IN THE SPOTLIGHT → 📸 Sam Starnes, 💡 Rebecca Brill Weitz, 🎩 Carly Sponzo ⭐️ John Caliendo & Dara Pohl Feldman
THEATRE
Something Rotten by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick → UNC Chapel Hill (current)
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, adapted by Allison Acuff & Chandler Vance→ Stone Soup Theatre Company, NC (current)
Butterfly Wings by Jerome Davis → Burning Coal Theatre Company, NC
KidsWrite 2023 → Burning Coal Theatre Company, NC
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol by Tom Mula→ Theatre Workshop Owensboro, KY
In the Spotlight by Lindsey Ruzza→ The Davenport Theatre, NYC
Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams→ Asbury University, Mainstage, KY
Antigone → adapted by Allison Acuff & Company, Asbury University, Mainstage KY
Decision Height by Meredith Dayna Levy → Asbury University, Mainstage, KY
Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer→ Asbury University, Mainstage, KY
No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre→ Asbury University, KY
Sorry Wrong Number, a radio drama→ adapted by Allison Nicole, Asbury University, KY
Payback by Allison Nicole → Knoxville Prison Arts Ministries, TN
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Robin Hood adapted from legend by Catherine Bush → Center Theatre Company, NC (Current)
Disney’s Frozen KIDS by Jennifer Lee, Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez→ Center Theatre Company, NC
Willy Wonka Jr. by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald→ Providence Academy, TN
Seussical Jr. by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty→ East Jessamine Middle School, KY
FILM
Portia adapted by The Shakespeare Cohort→ Royal Shakespeare Company & The Shakespeare Institute
Leontes/Winter adapted by The Shakespeare Cohort→ Royal Shakespeare Company & The Shakespeare Institute
Hermione/Fall adapted by The Shakespeare Cohort→ Royal Shakespeare Company & The Shakespeare Institute
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Tiny Beautiful Things by Nia Vardalos→ David Henderson, Honest Pint Theatre Company, NC
Urinetown by Greg Kotis→ Aubrey Snowden, UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Lightning by Beth Henley→ Wendy C. Goldberg, National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, CT
A House of Tiny by Hannah Vaughn→ Leta Tremblay, Dixon Place, NYC
Monty Python’s Spamalot by Eric Idle→ Wes Nelson, Kentucky Conservatory Theatre (now Distilled), KY
All in the Timing by David Ives→ Jeff Day, Asbury University, KY
The Bells of Charlemont by Don Zolidis→ Carol Anderson, Asbury University, KY
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown→ Joshua Heinlein, Asbury University, KY
JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL → 📸 Sam Starnes, 💡 Tom Willis, 🎩 Maridee Alexander ⭐️ Brooks Holley
STAGED READINGS/WORKSHOPS
Joan by Leticia Julian→ Incarnate Theatre Collective, Chicago, IL (currently in development)
At the Barre, a new musical by SMJ→ Theatre For the New City, NYC
The Command Center Outside Angel Grove, California by SMJ→ Residencies at The Dragons Egg, CT, & The Eugene O'Neill Theater, CT
M4M an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure by Allison Nicole→ The O'Neill Apprentices, CT
Unseen by Madelyn Beaudoin→ The Young Playwrights Festival, CT
Chronic, a new musical by Solange Marcotte→ Playwrights & Librettists, The National Theatre Intstitute, CT
Untold by Robyn Sutton Fernandez→ Playwrights & Librettists, The National Theatre Intstitute, CT
[Untitled] by Elliot Nye→ Playwrights & Librettists, The National Theatre Intstitute, CT
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE/AWARDS
Artistic Director & Founder→ Incarnate Theatre Collective
Development Apprentice → The Eugene O’Neill Theatre, CT
Teaching Artist→ Center Theatre Company, NC (upcoming June, July, and Fall 2023)
Teaching Artist→ Asbury University, KY, ImpactU
Theatre Associate to Dr. Jill Campbell→ Asbury University, KY, Broadway Workshop
Drama Instructor→ East Jessamine Middle, Nicholasville KY, 2015
Drama Associate→ Providence Academy, Johnson City, TN, 2016
Finalist→ KCACTF Region IV
ANTIGONE → 📸 Tommy Otley 💡Tom Willis 🎩 Allison Acuff & Chandler Vance ⭐️Leah Hampton, Melina Martinez, Grace Keener
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Advanced Directing at the National Theatre Institute
Directing → Oliver Butler, Jessi Hill, Kip Fagan, Dominique Sinagra, Kimberly Senior, Caitlin O'Connell, Michael Bradford, Reg Douglas, Gare St. Lazare, Gisela Cardenas
Acting → Patrice MacLane, Forrest McClendon, Anna- Maria Nibirye, Brian McManamon
Playwriting → Donna Dinovelli
Design → Skip Mercier
Shakespeare → Michael Cadman
The Business of Theatre → Bob Bennett, Bill Barclay, Wendy Goldberg
Ensemble Work, Complicite → Eric Mallett & Joyce Henderson
Devising → The Debate Society, Finn den Hertog, Jake Jeppson
Script Analysis → Lexy Leuszler, Caitlin O’Connell, Adam Lee Secor
Die, Vampire, Die → Susan Blackwell
Producing → Preston Whiteway
Movement/Dance/Yoga/Biomechanics/Bhutto/Thai Chi/Stage Combat/Droznin → Vicki Manderson, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Dan Brown, Deirdre Goodwin, Marya Ursin, Diego Pinon, Shakina Nayfack, Elena Kuzina, David Chandler, Rachel Jett
Screen Artists Co-op with Jon Mennick→ Blocks & Fears, Acting for the Camera, Script Analysis, Auditions, Image Streaming
Development Apprentice→ the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center
Acting at the Globe Theatre in London→ Acting (Dickon Tyrill), Text and Language (Simon Dormandy), Voice (Yvonne Morley), Stage Combat (Philip Stafford), Movement (Maria Clarke), Shakespeare in Context (Dr. Will Tosh)
Breathwork→ Tia James
Screenwriting→ Jennifer Silver
Other Workshops & Classes→ "Story," (Dean Batalli), Sitcom Intensive (Doug Smart),
Meisner (Jim Jarrett), Clarence Brown Theatre Acting Intensive (Carol Mayo-Jenkins, Terry Silver-Alford, Terry Weber),
TN Governor’s School for the Arts for Film → Sam Dalton, Spenser Fritz, Amanda Dillingham
Design → Katie Goodwin, Tom Willis, Jerome Wills
MASTER OF ARTS → SHAKESPEARE & CREATIVITY, The Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham
BACHELOR OF ARTS → THEATRE & CINEMA PERFORMANCE, Asbury University
BACHELOR OF ARTS → ENGLISH, Asbury University
DECISION HEIGHT → 📸 Isaac Harrison 💡 Donny Black 🎩 Kat Combs ⭐️ Melina Martinez, Delaney Hart, Haley Hulett, Naomi Friedman, Annie Eichellman