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)
September-January 2025. Director, “FUnemployment” (original sketch show) with Second City Writing Program.
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025. Director, Ensemble Member: “IRRELEPHANT” (original sketch) at The Annoyance.
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.
2020
December 2020. Playing Ebenezer Scrooge & Stage Managing with Theatre in the Dark’s A Christmas Carol in the Dark, live online audio theatre.
October/November 2020. Directing, Stage Managing, Co-Adapting, and Co-Sound Designing Theatre in the Dark’s A War of the Worlds, live online audio theatre.
Spring/Summer 2020: Virtual Event Manager with Encore Worldwide, Burger King, TikTok, GATCE (contact for assistance with non-theatre virtual production work)
April 2020: Production Managing (Virtually!) with Gus Giordano Dance School’s Spring Virtual Dance Recitals.
Fall 2019 - March 2020. Assistant Directing with the Second City’s National Touring Company.
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020. Director with the Second City’s Advanced Directing Program.
Winter/Spring 2020. Production Managing with Red Tape Theatre’s production of Town Hall.
Winter/Spring 2020. Production Managing with A Red Orchid’s production of The Moors.
Jan 2020. Directing “Second City Archive Showcase”, featuring sketches spanning the sixty years of Second City history!