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 I specialize in theatre for young audiences, historical reference pieces and uniquely creative takes on classic tales.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