DIRECTING
Professional
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I graduated in 2006 with a MFA in Directing from The Catholic University of America. My thesis project was directing Marisol by Jose Rivera. During my studies, I traveled to the 55th Annual Dubrovnik Theatre Festival in my role as Assistant Director for my advisor's production of Uncle Maroje. At the festival, I directed our presentation in the opening ceremonies of the festival and discovered amazing gelato. The first play I ever directed was Blue Window by Craig Lucas as my senior thesis in undergrad at Connecticut College if you don't count my third grade's holiday pageant which I also wrote and starred as the Virgin Mary.
Society for Directors and Choreographers
Associate Member since 2006
Directing
experience
PROFESSIONAL
Various since 2015:
Backdraft by Richard Perez, played the role of Jess, ATHE, Detroit, August 2022
Clothespins by Kathleen Coudle-King, played the role of Mercy, virtual, ATHE, July 2021
One Night Stan by Adam Szudrich, JL Smith New Play Festival, virtual, May 2021.
The Long Christmas Journey to Wellesley and Weston, Possibilities Theatre Co, "12 Days of Holiday" festival, virtual, Dec 2020
Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies, Keystone Theatrics, Allenberry, PA, Feb 2020
Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden, York Fringe Festival, York, PA, August 2019
The Shooter, Judith Royer Playwriting Contest, ATHE, Boston, August 2018
Songs for a New World, Prima Theatre, Lancaster, PA May 2018
Don’t Feed the Trolls, KCACTF National Playwriting Program, January 2017
Artists Collective Theatre, Nashua, NH
Hidden in This Picture by Aaron Sorkin, March 2015
Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, August 2014
Venus in Fur by David Ives, October 2013
All New People by Zach Braff, July 2013
Yellow Taxi Productions, Nashua, NH
The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, October 2009
*1 of 150 companies world-wide who premiered this piece by the Tectonic Theatre Project
Burn This by Lanford Wilson (also actor), May 2009
*Nominated Best Director/Best Production, 2010 NH Theatre Awards
The Pact by Jeannette Angell, April 2009
*world premier, commissioned and developed from Jodi Picoult’s best seller
winner Best Original Script, 2010 NH Theatre Awards
Tuesdays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom, February 2009
Clean Alternatives by Brian Dykstra, April 2008
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, Februart 2008
*Nominated Best Director, 2009 NH Theatre Awards
A Strange Black Passion (also writer), September 2007
*world premiere performed at San Francisco Fringe Festival
The American Plan by Richard Greenberg, February 2007
john & jen, By Andrew Lippa, August 2006
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, June 2003
*Winner Best Musical, 2004 NH Theatre Awards
Closer by Patrick Marber (also actor), May 2002
*Winner Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Production, 2003 NH Theatre Awards
COLLEGIATE
Because They Have No Words, by Tim Maddock, October 2022
Macbeth adapted from Shakespeare, live stream, March 2021
Heaven on Earth by Charles Mee, streaming, Nov 2020
*selected by KCACTF Region 2 as participating production for Jan 2021 festival
*awarded commendation for Distinguished Achievement in Directing by the national KCACTF committee
The Agitators by Mat Smart, streaming, Oct 2020 (also actor)
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, November 2019
Shakespeare in Hollywood by Ken Ludwig, February 2019
Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi, October 2018
The Woman in Black by Stephen Mallatratt, April 2018
10 out of 12 by Anne Washburn, February 2018
Alice in Wonderland, also adapter, December 2017
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare, October 2017
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn, March 2017
Under Construction by Charles Mee, November 2016
Tape by Stephen Belber, March 2016
A Christmas Carol adapted from Dickens, December 2015
COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE
Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles L Mee, April 2015
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, November 2013
Orlando by Sarah Ruhl , April 2014
Shakespeare in Hollywood by Ken Ludwig, November 2013
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, April 2013
Proof by David Auburn, March 2013
Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute, October 2012
Because They Have No Words by Tim Maddock, March 2012
*senior thesis, research trip to New Orleans, playwright in residence
columbinus by US Theatre Project, October 2011
*KCACTF Merit Award – Best Ensemble
The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed, March 2011
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, December 2010
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, April 2010
Recent Certifications
Education
The Catholic University of America, 2003-2006
MFA. Theatre Directing, August 2006
Thesis: Marisol by Jose Rivera, February 2006
Graduate Advisor: Naum Panovski
Goucher College, Towson, MD, 1998-2002
MA. Arts Administration, August 2002
Thesis title: Fitting the Arts in Education: An Examination of High Stakes Testing and Mandates Stemming from an Internship in the Arts,
published by Lambert Academic Publishing, February 2010, 9783838312446
Graduate Advisor: Suzanne Olson
Connecticut College, New London, CT
B.A. Theatre, Psychology minor
Continuing Training :
OSHA-10 General Industry, Entertainment Safety, March 2023, SETC, Lexington, KY
Theatrical Intimacy Education, Staging Non-Consensual Intimacy with Chelsea Pace, online, Feb 2023
Intimacy Directors & Choreographers, Cultivating Culturally Competent Productions, online, Dec 2022
Summer 2022: Theatre Sicily with Daniel Stein
Viewpoints Pedagogy & Practice with Wendell Beavers, online, January 2022
Intimacy Directors & Choreographers, Consent in Improv, online, January 2022
Restorative Justice with Noelle Johnson, online, December 2021
Theatrical Intimacy Education, Race & Choreography with Kaja Dunn, online, December 2021
Mental Health First Aid certification, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, online, August 2021
Intimacy Coordinators of Color, Intimacy Captain training & certification, online, July 2021 & Oct 2022
Theatrical Intimacy Education, Trauma Informed Practices & Consent in the Classroom, online, June 2021
Theatrical Intimacy Education, Theatrical Studio Techniques, online, April 2021
Theatrical Intimacy Education, Best Practices, online, February 2021
Nicole Brewer: Anti-Racist Training, online, January 2021
Character Based Story Structure, Jessica Blank, online, 2020
Viewpoints Master Class for Directors with Anne Bogart, NYC, 2019
Moment Work Institute Teacher Training Certified, NYC, 2018
New Play Dramaturgy Intenstive with Mark Bly, Kennedy Center, DC, 2017
Devising Weekend Training, Elevator Repair Service, NYC, 2017
Fundamentals of Viewpoints Training with Anne Bogart, NYC, 2016
Devising and Performance with Tim Miller on the mall in Washington, DC, 2012
Theatre Directing with Rinde Eckert, Southampton Arts Summer Program, 2012
Devising from Literature, Ghost Road Theatre Company, KO Festival, 2011
Directors Lab, West, Pasadena Playhouse, 2005
Summer Training Congress, American Conservatory Theatre, 1996