Dramaturgy & Librarianship
As a dramaturg and librarian, I work behind the scenes to help theatre artists & researchers create their best work. I also teach information literacy, public speaking skills, & curate exhibits. Currently, I am the Performing Arts Librarian at the University of Maryland. Below are past projects & more are in the works.
Dramaturgy & Librarianship
As a dramaturg and librarian, I work behind the scenes to help theatre artists & researchers create their best work. I also teach information literacy, public speaking skills, & curate exhibits. Currently, I am the Performing Arts Librarian at the University of Maryland. Below are past projects & more are in the works.
Scholarship & creative Projects
EXHIBITS:
Photography by Max Waldman (Aug. 2024 - July 2025 at MSPAL)
The Art & Craft of Puppetry (click first image to begin slideshow)
Remembrance & Resilience (click first image to begin slideshow)
The Triumph of Isabella: Exploring Performance Through Art
(Click here to view the Digital Supplement to the Triumph Exhibit )
CREATIVE PROJECTS:
“A Distant Marker” at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}Happening 11 (2023)
Freedom’s Fortress (full-length play downloadable at the New Play Exchange)
Ending the American Civil War in April 1865 (blog & podcast project)
Dramaturgy & Program Notes for A Civil War Christmas at Baltimore’s Center Stage
PUBLICATIONS:
“Sarah Gancher & Jared Mezzocchi: How Collaboration is Dramaturgy
Between Playwright & Multimedia Designer.” Journal of American Drama & Theatre (Spring 2023)
“Human Histories Onstage: A Conversation on Collaboration with Naomi Wallace
& Marcus Rediker.” Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism doi:10.1353/dtc.2019.0022
Scholarship & creative Projects
EXHIBITS:
Photography by Max Waldman (Aug. 2024 - July 2025 at MSPAL)
The Art & Craft of Puppetry (click first image to begin slideshow)
Remembrance & Resilience (click first image to begin slideshow)
The Triumph of Isabella: Exploring Performance Through Art
(Click here to view the Digital Supplement to the Triumph Exhibit )
CREATIVE PROJECTS:
“A Distant Marker” at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}Happening 11 (2023)
Freedom’s Fortress (full-length play downloadable at the New Play Exchange)
Ending the American Civil War in April 1865 (blog & podcast project)
Dramaturgy & Program Notes for A Civil War Christmas at Baltimore’s Center Stage
PUBLICATIONS:
“Sarah Gancher & Jared Mezzocchi: How Collaboration is Dramaturgy
Between Playwright & Multimedia Designer.” Journal of American Drama & Theatre (Spring 2023)
“Human Histories Onstage: A Conversation on Collaboration with Naomi Wallace
& Marcus Rediker.” Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism doi:10.1353/dtc.2019.0022
PHOTOS from various events
PHOTOS from various events
I received the 2023 UMD Outstanding Librarian Award presented by Dean Adriene Lim.
Tour of the TRIUMPH OF ISABELLA exhibit in front of the reproduction of the painting by Denis Van Alsloot made possible by the Victoria & Albert Museum giving us a high resolution digital scan of the famous painting. More info above under exhibits.
Collaborators at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {Re}Happening, April 8, 2023. “A Distant Marker” was conceived and produced by me and choreographed by Maurice Watson (right). Photo by Houck Medford.
Giving the curtain speech for the student matinee of AS YOU LIKE IT at UMD in 2022. I also created the student study guide. Scenic design by Gavin Mosier.
Presentation entitled “Pivoting Towards People & Puppets During the Pandemic” at the Small Museum Conference (Feb. 2023) explicating the two exhibits I curated after our campus reopened during the pandemic.
Human Library event in partnership with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in 2019. This was one of three Human Library events we have hosted and managed in our library in order to facilitate conversations between guests and marginalized people.