EDUCATION
• Vrije Universiteit—Amsterdam, NL, 2005
Master of Arts in English Language and Culture
Focus on Post-colonialism and Eco-criticism
• Production Assistant Intern—The North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, MA 2001
• Calvin College—Grand Rapids, MI, 2000
Honours English major and Communications/Theatre minor
• Daystar University—Nairobi, Kenya, Spring 1999
Semester abroad studying East African Literature, Music, Politics
• The Kings University College—Edmonton, AB, Fall 1996-Spring 1997
• The Edmonton Christian High School 1996
PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTIONS
• “Deadley: A Ridiculous Medley of Scenes about Death”
Produced at the Vancouver Fringe, BC, Sept. 2010
• “Charades”
Produced at Sage Theatre’s IGNITE! Festival, Calgary, AB, June 2010
• “Surprise.” A Play in One Act
Produced at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB, Sept. 2008
Produced at Nextfest, Edmonton, AB, June 2008
Produced at Women at Play(s), Vancouver, BC, January 2008
• Gorilla Fanfare: An Ecocritical look at Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael Trilogy
MA Dissertation, 2005
• “Angels We Have Heard On High” A Bilingual Elementary School Christmas Program
Co-writer and Co-director, International School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2004
• “Vocation Quest”
Associate Producer at Fishladder Inc.
• Engendering Meaning: Seeking and Finding Gender-inflected Humour in Clyde Edgerton’s Raney and Lee Smith’s Devil’s Dream
BA Honours Thesis, 2000
• “Life the Way I Lived It” A two person show developed in the vein of a Harold
Co-writer and Actor, Grand Rapids, MI, 1998
ACADEMIC HONOURS AND AWARDS
• Flying Start Program, shortlisted 2011
• Housing Scholarship, Vrije Universiteit, 2004
• Honours Graduate Cum Laude, Calvin College, 2000
• Grand Award Nominee—Best Supporting Actress in a College Production 1999
• Presidential Scholarship recipient
• Rutherford Scholarship recipient
• Valedictorian, The Edmonton Christian High School, 1996
ASSOCIATIONS, SKILLS AND INTERESTS
• Playwrights Guild Associate Member
• Playwrights Theatre Centre Member
• Women in Film and TV Member
• Conversational Spanish, some German
• Yoga, Volleyball, Running, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling