I’ve been working in the theatre, dance and opera world for over 25 years. I’m a director, choreographer, designer, writer, and performer. I’ve worked in venues of all sizes from small store-front spaces, to large Broadway houses, to international opera arenas and everything in between. I specialize in theatre for young audiences, historical reference pieces and uniquely creative takes on classic tales. I’m currently honored to be serving as the Executive Artistic Director of Nashville Children’s Theatre.

Director/Choreographer

Seussical (TYA) (Director/Choreographer)- Nashville Children’s Theatre

Charlotte’s Web (Director/Choreographer)- Nashville Children’s Theatre

Matilda (Director/Choreographer)- Highland Park Players

Rent, in concert (Director/Choreographer)- Highland Park Players (postponed due to Covid)

The Wizard of Oz (Director/Choreographer)- Big Noise Theatre (Especially For Kids), Des Plaines, IL

“Tales & Fables” (Director/Choreographer)- Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY

Cabaret (Assoc. Director/Choreographer)- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Love/Sick (Director/ Intimacy Director)- Parker Players, Barrington, IL

Grease, School Edition (Director/ Intimacy Director)- Metropolis School of Performing Arts

Legally Blonde (Director/ Intimacy Director)- Stevenson High School

A Year with Frog & Toad (Director)- Nashville Children’s Theatre

Dr. Seuss at the Opera, A TYA concert (Director)- Skokie Theatre

“Fancy Pants Cabaret” (Director)- Green Room 42, NYC

The Wedding Singer (Director)- Music on Stage, Palatine, IL

The Raven (Director/Adaptor)- Illinois Wesleyan University Directing Showcase

A Christmas Carol (Co-Director/Adaptor)- Moving Bench Theatre & Chicago Public Library

Amadeus (Co-Director/Intimacy Director)- Parker Players

Don’t Dress for Dinner (Assist. Director)- Theatre D, Deerfield, IL

Shout! The Mod Musical (Choreographer)- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Footloose (Choreographer)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

Urinetown (Choreographer)- Metropolis School of Performing Arts

The Prom (Choreographer)- SHS Patriot Theatre Company, Lincolnshire, IL

“Run! Run!” (Choreographer)- Phoenix Theatre, Bloomington, IL

42nd Street (Assoc. Choreographer)- Illinois Wesleyan University

Scheherazade (Movement Director)- Phoenix Theatre, Bloomington, IL

Designer

The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham… (Writer/Designer/Producer)- Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago

Don’t Dress for Dinner (Production Designer)- Theatre D, Deerfield, IL

A Christmas Carol (Production Designer)- Moving Bench Theatre, Chicago, IL

Guys & Dolls (Costume Designer)- Sierra Repertory Theatre, Sonora, CA

“Caffeinated” & “Bolero” (Costume Designer)- Keigwin & Company at the Joyce Theatre, NYC

Splendid’s (Costume Designer)- Stella Adler Studio, NYC

The Tempest (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium

Hamlet (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium

The Maids (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium

Full Circle (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium

Twelfth Night (Costume Designer)- Green Stick Theatre Company, Chicago

Aces (Costume Designer)- Signal Ensemble Theatre, Chicago

Motion (Costume Designer)- Signal Ensemble Theatre, Chicago

Plough and the Stars (Costume Designer)- Tisch School of the Arts

A Doll’s House (Costume Designer)- Tisch School of the Arts

Our Country’s Good (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University

Three Sisters (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University

Blood Brothers (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University

American Idiot (Costume Artisan)- St. James Theatre, Original Broadway Production

Performer

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson: Apt 2B (Irene Adler/ Lucy Drebber/ Mrs. Hudson)- WIT Nashville

Nunsense (Sister Mary Hubert)- Up and Coming Theatre

Clue (Mrs. Peacock)- Kirk Players

The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham… (Lydia Pinkham)- Moving Bench Theatre

A Christmas Carol (Marley/Mrs. Cratchit)- Moving Bench Theatre

The Wild Party (Madeline True)- Piven Theater

Heathers (Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom)- Oakton Performing Arts

Inherit the Wind (Judge)- Theatre D, Deerfield

Kiss Me Kate (Gangster 1/dance captain)- Big Noise Theatre

Seussical (Mrs. Mayor)- Big Noise Theatre

Dragons Love Tacos (Dragon/Person in Suit US)- Big Noise Theatre

Spamalot (Patsy/dance captain)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

Big, the Musical (Mrs. Baskin/dance captain)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

The Music Man (Mrs. Paroo)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

Oliver! (Mrs. Sowerberry/Old Sally)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Rowena/featured dancer)- Wilmette Center for the Arts

Pnkalicious (Dr. Wink/featured dancer)- Highland Park Players

A Fairy Tale Adventure (Ugly Duckling/Swan Ballerina)- Highland Park Players

Bicycle Day (world premier) (The Witch/The Moon)- Annoyance Theatre Chicago

Cubicle (world premier) (Brenda Flickshagen)- Theatre Nebula

Oklahoma (Ensemble/featured dancer)- Glenview Theatre Guild

Teaching Experience

Clearbrook on Cue- Theatre for Students with Disabilities, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Resident Theatre Instructor: Directing & Design Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY

Resident Designer/Instructor: Northwestern Univ., National High School Institute

Stage Makeup for Actors: NYU, Tisch School of the Arts

Guest Artist & keynote speaker: Chicago Area Arts Appreciation Day, 2008

Instructor: Actor’s Toolbox Improv Playhouse

Instructor: Theatre Arts Tamarak Summer Program

Instructor: Musical Theatre Great Lakes Summer Program

Teacher/Choreographer McLean County Dance Academy

Teacher/Choreographer Dance Connection, Grayslake

Education

BFA, Theatre Arts. Illinois Wesleyan University

MFA, Design for Stage & Film, NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Additional Workshops, Seminars, Conferences

Theatre Intimacy Best Practices- Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE)

Theatrical Intimacy Core Foundations- Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE)

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders- BLUE EQ

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Conference- MRA

The Next Normal; Ideas for the Future of the Performing Arts- Peabody Institute

Cultural Equity Learning Community- Americans for the Arts

Bridging the Gap; African American Design for the Theatre- Paramount Theatre

Accessible & Adaptive Arts for All- A Squared Arts

Sensory Friendly Performances- A Squared Arts

TYA USA Conference- Atlanta, GA 2026

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

-Oscar Wilde

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Mother Goose

Nashville Children’s Theatre, Snuggery Series. August, 2026

Director

A Year with Frog & Toad

Nashville Children’s Theatre. September, 2026

Director

A,B,C… What Do You See?

Nashville Children’s Theatre, Snuggery Series. January, 2027

Writer & Director