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DIRECTING

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 SELECT PRODUCTIONS 

• THAT POOR GIRL AND HOW HE KILLED HER  by Jen Silverman  // American Academy of Dramatic Arts // 2023 

• DOGS OF PEACE by Brett Wolfe // Post Theatre Company at LIU // 2023 

• BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA by Anna Ouyang Moench // Chester Theatre Company // 2022 

• AFFINITY by Alex Keegan and Rebecca Adelsheim, based on the novel by Sarah Waters // Yale Drama MFA Thesis // 2022  

• MANNING by Benjamin Benne // Yale Drama Carlotta Festival // 2021

• EXPATS ANONYMOUS by Rachel Chin // Yale Cabaret (Virtual, performers from Singapore, India, Malaysia, USA) // 2021

• MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare // Yale Drama // 2020

• COCK by Mike Bartlett // Yale Cabaret // 2020

• UHURU by Gloria Majule // Yale Drama Langston Hughes Festival // 2019

• AUNTIE VANYA by Reed Northrup // Ars Nova ANT Fest // 2019

• LENNY'S FAST FOOD KIDS GANG by Angie Jones // Yale Cabaret // 2019

• THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL by Sophie Netanel // SheNYC Festival at The Connelly Theatre // 2018

• THE MELTING POT by Carol Lashof // Everyday Inferno at Access Theatre  // 2018

• SHE KILLS MONSTERS by Qui Nguyen // Geva Fellowship at SUNY Brockport //  2017

• APLOMB created by Alex Keegan & Company // The Habitat // 2017

• LOST/NOT FOUND by Kirby Fields // UP Theater Company // 2017

• SHADES by Paula J. Caplan // Cherry Lane Theatre // 2016

• TOUGH by Margot Connolly // Williamstown Theatre Festival (Directing Studio) // 2016

• SELKIE by Krista Knight // Williamstown Theatre Festival (Directing Studio) // 2016

• PRIMARY by Gracie Gardner // Sanguine Theatre Company at IRT // 2016

• QUESTIONS FOR SNOWLESS CHILDREN by Sarah Ruhl // NYU Tisch—Atlantic Acting Studio // 2015

• KING SISYPHUS by Brian Quick // The Wild Project // 2015

• CLASS MOTHER by Rachel Mann // Hudson Guild Theatre // 2015

• THE COWARD by Kati Schwartz // Standard Toykraft and Next Stage Arts Project //  2014

• THE AMISH PROJECT by Jessica Dickey // Circuit Theatre Company // 2013

• DEAD CITY by Sheila Callaghan // Brown University //  2011

• HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel // Brown University // 2011

• INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine // Brown University // 2010

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SELECT WORKSHOPS   

• DIRECTING SHOWCASE // Rattlestick Theater // 2023

  • Featuring excerpts from Awful Disclosures by Alex Keegan, Quiz Out ​by Margot Connolly, Manning by Benjamin Benne, 
    Uhuru by Gloria Majule, Wolfcrush by Haygen-Brice Walker, and Aplomb created by Alex Keegan.  

• DREAM PHONE, by Margot Connolly // Rattlestick Theater // 2023 

• DYE HOUSE, by Minghao Tu // Rattlestick Theater // 2022 

• MAY DAY, a new musical, by Daniel Rudin and Abie Sidell // Signature Theatre //  2022 

• SADIE RIVER'S DRAG BALL ON THE LAWN, by Basil Kreimendahl // Rattlestick Theater //  2022

• MANNING by Benjamin Benne // Primary Stages at 59E59 // 2022 

• HELLO, WORLD by Margot Connolly // Ensemble Studio Theatre //  2020

• BLESSINGS by Gloria Majule // Yale Summer Cabaret // 2020

• STRAWBERRIES AT THE DATCHA by Gena Treyvus // MCC FreshPlay // 2019 

• BEST FRIENDS by Lilly Camp // NYU Tisch Goldberg Playwriting Prize and Theatre [Untitled] //  2017 & 2021

• GOOD OPPORTUNITY by Dominic Brunaccioni // O'Neill Young Playwrights Festival //  2019

• TUMBLEWEEDS by Julian Valgora // MCC FreshPlay //  2018

• MOLLY'S HAMMER by Tammy Ryan // Geva Theatre Center // 2017

• THE ORANGE INTERVAL by Karlo Yao // MCC FreshPlay // 2017

• DOLLFACE by Emily Daly // Rattlestick Theatre JAM // 2016

• A DYING BREED by Ianne Fields Stewart // Judson Memorial Church // 2016

• SPARE RIB by Winter Miller // The Civilians R&D Findings Series // 2015

• KIRK AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT HYATT by Krista Knight // The Civilians R&D Findings Series // 2015

• THE ONLY GOAL THAT MATTERS TO ANY RUNNING BOY by Zach Rufa // Dixon Place // 2015 

• ANATOMY OF A HUG by Kat Ramsburg // The Bechdel Group // 2014

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WRITING 

 

• AWFUL DISCLOSURES a riff on Awful Disclosures or The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed 

  • ​In 1836, Maria Monk wrote a confessional that sparked public hysteria on enduring psychological horror inside a convent. This play employs
    the text, framework, and public response surrounding Awful Disclosures to investigate similar questions of truth, organized religion and disinformation in
    Trump-era USA. Set in 2017 small town America, the adaptation considers what happens when an anonymous Twitter account starts reporting detailed accounts of mistreatment, maps, secret rooms, and other confessionals alleging abuse at a Conversion Therapy center on the outskirts of town. The account forces
    the town’s populace to reckon with the way in which religion has been warped in conversion therapy to justify mistreatment of queer youth.

