RESUME

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Artistic Statement

My focus in all of my artmaking is the furtherance of the queer survival narrative in new works and the re-examination of classic texts to highlight existing themes of queerness. After devoting significant study to the queer character in American fiction and drama before, during and after the AIDS crisis, I believe that the American Theatre has a responsibility to shirk its trope of the queer character as fated to die. I believe that this can be achieved through both scripted and devised works, and it is the basis for the vast majority of my projects.

I have a background in music and vocal training, and I bring this knowledge to all of my work. To this point, work that I have directed has been primarily musicals or plays that are scored with significant music. This is my strongest guidepost in directing.

As an Arts Administrator, my focus is on the development of emerging artists and providing living wages to artists. The unpaid internship is obsolete, and I believe that emerging artists need paid professional opportunity to advance in our careers.

Skills

Grantwriting

Proficient in Adobe Suite

Bookkeeping (Quickbooks/Sage)

Actor coaching

Vocal coaching

Basic lighting design

Basic website creation

Intermediate scenic design

Intermediate scenic painting

Customer service

Valid driver's license

Microsoft Office

Intermediate Adobe suite

Additional Work Experience

Directing Experience

Significant Other // Director // Dobama Theatre

The Prom // Director // Near West Theatre

The Thin Place // Director // Dobama Theatre

Spring Awakening:

A Children's Tragedy // Director // Dobama Theatre

Marilyn Bianchi Kids'

Playwriting Festival // Director // Dobama Theatre

Hurricane Diane // Intimacy and Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Goodnight, Tyler (reading) // Director // Dobama Theatre

The Inside Story (reading) // Director // Playwrights Local

I'm Alive You Bastards

and I Always Will Be // Co-Director // Nightbloom Theatre Co.

33 1/3 (World Premiere Musical) // Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Ella Enchanted: The Musical // Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Unicorn Lost in NYC // Director // Dobama Theatre

The Effect // Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Sherlock Holmes: The

Baker Street Irregulars // Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Omena // Asst. Director // Cleveland Public Theatre

Hand to God // Asst. Director // Dobama Theatre

Spring Awakening // Asst. Director // Oberlin College Theatre

The Baltimore Waltz // Director // Oberlin College Theatre

"Because I Want To" Cabaret // Director // Oberlin College Theatre

Ordinary Days // Director // Oberlin College Theatre

For Whom the

Southern Belle Tolls // Director // Oberlin College Theatre

Godspell // Director // Elyria Catholic High School

Next to Normal // Director // Oberlin College Theatre

House Manager/Bartender,

Dobama Theatre

2017-present

Bartender, Melt Bar and Grilled

2018-2019

Manager, Tony K's Bar and Grille

2016-2018

Manager, Dairy Queen

2009-2018

Arts Management Asst., Oberlin College

2015-2016

Senior Resident Asst., Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

2014-2016

Teaching Asst., Oberlin College

2014-2016

Relevant

Experience

Director of Production, Dobama Theatre

2020 - present

Formerly General Manager. Garner more than $250,000 in annual grants (~30% of budget). Work as Production Manager on 50% of each season. Assist with scenic painting and construction. Manage each year's audit and 990, and create the annual budget in cooperation with the Artistic Director. Designed Dobama's first ever Annual Report and have created them yearly since. Acted as one of the core members of the Strategic Planning Committee for the 2023-2027 strategic plan.

Co-Executive Director, Nightbloom Theatre Co.

2019 - present

Co-Founded the company in 2019 to give significant professional opportunity to local emerging artists in Cleveland. Co-produced and co-directed the inaugural production. Navigated rental of space, website creation, ticket sales and all other aspects of a successful company.

General Manager, Dobama Theatre

2018 - 2020

Formerly Assistant to the Artistic and Managing Directors. Created a handbook for the company in conjunction with MBA candidates at John Carroll University. Earned more than $50,000 in additional contributed revenue in my first year as a grantwriter. Revamped and manged the internship program. Acted as Producer for the 41st Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival. Consulted on season selection.

Assistant Producer, BorderLight Festival of International Theatre

2016 - 2019

Assisted in season selection. Established contact with international companies in order to book acts. Created more than 100 pages of research on other global festival models and distilled it into action plans. Assisted with grantwriting and individual development efforts. Created relationships with Fringe venues for the inaugural 2019 Festival.

Artistic Direction Apprentice, Dobama Theatre

2017 - 2018

Acted as Production Manager for Dobama's production of Marjorie Prime, and as Assistant Production Manager for all other productions in the 17/18 Season. Directed the B-cast for Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars. Assisted with Scenic Construction and Painting throughout the 17/18 Season. Directed for the 40th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival.

Education/

Awards

Oberlin College, BA: Theatre and English

2012 - 2016

Graduated with highest honors. Completed my honors thesis about the queer character in American fiction and drama, tracking changes through the AIDS crisis. Coursework included Mainstage directing projects, lighting design, acting studios 1-3, musical theatre, voice for the actor, text analysis, Shakespeare, theatre history and more.

Recipient, James S. McLaughlin Memorial Prize

2016

Received this award from Oberlin College for excellence in creative collaboration with peers, both in student productions and Theatre department productions.

Recipient, Awesome Foundation Grant

2019

Received a grant award from the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation for the inaugural production of Nightbloom Theatre Company.