About Me
I've been writing since I knew how. When I was in third grade, I would write poems and short stories and my classmates would stay inside during recess to read them. And actually, if I think about it, I've been telling stories even longer than that. When I was even younger, my grandmother and I would tell stories out loud. There was a family of fish that had all kinds of undersea adventures. (Their names were Lake, Pond, and River. Because I was a deeply creative four-year-old.)
As an adult, theatre has become my storytelling-outlet of choice. I started out as a director-actor, through which I discovered my deep love of new work. From there, I became a dramaturg, finally entering the world of playwriting myself, bringing things full circle, becoming a writer once more.
Academically speaking, my background is in psychology and public relations. I view stories both from the lens of character-driven emotional narratives as well as the ways in which an audience can enter in.
After my undergrad, I went on to receive a Masters of Divinity, my specialty being spiritual formation and the intersection of arts and theology. Theatre, for me, is a means of exploring questions of faith, humanity, and justice.
In the midst of my theatrical pursuits, I am also a published author. My first book, Reclaiming Faith: Learning to Reimagine Church, God, and Ourselves (2024), concerns the way in which those who have been rejected by faith can enter back into it. I also have a newsletter, ReWriting Faith, that you can subscribe to. In both worlds--those of theatre and of accompanying people through spiritual trauma--I believe that there is power in sharing stories. Particularly the stories of those who have traditionally been marginalized by those in power.
If you'd like to learn more about my work as a writer, you can learn more at https://www.reclaimingfaith.org
When I'm not fully immersed in a production, a new play script, or a book manuscript, you might find me spending time with my incredibly supportive husband, Chris. We like to spend our evenings (the ones when I'm not in rehearsal anyway) laughing, cooking, taking walks, playing board games, or reading novels together.
“The writers life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.”
-Toni Morrison