Graduation!! 2 Degrees Hotter!

Sooner Born, Sooner Bred, and when I die I'll be sooner Dead! OKLAHOMA O-K-U!

May 14, 2022

After four really strange years, I graduated with two degrees with academic honors! I officially hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater (Dramaturgy and Performace) from the Weitzenhoffer School of Drama and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the Dodge Family School of Arts and Sciences.

I am so proud of myself for never giving up, for completing two degrees in four years, for being able to still hold a part-time job, working on productions in and outside of school, taking additional classes, and so much more! It also is worth mentioning that half of this was done during a Pandemic. 

Some of my favorite accomplishments from OU are:

• Van Heflin Outstanding Senior in the School of Drama 2022

• Oscar Brockett Outstanding Dramaturgy Award

• Research paper on Therapeutic Theater techniques in improving Social Emotional Skills

• Adapting and Directing my own production of Antigone

• Being a dramaturg on The Scarlet Letter Opera, directed by Beth Greenburg, and composed by Lori Laitmen

• Being cast as Mary Bennet in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Seth Gorden

• Raising Awareness of deafness and disability in theater

•  Graduating with Academic Distinction

• Writing, Directing, Dramaturging Annual Student Playwright Festival

• Working on Several Student-led productions

• Performing our Senior Showcase in Chicago and New York City

• Friends becoming Family and creating art with them

Thank you to all of my professors and staff who invested in me, cared for me, and helped me become the person I am today.