About
Naomi (she/her) is a writer, director and dramaturg interested in telling stories through blended forms. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Dramatic Writing at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.
In December 2021, Naomi graduated with an Interdisciplinary Studies: Storytelling Arts degree from the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Her goal with this individualized degree was to study human behavior and its representation across artistic mediums.
While undertaking curriculum from the university’s Theater, English and Communication departments, she created short films, directed new work and musicals, wrote short plays, worked as a dramaturg and drafted a musical libretto titled Big Dipper.
She moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for four years in non-profit arts administration at The Guthrie Theater, Theater Latté Da and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She worked as a creator, director and administrator on independently produced plays like Small Waves’ Cabin Fever and Third Space Theater’s Plano by Will Arbery (read more here).
During this time, she also developed and produced two ten-minute plays for festivals by Fearless Theatrical Productions and the Duluth Playhouse. She took a screenwriting class at The Playwrights’ Center to develop her first pilot before moving to Springfield, MO in the summer of 2026 to pursue her goals of becoming a professional writer.