Education

Appointments

2021 | Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy, University of Oklahoma, Helmerich School of Drama

Articles

2024 | “University Theatres & Season Planning; or, What Do You Program When You’re Running Out of Time?” Co-written with Kate Busselle. Theatre/Practice 13 (2024). Forthcoming.

2023 | “The Affect of Doubt in Recent Argentine History and Performance: Última(s) catástrofe(s) by Compañía de Funciones Patrióticas.” In “Poetic-Affective Rationality: A Political Approach to the Contemporary Theatrical Scene,” ed. Lorena Verzero and Lola Proaño Gómez, dossier, Religación 8, no. 35 (January–March 2023).

2022 | “Presently in Beds: Re/mediating the Sensible in Argentine Postdictatorship Performance.” In “Presence,” ed. Kimberly Jannarone, Elise Morrison, and Tavia Nyong’o, consortium special issue, TDR 66, no. 4 (December 2022: 161–178).

2021 | “Voicing the Self, Performing Collectives: Testimonio in Contemporary Argentine Theater.” Voz e Cena 2, no. 2 (July–December 2021): 34–58.

Chapters

2023 | “On the Move: A Methodology for Teaching Theater Histories of Latinxs in the Americas.” In Toward a Just Pedagogy of Performance: Historiography, Narrative, and Equity in Dramatic Practice, ed. Charles O’Malley, 30–52. New York: Routledge.

2020 | “¿Dónde estoy?: Situado en pandemia, relaborando presencia, sintiendo a distancia.” In Mutis por el foro: Artes escénicas y política en tiempos de pandemia, edited by Lorena Verzero and Lola Proaño Gómez, Red de Estudios de Artes Escénicas Latinoamericanas, 135–41. Buenos Aires: Editorial ASPO.

2020 | “Metateatro afectivo: Las ideas, de Federico León.” In Entre/telones y pantallas: Afectos y saberes en la performance argentina contemporánea, edited by Jordana Blejmar, Philippa Page, and Cecilia Sosa, 192–205. Buenos Aires: Libraria Ediciones.

Reviews

2023 | “Más allá del cuerpo o el cuerpo más allá: Reflexiones a la distancia sobre Transmutaciones Lafkenche (2020–Presente).” FITEI Digital. November 2023.

2022 | “Hernández, Paola S. Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies–Objects–Archives.” telondefondo 18, no. 35 (July 2022): 198–200.

2022 | “Forgiveness and Healing: Releasing Ni Mi Madre.” David Geffen School of Drama at Yale Annual Magazine (2021–2022): 26–29.

2019 | “Trastoy, Beatriz. La escena posdramática.” Latin American Theatre Review 53, no. 1 (Fall 2019): 153–54.

2017 | “What Makes Interactive Theatre So Fascinating.” Co-written with Maria Inês Marques. TDF Stages. Review of Top Secret International (State 1) by Rimini Protokoll.

2016 | “The Sound of the Wood Is the Soul of the Play.” TDF Stages. Review of Antlia Pneumatica by Anne Washburn, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll.

Awards

2022 | Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of Oklahoma

2022 | Field Grant, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas

2021 | Dissertation Fellowship, Yale School of Drama

2019 | Fulbright Study / Research Award, Argentina Project: “Confessions in Argentine Theater Postdictatorship” Supervisor: Lorena Verzero, University of Buenos Aires

2011 | Austin E. Quigley Prize (Outstanding Achievement in Drama), Columbia University

Conferences

2023 | “Timely Rethinking in the Theater Classroom: Questions of Content, Approach, and Tradition in BFA Training after COVID.” American Society for Theatre Research. Providence, RI. November 9–12.

2023 | “Dando vueltas: Tres obras para re/pensar los desplazamientos del siglo XXI neoliberal.” IV Coloquio REAL. Florianópolis, Brazil. May 31–June 2. Online.

2023 | “Critical Co-Thinking: Making Im/possible Time to Select a Season with Students and Faculty,” with Kate Busselle. Mid-America Theatre Conference. Minneapolis, MN. March 9–12.

2022 | “Forty Years of Catastrophe: Doubt, Debt, and Disappearance on the Argentine Stage.” American Society for Theatre Research. New Orleans, LA. November 3–6.

2021 | “Urban Memories: Biographic Interventions and the City as Museum in Buenos Aires.” American Society for Theatre Research. San Diego, CA. October 28–31.

2021 | “Archivos minados: El repertorio en tiempos de streaming.” XIII Coloquio Internacional de Teatro de Montevideo. Montevideo, Uruguay. May 14–15. Online.

2021 | “Leaky Affects": The Aqueous Dramaturgies of Federico León.” American Comparative Literature Association. Montréal, Canada. April 8–11. Online.

2020 | “Urban Memories: Biographic Interventions and the City as Museum in Buenos Aires.” American Society for Theatre Research. New Orleans, LA. November 5–8. Online.

2019 | “Teatralismo metamoderno: Marcos cinemáticos, la cueva de Platón y el giro afectivo en tres obras de teatro recientes.” Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte. Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 25–27.

