RESUME

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DIRECTING

  • Occupy Prescott* - Director - Jalopy Tavern, NYC
  • The Debates 2021* - Conceiver, Director - Online due to CoViD-19
  • The Debates 2020* - Conceiver, Director - Online due to CoViD-19
  • Becky Knows What Sex Is - By Emery Schaffer - Brunch Theatre, NYC
  • Hephaestus - By Willie Johnson - LPAC Rough Draft Festival
  • The Whale, The Bird... - By Charlotte Martin - Brunch Theatre, NYC
  • Totally Wholesome Foods* - By Alice Pencavel - The Episcopal Actors' Guild, NYC
  • Sight Unbound - By Alice Pencavel - The Cherry Lane Theater, NYC
  • The Debates 2018* - Conceiver, Director - The Drama League, NYC
  • Heifer - By Gethsemane Herron-Coward, Schapiro Theater at Columbia University, NYC 
  • Daphne - By Alice Pencavel, IRT Theatre, NYC
  • The Break - By Drew Morrison, The X Theater at the University of New Mexico
  • The Glowing Boot - By Alice Pencavel - The United Solo Festival, NYC; Port Fringe, Portland, ME
  • The Debates 2016* - Conceiver, Director - The Kraine Theatre, NYC; Hartford Carriage House Theater; William Way Center, Philadelphia; Butler University; Muhlenberg College
  • The Infernal Machine - By Jean Cocteau - Hangar Theatre WEDGE, Ithaca, NY
  • The Emperor's New Clothes - Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty - Hangar Theatre KIDDSTUFF, Ithaca, NY
  • ¡Olé!* - Conceiver, Director - Under St. Marks Theater, NYC; Chicago Fringe Festival (Voted: Audience Favorite); Hartford Carriage House Theater; Rochester Fringe (Awarded: Best Touring); Prague Fringe Festival (Nomination: Creative Award)
  • North - By Ran Xia; Dixon Place, NYC
  • #Coriolanus* - By William Shakespeare; Adaptor, Director - Under St. Marks Theater, NYC
  • Revolution in 1* - Co-creator, Director - The Red Room Theater, NYC
  • Frankenstein* - Co-creator, Director - Looking Glass Theatre, NYC
  • Nijinsky in Asylum* - Conceiver, Director - Steps Theater, NYC 
  • Suddenly Last Summer - By Tennessee Williams; Robert Moss Theatre, NYU, NYC

THEATER IN ASYLUM

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Artistic Director and co-founder of Theater in Asylum (TIA), a New York-based theater company founded in 2010 to challenge and empower our community. TIA joyfully pursues rigorous research and an ensemble-driven approach to theater-making. We create performances to investigate our past, interpret our present, and imagine our future. We prize space to process, space to question—asylum—for ourselves and our community.

In the above list, * denotes a Theater in Asylum production.

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

  • A Bright Room Called Day - Dir: Scott Ebersold, Columbia MFA Thesis, Connelly Theater

PERFORMING & PUPPETRY

  • The Persians - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT​
  • The Or / Else Opera - Dir: Peter Schumann, Theatre for the New City, NYC
  • The Grasshopper Rebellion Circus - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT​
  • Out of Joint Hamlet - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT
  • Diagonal Life: Theory & Praxis - Dir: Peter Schumann, Northeast Tour
  • Emma - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT
  • The Diagonal Life Circus & Normality Rebellion Pageant - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT​ + touring
  • Insurrection Resurrection Services - Dir: Peter Schumann, The Bread and Puppet Theater, VT​ + touring

VOLUNTEERING

  • The Back to Work Collective - Founder, Organizer
  • Democratic Socialists of America - Organizer, Educator
  • Cold Readings - Organizer and co-curator of a reading group for theater-lovers

EDUCATION

  • New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY - BFA Theater, 2010
  • Playwrights Horizons Theater School: Directing & Creating Original Work (C.O.W.)
  • Universidad de la Habana, Cuba - Independent Study: Government & the Arts​​

TRAINING

  • Directing – Lisa Peterson, Ruben Polendo, Fritz Ertl, Mary Robinson, Seth Barrish
  • Devised Theater / Devised Directing - John Collins, Rachel Chavkin, Tomi Tsunoda
  • Viewpoints - Anne Bogart, Theresa McCarthy, Linda Napoletano, master classes with Anne Bogart
  • Theatre of the Oppressed - George Emilio Sanchez, Geo Britto
  • Dance and Choreography – Marleen Pennison, Peter Bass, Morgan Murphey, Maura Gahan
  • Design – Michael Krass, Jo Winiarski
  • ​Puppetry - Peter Schumann, Clare Dolan, Lily Lamberta
  • Playwriting – Jeni Mahoney
  • Acting – Elizabeth Hess, Michael Ball, Maggie Low
  • Production and Stage Management - Justin Ball

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

  • Apprenticeship with The Bread and Puppet Theater, 2018
  • Lincoln Center Directors Lab 2017: Theater in a Time of Change
  • Drama League Directing Fellow: 2015 Hangar Theatre Program
  • Candidate for the SDC Observership Program, 2016-2017 Season

TEACHING

  • Devising Theater from Pre-existing Texts - Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY - 2015 Taught 2015 Lab Company Members methods and techniques for creating original theater from pre-existing textual sources other than plays (novels, poetry, news, transcripts, etc).
  • Devising Theater from Political Transcripts - Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA - 2016 Guest artist to teach a workshop on theatrical mimicry and adaptation using Political Transcripts. This workshop was taught alongside TIA’s tour of The Debates. 

OTHER WORK

  • Bread and Puppet Theater, Tour Booking, 2020-present
  • French Institute (FIAF), NYC, Events Coordinator, House Manager, Caterer, Usher, 2011-present
  • St. Ann’s Warehouse, NYC, House Manager, Usher, 2012-present
  • Bread and Puppet Theater, VT, Tour Booker, 2020-present
  • The Episcopal Actors' Guild (EAG), NYC, House Manager, 2019-present
  • Playgarden, Tribeca & UES NYC, Manager, Branding, Design, Opener, 2007-2017