Directing Portfolio
Bonnie & Clyde
Peer Gynt
Having Our Say
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer††
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Curse of the Wise (based on Macbeth)†† Mother Courage and Her Children (Kushner)†† Iphigenia and Other Daughters**
Doubt
Time Stands Still
Ashes to Ashes
The Glass Menagerie
Agnes of God
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?
Sleuth
Sister Mary Ignatius …
Somnia Mundi (devised)
On the Grid: Creating Sense (devised)
The Incredible Theatre Majors of Wretched Grace†
The Broken Middle Matzah†
Blessed Art Thou†
Happy Birthday, Katrina† We’ll Have to Stop Now, a chamber opera†
Theatre Directing
Menchell, Black, & Wildhorn
Henrik Ibsen
Emily Mann
Laura Eason
Timbers & Friedman
Matt Saltzberg
Bertolt Brecht
Ellen McLaughlin
John Patrick Shanley
Donald Margulies
Harold Pinter
Tennessee Williams
John Pielmeier
Edward Albee
Anthony Shaffer
Christopher Durang
Matt Saltzberg, et al.
Matt Saltzberg, et al.
Davic Crespy
Brad Babendir
cfrancis blackchild
Lania Knight
Ryan McNeil
Next Generation Theatre Company
Greenhouse Theatre Project
Bluff City Theatre
Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
St. Lawrence University
Central Michigan University
Talking Horse Productions
Western Illinois University
Shaw Performing Arts Festival
University of Missouri
Independent Actors Theatre
Thespian Hall
Post Theatre Company
Western Illinois University
University of Missouri
Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre
Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre
University of Missouri
University of Missouri
Crane School of Music
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike (dir. David Crespy)•
Dido & Aeneas (dir. Angela Hand)
The Impresario (dir. Angela Hand)
Top Girls (dir. Rachel Chaves)•
Love Kills, a Rock Musical (dir. Scott Miller)†
The Little Prince (dir. Ken Berman)
Assistant Directing
Christopher Durang
Purcell
Mozart
Caryl Churchill
Kyle Jarrow
Saint-Exupéry, Cummins & Scoullar
Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
New Line Theatre
Tilles Center
** Selected to perform at the Region I Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
† New work/world premier | †† Featured an original score | • Dramaturg
Education
MFA in Directing, Western Illinois University, May 2017 (anticipated)
PhD in Theatre, University of Missouri, 2011
MA in Theatre Performance, Long Island University – Post, 2005
BA in Theatre Performance, Susquehanna University, 2003
Stanislavski Method of Physical Action; Suzuki Method of Actor Training; Viewpoints; Composition; Michael Chekhov technique; Dialect Coaching; 3 years university teaching; Graduate Certificate in Grant Writing; KCACTF/Post Theatre Company administrative intern; Scenic & Prop Design experience
