Dramaturg, UniSon
Other theatres: Directing: New York: Trouble Shooters, Day at the Beach, House of Bernard Alba, Shadow Box. International: Women of Troy, Women of War, Good Death (Edinburgh Fringe Festival).
Other credits: Artistic director: Writers Chapter Theatre; literary manager, American Place Theatre.
Author: Books: Playwrights Teach Playwriting; August Wilson in an Hour; The Playwrights Muse; I Ain’t Sorry for Nothin’ I Done: August Wilson’s Process of Playwriting. Articles and Chapters: “The Storytelling Challenge,” in Teaching August Wilson; “Ritual Sacrifice in King Hedley,” Cambridge Companion to August Wilson; “Developing His Song: August Wilson's Fences,” August Wilson: A Casebook; “Romare Bearden and August Wilson in the Tradition of African Performance, ”May All Your Fences Have Gates; “Jitney: An Artists Revisits His Work,” American Drama; “Dramaturgy and Cultural Identity: August Wilson and the Contemporary Theatre,” Text and Presentation; “Responsibility in Our Own Hands,” Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism.
Teaching: Chair, Western Michigan University, Department of Theatre.