
\n\u2022\u00a0 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Drill Hall Arts, London, UK 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Lincoln Center, NYC, NY 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 ICA, London, UK 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 Public Theater, NYC, NY 1991
\nFierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life <\/em>with Pomo Afro Homos
\n<\/em>selected venues include:
\n\u2022\u00a0 Lincoln Center, NYC, NY 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 1994
\n\u2022\u00a0 Wexner Arts, Columbus, OH 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 ICA, London, UK 1993
\n\u2022\u00a0 Drill Hall Arts, London, UK 1992
\n\u2022\u00a0 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA 1991
\n\u2022\u00a0 Dance Theatre Workshop, NYC, NY 1991<\/p>\n

Actor (film)<\/span>
\n<\/strong>\u201cBlack Is… Black Ain\u2019t\u201d, Marlon Riggs, director, 1994
\n\u201cAnthem\u201d, Marlon Riggs, director, 1991
\n\u201cNormal Deviant Behavior\u201d, Adam Chin, director, 1990
\n\u201cTongues Untied\u201d, Marlon Riggs, director, 1989<\/p>\n

Dancer<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Drummers & Dancers of Langa, Morris Johnson, choreographer, 1994 to 1997
\nFlesh & Spirit, Djola Branner, artistic director\/choreographer, 1989 to 1994
\nLa Petit Croix, Blanche Brown, choreographer, 1985 to 1988<\/p>\n

Choreographer<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise<\/em> by Toshiki Okada, (directed by Kym Moore)
\n\u2022\u00a0 Brown University, Providence, RI 2019
\nfor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf<\/em> by Ntozake Shange (directed by Kym Moore)
\n\u2022\u00a0 Penumbra, Saint Paul, MN 1999<\/p>\n

Director<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Seriously… What Did You Call Me? <\/em>by Onawumi Jean Moss
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 2018
\n\u2022\u00a0 Powerhouse, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 2017
\n\u2022\u00a0 Nyack Center, Nyack, NY 2016
\n\u2022\u00a0 Ko Festival of Performance, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 2015
\nBFE <\/em>by Julia Cho
\n\u2022 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 2010
\noranges & honey
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>The New School for Drama, NYC, NY\u00a0 2005
\nMaking Lemonade <\/em>by Patrick Scully
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Patrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 2003
\nJourney\/Sanctuary\u00a0<\/em>by Cathy Young, Robert Robinson & Mary Easter\u00a0
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Southern, Minneapolis, MN 2001
\nThe B-Sides\u00a0<\/em>by Bianca Pettis
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>The Garage, Minneapolis, MN 1998
\nThe Magic of Laughter<\/em>\u00a0by Danielle Daniel
\n<\/em>\u2022\u00a0 Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN 1997
\nEsker<\/em>\u00a0by Tim Herwig
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Patrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 1997<\/p>\n

Director <\/span><\/strong>(film)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Mighty Real<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dramaturg<\/strong><\/span>
\nLeaves of Grass \u2013 Uncut<\/em>\u00a0by Patrick Scully
\n\u2022\u00a0 Guthrie, Minneapolis, MN 2019
\n\u2022 Dixon Place, NYC, NY 2016
\nMaking Lemonade <\/em>by Patrick Scully
\n\u2022 <\/em>Patrick\u2019s Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN 2003<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\n<\/span>Contributing author<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Black Gay Genius<\/em> (Vintage Entity Press, 2015)
\nMighty Real: An Anthology of African-American Same Gender Loving Writing
\n<\/em>(Effusses\/Sangha Publications, 2010)
\nIn the Life <\/em>(RedBone Press, 2007)
\nVoices Rising <\/em>(RedBone Press, 2007)
\nThe Performer\u2019 s Guide to the Collaborative Process <\/em>(Heinemann, 2001)
\nMonologues for Actors of Color: Men <\/em>(Routledge, 2000)
\nStaging Gay Lives <\/em>(Westview Press, 1996)
\nColored Contradictions <\/em>(Plume, 1996)
\nZYZZYVA <\/em>(Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1992)<\/p>\n

Contributing editor<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Evergreen Chronicles <\/em>(quarterly, Minneapolis, 1995-98)
\nBay Guardian <\/em>(weekly, San Francisco, 1991-94)<\/p>\n

Collected plays<\/span>
\n<\/strong>sash & trim<\/em> (RedBone Press, 2013)<\/p>\n

Collected poems<\/span>
\n<\/strong>lyrics of the last born <\/em>(Magpie Publications, 1996)<\/p>\n

GRANTS
\n<\/strong><\/span>Fellowships<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Ethics & the Common Good, Amherst, MA 2020
\nMarion & Jasper Whiting Foundation, Amherst, MA 2016
\n<\/strong>Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, MN 2000
\nPerformance Artist \u2013 McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 1999
\nInterdisciplinary Artist \u2013 Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 1998
\nPlaywright \u2013 Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 1994<\/p>\n

Production<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Mighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Creative Capital, NYC, NY 2000
\n\u2022\u00a0 Philanthrofund, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\n\u2022\u00a0 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Saint Paul, MN 1998
\n\u2022\u00a0 Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN 1998
\nForever Hold Your Piece<\/em> (with Patrick Scully)
\n\u2022\u00a0 Many Voices Collaboration Grant, Playwrights\u2019 Center, Minneapolis, MN 1996<\/p>\n

Development<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Mighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester
\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/em>Faculty Development Grant, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 2008
\nThe House That Crack Built <\/em>(with Aaron Barnell)
\n\u2022\u00a0 Diverse Visions Regional Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, DC 1996<\/p>\n

AWARDS
\n<\/strong><\/span>Marilyn Levin Professor, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 2018 to present
\nMillay Artist Residency, Austerlitz, NY 2018
\nOut on the Edge, Theater Offensive, Boston, MA 2014
\n<\/span>Lamdba Literary Award (finalist), LGBT Drama, Lambda, <\/span>sash & trim and other plays<\/em>, 2014
\n<\/span>Best Thespian, Lavender Magazine, Minneapolis, MN 2000
\n<\/span>Austin Critic\u2019s Circle (nominee), Austin, TX \u2013 Best Actor in a Supporting Role, <\/span>blood pudding,<\/em> 1998
\n<\/span>Bessie Award, Outstanding Performance, Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, NY \u2013 <\/span>Fierce Love, <\/em>1992<\/span><\/p>\n

ARCHIVES
\n<\/strong><\/span>Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Performing Arts Research Collections, NYC, NY
\n<\/span>Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library, New York University, NY<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

AFFILIATIONS
\n<\/strong><\/span>Dramatists Guild<\/p>\n

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