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)
Apr 2022 - Present. Director, Writer, Executive Producer—HONOR THE GOVERNOR’S HONOR, original short film.
Aug 2022 - Present. Producing—BIO-DAD (original audio play) by Julian joolz Stroop with A Theater in the Dark.
Summer. Directing, Producing—IRRELEPHANT (original sketch revue) with The Annoyance.
2024
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!
2019
August - November 2019. Directing and co-producing Three Stories Up // Theatre in the Dark by Mackenzie Gordon.
a noir mystery performed entirely in the dark…
You read that right. It’s an in-the-dark experience you don’t want to miss, coming to Chicago October 24 through November 9.
Fall 2019. Sound Designing / Foley Artist for Three Stories Up // Theatre in the Dark
June-August. Stage Managing for Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang with Eclipse Theatre Company.
August. Adapting excerpts from Crime and Punishment for Theatre Above the Law’s 2nd Annual Adaptation Festival.
July. Directing “24 Hour Playfest” with Eclectic Full-Contact Theatre.
March-June. Assistant Director/ Dramaturg/ Dialect Coach for MIdwestern premiere of Sweet Texas Reckoning by Traci Godfrey for Artemisia Theatre.
April. Sound Designing for world premiere of The Secret of the Biological Clock by Andie Arthur for Eclectic Full-Contact Theatre.
March-April. Directing/Playwriting/Artistic Producing Murder! at The Strand II: Dark Matters, an interactive commission from the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre (GA).
Jan-Feb. Stage Managing I Know My Own Heart by Emma Donaghue with Pride Films and Plays.
2018
Dec 2018-Feb 2019. Stage Managing for I Know My Own Heart by Emma Donaghue with Pride Films and Plays.
December. Directing and producing Mark Twain’s The Man That Corrupted Christmas with Inertia Theatre Project.
December. Directing for Eclectic Full Contact Theatre's 24-Hour Playfest.
October 2018. Accepted into Second City's Conservatory program at The Second City Training Center (Chicago).
October. Directing and producing Acting/Directing Showcase of Daniel Glenn's THE LAKES at Stage 773's "The Cab".
October. Accepted into Second City Training Center Conservatory Program.
September. The Suzi Bass Awards, Atlanta's annual theatre awards, has announced its nominees for the 2017-2018 season. Corey was involved with two shows nominated for major awards:
Candide at Alliance Theatre was nominated for four Suzis including OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION--MUSICAL
Perfect Arrangement at Theatrical Outfit was nominated for three Suzis including OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION--PLAY and OUTSTANDING ACTING ENSEMBLE--PLAY
September. Submitting production concept for Charles Gonoud's Romeo et Juliette as Project Lead (director) for Opera America's Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase. Design team: Beca Lake (Scenic), Jacquelyn Loy (Costume), Mateo Morris (Lighting).
September. Received commission for Murder! at The Strand II: Dark Matters, and interactive inter-dimensional murder mystery.
August-October. Enrolled in "Improv for Actors" and "Directing Sketch Comedy" classes at The Second City (Chicago).
August. Directing "The Baphomet Contessa" by Jack von Albade in iO Chicago's 24 Hour PlayFest.
June. Published article "Seven Lessons Learned from Creating an Immersive Theatrical Whodunit" for Howlround.com. Explores some of what went into the creative process of creating 2018's Murder! at The Strand.
June. Stage Managing FSOP conference with Coca-Cola Corporate.
May/June. Performing as Theseus/Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Rick Lombardo, dir.) with Shakespeare Kennesaw's inaugural season.
May/June. Directing remount production of Murder! at The Strand: the Encore, an 'immersive theatrical whodunit' from the Earl & Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta, GA.
May. Producing & directing workshop + staged reading of Daniel Glenn's But all the other boys are going to the public execution, a new play. Produced in part through an IDEA Capital grant.
April-May. Directing observer for Bernstein's Candide, a co-production between Alliance Theatre & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Susan Booth, Director; Robert Spano, Music Director).
March-April. Directing & playwriting Murder! at The Strand, an 'immersive theatrical whodunit' from Marietta's Earl & Rachel Smith Strand Theatre. https://earlsmithstrand.org/event/murder-at-the-strand/
March. Participating in Timothy Douglas' directing masterclass @ Alliance Theatre.
March. Moderating two Downtown Dialogue events with Theatrical Outfit's Perfect Arrangement, one with Dave Hayward (Touching Up Our Roots, Atlanta's LGBT History Project) & Cathy Woolard (former Atlanta City Council President)
February-March. Assistant Directing & Dramaturg for Theatrical Outfit's Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne. (Adam Koplan, dir.) http://www.theatricaloutfit.org/shows/perfect-arrangement/
February. Participating in Kimberly Senior's "Point of View" directing masterclass @ Alliance Theatre.
February. Directing Courtroom Drama CLE: A Creative Look at Ethics Through Comedic Plays at Actor's Express. Co-production between AE, Working Title Playwrights, and GA Lawyers for the Arts.
January. Stage Managing for Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
January. Assistant Directing Alliance Theatre's Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey, directed by Susan Booth and hosted by the Atlanta History Center. http://alliancetheatre.org/production/2017-18/native-guard
January. Awarded IDEA Capital Grant for workshop + staged reading of But all the other boys are going to the public execution by Daniel Glenn
January. Leading Corporate Improv Training Seminar for REMAXX Pure with Earl & Rachel Smith Strand Theatre.