My Work
Creation, Cooperation, Leadership
Director, Freelance
2014-Present
Responsibilities include creating, discovering and pursuing professional directing opportunities, communicating a well-researched vision for each production to design and acting teams, and guiding rehearsal processes to a cohesive production.
Graduate Assistant, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
August 2018-August 2020
Responsibilities split between teaching Introduction to Performance classes and acting in HealthCAST patient simulations with the Department of Nursing. For the Department of Theatre and Dance, I created a writing intensive syllabus to teach students fundamentals of acting including confidence on stage, creating believable circumstances, pursuing objectives, and utilizing physical and vocal choices to create a psychologically motivated character. For the HealthCAST program I created believable characters from scenarios provided to me and improvised as those characters in simulations with Nursing students to teach basic empathy and communication skills as well as advanced palliative care techniques.
Assistant Coach of Speech and Drama, Milaca Public Schools
August 2015-August 2017
Responsibilities included creating a 1-2 hour after school lesson teaching acting and voice techniques, individual and group coaching of performances, organization of home and away competitions and festivals, and guiding the selection of performance materials for Fall and One-Act plays and individual student speeches.
Camp Instructor, GREAT Theatre
2016
Responsibilities included co-directing a short musical in one week (eight times over the summer), scheduling the week’s activities and rehearsals, creating engaging activities to teach acting, singing, and dancing skills, and addressing the needs of students seven to seventeen years old.
Resident Director and Stage Manager, Pioneer Place on 5th
2015-2017
Responsibilities included directing two productions each season, stage managing productions when needed, creating production and rehearsal schedules, coordinating communication between the theatre and bar/restaurant sides of the business, and other artistic advising when appropriate.
Actor, Granite City Radio Theatre with KVSC Radio
2015-2017
Responsibilities included writing, rehearsing, and performing original scripts for radio in a live-broadcast production each quarter.
Production Manager, Creative Ink. Theatre
2015-2017
Responsibilities included scheduling rehearsals and performances, booking performance venues, arranging travel, purchasing or creating all technical and design needs of productions, negotiating with talent, and directing and performing in traveling dinner-theatre productions.
Education
2020
Master of Fine Arts—University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa—Theatre: Acting/Directing
2014
Bachelor of Arts—St. Cloud State University—Theatre: Acting/Directing and Tech/Design
Honors and Awards
2020
Glenn Canon Excellence in Acting Award, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance
2020
Mānoa Opportunity Grant, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2019
Poʻokela Award for Directing: Dead Accounts, Hawaiʻi State Theatre Council
2019
Poʻokela Award for Ensemble Acting: Midsummer Night’s Bollywood Dream, Hawaiʻi State Theatre Council
2019
Friends of the Kennedy Theatre Scholarship
2013
Best Actor Award; St. Cloud State University Department of Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance
2012
Most Outstanding Student Award; St. Cloud State University Department of Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance
2011
Most Promising Rookie Award; St. Cloud State University Department of Theatre, Film Studies, and Dance
Productions: Directing
The Maids
by Jean Genet
November 2019
with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dead Accounts
by Theresa Rebeck
July 2018
with The Chaminade Collegiate Theatre Festival
Tony the Fantastic Fireman
by Malia Wessel
April 2018
with Late Night at UHM
Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play
by Lauren Wilson
Summer 2017
with Milaca High School for the American High School Theatre Festival
I Ought to be in Pictures
by Neil Simon
April 2017
with Pioneer Place on 5th
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project
Spring 2017
with Milaca High School, Minnesota State High School League State One-Act Play Festival Participant
Competition Piece
by John S. Wells
Fall 2016
with Milaca Junior High
The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
September 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Summer 2016
with Mille Lacs Area Players
Boeing Boeing
by Marc Comoletti
May 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
Bailey’s Irish Scream
by Roger Gerdin
2015
with Creative, Ink.
