Dissonant

Director’s bio:

I am a catalytic leader who tells ensemble stories about the formation of family and the romance of friendship.

I direct, write, and produce film, theatre, and new media. My first feature film, Him, is currently playing festivals across the US. and has recently been awarded Best Ensemble Performance (Wood’s Hole Film Festival, Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival) and the Grand Jury Prize for Indie Spirit (Richmond International Film Festival).

I am the 2024-2025 Artist in Residence at Duke University, where I am developing my play GOOD. I have served as Artistic Associate with Acting for Young People since 2015, where I have written and directed over 50 plays for children. In 2017, I founded the non-profit theatre Who What Where Productions, where I produced and directed several world premiere plays including Spills by Ruthie Rado, which has gone on to successful runs in NYC and London. I am currently developing this old haunt, a new musical with Maggie Kane, SMJ, & Dillon Feldman, which was recently presented in concert at The Green Room 42. this old haunt was a part of the 2022 Season at Fort Salem Theater in Salem, NY and was a part of the 2022-2023 Season at Carnegie Mellon University. It has gone on to become a finalist for 2024’s Write Out Loud competition, be selected to appear in the 2023 Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance’s New Works Collaboration Catalog, have a 29-hour reading with Tisch New Theatre at NYU, be featured in the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab & Prospect Theater Company’s New Musicals Mixtape Concert at Chelsea Factory, and be selected as a Finalist for Parlando School of Musical Arts’ 2024 New Musical Project.

I hold an MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University, where I was a John Wells Fellow from 2020-23. BFA, George Mason University. I am also a TEDx speaker.