That Uppity Theatre Company
Past Productions
December 2019 - present
Climate Change Theatre
This international project is held every two years during the UN Conference of the Parties meeting on Climate Change. Preparations are underway for 2019 including a play commission to contribute to the 2019 collection.
October 2017 - present
Playback NOW!
Playback Now! company is based on the highly developed improvisational principles established by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas that are practiced in over 40 countries to assist in individual storytelling.
February 2019
The Vagina Monologues
Produced and co-directed the first professional production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” held in St. Louis for many years. A benefit for NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, it was the first to feature transgender actors in that piece in St. Louis.
October 2018 - present
Dance the Vote
This non-partisan project teams dance and spoken word around the history of voting, especially regarding women, people of color, immigrants, and people with disabilities with voter registration, especially in public spaces. Its purpose is to promote artistic involvement, awareness, and registration in both local and national elections.
June 2018
26 Pebbles
Co-produced a 5 show St. Louis run of the play “26 Pebbles” by Eric Ulloa with Professor Emily Heugatter, her students from the University of Central Oklahoma, Carol Klein, and Painting for Peace in Ferguson, and facilitated a post-show conversation at every performance.
September 2016
Every 28 Hours One Minute Play Festival
Collaboration between Oregon Shakespeare Fest and One Minute Play Festival, a festival of one-minute plays centered around the theme of extrajudicial violence against people of color. Directed 8 plays including by Universes, Neil LaBute, Stew, Lisa Loomer, and Tarell McCraney, and wrote: “Getting the Story” which was directed by Ron Himes of the Black Rep of St. Louis. Co-produced the collection at COCA and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis as part of the national launch and advised the production at Penn State as the head of collegiate outreach for the project.
March 2013
DisAbility Project
Founded with occupational therapist Fran Cohen. One of the earliest theatre ensembles of people with disabilities in the country. Now in its 23rd season, the project has performed for over 100,000 audience members. Their work is included in the permanent collection of the Missouri History Museum and featured in the regular programming of the St. Louis Art Museum and other area institutions, corporations, schools, and social service agencies.
October 2014
The Big Fat LGBT Show
A traveling troupe using theatre as diversity training around issues of sexual orientation and gender representation. The troupe has performed for numerous corporations, schools, and social service agencies including Pfizer, Wells Fargo, MasterCard, Edward Jones, Boeing, Monsanto, Missouri History Museum, the Diversity Awareness Partnership, and the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency.
July 2019
The Mueller Report: Read, Sing, Resist
Conceived, produced, and directed a series of public readings of the summaries of the Mueller Report, infused with music, Trump tweets, and graphics. The script was nationally distributed for free usage by request and was profiled in the July 2019 edition of American Theatre magazine.
August 2016
After Orlando
After Orlando is a collection of short plays curated by theatre artists Caridad Svich, Blair Baker, and Zach Klein in reaction to the Pulse massacre in Orlando, Florida. It has been produced internationally. Co-produced the St. Louis launch at the Kranzberg Arts Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, and my play, “Our Friends,” which has been widely produced, will be included in an anthology to be published by NoPassport Press.
2012
Briefs: A Festival of Short LGBTQ Plays
This festival of short 10-minute plays, produced in collaboration with Vital Voice Media, completed its sixth year and was named Best Theatre Event and Best Theatre Festival by Alive Magazine, and profiled in American Theatre magazine. Over the run of six years, produced 48 short plays, many of them premiere performances.