MFA Theatre Directing, Columbia University
BA Theatre Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara
Co- Founder/ Artistic Director
Elements Theatre Collective, 2011- 2013
Directing
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Carson Kreitzer
Columbia Stages, The Connelly Theatre, NY
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
Columbia University, NY. Advisor: Leigh Silverman
Yet UnNamed, A Devised Work
Columbia University, NY. Advisor: Anne Bogart
These Mistakes by Samantha Cooper
Columbia University, NY. Advisor: Brian Kulick
Or, ,by Liz Duffy Adams
Elements Theatre Collective, Santa Barbara, CA
Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph
Elements Theatre Collective, Santa Barbara, CA
boom, by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
Elements Theatre Collective, Santa Barbara, CA
Ngizobona, by Sara Rademacher
University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
BRB (Be Right Back) by Alexei Ryan
University of California, Santa Barbara. Advisor: Risa Brainin
Three New Solo Works by Jose Esqueda, Nick Roberson, and Hayley Simms
University of Santa Barbara CA. Advisor: Naomi Iizuka
Propoganda: A One Act Play by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney by Raul Martinez (Staged Reading)
LMCC Artist Open Studios, Governor's Island, NY
Directing: Musicals and Opera
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown
Elements Theatre Collective, CA
Legally Blonde: The Musical! by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach
Santa Barbara School of Performing Arts
Reefer Madness: The Musical! by Kevin Murphey, music by Dan Studney
Out of the Box Theatre Company, CA
The Snow Maiden of Appalachia by Andrew Austin (Staged Reading)
Tidewater Opera Initiative, VA
Training: The Musical by Joseph Schermann (Staged Reading)
Elements Theatre Collective, CA
Assistant Directing
Persians by Aeschylus
The Getty Villa, CA, Director: Anne Bogart
Orpheus in the Underworld by Jaques Offenbach
Virginia Opera, VA. Director: Sam Helfrich
Basetrack Live Created by Edward Bilous
En Garde Arts, National Tour and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Director: Seth Bockley
Love Person by Aditi Brennan Kapil (World Premiere)
Mixed Blood Theater, MN. Director: Risa Brainin
The Brothers Size by Tarrell Alvin McCraney
Seattle Repertory Theatre. Director Juliette Carrillo
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
Seattle Repertory Theatre. Director: Allison Narver
Tiny Alice by Edward Albee
Marin Theatre Company, CA. Director: Jasson Minadakis
Setup and Punch by Mark Saltzman and Berton Averre
University of California, Santa Barbara. Director: Daniel Hodnett
The Golden Cage by Krister De Leon (World Premier, Recognition of Outstanding work from the Mexican Consulate)
University of California, Santa Barbara. Director: Krister De Leon
Dramaturgy
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
Seattle Repertory Theatre
The Brothers Size by Tarrell Alvin McCraney
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Ensemble Theatre Company, CA.
Spring Awakening: The Musical
Out of the Box Theatre Company, CA.
The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
University or California, Santa Barbara
Education and Training
Columbia University
Master of Fine Arts, Theatre Directing
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Certificate in Theater and Performing Arts Studies
Seattle Rep. Professional Artist Training Program
2010-2011 Season Casting and Artistic Internship with Artistic Director Jerry Manning/ Literary Manager Braden Abraham
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
SDCF Observership 2016-2017
Roundabout Theatre Theatrical Teaching Institute
TTI Framework Intensive Workshop
Related Experience
President's Assistant
National Theatre Conference, 2015- 2016
Directing Intern
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
The Guthrie Theater, MN, Director: Gary Gisselman
Literary Assistant
Pullman Porter Blues
Seattle Repertory Theatre, Director: Lisa Peterson
PlayLabs Intern/Assistant
Notari Notari by Shigefumi Fukatsu
The Playwrights Center, MN, Director: Micheal Bigelow Dixon
Asst. Stage Manager
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
heater Actors Group and Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival, Santa Barbara
Stage Manager/ Founding Member
Pounding Nails into the Floor with my Forehead by Eric Bogosian
Theatricians Theater Group, Santa Barbara
Stage Manager
Homonomore by Justin Gillman (World Premier)
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Stage Manager
Hop by Erin Bregman
University of California, Santa Barbara