ONGOING/UPCOMING Projects:
Producing Artistic Director with Chicago’s A Theater in the Dark (2019-Present)
Director, Faculty Member with the Second City Training Center (Chicago, 2021-present)
2025
November. Director/Ensemble Member: “IRRELEPHANT: Stuffed’, (original sketch) at The Annoyance.
November. IRRELEPHANT sketch comedy performs at inaugural Sketchfest Chicago.
November. Official Selection: Honor the Governor’s Honor—Route 66 Film Festival
September. WINNER! “Best Comedy”, Honor the Governor’s Honor—Chicago Shorts
Summer. WINNER! “Best Picutre”, “Best Comedy”, “Best Actor” & “Best Actress”, “Best Cinematography”, “Best Music”—Honor the Governor’s Honor, Southern Shorts Awards Film Festival
February-March. Director, Ensemble Member: “IRRELEPHANT” (original sketch) at The Annoyance.
September-January 2025. Director, “FUnemployment” (original sketch show) with Second City Writing Program.
2024
December. “Award of Excellence” for “Honor the Governor’s Honor” (short film) from 2024 Canada Shorts Film Festival.
August. “Honorable Mention” for “Honor the Governor’s Honor” (short film) from 2024 Cindependent Film Festival.
July. Directing, Co-Producing, Writer/Ensemble Member for IRRELEPHANT, an original sketch revue. The Annoyance Mainstage.
Aug 2023 - June 2024. Producing—BIO-DAD (original audio play) by Julian joolz Stroop with A Theater in the Dark.
Apr 2023 - June 2024. Director, Writer, Executive Producer—HONOR THE GOVERNOR’S HONOR, original short film.
WINNER! “Best Sound Design”, A Murder in the Court of Xanadu with A Theater in the Dark—2023 Chicago BroadwayWorld Award
Jan. Directing—Penny for Your Intrusive Thoughts (original sketch revue) with Second City Writing Program.
2023
Dec 2022 - Nov 2023. Producer, Host with “A Matter of 5 Things” comedy podcast
Oct. Directing, Producing—The White City: live immersive staged readings at Chicago’s historic Glessner House.
Jan - June. Production Managing—Pretty Shahid with Jackalope Theatre Company.
Jan-March. Directing—The White City: an Audible Exhibition on H.H. Holmes, Murderer (audio play) with A Theater in the Dark
February. Nominee: Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago 2022: Best Digital Content (Theatre)—A Theater in the Dark’s A Murder in the Court of Xanadu.
January. Directing “A Spoonful of Cynicism” (original sketch revue) with Second City Training Center.
2022
October-November. Directing & Playwriting A Murder in the Court of Xanadu (audio play) with A Theater in the Dark.
WINNER! “Best Production—Play (Midsize)”—A Red Orchid Theatre (Equity Jeff Awards)
5 total wins, including 3 Design awards
September-October. Directing A Virgin Death as an independent showcase at Athenaeum Theatre.
June-July. Directing A Matter of Red Herrings (audio play) with A Theater in the Dark.
March-April. Production Managing with A Red Orchid Theatre’s production of LAST HERMANOS.
February. Directing Leah Roth Barsanti’s ANY for Eclectic Full-Contact Theatre’s Patchwork One-Act Play Festival.
Fall ‘21 - March ‘22—Production Managing with A Red Orchid Theatre’s production of THE MOORS.
WINNER! “Best Director”—SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT (BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards)
WINNER! “Best Production (in-person)”—SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT (BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards)
2021
December. Lead Acting Intensive with The Second City Training Center.
November. Casting, producing, and directing fall workshops of three new audio plays for A Theater in the Dark.
October. Director & Co-Adapter of A Theater in the Dark’s updated A WAR OF THE WORLDS.
August-November. Production Managing with Red Tape Theater’s hybrid stage/livestream production of MY NAME IS INANNA.
July-August. Directing SHIPWRECKED! with Oil Lamp Theater as part of its outdoor summer “Season Under the Stars”.
June. WINNER—CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD (Best Audio Production, Best Sound Mixing, Best Performances). A WHITE WHALE, OR: MOBY DICK for 2021 Atlanta Audio Fringe Festival.
April. Adapting & Directing A WHITE WHALE, OR: MOBY DICK, live online audio theatre with Theatre in the Dark.