Lindsey (she/her) is a dramaturg, educator, arts administrator, and scholar based in the Washington, DC and Baltimore regions. She is currently a professorial lecturer at American University where she teaches courses in theatre and arts management. Lindsey earned her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, and her research focuses on gendered and racialized representations of disability and madness in the American musical. She has published scholarship in peer-reviewed journals and in anthologies including Theatre Topics, Studies in Musical Theatre, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre, (M)Other Perspectives, and Review.

A professional dramaturg she brings her research and practice together to heighten engagement with new and developed works throughout the rehearsal and production process. Her work has been seen at Everyman Theatre, the National Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Single Carrot Theatre, the Capital Fringe Festival, and the Goethe Institut, among others.

As an arts administrator with a masters in nonprofit management, Lindsey has led organizations of all sizes. Previously a managing director, she is currently the Executive Director for the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), a non-profit service organization supporting the eponymous professions across North America.