Directing Work
Full Productions
Moana Jr. (Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, Lin Manuel Miranada, and Susan Soon He Stanton)
Super Scary (Tim Kochenderfer) Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (Matt Cox) The Oregon Tale (student-devised) The Suspicious Death and Unresolved Murder of Mr. Gin (student-devised) Detention #50 (Isabel Monk-Cade, Emily Perkins-Margolin, Donnie Tuel, Avery Israel, and Shelby Solla) Sherlock Holmes (Tim Kelly) Charlotte's Web (Joseph Robinette) The Ugly One (Marius von Mayenburg) Queen of the Air: (Mark Scharf) The Last Transmissions of Amelia Earhart Roof of Heaven (Robert Kangas) Talking Trash (Emma Choi) 22 Boom (Miranda Rose Hall) The Paper Game (Julia Holleman) The Scarlet Letter (Isabel Smith Bernstein) As You Like It (William Shakespeare) Man in the Powder Blue Suit (Stephen Spotswood) Riot Grrrl Reunion (Darin J Dunston) Boom!* (Peter Sinn Nachtrieb) |
Eliot-Hine Middle School
Eliot-Hine Middle School Mt. Vernon Community Children's Theatre (MVCCT) MVCCT MVCCT Primary Stages MVCCT MVCCT Nu Sass Productions Silver Spring Stage: One Act Festival PoP Festival: Capital Fringe PoP Festival: Capital Fringe Nu Sass Productions/DC Fringe Festival Nu Sass Productions/DC Fringe Festival Lean & Hungry Theatre/WAMU 88.5 FM Lean & Hungry Theatre/WAMU 88.5 FM Source Festival Source Festival Artists Initiative |
upcoming*
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Readings
The House of Bernarda Alba (Frederica Lorca)
Rehearsing for Change (Various) Alice in War (Stephen Bogart) Br'er Cotton (Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm) 22 Boom! (Miranda Rose Hall) Irresistible Grace Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare) The Last Skywriter in the Universe (Stephen Bogart) Handel's Crossing (Joseph O'Connor) Followed by a Sometimes Cowboy, & John. John. John. Meg's New Friend (Blair Singer) The Brazilian Dilemma Peppered Precinct Spooky Action at a Distance End Times Out of Darkness (Various) The Slowly Dyin’ Scuba Diver The Shaman, Virgin & Crone Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (Naomi Wallace) Assistant Directing Radium Girls, dir. David Montgomery Stone Tape Party* dir. Angie Pirko 12 Days of Christmas, dir. Michael Dove Risk and Return, dir. Patrick Pearson Grandmothers, dir. Myla Pitt Heart’s Desire, dir. Lee Liebeskind Sisters of Swing, , dir. Jay Brock The Tempest, dir. Hannah Todd P. Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical, dir. Psalmayene 24 Othello, dir. Andrew Paul Vera Laughed, dir. Carolyn Cantor |
ESPA Studios NYC
Nu Sass Productions WSC Avant Bard Spooky Action Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center Shakespeare in the Pub Inkwell Theatre Festival Solas Nua NuSass as part of the SWAN Day Festival Actors Center McLean Drama Company McLean Drama Company Page-to-Stage Festival (Kennedy Center) Inkwell Theatre Festival Duke Ellington High School (LMC Dinner) Inkwell Theatre Festival Inkwell Theatre Inklings Festival Spooky Action New York University NuSass (Capital Fringe Festival) Adventure Theatre Page-to-Stage Festival- Theatre Alliance Riant Theatre’s Strawberry Festival Inkwell Theatre Showcase Infinity Theatre Lean & Hungry Theater Imagination Stage Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre New York Stage & Film |
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Additional Experience and Achievements
Theatre Washington Helen Hayes New Works Judge (2015-2017)
· Read and reviewed scripts for all new works (plays and musicals) professionally produced within the Washington, DC area
· Participated in the nomination and awarding process of the "Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical" award given at the annual Helen Hayes Awards
Lean and Hungry Theater, Washington, DC, Education Coordinator (May 2012-July 2013)
· Development of workshop curriculum and implementation
· Outreach and communication with middle and high school administration and educators
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, Artistic Directing Apprentice (2010-2011)
· Read and reviewed script submissions and helped create the 2011-2012 production season
· Ran all aspects of casting for the 2011-2012 equity season
· Assisted in equity rehearsals, script workshops, and education programs
Powerhouse Theatre at New York Stage and Film, Poughkeepsie, NY, Directing Intern (Summer 2009)
· Studied Soundpainting and directed several site specific pieces
· Assisted resident dramaturg on numerous new scripts by playwrights including John Patrick Shanley and Regina Taylor as part of the New Works festivals
Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, Literary Management Intern (2008)
· Performed dramaturgical work for the theatre’s 2008-2009 season
· Assistant to Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, playwrights for the new musical Turn of the Century (dir. Tommy Tune)
Stage Directors and Choreographers, New York, NY
· Accepted into 2013-2014 SDC Observership Pool
· Accepted into 2016-2017 SDC Observership Pool
Education
New York University, New York City, NY (Spring 2019)
· Masters in Educational Theatre from Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (August 2010)
· Majors: B.A. in Theatre Arts and B.S. in Psychology
Powerhouse Directing Apprenticeship/New York Stage and Film, Poughkeepsie, NY (2009)
· Teachers including Tomi Tsunoda, Anthony Luciano, and Brian McManamon
Studio Theatre Directing Class, Washington, DC (2013-14)
· Taught by Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director of the Studio Theatre
Theatre Lab, Washington, DC (2016)
· Viewpoints taught by Marietta Hedges who was certified by Anne Bogart
**Winner of DCMetroTheatreArts Best of 2012: Best Director of a Play
* Winner of the Capital Fringe Festival Best in Show and Best Comedy