Directing and Choreography (representative list)
ARE YOU THERE?, Humana Festival of New American Plays @ Actors Theatre of Louisville (Director/Choreographer) March 2020
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Actors Theatre of Louisville/Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park co-production (Director/Choreographer) August 2019/February 2020
NATIVE GARDENS, Cleveland Play House (Director) April 2019
KEN LUDWIG’S SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, CPH (Choreographer) February 2019
NEXT TO NORMAL, Tantrum Theater (Director) July 2018
MINTONS' PLACE, CPH New Ground Theatre Festival Reading (Director) May 2018
THE ROYALE^+, Cleveland Play House (Director) May 2018
DESTINY OF DESIRE, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Choreographer) January/February 2018
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, Tantrum Theater (Director) July 2017
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY^, Cleveland Play House (Director) April 2017
DESTINY OF DESIRE, South Coast Rep/ The Goodman (Choreographer) October 2016-March 2017
DESTINY OF DESIRE, Arena Stage (Choreographer) World Premiere 2015
MILVOTCHKEE, VISCONSIN, Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company (Director)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, The Perseverance Theatre (Director)
ELLA, Center REP (Director)
LUCKY STIFF, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
BLUES IN THE NIGHT, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
STICK FLY, Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company (Director)
SHE LOVES ME**, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
THE SAINT PLAYS, including a World Premiere, University of San Diego (Director)
ALL SHOOK UP**+, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, The Diversionary (Director)
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’+, Center REP (Director/Choreographer)
MARAT/ SADE, University of San Diego (Director/Choreographer)
SUENO, University of Memphis (Director/Choreographer)
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, Theatre Memphis (Director)
Education
Indiana University Executive Education at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy – The Fund Raising School (Certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership), DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland (The Cycle: Management of Successful Arts and Culture Organizations Certificate), University of Alabama /Alabama Shakespeare Festival — Professional Acting Training Program (MFA), Temple University — School of Communication and Theatre (BA), The Commercial Theatre Institute — NYC.
Awards and Fellowships
^+Cleveland Critics Circle 2018 Theatre Award for Best Director, Best Director of a Drama, ^CNJ Awards for Best Cleveland Theater 2017, 2016 Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Choreography for a Play, **Two-time winner SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Direction of a Musical (2011 & 2010), +Two-time winner SHELLIE AWARD for Best Direction of a Musical (2009), 2012 SDCF Charles Abbott Fellowship (Asst. Director for THE MUSIC MAN directed by Arena Stage AD Molly Smith).