
Publications
*denotes peer reviewed publications​​
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*Bolon, M. Identity Awareness in Casting: When Trans Actors Play Roles Outside Their Gender Identity. The
Journal of Consent-Based Performance. Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2024.
*Bolon, M. Asserting Boundaries and Conflict Resolution with A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Consent-Based Practices and Shakespeare. The Journal of Consent-Based Performance. Vol. 1, Issue 1, Fall 2022.
*Bolon, M. Trans Identity On and Off Stage: A Guide for Supporting Trans Actors Playing Roles Outside Their Gender Identity. ProQuest LLC. Summer 2023.
Toured Play
Pericles for Young Audiences
Role: Playwright, co-director, actor
September 2024 - April 2025
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Directors: Anna Taylor and me
Storyteller: me
Marina: Jovita Roselene Jacobs
Gus: Ethan Goodmansen
Adventurer: Ashley Wright
Knight: Katie Mestres
Princess: Cece Richardson
Developed with and toured by Streetlight Shakespeare Ensemble
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Script status: done, unpublished
"Tying all of this together was a belief in imaginative play enabling children of all ages to share something magical together, whether in the theatre or elsewhere. In perhaps the most moving image of the production, repeated twice, the Storyteller encouraged all of the assembled audience to join the cast in building the hand-boats, and then dispersing them to the winds with a shared breath as they set out on new adventures. As the audience went their separate ways, I saw some of the kids still creating the boat with their hands; a little legacy of the imaginative power that comes from playing together, coupled with a reminder that some of the most important things we share aren’t limited by material and time."
- Dr. Pete Kirwan (Pericles (Streetlight Shakespeare Ensemble ) @ The Wharf Studio)​
Workshopped Play
And Yet, I Am Iphis
Role: Playwright
April 2023
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Director: Cail Sales
Iphis (before): Shannon Rymut
Iphis (after)/Chorus: Luxien Davis
Telethusa: Wyleigh Watson
Ianthe: Layla Middleton
Developed with the CU New Play Festival
Script status: reworking

