To find out more about The Masked Collective, click on the link below. We have an upcoming cabaret in February.
For our first production, we produced a musical called "Open, Stay". Although most of the show was live, the final song had many overlapping harmonies which required us to record it beforehand. If you click the link below, you can listen to it!
I produced a Valentines Day cabaret, which included going through song submissions, casting talent, and creating a song order. The songs were about all sorts of love, including familial love, romance, and friendship.
To find out more about The Masked Collective, click on the link below. We have an upcoming cabaret in February.
The Masked Collective
Cofounder and Artistic Director
The Masked Collective was created as a way for people to continue to create theatre during the quarantine. I have helped facilitate and organize play submissions and auditions, as well as controlled the Zoom performances behind the scenes. Additionally, I have corresponded with directors and playwrights to negotiate logistics of producing new plays and musicals, as well as was the director for two ten minute plays.
Zainab Barry and Hannah Mearns singing "Something to Believe In" from Newsies
Bridgette Carey singing "Pulled" from The Addams Family
Zainab Barry singing "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid
Zainab Barry and Hannah Mearns singing "Something to Believe In" from Newsies
Casting Against Stereotypes: A Cabaret
Final Project for Senior Seminar in Theatre
For my final research project in my Senior Seminar class, I wrote an essay on how casting people of color, queer people, and people who are disabled in roles that lean into negative stereotypes about them is harmful. I used knowledge from my Sociology minor to reinforce this, as well as examples from recent theatrical productions. I also produced a cabaret showcasing a way to cast intentionally without falling into stereotypes. For access to my essay or any of my project materials, contact me.
Workshops and Staged Readings
I have produced and directed multiple ten-minute plays and staged readings during my time at JMU. Additionally, I have directed and produced a staged reading in the United Kingdom.
Charging Broken Batteries, Director's Festival. December 2017
Precious Little, James Madison University. February 2018
Bugs, The Production Exchange (U.K.) July 2018
Charging Broken Batteries, Director's Festival. December 2017
Written by myself and Emily Dawson
Vinegar Tom Dramaturgy
James Madison University
I served as Co-Dramaturg on this feminist play by Caryl Churchill. The Co-Dramaturg and I wrote the program note, as well as organized an outreach event with the community, asking people to respond to instances of when they stood up for themself. We then put these responses in our lobby display, along with photos of other women who stood up for what they believed in.