PEER-REVIEWED
“(Re)Turn to Storytelling," (forthcoming) 2024, Theatre Topics | John Hopkins University Press
"Three Problems and Three Plays for the High School Stage," 2023, ArtsPraxis | New York University, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Press
“A Quaker History of Black Mountain College,” 2022, The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies, Volume 13 | The Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center
“Twelve Hours Away and Across the World: Time, Distance, and Digitality in High School Verbatim Political Performance," 2021, ArtsPraxis, Volume 8, Issue 2 | New York University, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Press
“Citizenship in a Space, on a Stage, at a School, in the South. Xanti Schawinsky’s Stage Studies at Black Mountain College,” 2020, Theatre Symposium, 28th edition | The Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), The University of Alabama Press
ESSAYS
Howlround: A Journal for the Theater Commons | Emerson College
"Fifteen Lessons on Theatre from Maureen Shea," 2023
“Lessons in Online Theatremaking from Whit MacLaughlin,” 2020
“What You, Theatre-Maker, Can Learn from Theatre for the Very Young,” 2019
“Terror, Strength, Pain, Brilliance, and Children in Four Little Girls,” 2019
“Resurgence in America’s Roots Region,” 2018
“A Flash of the Irish Stage,” 2015
“The Worldwide Theater at Our Fingertips,” 2014
“Progress in Practice: At-Risk Industries in Dialogue,” 2013
“Setting the Stage for a New Regional Theater,” 2013
“The Play’s A Thing,” 2013
“Creating ‘The Shakespearean Jazz Show’ at Emerson,” 2012
Quaker Higher Education, Volume 14, Issue 2 | Friends Association for Higher Education
“A Quakerly Way of Collective Reading in the Classroom,” 2022
ElevAATE | American Alliance for Theatre and Education
“For Two Professors, Radical Commuting is the Way to Work,” 2020
The University of Alabama Teaching Hub | College of Arts and Sciences
“Talking About Gender? These Filmed Experiments Can Help,” 2019
“Insights from Around the Nation—In Alabama’s Teaching Theatre Course,” 2019
Incite/Insight | American Alliance for Theatre and Education
“These Two Shows Enhance the Mission of Theatre and Education—And You Can Stream Them Now,” 2020
“An Exit Interview with the Godmother of Theatre for the Very Young,” 2020
“The Privilege of Power: Promise Over Trauma in Alabama,’” 2019
“Towards a Fully-Funded Future in Theater Education,” 2018
“Student-Driven Productions and Their Circle of Life” (co-written with Maren Oom-Galarpe), 2018
JOURNALISM
American Theatre | New York, NY
“In Arkansas, a New Festival, and a New Way of Doing Things,” 2022
“How ‘Roleplay’ Reflected Tulane’s Experiences with Assault,” 2019
“Playwrights Board a Minivan With a Mission to Redefine the South,” 2018
“In Alabama State Parks, a Show About the Boys Who Built Them,” 2018
Backstage Magazine | New York, NY
175+ articles on organized labor, MeToo, Time’sUp, Covid-19, Diversity and Inclusion.
Selected:
"Why Yale’s Graduate Acting Program Rises Above the Rest," 2024
"Are School Drama Programs at Risk? Education Experts Weigh In," 2024
"SAG-AFTRA Has Made Self-Taping an Industry Norm; Here’s How to Embrace It," 2024
“Actors are Striking. Theaters are Closing. How are Drama Schools Responding?" 2023
“How the Pig Iron School Prepared This Professor for a Career in the Arts,” 2023
“Broadway League Addresses Racism on Broadway + in its Ranks,” 2020
“Industry Leaders—from Unions to Theaters—Consider How to Reopen in the U.S Safely,” 2020
“New COVID-19 Data Reveals Impact on U.S. Artist Employment,” 2020
“Reports From the Field: How Regional Theaters Are Responding to COVID-19,” 2020
“Could This New ‘Bias-Detecting’ Software Solve Hollywood’s Diversity Problem?,” 2020
“State of the Union: An Interview With SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris,” 2020
“SAG-AFTRA Announces Industry Protocols for Intimacy Directors,” 2020
“Broadway’s 2018–19 Season Was Its Most Lucrative—But What Does That Mean?,” 2020
“New Report From NYC Reveals Massive Economic Impacts of Small Theaters,” 2020
“How California’s Gig-Based Bill Impacts Actors + Their Survival Jobs,” 2019
“Yale’s Indigenous Theater Program Gets New Leader,” 2019
“The Top 10 Play List in the U.S. Welcomes a New Demographic,” 2019
“Did Hollywood’s #BoycottGeorgia Actually Work?,” 2019
