I am a theatre-maker who has been attracted to this art form from a very young age because of the kinds of live theatre that can only happen in a theatre. As a director and performer, this kind of art that relies heavily on the presence and proximity of an audience has always been what excites me the most, and it now translates into my work as a playwright.
As an artist with two degrees in Theatre for Youth, I feel particularly attached to developing work that is specifically intended to speak to the demographic of youth that I believe is overlooked far too often: young adults aged 18-25. My personal definition of youth stems from my sociological studies, as within that field youth is defined as the period of life marked by social, physical, and cognitive development. It is well-recorded that the average human brain does not reach its full development until the age of 25, and as someone who has crossed that threshold, I will be the first to speak to the legitimizing of the experience of young adults being labeled as a period of “youth.”