Coursework

My coursework at Grinnell College in Theatre and in History informs my productions.

Theatre Coursework

Studies in Drama I: Shakespeare Seminar
Dramatic Literature II (1800-present)
Dramatic Literature I (Greeks-1800)
British Theatre in Performance (study abroad in London)

Directing

Period Acting Styles
Intermediate Acting
Fundamentals of Acting
Traditional Chinese Theatre
Movement for the Performer

Stage Management
Intro to Technical Theatre

History Coursework

Mentored Advanced Project: 1968 Iowa Students

American History II (Reconstruction-present)
U.S. Immigration History
Independent Study: Guest Workers and Immigration in the U.S.

European Urban History
Holocaust: Interpretation and Memory
History of London (study abroad in London)

History of Ancient Greece
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation

History Proseminar

Writing Samples

The Loss of Children: Mothers in Ghosts, Riders to the Sea, and Mother Courage
Final Paper in Dramatic Literature II

Nature's Renewal: City and Country in Shakespeare's Comedies and Romances
Final Paper in Studies in Drama I: Shakespeare Seminar

Women of Troy Director's Note
Director's Note for Women of Troy

Self-Governance in 1960s Grinnell
Final Paper for a History Mentored Advanced Project
The presentation can be seen here.