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RÉSUMÉ

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Dramaturg & Literary Artist

Theatre Artist

Shakespearean

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Literary Fellowship, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Summer 2023)

  • Editorial Assistant to Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins (2022-2023)

    • International Journal of Education & the Arts

    • Prompt: A Journal of Theatre Theory, Practice, and Teaching 

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

  • THE WORLD'S STAGE, Dramaturg & Sound Designer | Shakespeare Institute, co-prod. Royal Shakespeare Company (2025)

  • AS YOU LIKE IT, Dramaturg | Shakespeare Institute Players, dir. Lynne Honeybourne Biles (2025)

  • CORIOLANUS, Dramaturg | Colerain Center for Education, Preservation, and the Arts, dir. Mary Rose Valentine (2024)

  • BERNARDA ALBA, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Christopher Campbell (2024)

  • LOVE I AWETHU FURTHER, Assistant Dramaturg | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, by. a.k. payne, dir. Tamilla Woodard

  • EMILIA, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Jenny Lamb (2023)

  • JULIUS CAESAR, Co-Dramaturg | Statespeare, dir. Michael Hewitt (2023)

  • INTO THE WOODS, Dramaturg | Penn State University, dir. Rick Lombardo (2023)

  • BAYARD RUSTIN INSIDE ASHLAND, Assistant Dramaturg | People's Light, dir. Steve Broadnax III (2022)

  • BRIGADOON, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jennifer Delac (2022) 

  • TWELFTH NIGHT, Dramaturg, Vocal Director, & Actor (Olivia) | Statespeare, dir. Mary Rose Valentine (2022)

  • MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE, Co-Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jeanmarie Higgins & Michele Dunleavy (2022) 

  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Sam Osheroff (2021)

  • EDGES, Assistant Technical Director | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Jess Raskauskas (2021)

  • THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Jennifer Delac (2021)

  • TO MY BELOVED: A LOVE LETTER TO THE CLASSICS, Assistant Director | No Refund Theatre, dir. Maggie Dennis (2020)

  • THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Actor (Sophie) | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Kelly McGarrey [Canceled due to COVID-19]

READINGS

  • OF LOVE & LOX, Dramaturg | KCACTF Region II Festival 56, by Lara Miller (2024)

  • LEONTES AND PAULINA ARE VERY MUCH NOT DEAD, Playwright, Director | Pennsylvania State University (2023)

  • LOVE I AWETHU FURTHER, Assistant Dramaturg | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, by a.k. payne (2023)

  • MUSE OF FIRE, Producer & Director | Pennsylvania State University (2023)

  • LEONTES: A WINTER’S TALE, Director & Composer/Lyricist | Penn State University (2022)

  • CAPITAUX: AN ALLEGORICAL HEADACHE, Playwright | Pennsylvania State University, dir. Elizabeth Bonjean (2022)

  • VISITATION, Actor (Lili Weiss/Group Member) | Penn State University, by Mackenzie Miller (2022)

  • ALL IN THE TIMING, Co-Director | No Refund Theatre, co-dir. Kiran Pandey (2021)

  • OUTCASTS, Actor (Ashley) | No Refund Theatre, dir. Frederick D. Miller (2020)

CABARETS

  • ​"GOLDEN CHANCES": THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE, Producer, Co-Director | Pennsylvania State University, co-dir. Frederick D. Miller (2022) 

  • MODERN SHAKESPEARE, Producer, Performer (Benedick, Hal, Henry), & Co-Director | 3 Dots Downtown, co-dir. Mary Rose Valentine and Joey Reihart (2021)

  • STATESPEARE SPRING SHOWCASE 2021, Co-Director & Performer (Olivia) | Statespeare, co-dir. Kiera James (2021)

  • MASQUERAIDS 2021: LOVE IS LOVE, Performer | The Penn State Thespian Society, dir. Lizzy Scipione (2021)

  • MISTLETONES 2020, Director | The Penn State Thespian Society (2020)

FESTIVALS

  • 2024 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, Festival Co-Producer & Co-Dramaturg | Nouveau Theatre & Pennsylvania State University 

  • 24/7 PLAY FESTIVAL 2023, Festival Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, prod. Hannah Flade

  • 24/7 PLAY FESTIVAL 2022, Festival Dramaturg | Pennsylvania State University, prod. Hannah Flade

LEADERSHIP

  • Co-President, The Shakespeare Institute Players, with Saul Sherrard (2024–25)

  • Secretary, British Graduate Shakespeare Conference (2024–25)

  • President, Nouveau Theatre (Spring 2023–Spring 2024)

  • President, Statespeare (Fall 2021–September 2023)

  • Chair, B.A. Theatre Studies Society (Spring 2022)

  • Vice President, Statespeare (Spring 2021)

  • Member-at-Large/Secretary, B.A. Theatre Studies Society Board (2021)

  • Secretary & Historian, Penn State Performing Arts Council (Spring 2021)

  • Corporate Communications Chair, Penn State Society of Women Engineers (Fall 2020–Spring 2021)

EDUCATION

  • M.A. Shakespeare and Creativity, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham (Anticipated: December 2025)

    • Dissertation: "King Lear (Taylor's Version): In Speculative Jukebox Dramaturgy" (Supervisor: Professor Tiffany Stern)​

  • B.A. Theatre Studies, English, & Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University (May 2024​)

    • English Concentration: Early British Literature

    • Interdisciplinary Honors in English and Theatre Studies (Schreyer Honors College & Paterno Fellows Program)

    • Thesis: "'This Wide Gap of Time': Adapting The Winter's Tale Post-COVID" (Supervisor: Dr. Garrett A. Sullivan)

TRAINING

  • Kennedy Center Dramaturgy Intensive 2021 | Led by Mark Bly and Lynde Rosario (June 2021)

AWARDS 

  • Creative Achievement Award, 2024 (College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University)

  • Early Career Dramaturgy Award for Into the Woods, 2024 (LMDA/KCACTF Region II)

  • Robert M. and Lela Brock Honors Scholarship, 2023-24 (College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University)

  • Golumbic Scholarship for Humanistic Achievement, 2023 (College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University)

  • Erickson Discovery Grant, 2023 (Undergraduate Research Office, Penn State University)

  • Collegiate Laws of Life Essay Contest 2023, Second Place (Paterno Fellows Program, Penn State University)

  • Student Dramaturgy Award for Brigadoon, 2023 (LMDA/KCACTF Region II)

  • Dramaturgy Program Note Award for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2023 (KCACTF Region II)

  • Theatre 100 Undergraduate Award, 2022 (School of Theatre, Penn State University)

  • Samuel P. Bayard Award in Comparative Literature, 2022 (Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State University)

  • Outstanding Dramaturgical Program Note Award for The Last Five Years, 2022 (KCACTF Region II)

  • Ross B. Lehman Freshman Leadership Award, 2021 (Penn State University)

©2025 by Arushi Grover

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