I believe we are all artists and scientists, to varying degrees and inclinations.  

Want to know more about my traditional Iñuit tattoos? Read this.

PLAYS

THAW
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THAW is a full-length play about real-time human impacts of climate change in the Arctic told through two interwoven storylines.  The first is set in the present day on the ice during the spring whaling season in Utqiaġvik, Alaska.  The second is a merging of mythologies about the life of Sedna, the Inuit Goddess of the Sea.

​The life, kidnapping, exploitation and eventual murder of the sea goddess provides a symbolic backdrop in which to wrestle with the reality of climate change today. 

COMING HOME
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Coming Home is a full-length play about family, the wounds of the past, how we remember and the transformative nature of acceptance.  The story is set in three places: an ER waiting room in real time, the space between now and the next existence, and the past.  

POETRY

"Where I Go When I Go Away."Things We Haven't Said: Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out." Ed. Erin E Moulton. San Francisco, Zest Books, 2018. 

I am honored to have a poem published in this anthology for teen survivors of sexual violence.  There isn't anything else out there like this for adolescents yet sexual violence is something many middle and high school students have experience with. 

In this book are stories, poems, letters, essays, vignettes and interviews about childhood sexual violence with survivors.  Until recently, most people didn't want to hear anything about sexual violence.  Now, people are starting to listen.  I am ready to talk, listen and engage with others around this very important issue.  Contact me if you'd like to collaborate.  

More poetry can be found on my Projects & Reflections page.  

PERFORMANCE

​I've been performing on stage since I was five years old. 
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​I was Gladys in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  I remember learning how to "bite" people and that it was ok to scream as loud as I possibly could.  I was a talkative and boisterous little girl offstage, often being told to be quiet.  Stage became a place I could feel, say and do things I was discouraged from doing or afraid to do in real life.  I was hooked. 

Since then, I've performed classical work, new plays, experimental theater, dance theater, period plays and in film.  In addition to acting on stage, I've sang, recited poetry and supported productions backstage. 

​I'm most drawn to performance with a social consciousness. Performance that isn't afraid to explore the evolving boundaries between normal and bizarre.  Theater that explores the infinitely perplexing nature of human emotion.  Art that continually questions the nature of existence itself.  

Check out my profile on Backstage or my performance resume here.