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Directing Resume
Associate Member of SDC

Professional

Dear Evan Hansen (co-director) | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson | Out of the Box Theatre Co.

Angst (co-director) | Lucas James Nelson | Hollywood Fringe Festival/Catharsis Theatre Collective

don’t feed the bear (LA premiere) | Cam Torres | Hollywood Fringe Festival/Roaming Theatre Collaborative

A Quarantined Macbeth | Shakespeare | Roaming Theatre Collaborative *

The Love Eaters  | Luz Lorenzana Twigg | Roaming Theatre Collaborative 

No Exit | Jean Paul Sartre | Roaming Theatre Collaborative 

Academic

Twelfth Night | Shakespeare | Drury University 

Gruesome Playground Injuries | Rajiv Joseph | Drury University 

King Lear ft. Cynthia Bassham | Shakespeare | University of California, Irvine 

Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare | University of California, Irvine

Lizzie: The Musical | Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt | University of California, Irvine

An Iliad  | Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare | University of California, Irvine

Betrayal | Harold Pinter | University of California, Irvine

God of Carnage | Yasmina Reza | University of California, Irvine

The Informant (Live Audio Play) | Grace McCarney | University of California, Irvine

Growing Up  | Cris Eli Blak | University of California, Irvine

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Shakespeare | Drury University Theatre 

Forensic and The Navigators | Sam Shepard | Drury University Theatre

​* produced as free, virtual theatre during the early parts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Readings/Workshops

Fight Like Hell (workshop) | Christian Levitano | Catharsis Theatre Collective

Quit Bitchin' (workshop) | Anna Marjorie Fitzgerald | University of California, Irvine 

Rank (reading) | Emma Carter | Roaming Theatre Collaborative

Anthropos (reading) | Alexander Wolfe| Roaming Theatre Collaborative

Assistant Directing

Assassins | dir. Samantha Eve | Out of the Box Theatre Company
The Little Foxes  | dir. Lisa Peterson | South Coast Repertory Theatre 

Romeo And Juliet  | dir. Andrew Borba | University of California, Irvine

Into the Woods  | dir. Don Hill | University of California, Irvine

Producing Experience

Angst | Writer/Producer | Hollywood Fringe/Catharsis Theatre Collective

Walking Shadows | Writer/Producer | Hollywood Fringe/Roaming Theatre Collaborative
don’t feed the bear | Producer | Hollywood Fringe/Roaming Theatre Collaborative

Shelter n’ Play: A New Play Podcast | Producer | Roaming Theatre Collaborative
The (K)nights of One Act Festival | Producer | Roaming Theatre Collaborative
Works in Progress: A summer Cabaret | Producer | Roaming Theatre Collaborative

Education and Training

M.F.A in Directing - University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre - Drury University 

The Stanislavsky System - Caren Adorni 

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