Theatre Directing
WOLF PLAY by Hansol Jung - Portland Theatre Festival
Ms. HOLMES & Ms. WATSON - APT 2B by Kate Hamill - Playhouse on Park
INDECENT by Paula Vogel - Playhouse on Park (Connecticut Critics Circle Awards for Best Director and Best Ensemble)
THE AGITATORS by Mat Smart - Playhouse on Park
*Nomination for Outstanding Play, CT Critics Circle Awards
MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD by Adam Szymkowicz - The New Ohio/Flux Theatre Ensemble
HEARTS LIKE FISTS by Adam Szymkowicz - Flux Theatre Ensemble (New York Times “Critics’ Pick”/NYIT Award Nomination for Excellence in Directing)
WORLD BUILDERS by Johnna Adams - The West End Theatre NYC/Flux Theatre Ensemble
DOG ACT by Liz Duffy Adams - The Clemente/Flux Theatre Ensemble
THE SEA CONCERTO by Corinna Schulenburg - ART NY Gural Theatre/Flux Theatre Ensemble
JANE THE PLAIN by Corinna Schulenburg - NYTW 4th Street Theatre/Flux Theatre Ensemble (New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination for Excellence in Directing)
FULL OF GRACE by Scott Barrow - The Rough Draft Festival
3 CHRISTS by Barry Rowell & SM Dale - Judson Memorial Church/Peculiar Works Productions
JACOB’S HOUSE by Corinna Schulenburg - Access Theatre/FluxTheatre Ensemble
RIDING THE BULL by Corinna Schulenburg - The Clemente/NY Fringe Festival
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare - The Sheen Center/Stages on the Sound
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare - The Sheen Center/Stages on the Sound
LIFE IS A DREAM by Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Flux Theatre Ensemble
NEW WORLD RADIO by Greg T. Nanni & Self - Columbia University (Graduate School Thesis Production)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov - Columbia University
LONELINESS by Greg T. Nanni - Columbia University
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare - Columbia University
PINOCCHIO Devised Adaptation - Columbia University
JUGGERNAUT by Ciara Ni Chuirc - Columbia University
Academic Guest Directing
FUENTE OVEJUNA by Lope de Vega - NYU Tisch School of the Arts
OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET by Stephen Adly Guirgis - The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
A FLEA IN HER EAR by Georges Feydeau/David Ives - NYU Tisch School of the Arts
DANIELLE by Gretchen Lutz - Temple U. with Philly Young Playwrights
TARTUFFE by Moliere - Lafayette College
AJAX IN IRAQ by Ellen McLaughlin - The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
Assistant Directing
Tina Landau Artist-in-Residence at Little Island
Anne Bogart Beautiful Woman at La MaMa (pre-production assistant)
Anne Bogart A Radio Christmas Carol at SITI Company (research assistant)
John Rando Live Sex Therapy Show at The Museum of Sex
Awards and Recognitions
Winner, Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, Best Direction, Indecent
Winner, Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Ensemble, Indecent
Nominee, Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Production of a Play, The Agitators
Nominee, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Outstanding Director, Hearts Like Fists
Nominee, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Outstanding Director, Jane the Plain
Winner, Caffe Cino Fellowship Award, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Winner, Village Voice Fringe Audience Favorite Award, Riding the Bull
Teaching
Queens College - Guest Lecturer
Workshop in “Composition in Theatre Directing” with Illustration and Design students
Pratt Institute - Guest Lecturer
Workshop in “Composition in Theatre Directing” with Illustration and Design students
Lafayette College - Adjunct Guest Professor
Co-taught semester-long class on devising theatre through community-based interviews
Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights (High School) - Teaching Artist with Stages on the Sound
Five day workshop on the Fundamentals of Directing and Playwriting
Bushwick Leaders High School - Teaching Artist with Stages on the Sound
Semester-long after school theatre classes focused on acting, theatre games, Shakespeare, and monologues
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy - Teaching Artist with Stages on the Sound
6th and 8th grade. Coursework in acting, devised theatre, Shakespeare, culminating in an original production of A Christmas Carol with grade 6 and a contemporary adaptation of Hamlet with grade 8.
Select Developmental Workshops
THE SNATCHENING by Jeremy Kareken - Jessica Jenin, General Manager
TRYING TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER by Alex Rodriguez - Working Theater
BENEFIT FOR UKRAINE by Nina Zakhozhenko - TheatreLab
TINY HOUSES by Stefanie Zadravec - New Dramatists Playtime Lab
KODACHROME by Adam Szymkowicz - Portland Center Stage, JAW
SWAN SONG by Oscar Cabrera - The Flea
RAZOR WIRE by Derek Trumbo - Voices Inside/Out
PROMISED LAND by Andrew P. 167577 - Voices Inside/Out
Education & Training
Columbia University School of the Arts, MFA Directing
Professors: Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick (Directing), Katie Mitchell, Stephen Wadsworth (Opera Directing), David Henry Hwang, John Dias, Ellen Lauren (Collaboration), Kelly Mauer (Viewpoints and Suzuki) Christian Parker (Artistic Leadership and Planning).
BFA Theatre, DeSales University (Acting and Directing Focus)
Coursework in directing, acting, voice/movement, theatre history, classical theatre, contemporary theatre, musical theatre, Commedia dell’arte, and a four-summer internship with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
SITI Company, Alumni
Viewpoints and Suzuki training with Leon Ingulsrud, Barney O’Hanlon, and Kelly Maurer.
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox MA
Theatre education training aimed at using Shakespeare’s text to bring students alive onstage.
Acting Training
Extensive experience and training working with multiple acting techniques such as Stanislavski, Meisner, Viewpoints, Suzuki, and acting Shakespeare’s texts.
Acting
Prior to becoming a director I worked as a professional actor at the following theatres:
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Utah Shakespearean Festival
Orlando Shakes
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The Arden Theatre
The Cape Playhouse
The Walnut Street Theatre
Alchemy Theatre