DIRECTING
Twelfth Night (virtual production) by William Shakespeare | College of the Canyons |
Riffing on Shakespeare (virtual live theatre) | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival |
A[Void]: a devised play about fear by the ensemble | College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA |
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival |
Millenial Artist of Color by Jeffrey Lo | Exposition Review Showcase (Hollywood Fringe Festival) |
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (2018-19 Season) | College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA |
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat | Open Wings theatre company |
Walidad the Grasscutter by Jay Kasten | City of Santa Clarita, Elementary School Tour |
Dial Meow for Murder by Steve Troop | Los Angeles puppetry guild |
The Little Prince by Cummins/Scoullar from Saint-Exupéry | Santa Clarita Shakespeare |
The Stinky Cheese Man by Kent Stephens from Scieszka | California State University, Northridge |
The Wise Ones by Rochelle Perry | Eclectic Company Theatre, North Hollywood, CA |
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro | College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA |
Operation (Fast & Loose) by Vanessa Stewart | Sacred Fools, Hollywood, CA |
Coffee Chronicled: A Devised Play About TIME | College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA |
Friends & Fantasies (Fast & Loose) by Monica Greene | Sacred Fools, Hollywood, CA |
Bluebeard’s Bride by Enrique Acosta | Short+Sweet Festival, Hollywood, CA |
Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival, Santa Clarita, CA |
Save Our Marriage by Rochelle Perry | Eclectic Company Theatre/Theatre of NOTE, Hollywood, CA |
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal | College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA |
Twelfth Night: A Rock Musical by William Shakespeare | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival, Santa Clarita, CA |
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival, Santa Clarita, CA |
Abstract Expression by Theresa Rebeck | University of California, Irvine |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (scenes) | Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, CA |
Asterisk (world premiere) by Erik Ehn | World Premiere Weekend, Irvine, CA |
The Emily Project – Devised | World Premiere Weekend, Irvine, CA |
Two Rooms by Lee Blessing | University of California, Irvine |
BFE by Julia Cho | University of California, Irvine |
Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz | University of California, Irvine |
29/12 by Annette Lee (world premiere – staged reading) | Upper Reaches Theatre, Long Beach, CA |
As it is in Heaven by Arlene Hutton | University of California, Irvine |
Desdemona, a Play about a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel | University of California, Irvine |
29 Things to Do on a Rainy Day – Devised | SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA |
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare | SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA |
Veronika Decides to Die by Erin McBride Africa from Paulo Coelho | SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA |
Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives | California State University, Northridge |
The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson | Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA |
The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco | Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA |
CHOREOGRAPHY
Frequently serve as choreographer on productions I direct, including The Stinky Cheese Man (musical), The Little Prince, and all Devised productions.
Spider Baby the Musical music by Enrique Acosta based on the screenplay by Harold Hill
10th Avenue Arts Center, San Diego, CA
The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian – Tango & Abstract Mannequin Dance
SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
Oedipus the King by Sophocles – Vaudeville Style Chorus, Musical Theatre, & Soft Shoe/Tap
SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Courtesans Solos (Various Styles)
Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
Ye Olde Madrigal Feast – Elizabethan Pavane
Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan
Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA
Show Choir, Cheerleading Squad, Chorus Holiday Shows
ACTING
Maria (understudy) – Twelfth Night: A Rock Musical by William Shakespeare (Santa Clarita Shakespeare Fest)
Calavera – Lumbre by Joe Luis Cedillo (Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA)
Katrin – Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht (S.O.B. Theatre Co., Hollywood, CA)
Speaker #5 – Textbooks & Fences by Joe Luis Cedillo (Tres Chingasos Theatre Collective)
5th Annual Los Angeles History Project, Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
Juanie – El Colonel by Joe Luis Cedillo (Tres Chingasos Theatre Collective, Sylmar, CA)
Jokasta – Oedipus the King (musical adaptation) by Sophocles (S.O.B. Theatre Co., Hollywood)
Snug/Lion – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Box & Co., Lenox, MA)
Dancer – Exodus Redundant (modern dance) by Jennifer Seigle, (CSUN)
Julia & Imogen – Touring Shakespeare scenes by William Shakespeare (LAUSD)
Helen & Posthumus’ Mother – Cymbeline by William Shakespeare (CSUN)
Jesse (originated role) – Shelter by Erica Paley Stevens (CSUN)
Betty – Sure Thing by David Ives (CSUN)
Ensemble – Tintypes by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle (CSUN)
Annie – The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (BCC)
Horse – Equus by Peter Shaffer (BCC)
Gert – Par For the Corpse by Jack Sharkey (BCC)
Enid – A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn (BCC)
Hermione – The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare & Company)
Rosalind – As You Like It by William Shakspeare (Fall Festival of Shakespeare, Pittsfield, MA)
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
You, Nero by Amy Freed (World Premiere) | South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA |
Assistant to Sharon Ott | |
Othello by William Shakespeare | Utah Shakespearean Festival |
Assistant to J.R. Sullivan | |
Fiddler on the Roof by Bock, Harnick, & Stein | Utah Shakespearean Festival |
Assistant to Jim Christian | |
The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian | SOB Theatre Co, Hollywood, CA |
Assistant to Jeffrey Weinckowski | |
*Edge of the World Theatre Festival | |
*BackStage West Pick of the Week | |
A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler | South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA |
Assistant to Stefan Novinski | |
Sunday in the Park with George by Sondheim & Lapine | University of California, Irvine |
Assistant to Eli Simon | |
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare | California State University, Northridge |
Assistant to Linda deVries |
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- MFA IN DRAMA – DIRECTING – 2009
Department of Drama
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Thesis: Collaborative Creation: Four Theatre Companies Reconceiving Production - B.A. THEATRE ARTS – 2000
Department of Theatre, California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Honors Thesis Project: Producer – Acts of Diversity – A festival of student-directed plays by diverse playwrights. - A.A. THEATRE ARTS – 1996
Theatre Department, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA - Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC) – Los Angeles, CA
Completed Level 1 training and on the path to full certification as an Intimacy Director & Coordinator - SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY – Lenox, MA
Shakespeare & Company’s summer actor training program focusing on Linklater Voice Work, Shakespearean Text, Folio Work, Movement, Elizabethan Dance, & Stage Combat - DIRECTORS LAB WEST (West Coast version of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab)
A program for emerging directors that offers a series of workshops, seminars, readings, and productions that
enables participants to learn and grow as artists and working professionals. - SITI Company (Formerly “Saratoga International Theater Institute”)
Suzuki & Viewpoints training led by SITI Company members Ellen Lauren, J. Ed Araiza, & Stephen Webber - CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INTENSIVE & COMMUNITY-BASED THEATER COURSE
Training in Cornerstone Theater Company’s collaborative community-based methodology culminating in the creation of community-specific productions. Taught by Bill Rauch, Paula Donnelly, & Laurie Woolery - BEIJING OPERA MASTER CLASS
Classical Chinese Movement taught by Professor Fan Yisong of the Shanghai Theatre Academy - TERPSICHORE DANCE CENTER
Ballet, tap, & jazz classes - ADDITION CLASSES & WORKSHOPS ON VARIOUS TOPICS – Alexander Technique, Laban Movement, Jacques Lecoq Techniques, Puppetry, Theatre of the Oppressed, Clowning, Stage Combat, Aerial Silks Physique