My research focuses on Ability-Inclusive Sensory Theatre (also known as just sensory theatre), an emerging genre within Theatre for Young Audiences which creates work from the ground-up for children on the autism spectrum and with other cognitive disabilities. Through sensory immersion, empathetic improvisation, and a structure which focuses on soft transitions and consent, artists are able to create rich theatrical landscapes for audiences who are not served well in a tradition theatre space.

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I recently completed my doctoral dissertation on sensory theatre within the United States.

 

Published Work: 

 

"Creating Autistic Space in Ability-Inclusive Sensory Theatre", Youth Theatre Journal 

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“Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Out-of-School Time Drama Education” Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

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“The Imagined Child Onstage: Theatrical Depictions of Parental Grief during Transition for Youth on the Autism Spectrum” Routledge Companion to Theatre and Young People

 

Current projects:

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"From the Ground Up: Teaching-Artist-Generated Change for Anti-Racist Pedagogy", in collaboration with Kailea Saplan and Katherine Norman

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