“Stats Prove Alarming Gap in Latinx Representation in Film,” 2019
“Here’s How Broadway Fares on Gender Diversity in 2019,” 2019
“Is That Actor Real? The Lowdown on Deepfakes,” 2019
“The State of Entertainment Production in Anti-Abortion Bill States,” 2019
“What L.A. and N.Y. Actors Should Know About Protecting Themselves at Work,” 2019
“How New Stats Reveal Dramatic Gender Pay Gap in UK Entertainment,” 2019
“How the Government Shutdown Is Impacting Local Theaters,” 2019
“How Technology is Influencing Theater-Making,” 2019
“The Dawn of Female Playwrights Is Upon Us,” 2019
“Has Diversity in Film and TV Improved? New Study Examines Hollywood’s
Inclusion Efforts,” 2019
“Is Broadway Experiencing a Renaissance?,” 2019
“Off-Off Broadway’s Tony-Winning Success Story,” 2018
“LGBTQ Film Representation Drops to Lowest Since 2012,” 2018
“What This California Supreme Court Decision Could Mean for Your Side Gig,” 2018
“2018, The Year of Social Media for Actors,” 2018
“Humana Actors on Life in the American Regional Theater,” 2018
“Female-Driven Alternative to Rotten Tomatoes Announced,” 2018
“Brown University Offers Fully Funded MFAs to Actors and Directors,” 2018
“How to Find Financial Wellness as an Actor in 2018,” 2018
“Interview with SAG-AFTRA President, Gabrielle Carteris,” 2018 [print edition only]
“How Theater is Inspiring Social Justice for the Next Generation,” 2018
Scalawag | Durham, NC
“Raging with Love: An Interview with Artist + Activist Kathy Randels,” 2019
OP-EDS
Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate | New Orleans, LA
"America needs at least one party that tells the truth," 2024
"How to offset religious conservatives; activism, disruption?" 2023
COLUMNS
Backstage Magazine | New York City, NY
“8 College Courses That Will Expand The ‘Special Skills’ Section of Your Résumé,” 2021
“8 Line-Memorization Apps Every Actor Should Know About,” 2020
“Advice for Actors from Stage Managers,” 2018
“What 15 College Professors + Directors Want Actors To Know,” 2020
“How to Have a Good Relationship With Your Director,” 2018
“An Actor’s Guide to Using A Cell Phone in Rehearsal, Part I,” 2019
“An Actor’s Guide to Using a Cell Phone in Rehearsal, Part II,” 2019
“Your New Favorite Line-Learning Technique,” 2018
“Didn’t Get Into Your Top Choice School? 6 Ways to Move Forward,” 2018
“5 Tips for Finding the Right MFA Program,” 2018
“Is the BFA Worth the Debt?,” 2017
“The Pros + Cons of Getting an Acting MFA” by Casey Mink, Quoted
“Homegrown Theaters You Should Know: New Orleans’ Mondo Bizarro,” 2017
GUIDES
Backstage Magazine
Acting Technique Series
“The Definitive Guide to Uta Hagen’s Acting Technique,” 2019
“The Definitive Guide to the Meisner Technique,” 2019
“The Definitive Guide to Stella Adler’s Acting Technique,” 2019
“The Definitive Guide to Method Acting,” 2019
“The Definitive Guide to the Stanislavsky Acting Technique,” 2019
“13 Acting Techniques and What They Mean,” 2018
Casting
“The Definitive Guide to Being a Casting Director,” 2019
Union Series
“Unions 101: Everything You Need to Know,” 2020
“What to Expect When You’re Elected Equity Deputy,” 2020
“How to Make the Most of Your Local Union Rep,” 2019
“What Are the Actors’ Union Rules in Right-to-Work States?,” 2019
“What Nonunion Actors Should Know About Union Strikes,” 2019
“What Union Actors Should Know About Strikes,” 2019
Crew 101 Series
“How to Become a Director of Photography,” 2020
“How to Get Started in the Grip + Electric Crew,” 2020
“What to Look for When Hiring a Production Crew,” 2020
“8 of the Best Production Design Training Programs,” 2020
“Chapman Teaches Production Design Students to Visualize and Actualize,” 2020
“8 Top Film Programs for Aspiring Cinematographers,” 2020
“For Cinematography Students, This North Carolina School is a Good Spot to Learn About Hollywood,” 2020
“8 Top Costume Design Programs,” 2020
“Why UCLA’s Costume Design Program is Unlike Any Other,” 2020
BLOGGING
NYU Gallatin Summer Research Blog | New York University
“What Does ‘Avant-Garde’ Even Mean? The Answer is Important to Understanding America,” 2021
“The Trendy Sandal Time Machine,” 2021
“In Praise of the Writing Spot,” 2021
ArtsEmerson Blog | Emerson College
“Shakespearean Jazz: A Tale of Two Cities,” 2013
“Collaborating with Shakespeare,” 2013
“Meg Taintor on Directing, Whistler-Style,” 2012
FICTION
Confluence | New York University
“Mr. Adventure,” 2021