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writing
journalism & criticism
Are you looking for more information about my journalistic writing? While I regularly write about theatre, art, film, and women in media, this website is focused on my work as a theatre artist. Read about my journalism here.
Full portfolio available here
Recent pieces include:
"Write Your Own Program" - American Theatre
"Meet the Jewish Colombian Playwright Giving Teenage Girls the Spotlight" - Alma
"The Sober Reality for Theatremakers in Recovery" - American Theatre
"Black Christmas is a Horror Film for Survivors" - Screen Queens
Recent pieces include:
"Write Your Own Program" - American Theatre
"Meet the Jewish Colombian Playwright Giving Teenage Girls the Spotlight" - Alma
"The Sober Reality for Theatremakers in Recovery" - American Theatre
"Black Christmas is a Horror Film for Survivors" - Screen Queens
Upon her graduation from Dickinson, Amelia was awarded the Agnes Sterrett Woods Prize for the best piece of writing by a female-identifying student in an English department course for her analytical essay, "'Can I ever make another one?': Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled, and the Liminality of Women's Directorship".
Please contact me for examples of theatre and film criticism, analytical film writing, and dramaturgical essays, or samples of scripted work.
playwriting
Amelia's work explores girlhood and the confines of femininity, Judaism and Jewishness, liminal spaces, woman's authorship, and how the physical body interacts with and is changed by physical spaces.
Dear Kitty: A Travesty
5 women/non-binary
Trapped somewhere unknown, a girl sits at a desk: writing, waiting, creating, destroying. In a room from which there's no escape, five women play games to simulate the life and legacy of Anne Frank. When it comes time for one of them to be sacrificed, they must figure out who among them is the real Anne Frank—or if such a determination is even possible.
i don't know, then we die
3 women, 5 men, + crowd
It's time for one last high school dance at the end of the world. Claire and Mona, two 16 year old best friends, are getting ready for what will probably be their last homecoming dance. Outside the school auditorium, a virus rages through their town, flooding ransacks the community, and the people who should be safeguarding the students don't know what to do. When Wes, a member of the band playing the dance, overhears a plan to keep a select group of kids safe, he has to decide if the band will play on—or if they should let the kids take control.
Written pre-COVID
Written pre-COVID