  • Finalist, The Orchard Project Adaptation Lab 2022 

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• AFFINITY based on the novel by Sarah Waters, co-adapted with Rebecca Adelsheim

  • ​Restless and bereft in Victorian England, Margaret Prior finds herself at Millbank Women's Prison as a “lady visitor.”With a furtive flash of violet, 
    Margaret’s world spins wildly out of control as is entranced by a new language of séances and queer influences. Part romance, part ghost story,
    Affinity examines one woman's quest for connection, liberty, and even love, in a strait-laced society.

  • MFA Thesis Production: Yale Drama, 2022
     

• APLOMB created with a devising company of artists   

  • ​Amidst pounding chaos, Hayden has a dissociative panic attack at a rave where she knows no one. In the wake of an anxiety disorder diagnosis,
    Aplomb explores how Hayden must re-frame her sense of self upon realizing she's been perceiving the world through a distorted lens.

  • Workshop Production: The Habitat, 2017 

  • New York Theatre Workshop Adelphi Residency, 2017 
     

• VESPERS (short film) 

  • ​In 2002, upstate New York, twelve-year-old Natalie delights in spending sacred hours before she acolytes, reading, talking,
    playing Pokemon, gossiping, and dreaming with twelve-year-old Mariah, within the warm safety of the vestry closet.

  • Currently in pre-production 

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FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/AFFILIATIONS

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• SDC,  Associate Member, 2016-present 

• RATTLESTICK THEATER, Directing Fellow, 2022-2023

• NEW GEORGES JAM, Member, 2023-2025 

• ROUNDABOUT DIRECTORS GROUP, Member of Cohort 3, 2021-2022 

• YALE SUMMER CABARET, Artistic Director, 2020

• ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE / SLOAN PROJECT, New Play Commission Recipient, 2019

• MIDDLE VOICE COMPANY AT RATTLESTICK THEATER, Member, 2016-2019

• NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP, Adelphi Residency, 2017

• THE DRAMA LEAGUE, First Stage Artist Residency, 2017

• GEVA THEATRE CENTER, Directing Fellow, 2017

• THE HABITAT DIRECTORS PLAYGROUND, Member, 2015-2017

• WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL, Directing Assistant, 2016

• LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB, Lab Member, 2015

• THE CIVILIANS R&D GROUP, Member, 2014-2015

• WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL, Directing Intern, 2014

• 24 HOUR PLAYS NATIONALS, Member, 2013

• THE CIVILIANS, Artistic Assistant, 2013

• WP THEATER, Artistic Intern, 2012-2013

• NEW DRAMATISTS, Intern, 2013
   

 

TEACHING / EDUCATIONAL DIRECTING

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• WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater, 2023

  • Courses Taught: Directing II; The Actor's Experience ​

• YALE YOUNG GLOBAL SCHOLARS, Instructor in the Literature, Philosophy, and Culture Division, 2021 & 2022

  • Courses Taught: Introduction to Directing; (Re) define (Ab) normal: Mental Illness' Dramatization​

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, Guest Director, 2023

• LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY/CW POST, Guest Director, 2022-2023

• NEW VOICES IN THEATER AT YALE UNIVERSITY, Co-Leader of High School Playwriting Program, 2019-2022 

• YALE SUMMER DIRECTING PROGRAM, Program Assistant, 2019

• MCC YOUTH COMPANY, Guest Director for FreshPlay, 2017-2019

• O'NEILL THEATER CENTER YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, Guest Director, 2014 & 2019

• SUNY BROCKPORT, Guest Director, 2017

• NYU TISCH—ATLANTIC ACTING STUDIO, Guest Director, 2015

• THE SPENCE SCHOOL, Guest Director, 2015

• WRITOPIA LAB WORLDWIDE PLAYS FESTIVAL, Guest Director, 2013-2015 

• NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE, Guest Director for Advanced Playwrights Week, 2012

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SELECT ASSISTANT DIRECTING

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• GIRLS by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, dir. by Lileana Blain-Cruz // Yale Repertory Theatre

• YELL: A DOCUMENTARY OF MY TIME HERE by Jeremy O. Harris, dir. by Jecamiah Ybañez // Yale Drama 

• BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE by Clare Barron, dir. by Howard Shalwitz // Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

• ROMANCE NOVELS FOR DUMMIES by Boo Killebrew, dir. by Moritz von Stuelpnagel // Williamstown Theatre Festival

• A GREAT WILDERNESS by Samuel D. Hunter, dir. by Eric Ting // Williamstown Theatre Festival

• THE DIXON FAMILY ALBUM by Andrew Butler and Anna Kerrigan, dir. by Jordan Fein // Williamstown Theatre Festival

• THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES by Kooman & Dimond, dir. by Gabriel Barre // O'Neill NMTC

• BURNT UMBER by Erik Ehn, dir. by Mia Rovegno // La Mama ETC

• ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT by Keith Reddin, dir. by Mark Wing-Davey // O'Neill NPC

• 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY by Various, dir. by Ari Edelson // American Airlines Theater 

 

EDUCATION 

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• YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, MFA in Directing

  • Julian Milton Kaufman Memorial Prize for Directing

  • artEquity trainings, Facilitation for Social Change and Beyond Diversity: Practicing Equity and Inclusion​

• BROWN UNIVERSITY, BA with Honors, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies and English 

  • Weston Award for Excellence in Directing

  • Robinson Potter Dunn Premium for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Arts 

  • Honors Thesis on Mental Illness' Dramatization on the Contemporary Stage

• THE NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE, Theatermakers Directing Program

 

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