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)