Cordelia grew up in rural Wyoming and spent her higher education on the East Coast in Boston and Maine. She's a classically trained vocalist and pianist, and now works in Boulder, CO as a journalist and playwright dedicated to telling stories that foster empathy in a time of deep political division.
Plays
Man Up is a musical about a boy’s struggle to overcome expectations of masculinity, a deep sibling bond, and the redemptive power of love. It’s a story for the girls who carry the world on their shoulders; it’s a story for the boys who were told they couldn’t cry. The musical is an attempt to understand, unpack, and ultimately heal the wounds all genders carry from a culture shaped by toxic masculinity.
Successes
Produced in Relative Theatrics' Playwrights Voiced Festival, 2020
Finalist, Landecker Democracy Fellowship, 2021
First reading- June 2019.
First staged workshop performance, November 2019. Cast: 15. Sold out 8 shows and had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the themes of Man Up, including deeper conversation, awareness, and hope for healing a culture shaped by toxic masculinity.
May 2020: Man Up was accepted into Playwrights' Voiced, a new works festival in Laramie Wyoming. Produced virtually because of COVID. Again, an extremely positive reception.