RESUME
DIRECTING
- 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
Artistic Director and co-founder of THEATER IN ASYLUM (TIA), a New York-based theater company. Since 2010, TIA has created work to provide asylum to highly-charged subjects and characters. With thrilling performance, we aim to suspend preconceptions, analyze a subject’s origins and leave audiences with new understanding and empathy.
In the above list, * denotes a Theater in Asylum production.
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 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 Fall Tour, Cross-country tour (upcoming)
- 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
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
- St. Ann’s Warehouse, NYC, House Manager, Usher, 2012-present
- French Institute (FIAF), NYC, Events Assistant, Head Caterer & House Manager, 2011-present
- The Episcopal Actors' Guild (EAG), NYC, House Manager, 2019-present
- Playgarden, Tribeca & UES NYC, Manager, Branding, Design, Opener, 2007-2017