AWAITING TIRESIAS

an evolving theatrical response to evolving identity

Current Projects:

• Awaiting Tiresias - livestream performance melding pre-recorded and live elements.

  • Inaugural performance for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities virtual conference on October 15, 2020

  • Performance for IUPUI’s Medical Humanities and Health Studies Seminar on March 15, 2021

  • Performance for Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Digital Humanities Conference on January 20, 2022

  • Performance for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Conference on September 7, 2022

• Awaiting Tiresias - short film

History: Because I believe in creating theatre for its specific time, space, and audience this exploration has had numerous iterations and I consider it to be ever evolving. These evolutions reflect differences in my own perspective as regards my diagnosis and lived experience, changes to the resources I have at my disposal, and the conversation I hope to have with individual audiences. Performances under current projects are either under construction or versions that I am happy to continue exploring. Retired iterations are projects that appear to have worn our their welcome in that form, although those who follow my journey will find their ghosts in what I am working on now.

Retired Iterations:

• Rearranging the Furniture - live performance exploring audience interaction

  • This version had its most extensive run and embodiment at PortFringe - Mechanic’s Hall Ballroom, Portland, ME - June 15, 18, 20, 22, 2019

    • Critics Choice Awards (Voice for the Marginalized & Magna Cum Laude)

    • Reviews

  • Arts Experience - Vandervort Room at Hobart and William Smith Colleges - April 11, 2019

  • ASTR 2018 Forum (La Jolla) on the University of California - San Diego (La Jolla) campus - November 16, 2018

  • Nixon Theatre at the University of California - Irvine - November 15, 2018

  • Cracker Factory - Geneva, NY - October 24, 2018

Special Thanks:

The following people and organizations have been essential in helping me develop this piece over its many stages: Meghan Moe Beitiks, Tessa Carr, Greg Frost-Arnold, Karen Frost-Arnold, Kat Grilli, IndyConvergence, Beth May, Jill May, Robert May, Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha, Alessio Summerfeld, Kelly Walker, Cadence Whittier, Cynthia Williams