Published Articles & Essays
ARTICLES
“Sketch Comedy in the Age of Trump, or, A Snowflake Does a Political Sketch Revue at His ‘Liberal’ Arts College.” Theatre/Practice, Volume 7, 2018.
“Shakespeare without SHAKESPEARE: The Improvised Shakespeare Company.” Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 11, no. 2 (Fall 2012).
“Performing Fatherhood: A Graduate Student Odyssey.” Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 8, no. 4 (September 2012).
“Jonathan Goes to Washington: The Stage Yankee, George W. Bush & the AmericanPresidency.” The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, 23, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 57-75.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Call it (Friendo): Flipism & Folklore in No Country for Old Men and The Dark Knight.” Riddle Me This, Batman!: Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight. Ed. by Kevin K. Durand and Mary K. Leigh. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishers, 2011. 201-218.
ESSAYS & ENTRIES
“Political Satire in the Age of Post-Truth.” Academic Minute, 31 January 2017.
“Satire is Changing. Have You Noticed?” History News Network, 4 January 2017.
“Improv Comedy.” The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Ed. Salvatore Attardo. SagePublications, 2014.
“Fatherhood and Academic Life.” Inside Higher Ed, 7 January 2013.
“Improvisational Theatre.” The Encyclopedia of American Studies. Ed. Miles Orwell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
REVIEWS
Rev. of What Playwrights Talk About When They Talk About Playwriting by Jeffrey Sweet. Theatre History Studies, Volume 37, 2018 – FORTHCOMING.
Rev. of Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson. Theatre Journal, 70.2, (2018): 277-279.
Rev. of Performing Comedy: A Student’s Guide by Ian Wilkie. Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, Volume 3 (2017): 137-140.
Rev. of Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays About the Presidency by Bruce Altschuler. NeoAmericanist, 6.1 (Spring/Summer 2012).
Rev. of The Other Blocking: Teaching & Performing Improvisation by Tom Smith; Process: An Improvisers Journey by Michael Gellman & Mary Scruggs; Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv by Jeanne Leep. Theatre Topics, 20.1, (2010): 83-85.
Rev. of Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv by Jeanne Leep. The Players Journal, 2.1, (2009).
Performance Rev. of “Co-Ed Prison Sluts.” Theatre Journal, 61.3, (2009): 483-485.
“Sketch Comedy in the Age of Trump, or, A Snowflake Does a Political Sketch Revue at His ‘Liberal’ Arts College.” Theatre/Practice, Volume 7, 2018.
“Shakespeare without SHAKESPEARE: The Improvised Shakespeare Company.” Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 11, no. 2 (Fall 2012).
“Performing Fatherhood: A Graduate Student Odyssey.” Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 8, no. 4 (September 2012).
“Jonathan Goes to Washington: The Stage Yankee, George W. Bush & the AmericanPresidency.” The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, 23, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 57-75.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Call it (Friendo): Flipism & Folklore in No Country for Old Men and The Dark Knight.” Riddle Me This, Batman!: Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight. Ed. by Kevin K. Durand and Mary K. Leigh. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishers, 2011. 201-218.
ESSAYS & ENTRIES
“Political Satire in the Age of Post-Truth.” Academic Minute, 31 January 2017.
“Satire is Changing. Have You Noticed?” History News Network, 4 January 2017.
“Improv Comedy.” The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Ed. Salvatore Attardo. SagePublications, 2014.
“Fatherhood and Academic Life.” Inside Higher Ed, 7 January 2013.
“Improvisational Theatre.” The Encyclopedia of American Studies. Ed. Miles Orwell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
REVIEWS
Rev. of What Playwrights Talk About When They Talk About Playwriting by Jeffrey Sweet. Theatre History Studies, Volume 37, 2018 – FORTHCOMING.
Rev. of Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson. Theatre Journal, 70.2, (2018): 277-279.
Rev. of Performing Comedy: A Student’s Guide by Ian Wilkie. Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, Volume 3 (2017): 137-140.
Rev. of Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays About the Presidency by Bruce Altschuler. NeoAmericanist, 6.1 (Spring/Summer 2012).
Rev. of The Other Blocking: Teaching & Performing Improvisation by Tom Smith; Process: An Improvisers Journey by Michael Gellman & Mary Scruggs; Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv by Jeanne Leep. Theatre Topics, 20.1, (2010): 83-85.
Rev. of Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv by Jeanne Leep. The Players Journal, 2.1, (2009).
Performance Rev. of “Co-Ed Prison Sluts.” Theatre Journal, 61.3, (2009): 483-485.