Directing
OH, YOKO! by Meridith Friedman (Short Play)
Master Clash at Cafe Ambrosia - Evanston, IL :: 02/2009
MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill
Northwestern University Wallis Theater - Evanston, IL :: 01/2009
ELECTION DAY by Josh Tobiessen
Theater 7 of Chicago at Chicago Dramatists :: 08/2008
THE COUNTRY by Martin Crimp
Northwestern University Struble Theater - Evanston, IL :: 05/2008
NINE – ELEVEN by Suzan-Lori Parks (Digital Short Play)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 365 Days / 365 Plays - Chicago, IL :: 11/2007
HAMLET / THE HAMLET by Suzan-Lori Parks (Short Play)
Collaboraction for 365 Days / 365 Plays - Chicago, IL :: 1/2007
INTERROGATION by Brett C. Leonard (Short Play)
Collaboraction Sketchbook 6 - Chicago, IL :: 08/2006
*** Featured on WBEZ’s “Eight Forty-Eight”
40ISH by Wendy MacLeod (Short Play)
Bailiwick Directors' Festival - Chicago, IL :: 03/2006
DAWG by Laura Jacqmin (Short Play)
Around The Coyote Winter Festival - Chicago, IL :: 02/2006
THE FIVE INCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS.... by Dean Simakis (Short Play)
Collaboraction Sketchbook 4 - Chicago, IL :: 04/2004
BURN THIS by Lanford Wilson
Kenyon College Dance and Dramatic Club - Gambier, OH :: 03/2001
READINGS
THINGS LIKE A HOME by Ben Viccellio - Northwestern MFA Showcase at Steppenwolf :: 05/2009
THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRA-CHAMP by Austin Pressly - Northwestern MFA Showcase at Steppenwolf :: 05/2009
SWAMP BABY by Aaron Carter - The Side Project :: 01/2007
HAPPYSLAP by Laura Jacqmin - Victory Gardens :: 03/2006
Assistant Directing
WILLY WONKA by Roald Dahl, adapt. Bricusse/McDonald, dir. Joe Leonardo
Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Chicago, IL :: 06/2008
TROILUS & CRESSIDA by William Shakespeare, dir. Barbara Gaines
Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Chicago, IL :: 04/2007
TRUEBLINKA by Adam Rapp, dir. Anthony Moseley
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 11/2006
HAMLET by William Shakespeare, dir. Terry Hands
Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Chicago, IL :: 09/2006
THE ARGUMENT by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, dir. Jason Loewith (also performer)
Benefit Reading for Next Theatre Company - Evanston, IL :: 05/2006
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING by Don DeLillo, dir. Amy Morton
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Chicago, IL :: 05/2006
The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC :: 06/2006
*** Through an SDCF Observership
THE EARL by Brett Neveu, dir. Lance Baker
A Red Orchid Theatre - Chicago, IL :: 02/2006
OMNIUM GATHERUM by Thresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, dir. Jason Loewith
Next Theatre Company - Evanston, IL :: 11/2004
APOCALYPTIC BUTTERFLIES by Wendy MacLeod, dir. Kimberly Senior
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 07/2003
Adaptations & Devised Work
Creator and performer: GACY AS MAN
Northwestern University Toy Theater Festival - Evanston, IL :: 12/2009
Adaptor: HEINRICH HEINE, FRANCE, 1840, FRANCE, dir. Valerie Johnson
Collaboraction Sketchbook 6 - Chicago, IL :: 08/2006
*** Winner of The Fred Solari Award for Best Script (cash prize)
Adaptor and performer: BLADE RUNNER REVISITED, dir. Anthony Moseley
Collaboraction at Excalibur Nightclub - Chicago, IL :: 02/2004
Co-deviser: KRISIS: A theatrical tour through the mind of Franz Kafka
Collaboraction at West Grand Studios (original devised piece) - Chicago, IL :: 01/2004
Co-deviser: SUFFERING CITY
Collaboraction at The Haunting on Marcey Street (original devised piece) - Chicago, IL :: 10/2003
Other
Project Producer: 365 PLAYS / 365 DAYS, Suzan-Lori Parks Play Festival
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Chicago, IL :: 11/2007
Assistant to the Playwright: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts, dir. Anna D. Shapiro
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Chicago, IL :: 07/2007
Imperial Theatre - New York, NY :: 12/07
Script Assistant: INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, dir. Jessica Thebus
Northlight Theatre - Skokie, IL :: 09/2006
Directing Consultant: ZERO by Danny O'Connor
Breadline Theater - Chicago, IL :: 05/2006
Dramaturg: CASANOVA by David Greig
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 11/2005
Associate Producer, Submissions Manager: Sketchbook 5
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 06/2005
Assistant Playwriting Instructor: HOW TO TALK TO YOUR TEEN IN 90 MINUTES by The Ensemble
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Arts Exchange Cross-Town Program - Chicago, IL :: 05/2005
Dramaturg: GUINEA PIG SOLO by Brett C. Leonard
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 03/2005
Writing Mentor: ORIGINAL COPY by The Ensemble
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Arts Exchange Cross-Town Program - Chicago, IL :: 05/2004
Casting Associate: FAR AWAY by Caryl Churchill
Next Theatre Company - Evanston, IL :: 03/2004
Production Assistant: THE COSMONAUT'S LAST MESSAGE... by David Greig
Collaboraction - Chicago, IL :: 03/2003
Awards
Fred Solari Award for Best Sketch - HEINRICH HEINE, 1840, FRANCE, presented at Collaboraction's Sketchbook 2006 - judged Best Sketch by a panel of literary managers and dramaturgs from across the country (Alliance Theater, Actors' Theater of Louisville, Goodman Theater, etc.).
SDCF Observership - stipend plus travel expenses to assist Amy Morton on Don DeLillo's LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING at Steppenwolf Theater Company and at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Affiliations
Kenyon College - 2002 graduate, B.A., Political Science major
Northwestern University - MFA Directing Candidate (expected completion 06/10)
SSDC - Associate Member
Lincoln Center Directors' Lab - 2005 participant
Collaboraction - Company Member (01/04 - present)
Writers' Theatre - Administrative Assistant (10/04 - 12/05)
Chicago Dramatists - Administrative Assistant (11/06 - 2/07)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Script Reader (06/05 - 09/07), post-show discussion leader (03/07 - present)