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River of Hope: Save a Place. Change Your Life.

I worked with Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) interviewing some of the founders of PRN who opposed "...the construction of the Oakley Reservoir on the Sangamon River near Monticello. This is the location of Allerton Park, a locally cherished natural area; Oakley…

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The Water Project

PRN Day at Allerton Protecting Our Land, Water, and Wildlife: a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Stewardship Join us at the Allerton Music Barn in Monticello for the PRN Day at Allerton! In 1967, a walk in the Allerton woods sparked…

Where the Arts Meet Physics

I am auditing the class "Where the Arts Meet Physics" taught by physics professor Smitha Vishveshwara.  We are moving toward an exhibit of our projects to be hosted at Krannert Art Museum April 13-20, 2017. The universe is an extraordinary…

Potluck & Play

Potluck & Play is a series of play readings hosted in my home with good people, good stories and good food.  I utilize these readings to engage with new material and/or prepare for full production. Next Up: A reading of…

rise

The first solo performance piece I created for Pre-sent/Pres-ent was rise in December, 2008.  From my responses to a questionnaire, a theme of a woman’s role emerged and I transformed those ideas into an 8-minute piece about my witnessing (as a child) my grandmother’s…

Matter

Matter was originally developed as a 10-minute performance piece for Pre-sent/Pres-ent, a holiday show produced by Voices of the South and Project Motion in Memphis, TN.  Eight artists were chosen annually to create a short piece based upon a gift…