Presentations
Invited Presentations – Interactive Lecture-Performances
2017
“Casting Beyond the Binary.”
Performing Gender/Identity Symposium, Queens College, Queens NY, May.
“The Incoherent Tradition of Non-Traditional Casting.”
____Face Symposium, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, College Park MD (March 2017); Theatre/Performance & Race/Ethnicity Colloquia, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (January 2017).
2016
"The Presence (and Absence) of Latinxs in US Popular Entertainment.”
UCLA Chicano Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA (February 2017): Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Speaker, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (October 2016).
2015
“A Conversation about the History of Casting: An Interactive Lecture/Performance.”
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Coalition, Harvard University, Cambridge (January 2017); Department of English, Amherst College, Amherst (January 2017); Department of Theatre & Dance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (December 2016); Theatre Department, Reed College, Portland (September 2016); Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Meeting, Chicago (August 2016); Culture Power Difference Speaker Series, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA (May 2016); Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT (April 2016); Mathey College Lunch Talk, Princeton NJ (October 2015); Acting and Directing Focus Group Pre-Conference/ATHE (July 2015); Alpha Psi Omega - Mu Chapter, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin (April 2015).
Invited Presentations – Talks
2016
“The Dissertation is not the Book? The Work of Revision” (Panelist), Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August.
“Spotlight on New Works: A Discussion of Newly Published Works in the Fields of American Theatre, African-American Theatre, and Latina/o Theatre” (Panelist), Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August.
2015
“The Story of Latin Numbers,” Interdisciplinary PhD Theatre and Drama Program, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, October.
2014
“Latin Numbers – A Conceptual Overview,” Department of American Studies & Ethnicity Sympoisum, University of Southern California, October 2014.
Invited Presentations
2017
“An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes” (moderator), McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, May.
“Become the Writer You Were Born to Be: A Conversation with Kendra Levin and Brian Herrera,” Library Live, Princeton Public Library with Labyrinth Books, Princeton, April.
“Open Books Series: Brian Eugenio Herrera’s Latin Numbers,” Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, March.
2016
“Concluding Reflections,” 2016 Latina/o Theatre Commons New York City Convening, Public Theater, New York, December.
“What Makes a Play Latino?,” Keynote Lecture, 2016 Crossing Borders Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, Red Bank NJ, August.
“The Javier Plays by Carlos Murillo: A Discussion” (Panelist), NewDramatists, New York NY, June.
2017
“Casting Beyond the Binary.”
Performing Gender/Identity Symposium, Queens College, Queens NY, May.
“The Incoherent Tradition of Non-Traditional Casting.”
____Face Symposium, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, College Park MD (March 2017); Theatre/Performance & Race/Ethnicity Colloquia, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (January 2017).
2016
"The Presence (and Absence) of Latinxs in US Popular Entertainment.”
UCLA Chicano Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA (February 2017): Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Speaker, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (October 2016).
2015
“A Conversation about the History of Casting: An Interactive Lecture/Performance.”
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Coalition, Harvard University, Cambridge (January 2017); Department of English, Amherst College, Amherst (January 2017); Department of Theatre & Dance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (December 2016); Theatre Department, Reed College, Portland (September 2016); Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Meeting, Chicago (August 2016); Culture Power Difference Speaker Series, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA (May 2016); Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT (April 2016); Mathey College Lunch Talk, Princeton NJ (October 2015); Acting and Directing Focus Group Pre-Conference/ATHE (July 2015); Alpha Psi Omega - Mu Chapter, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin (April 2015).
Invited Presentations – Talks
2016
“The Dissertation is not the Book? The Work of Revision” (Panelist), Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August.
“Spotlight on New Works: A Discussion of Newly Published Works in the Fields of American Theatre, African-American Theatre, and Latina/o Theatre” (Panelist), Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August.
2015
“The Story of Latin Numbers,” Interdisciplinary PhD Theatre and Drama Program, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, October.
2014
“Latin Numbers – A Conceptual Overview,” Department of American Studies & Ethnicity Sympoisum, University of Southern California, October 2014.
Invited Presentations
2017
“An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes” (moderator), McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, May.
“Become the Writer You Were Born to Be: A Conversation with Kendra Levin and Brian Herrera,” Library Live, Princeton Public Library with Labyrinth Books, Princeton, April.
“Open Books Series: Brian Eugenio Herrera’s Latin Numbers,” Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, March.
2016
“Concluding Reflections,” 2016 Latina/o Theatre Commons New York City Convening, Public Theater, New York, December.
“What Makes a Play Latino?,” Keynote Lecture, 2016 Crossing Borders Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, Red Bank NJ, August.
“The Javier Plays by Carlos Murillo: A Discussion” (Panelist), NewDramatists, New York NY, June.
Editorial, Conversations and Committees
Public Conversations
2016
NYU Inclusion Roundtable: Discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Theatre Industry,” Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, April.
2015
“A Conversation with Playwright and Director Virginia Grise,” Performance as Public Practice Ph.D. Program (“Fridays at 2”), Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, February.
Editorial, Board and Committee Service
2017-18
The Sol Project (NYC), Resident Scholar
50PP’s Best Unproduced Latin@ Plays 2018, Selection Committee
Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, (slated Fall 2018) “On the Past, Present, and Future of Chicanx/Latinx Teatro,” Dossier Editor
2014
Latinx Theatre Commons (@HowlRound.com) , The Fornés Institute Committee
“Performance and American Cultures,” Co-editor (with Robin Bernstein and Stephanie Batiste of scholarly book series, New York University Press, 2014-present
2013
Latinx Theatre Commons (@HowlRound.com), Advisory Committee.
2012
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), Advisory Board and Honorary Voting Member
2011
Camino Real Productions (Albuquerque), Advisory Board
2010
“As Seen on TV,” Guest Editor (with Henry Bial), Special Section of The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 24.2 (Spring 2010): 91-168.
2016
NYU Inclusion Roundtable: Discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Theatre Industry,” Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, April.
2015
“A Conversation with Playwright and Director Virginia Grise,” Performance as Public Practice Ph.D. Program (“Fridays at 2”), Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, February.
Editorial, Board and Committee Service
2017-18
The Sol Project (NYC), Resident Scholar
50PP’s Best Unproduced Latin@ Plays 2018, Selection Committee
Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, (slated Fall 2018) “On the Past, Present, and Future of Chicanx/Latinx Teatro,” Dossier Editor
2014
Latinx Theatre Commons (@HowlRound.com) , The Fornés Institute Committee
“Performance and American Cultures,” Co-editor (with Robin Bernstein and Stephanie Batiste of scholarly book series, New York University Press, 2014-present
2013
Latinx Theatre Commons (@HowlRound.com), Advisory Committee.
2012
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), Advisory Board and Honorary Voting Member
2011
Camino Real Productions (Albuquerque), Advisory Board
2010
“As Seen on TV,” Guest Editor (with Henry Bial), Special Section of The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 24.2 (Spring 2010): 91-168.