A new essay of mine, “And With Them Came Devils: Ebrahim Hussein, Mashetani and the Poetics of Doubt,” is out as part of African Theatre 17. Many thanks to the entire African Theatre team for helping make this latest manifestation of my continuing work on Hussein a reality.
New Teaching Role at NYU
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have begun work at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts as an Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow in the Department of Drama. This fall, I will be teaching Introduction to Theater Studies, with several new seminars in the works for the spring.
Barrydale Puppet Parade Documentary
The team behind the 2015 Barrydale Puppet Parade in South Africa, for which I served as a member of the directing team, has put together a wonderful documentary about the show and the process of creation leading up to it. It's available here.
Film Festival Screenings for Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy
Fresh off a screening at the Roswell Galacticon and Science Fiction Film Festival, Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy - the short film I co-wrote with my collaborator Marica Petrey - will be shown at the Ithaca Fantastik film festival as part of their shorts program on Nov. 11. For more details, please visit the Ithaca Fantastik website.
New Article on Race and Taxidermy in Theatre Journal
I am thrilled to announce that my latest article, "The Lifelike Dead: Staging the Nonhuman in Colonial Nairobi" has appeared in the September 2017 issue of Theatre Journal. Many thanks to special issue editor Jennifer Parker-Starbuck and the rest of the Theatre Journal team for making this a reality. To access the journal, please visit their Project MUSE page. A PDF of my article is also available through academia.edu
Press for Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy
California Magazine has recently published a feature on my collaborator Marica Petrey and our work together on Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy. Have a look here.
Marica was also interviewed for The Undefined Gen podcast about her creative process. It's well worth a listen.
New Trailer for "Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy"
Here's a new trailer for Zoey and the Wind-Up Boy, the short film I co-wrote with the phenomenal Marica Petrey, who also directed. The film premieres February 3 and 4 in San Francisco, along with a reimagined Radix Troupe production of my short play Zoey in the Snow and some new musical collaborations with the band Girl Swallows Nightingale. Have a look.
The Habitat Theater Directors' Playground
It's just been announced that my brilliant collaborator Whitney Mosery has been chosen to take part in The Habitat Theater's 2016-2017 Directors' Playground. Many congratulations to her! We'll be working together to develop a new piece on drug-resistant superbugs. It may or may not be a love story.
Article in Performance Research
My new academic article, "Going Ape: Simian Feminism and Transspecies Drag" has appeared in the October 2016 issue of Performance Research. Many thanks to issue editor Amelia Jones and the rest of the phenomenal staff at Performance Research for making this possible. Read the article here or on my academia.edu page. I'll also present some of this research at ASTR 2016, if you plan to attend.
ZOEY & THE WIND-UP BOY Teaser
I'm thrilled to be able to share the first teaser for Zoey & The Wind-Up Boy, the Radix Troupe short film I co-wrote with director and actor Marica Petrey, which will premiere in February in San Francisco. Enjoy: