DIRECTING (Selective)

*Denotes shared Directing and Producing credit

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE DIRECTING (Selective)

*Denotes shared Assistant Directing and Dramaturgy credit

DRAMATURGY (Selective)

Assistantships / Awards / Labs

SDC Associate Member

Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critic Forum Awards for 2019-2020
Hans & Sophie performed at Amphibian Stage
+ Outstanding Director
+ Outstanding New Play
+ Outstanding Design for the Production team
+ Outstanding Performance by an Actor
+ Outstanding Performance by an Actress

Kilroys List
    2019 – present; Nomination committee
Jewish Plays Project, NYC
    2020 Script reader for upcoming festival
Drama League First Draft Residency
     2018; Recipient of a residency with studio space & mentor guidance to further develop The White Rose Project with 2 other collaborators
Theatre for a New Audience Actor Director Lab
     2017; Invitation only- 2-week Shakespeare lab; 6 directors, 30 actors
SDC Observership Program
     2010-2014; Accepted into applicant pool, granted SDC Observership with Michael Boyd on Tamburlaine the Great, (TFANA)
New York Madness Directing Company
     2014-Present; produces monthly staged reading series of new short plays
Writopia Lab, NYC company for young playwrights ages 7-18
     2012-2016; Director, script reader, and mentor for year-round playwriting festival
Playwrights Realm, NYC Theater Company
     2012-2016 Script Reader
New York International Fringe Festival 2012
     Director/ Executive Producer for or what she will by Charly E. Simpson
          +Play selected into Festival (187 shows selected out of 1,000 applicants)
          +Overall Excellence Award in Directing (1 of 5 out of 187 shows)
          +Reviewer’s Pick awarded by nytheatre.com (1 out of 24 out of 187 shows)
          +Script published by nytheatre.com under the title “Best of Fringe 2012” (1 out of 37 of 187 shows)
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, NYC
     2012 Selected amongst directors from all over the world
Old Vic New Voices
     2012 Best of British Workshops in NYC (selected for pilot programs): Transatlantic Collaboration and Site Specific/ Immersive Work
Society Directors Choreographers Observership Program (SDCF)
     2010-Present Accepted into SDC Observership Applicant Pool
Cincinnati Fringe Festival
     2011 Director for Darker  (U.S. Premiere) by Catie O’Keefe
          +Critic’s Pick for Festival
          +Award Recipient Best Acting Ensemble
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR
     2010  F.A.I.R. Directing Assistantship; Script Reader for 2011-12 Season and worked in Literary Office
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati, OH
     2006-2009 Assistant to the Artistic Director; Served as Resident Assistant Director/Dramaturg and assisted with casting
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
     2009 Script reader for Producing Artistic Director, D. Lynn Meyers’ 2009-2010 Season Play Selection
Hangar Theatre Lab Company, Ithaca, NY
     2007 Assistant Director; Directed 4 Lab productions, Assistant Directed 4 productions
Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, KY
     2006 Director/Teaching Artist: taught weekly classes ages 4-16, Directed 5 productions, Technical Director 5 productions
Weitzenhoffer Theatre Grant
     2006 Awarded to direct the production of The Woolgatherer

THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANIES

What She Will Productions (NYC)
Present
Co-founder, Artistic Director; NYC based theatre company with mission of producing classics, language-based new plays and site-specific productions

ORASI Productions (Norman, OK)
2004 - 2006
Co-founder, Artistic Director, Norman, OK; developed 3 stage productions 

EDUCATION / ADDITIONAL TRAINING

OU School of Drama, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
     B.F.A. in Drama, 2006 with Dramaturgy emphasis.

University of Kansas, Study Abroad, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
     2005 Shakespeare Performance Intensive at Shakespeare Institute with members from the Royal Shakespeare Company