cv

EDUCATION

MFA in Playwriting and Screenwriting – Michener Fellow         August 2013-2016

University of Texas, Austin 

  • Full scholarship as a Michener Fellow at the University

Bachelor of English Literature October 2009 – 2012

University of Oxford, England

  • Graduated with 2:1, achieving a First in the Paper 8 module. 

PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING 2009 – Present

Writer

  • Ability to deliver high quality, creative and unique scripts on deadline.
  • Analytical ability to grasp and produce dramatic and dynamic story-lines for both screen and stage.  
  • Implement critical feedback on creative ideas, from dramaturgs, directors, actors and script editors. 
  • Collaboration during workshops with artistic staff, production team and fellow writers.
  • Strong grasp of English language and grammar. Currently studying Spanish.
  • Advanced knowledge of FinalDraft, Writer’s Duet and Word.
  • Experience with production of staged works in professional and self-produced capacities.
  • Experience with publicity for professional staged works and self-promotion across all social media and crowd-funding platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, GoFundMe and Kickstarter.
  • Strong grasp of English language and grammar. Currently studying Spanish.

AWARDS

Finalist, 2020,  Lover Think Lover, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT)

Second-Rounder 2019 NativeLand, Drama Pilot presented by AMC, Austin Film Festival (Austin)

Semifinalist, 2019, Till Death Do Us Part, National Playwrights Conference, National Playwrights Conference (CT)

Finalist, 2019, Lunatic 19’s: A Deportational Roadtrip, Papatango, (London UK)

First-Round, 2018, Girls In Cars Underwater, Drama Pilot presented by AMC, Austin Film Festival (Austin)

Semi-Finalist, 2017, The Throwaways, TV Script, Austin Revolution Film Festival, (Austin)

Winner, 2016, Girls in Cars Underwater, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT)

Semifinalist, 2014, Cold Water Army, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT)

PLAYS

Lunatic 19’s: A Deportational Roadtrip (dir. Jonathan Martin) – World Premiere 

  • Produced by The Finborough Theatre, London (2019). 

**** – The Guardian

**** – The Crumb

**** – ReviewsGate

***** – Close-Up Culture

  • Published by Oberon Books, England, UK (2019)

Girls in Cars Underwater

  • Workshop dir. Caitlin McLeod 2016 National Playwrights Conference (CT)
  • Staged Reading, dir. Caitlin McLeod, 2016, National Playwrights Conference (CT)
  • Workshop dir. Will Davis, 2016, The Ignition Festival (Victory Gardens, IL)
  • Staged Reading, dir. Will Davis, 2016, The Ignition Festival (Victory Gardens, IL
  • Workshop, 2015, Center Stage (Baltimore MD)

Lover Think Lover

  • Reading Festival dir. Kevin Hourigan 2018 The New Group (New York, NY)

Never Such Rain

  • College Production dir. Lily Wolff 2015 UT’s Lab Theatre, (UT Austin)

Cold Water Army – (dir. Lily Wolff) – World Premier

  • Self-produced at site-specific, interactive space. Austin TX (2015)

Rose Made Man: A Trans Opera – (dir. David Torro, Composed by Franklin Piland)

Produced by the Cohen New Works Festival, UT Austin (2015)

Swivet

  • Staged Reading dir. Lily Wolff 2014     UT’s Lab Theatre, (UT Austin)

TV

Pool

  • Original Series written by Ben Majest, Anthony Guerino and Tegan McLeod 2019-Present (NYC)

ACTING

  • Member of The National Youth Theatre, England (2009-2014)