I’m a storyteller who wants to support the making of good memories shared with family and friends.
Goal
To build worlds where real people can explore, learn, grow, and find joy.
About
My background includes scriptwriting, management of theater and event audiences, specializing in event technology, designing narratives for interactive products, and financing and running a company of my own.
From an early age, I started making career decisions based on my dream of building worlds in theme parks. My first decision along those lines was in choosing a high school. I decided to attend a charter school for math and science, because I thought I needed to become an engineer to achieve this dream. However, writing was my strength. A little later I learned that my passion for writing was enough; that writers were needed in themed entertainment!
Since then, I’ve earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Screenwriting and Playwriting from Drexel University, participated in the Disney College Program, written and produced 10 years of material for my own company, 3240 Entertainment Group LLC, and worked professionally as a Narrative Designer for about 3 years.
With immersive entertainment and EDUtainment in mind, I returned to school to pursue a Dual Masters of Science in Information in Human Computer Interaction and User Experience and Library and Information Science, with a Graduate Minor in Digital Media. Now, more than ever, our technology and the information shared with it are shaping our real world, and I studied to explore the scope of storytelling in how it leads our every day lives through tech.
The world is changing, yet, I still desire to build worlds where real people can explore, learn, grow, and find joy as they make good memories with family and friends.
Trust Me, Love
I wrote the play, Trust Me, Love, as part of my transmedia series called Columbus Myth.
This transmedia series consists of an audio drama, video game, short film, comic book, stage play, AR experience, and most recently, a TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook social media shorts daily series.
In this fictional story, an audience is needed to legalize image. So, our REAL audience, after listening to the audio drama, responds to the call to action by showing up to a live stage play where the story continues. Once image is legalized in our fictional tale, the story continues through a short film, augmented reality, social media, and more.
White Rabbit of CoShow.
I wrote the script for White Rabbit of CoShow, and I also directed this short film.
The idea behind using a variety of mediums to tell the story of Columbus Myth was a deliberate choice of mine that supports the narrative. We begin in a world where image is illegal, so naturally, the story begins as a radio play.
When a rebellious artist, Justin, draws a picture for his crush, the story begins to take shape in a medium where the audience is an agent of change. The story continues through a video game because the audience can take action towards a plot to coerce their population into legalizing image.
Daily Prose.
In place of posting what I had for lunch, I started the new habit of posting a bit of prose, daily.
In themed entertainment, my goal is to give audiences agency to explore the concept of a story through interaction, and I can see how our social media has the power to move audiences.
I recently earned my Dual Masters of Science in Human Computer Interaction and User Experience, and Library and Information Science with a Graduate Minor in Digital Media to aid in my understanding of how our technology narrates our daily lives. Daily, I merge my skills in storytelling with the study of human expression through technology.
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I founded 3240 Entertainment Group, LLC to see my musings through to fruition, while also providing a local skill-sharing network of creative professionals who could workshop their skills. 3240 Entertainment had hosted several free library workshops for youth in underserved communities.
It is the job of creatives to envision wild possibilities, but I believe it is also moral to question what affect those inventions will have on the population for which the tools are meant to be used. I want to create products and experiences that enhance our humanity instead of creating enhancements that stunt it.
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