Theatre Director

Resume

DIRECTING CREDITS

OFF-BROADWAY

The Edge of Our Bodies+ Adam Rapp 59E59 Theatres/TUTA Theatre
Southside+ Dee Bolos New York International Fringe Festival


REGIONAL

Every Brilliant Thing Duncan Macmillan Breckenridge Backstage Theatre (March 2025)
The Long Christmas Dinner
Thornton Wilder TUTA Theatre (Dec 2024)
The Gift of the Magi
James Devita/Josh Schmidt Breckenridge Backstage Theatre
A Lady’s Guide to Mountains*
MT Cozzola Breckenridge Backstage Theatre/Denver Fringe Fest/Breckenridge Intl Arts Festival
A Christmas Story
Philip Grecian Breckenridge Backstage Theatre
Stranded
* MT Cozzola Mudlark Theater
Prime Location
* Bilal Dardai Mudlark Theater
Hedda Gabler*
Ibsen/Stone TUTA Theatre
Grace and the Hanukkah Miracle* Lawfer/Stone/Braun/Bloomsmith Chicago Immersive
Fantastic Mr. Fox David Wood Emerald City Theatre/Victory Gardens
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins* Mike Dailey Strawdog Theatre
The Red Thread – The Musical* Christine Jugueta StrateraArts
The Tale of Peter Rabbit* Jacqueline Stone Emerald City Theatre/Millennium Park
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas Ken Ludwig Emerald City Theatre/Broadway in Chicago
Mother Goose’s Garden* Kate Leslie Emerald City Theatre
The Snowy Day & Other Stories Jerome Hairston Emerald City Theatre
Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells Allison Gregory Emerald City Theatre
The Edge of Our Bodies Adam Rapp TUTA Theatre
Christmas Eve Eve* MT Cozzola Step Up Productions
The Anyway Cabaret* Martin Marion TUTA Theatre/DCASE
Stoop Time* Joni Arredia You & Me Productions
Ramona Quimby Len Jenkin Emerald City Theatre
The Silent Language Miodrag Stanisavljevic TUTA Theatre
August 8, 1974* Jenny Seidelman 20% Theatre Company
Devour* Chelsea Marcantel 20% Theatre Company
Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus!* Ernie Nolan Emerald City Theatre/Millennium Park
Southside* Dee Bolos Prop Thtr & Seattle Fringe Festival


SELECT STAGED READINGS

The Long Christmas Dinner Thornton Wilder TUTA Theatre
When They Came*
MT Cozzola Piven Theatre & Chicago Dramatists
The Name Jar * Sue Pak Emerald City Theatre
The Sauna Tomas Lundme Akvavit Theatre
In the Shadow of His Language Jacob Juntunen Chicago Dramatists & DCASE
Canary Soup Milos Radovic TUTA Theatre

*World Premiere    +New York Premiere 

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2022 – Present Breckenridge Backstage Theatre:  Producing Artistic Director
2012 – Present TUTA Theatre:  Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder
2022 - Present: Magic Tree House On Stage: Artistic Contributor and Theatre Consultant
Present: Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
2021 Mudlark Theater Company: Acting Artistic Director
2016 – 2020 Emerald City Theatre Company:  Artistic Director
2005 – 2016 Emerald City Theatre Company:  Education Director
2009 – Present American Association of Theatre Educators: Member & Facilitator
2000 – 2010 The Second City:  Associate Faculty - Improvisation & Improv for Actors
2001 – 2006 Columbia College Chicago:  Adjunct Theatre Faculty
2000 – 2006 UCLA and Duke University:  Visiting Instructor in Improvisation

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education: B.A. Theater, University of Maryland-College Park
Acting: Kurt Naebig, Dennis Zacek, Mitchell Patrick Hebert, Ronald O' Leary
Directing: Zeljko Djukic, Scot Rees, Norm Holly, Del Close, Mick Napier
Improvisation: The Second City Conservatory, i.O. Chicago, The Annoyance

REVIEWS, VIDEO, & ARTICLES

FULL WORK, CONSULTING, AND TEACHING RESUMES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST