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Cultivating Creativity

Have you ever looked back at a time where you were met with success and thought “That’s when I peaked”? For me, that was grade eight, when a musical I wrote was performed at a regional drama festival. It had a cast of 20+ middle schoolers, around 20 songs, and absolutely ridiculous content. There wasContinue reading “Cultivating Creativity”

Speaking with Open Ears

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s inspirational tweets are written because he needs them. Of course there are others out there who need his encouragement, but he needs the words himself, so he writes them. I felt like an outsider growing up so I started turning to books. I found something magical in the words of authors: a placeContinue reading “Speaking with Open Ears”

Coming Home and Calling Out

I think it’s fair to say that for many of us, returning to our hometowns over the holidays can be challenging. We go off and live our own experiences in other towns; experiences that are different from those who have stayed around. We surround ourselves with people with different opinions (a great variety of opinionsContinue reading “Coming Home and Calling Out”

Towards Queer Creation

I’m interested in creating theatre that isn’t necessarily about queer issues, but that makes all involved recognize their own queerness. “Queer” was a word taken up by non-heterosexual and non-binary people after the messy, minoritizing identity politics of the 1970s. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick writes: “‘Queer’ can refer to the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps,Continue reading “Towards Queer Creation”

#ChFestTC: Creating dialogues that matter

As a broke student, I found it was actually a good idea on my part to buy a general pass to the Charlottetown Festival Theatre Conference and get broke-er. $85 was a fantastic price for what was offered over the four days. Michael Rubinoff was there, producer of Come From Away (that’s the fact IContinue reading “#ChFestTC: Creating dialogues that matter”

The Mythological Creature of Identity: Becoming indifferent to difference

In her book Indifference to Difference: On Queer Universalism (2015), Madhavi Menon exposes the queerness that exists in our day-to-day lives. She uses the term “queer universalism” to recognize that desire cannot be restrained or designated to a finality of any kind. “Queer” because it’s about the impossibility of fully acquiescing to state-designated categories ofContinue reading “The Mythological Creature of Identity: Becoming indifferent to difference”

Queer in Theory

This podcast episode has sound effects! I talk about how I’m connecting queer theory to Atlantic Canada, which is essentially what I did in the first episode but a tad more clear (maybe). It’s a lot more exciting than it sounds.

Tourism & Queer Politics

In the second podcast episode, I discuss the importance of tourism in my work and its possible parallels with queer theory. In the midst of the Women’s March across the world, I raise some questions about intersectionality, and ultimately lay out possible connections at the core of my thesis. These thoughts will lead into aContinue reading “Tourism & Queer Politics”