2018 | “Affective Metatheatricality in Federico León’s Ideas.” American Society for Theatre Research. San Diego, CA. November 15–18.

2018 | “What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Collaboration,” with Maria Inês Marques. Yale Conference on Copyright and Collaboration in the Theater. New Haven, CT. March 9–10.

2017 | “Argentine Afterlives: The Ghostly Confessions of Postdictatorship Theater.” American Society for Theatre Research. Atlanta, GA. November 16–19.

2016 | “From Medieval Church Nave to Contemporary Cabaret Basement.” American Society for Theatre Research. Minneapolis, MN. November 3–6.

Teaching

2023– | Dramatic Structures, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2022– | Season, Sequence, Script: The Art of Critical Selection, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2022– | U.S. Latinx Theater and Politics, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2021– | Introduction to Dramaturgy, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2021– | Dramaturgy Seminar, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2021– | Dramaturgy Studio, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2021– | Playwriting, The University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor

2020–21 | The Artist as Citizen, Yale School of Drama, Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record

2016–20 | Survey of Theater and Drama, Yale School of Drama, Teaching Assistant and Invited Lecturer

2018 | Introduction to Theater, University of New Haven, Adjunct Instructor

2017–18 | Text Analysis, Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors, Teaching Assistant and Invited Lecturer

Para-academic

2020–21 | Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Graduate Writing Fellow

2020–21 | Dwight/Edgewood Project, Teaching Artist

2017–20 | Theatre for a New Audience, Script Reader

2016–18 | Yale University Jonathan Edwards College, Theater Manager

2014–17 | Dwight/Edgewood Project, Mentor, Director, Teaching Artist

2013–16 | Yale Repertory Theatre, Script Reader

Affiliations

2021– | Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas

2020– | Red de Estudios de Artes Escénicas Latinoamericanas

2019– | Gino Germani Research Institute, Contemporary Theater, Politics, and Society in Latin America Working Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires

2016– | American Society for Theatre Research

Dramaturgy

Professional

2023 | Oklahoma City Repertory Theater, The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Ato Blankson-Wood

2021 | Rattlestick Theater, Ni Mi Madre by Arturo Luís Soria, directed by Danilo Gambini

2019 | Center Theatre Group, Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by James Bundy

2017 | The Araca Project, Seph by Tori Keenan-Zelt, directed by Jessika Malone

2017 | Theatre for a New Audience, Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by James Bundy

2016 | Yale Repertory Theatre, Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by James Bundy

University

2023 | OU School of Drama, oh, to be pure again by Kira Rockwell, directed by Judith Midyett Pender

2023 | OU School of Drama, Student Playwriting Festival, with new work by undergraduate students

2023 | OU School of Drama, Burn This by Lanford Wilson, directed by Judith Midyett Pender

2022 | OU School of Drama, Student Playwriting Festival, with new work by undergraduate students

2021 | Yale Cabaret, Kitchen of Truth written, directed, and performed by Madeline Seidman

2019 | Yale Cabaret, Novios: Part One by Arturo Luís Soria, directed by Amandla Jahava and Sohina Sidhu

2018 | Yale Cabaret, Fade by Tanya Saracho, directed by Kat Yen

2018 | Yale Cabaret, Mud by María Irene Fornés, directed by Patrick Madden

2017 | Yale Cabaret, The Meal by Newton Moreno, directed by Stephanie Machado and Maria Inês Marques

2016 | Yale Cabaret, Cloud Tectonics by José Rivera, directed by Sebastián Arboleda

2016 | Yale School of Drama, Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton and Howard Barker, directed by Leora Morris

2015 | Yale Cabaret, Episode #121: Catfight by Tori Keenan-Zelt and Steven Koernig, directed by Steven Koernig

2014 | Yale Cabaret, The Zero Scenario by Ryan Campbell, directed by Sara Holdren

2014 | Yale School of Drama, The Rules by Jiréh Breon Holder, directed by Yagil Eliraz

2014 | Yale Cabaret, Look Up, Speak Nicely, and Don’t Twiddle Your Fingers All the Time by Emily Zemba, directed by Ato Blankson-Wood

2014 | Yale School of Drama, This Fucking Commedia Project conceived and directed by Christopher Bayes

2013 | Yale School of Drama, Memento Mori devised with fellow members of the class of 2016

Translation

Directing

Acting

Languages

Spanish | native reader, speaker, writer

German | proficient reader, speaker, writer

Portuguese | beginner reader, speaker, writer

References

Chantal Rodriguez, PhD | Associate Dean, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University; Assistant Professor Adjunct, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, David Geffen School of Drama; Associate Artistic Director, Yale Repertory Theatre

Thomas Sellar, DFA | Professor in the Practice, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, David Geffen School of Drama; Editor, Theater Magazine

Catherine Sheehy, DFA | Department Chair and Professor in the Practice, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, David Geffen School of Drama; Resident Dramaturg, Yale Repertory Theatre

Lorena Verzero, PhD | Professor, Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires; Associate Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research

Paul Walsh, PhD | Professor in the Practice, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, David Geffen School of Drama

Brenda Werth, PhD | Associate Professor and Director of Latin American and Spanish Studies, World Languages and Cultures, American University