About this Service

CREATIVE STRUCTURES offers:

*WEBSITE BUILDING*
Personalized Websites for Artists, Writers, and Entrepreneurs
Custom Layouts
Professional Copy
Maintenance and Updates

*NARRATIVE SUPPORT*
Book Coaching
Notes Organization and Research
Developmental Editing

*TEXT FOR ARTISTS*
Artist Statements
Applications and Proposals
Vision Articulation

*PROJECT ACTUALIZATION*
Planning and Timelines
Accountability
Budget Creation
Research

Creativity thrives with a bit of structure.  I help wildly creative minds make their ideas clear, concise, and easy to understand.

About this Lister

I'm Dara, an artist and writer based in Philadelphia.

I founded Creative Structures to help other wildly creative minds turn their visions into reality.

​I am also the founder and Artistic Director of Agile Rascal Bike Theatre, a company at the intersection of theater, cycling, and activism. I love the rigorousness and absurdity of both theater and bicycles, and am perpetually inventing ways to intersect them.

When not working, I can usually be found fixing up my 'fixer-upper' house, trying to haul weird things on my bicycle, or yapping on the phone with an old friend.
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Background and Expertise

As Artistic Director, I have:

* Produced theater performances in over 50 cities and towns across the United States.
* Led more than 30 professional artists on bicycle-touring theater projects.
* Guided over 500 audience members on immersive, site-specific two-wheeled adventures.
* Written plays, both individually and collaboratively through a devising process.
* Managed all aspects of bicycle-touring and audience-on-bicycles projects.
* Overseen fundraising efforts, including crowdfunding, private donors, and grant programs.
* Directed the branding and marketing of the company, including our website, social media, and promotional materials.

Outside of Agile Rascal, I have worked as a ghostwriter and editor for a decade, helping people bring their stories to life by crafting language that is personal, relatable, and engaging.

I have been a Creative Climate Leadership Participant and a Santa Fe Art Institute Water Rights Resident. Additionally, I’ve given workshops at the League of American Bicyclists’ Bike Summit, spoken on panels for the Network of Ensemble Theaters, and contributed writing to Artists and Climate Change and Adventure Cyclist Magazine.