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“Purgatory In Bruges.” Paper presented at the Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference as part of
        the Film Division. Milwaukee, WI, 2011.

“Rules? What Rules? - The Annoyance Theatre.” Paper presented as part of the panel “Chicago’s Established
        Alternatives” at The Chicago Theatre Symposium. Chicago, IL, 2011.

“My Fragile Family Tree – Collaboratively Staging the Solo Show.” Co-paper presented with Noah Lelek at
        the Southern States Communication Association. Little Rock, AR, 2011.

“Open for Business: Gorilla Tango Theatre & The For-Profit Small Theatre Model.” Paper presented as part
        of the Theatre History Symposium at the Mid-America Theatre Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

“A Casket Case, or Creating Company through Collaboration: A Playwright & Director’s Perspective on New
        Play Collaboration.” Co-paper presented with Emily Rollie as part of the Acting/Directing Symposium at         the Mid-America Theatre Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

“Improv on TV: Can’t We Just Get Along?” Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American
        Culture Association National Conference as part of the Theatre & Drama Division. St. Louis, MO, 2010.

“Constructing Sarah Palin: The Hyperreal on the Campaign Trail or The Simulacrum is True.” Paper
        presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference as part         of the Television Division. St. Louis, MO, 2010.

“Performing Fatherhood: A Graduate Student Odyssey.” Paper presented at the National Communication
        Association as part of the Performance Studies Division. Chicago, 2009. 

“Murmurs & Memoir: At the Heart of Performing Selves” – Performer and Panelist. Presented at Central
        States Communication Association as part of the Performance Studies & TheatreInterest Group. St.
        Louis, MO 2009.

Burying Mom. Staged Reading at The Great Plains Theatre Conference. Omaha, NE, 2009.

“Improv on TV: Who’s Editing this Anyway?”  Paper presented at the Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate
        Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI, 2009.

“Double Edged Sword: Comedy Sportz, Whose Line is it Anyway? and the Selling Out of Improv.”  Paper
        presented at the Southwest Texas Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference as part of         the Theatre Studies Symposium. Albuquerque, NM,2008.

“Scriptprov: Developing Written Material from Improv.” Paper presented at the Mid-America Theatre
        Conference as part of the Playwriting Symposium. Kansas City, MO, 2005.

“Integrating Teaching Assistants into the General Education Theatre Course; or, The Care and Feeding of
        Graduate Assistants.” Panelist – MATC Pedagogy Symposium. Kansas City, MO, 2005.

“Blurring the Lines: Bassprov and The Jerry Azumah Players.” Paper presented at the Illinois State
        University Theatre History Symposium. Normal, IL, 2004.