What I'm Doing Right Now
(inspired by Derek Sivers)
Past Achievements
Focus: Directing
Hired by Bandit Theater to direct The Couple’s Quiz, a long-form improv troupe that uses Armando-style, interviewing couples with the Spokane format.
Focus: Improv
Hired by CSz Seattle to Head Coach The Loop, a long-form improv club that is a show generator that creates new shows each season.
Performing on Bandit Theater’s Main Stage team, Almost Yours, formerly The Harold Next Door, which uses a monoscene format.
Performing on CSz Seattle’s Pro Team, ComedySportz.
Cast in Hilarioke on March 22 and 28, where comedians pull double-duty as singers AND improvisers and take suggestions to inform songs that inspire scenes.
Cast in CSZ Portland’s Vision Euro Vision Euro PDX 2025. Mary was in the May 10,17, and 31 shows and on November 1, December 26, 27, and January 3.
Guesting for CSz Portland in ComedySportz and their late-night shows, May 9, 17, and 30th.
Hired by Bandit Theater as Education Lead where I lead initiatives to enhance our curriculum and support our diverse teaching community.
Guested with Mosaic Improv in Portland on April 25, Portland's Premiere Black & Brown Improv Showcase; kaleidoscopic comedy from the heart of the Kickstand BIPOC Comedy Program.
Guested with Block Party in Baltimore on July 11, a showcase of Baltimore’s best Black improv
Attended CSz Midwest Invitationals in Indianapolis in October
Performing on CSz Seattle’s Pro Team in ComedySportz and B-Rated casts..
Focus: Anthology and Documentary
Executive Producing Black Anthology Project (B.A.P.), an anthology and documentary of the history of Black Improv. This project was partly supported by the Frank-Ratchye Further Fund Full Grant #2022-040 at the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University and partly by the Regional Arts and Culture Council for the Arts3C grant to bring B.A.P. to Portland, OR in October 2023 in partnership with Kickstand Comedy.
Focus: Teaching
Hired by Bandit Theater to teach Intro to Improv Level 3: The Math of Game as part of their long-form curriculum centered on the game of the scene.
Hired by Kickstand Comedy to teach BIPOC Level 3: Exploring Premise & Game of the Scene and Level 4: Harold 101 as part of their UCB-style curriculum.
Focus: Workshops
Hired by Kickstand Comedy to deliver a BIPOC audition workshop to prepare BIPOC improvisers for Kickstand auditions
Hired by Kickstand Comedy to deliver a workshop on harm reduction to Kickstand teachers
Delivered BIPOC audition workshop for Bandit Theater Summer Tumbleweeds auditions
Hired by Highwire Comedy in Baltimore to deliver Long-Form Tune-Up, a workshop on applying short-form improv techniques to long-form play
Hired by the Art Administrators of Color (AAC) to deliver Yes, Let’s! An Introduction to Improv Comedy at the AAC Annual Convening in Los Angeles.
Focus: Writing
Published a reflection on the First 100 Days as Education Lead at Bandit Theater.
Focus: Speaking
Hired by Scrib Lab to deliver a keynote for their Playwriting Conference, which brings the Seattle-area playwriting community together for a day of professional development, resource sharing, community building, and networking.
Updated 2/15/2025