A Shayna Maidel
by Barbara Lebow
Spring 2015
with Milaca High School
Hamlet
November 2014
with St. Cloud State University
4H Club
by Sam Shepard
Spring 2013
with St. Cloud State University
Productions: Acting
* Denotes leading roles
Multiple Roles
Open Your Hearts Wide
by Marion Lyman-Mersereau
April 2020
with Playbuilders Hawaiʻi and Hawaiʻi Mission Houses, directed by Mark Branner and Will Haʻo
The Earl of Sandwich
The Way of a God
by Dennis Carol
January 2020
with Kumu Kahua Theatre, directed by Taurie Kinoshita
Leonato and Boraccio
Much Ado About Nothing
Summer 2019
with Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, directed by Jason Kanda
Otto
Indecent
by Paula Vogel
June 2019
with Open Home Performance Network and The Arts at Mark’s Garage, directed by Dr. Lurana O’Malley
*Jack Pinchwife
The Country Wife
by William Wycherley
April 2019
with Uinversity of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, directed by Stacy Ray
Bottom
A Midsummer Night’s Bollywood Dream
Adapted by Sai Bhatawadekar
February 2019
with University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, directed by Sai Bhatawadekar and Paul T. Mitri
Lady Eunice Wentworth
Murder at the Victorian Estate
October 2018
an Improvised Long-Form with Late Night at UHM, directed by Emily Steward
*Prof. Pearson
War of the Worlds
by Howard Koch
September 2018
with University of Hawaiʻi Theatre and Dance Association, directed by Kat Altman
Thompson
Dial M for Murder
by Frederick Knott
July 2018
with Hawaiʻi Theatre Center, directed by Paul T. Mitri
*Torvald
Nora
by Ingmar Bergman
April 2018
with University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, directed by Stacy Ray
Multiple Roles
Almost Maine
by John Cariani
November 2017
with Late Night at UHM, directed by Christopher Patrinos
*Sam Pandolfo
Wizard of Progress
March 2017
with Pioneer Place Theater, directed by Jay Terry
Multiple Roles
Granite City Radio Theatre
2015-2017
with KVSC Radio, directed by Jay Terry
Schaaf
A Month in the Country
by Ivan Turgenev
2016
with Theatre Novi Most, directed by Vladimir Rovinski
Buzz Windrip/Buck
It Can’t Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
2016
with KVSC Radio, directed by Carol Cooley
Oberon/Theseus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Summer 2016
with Mille Lacs Area Players
Darby McGillicuddy
Bailey’s Irish Scream
by Roger Gerdin
2015
with Creative, Ink.
Tyler Bumble
Bingo Mania!
by Roger Gerdin
2015
with Creative, Ink., directed by Roger Gerdin
Detective Murray
Grandma Got Run-dover by a Riendeer
by Roger Gerdin
December 2014
with Creative, Ink., directed by Roger Gerdin
Ole Jr.
Ole and Lena’s Wedding
by Roger Gerdin
Fall 2014
with Creative, Ink., directed by Roger Gerdin
Professor Quirrell
Almost a Very Potter Musical
Summer 2014
with Dramatic Action, directed by Lindsay Kay
Floating Head
American Dreaming
a devised piece
Spring 2014
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Jen Tudor and Carol Cooley
*Director Hummel
The Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg
October 2013
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Carol Cooley
*The Professor
The Lesson
by Eugene Ionesco
Spring 2013
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Jeffrey Bleam
Nils Krogstad
A Doll House
by Henrik Ibsen
Fall 2012
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Vladimir Rovinski
*Taro Kaja
Poison Sugar: An Evening of Kyogen
Fall 2012
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Brenda K. Wentworth
Charles/Audrey
As You Like It
June 2012
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Jeffrey Bleam
George Merry
Treasure Island
by Roger Gerdin
Summer 2012
with Creative Ink., directed by Roger Gerdin
*William Barfee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn
Summer 2012
with Dramatic Action, directed by Zachary Kulzer
Multiple Roles
Talking to Terrorists
by Robin Soans
Spring 2012
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Vladimir Rovinski
Gangster #1
The Drowsy Chaperone
by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
February 2012
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Jeffrey Bleam
*Tartaglia
The King Stag
by Carlo Gozzi
November 2011
with St. Cloud State Univseristy, directed by Carol Cooley
*Father Flynn
Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley
October 2011
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Brenda K. Wentworth
Dr. Zubritzky
Fools
by Neil Simon
Spring 2011
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dave Borron
Don Pedro
Much Ado About Nothing
Fall 2010
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Brenda K. Wentworth
Brom Bones
Sleepy Hollow
by Roger Gerdin
Summer 2010
with Creative, Ink., directed by Roger Gerdin
Productions: Assistant Directing and Related Responsibilities
Fight Director
Sueño
adapted by Jose Rivera
March 2020
with The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, directed by Robert Sanchez
AD and Dramaturg
The Good Person of Szechuan
by Bertolt Brecht
October 2018
with The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, directed by Ike Webster III
AD
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by Ken Ludwig
January 2018
with Mānoa Valley Theatre, directed by Rob Duval
AD
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
February 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th, directed by Lee Adams
Productions: Lighting Design
Laughing All the Way VI
December 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
by Edward Albee
February 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th, directed by Lee Adams
The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
September 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
Boeing Boeing
by Marc Comoletti
May 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
American Dreaming
devised by students at St. Cloud State University
Spring 2014
directed by Jen Tudor and Carol Cooley
Stop Kiss
by Diana Son
Spring 2013
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Vladimir Rovinsky
Productions: Stage Management
Mimes, Masks, and Miracles
September 2017
with Late Night at UHM
Laughing All the Way VI
December 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
by Edward Albee
February 2016
with Pioneer Place on 5th, directed by Lee Adams
Avenue Q
by Robert Lopez Jeff Marx
Spring 2014
with St. Cloud State University, directed by Dr. Jeffrey Bleam
Courses and Workshops taught
THEA 221: Introduction to Performance (Teacher of Record), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Students were introduced to the concept of performing through games and improvisation techniques, then slowly built a foundation of techniques stemming from Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, Stanislavsky, Richard Boleslavsky, Laban, and LeCoq to create a reality for themselves and their character in front of others. The class led to a performed monologue utilizing all of the techniques covered in the class to communicate a character’s wants and needs to the class. Taught two sections over four semesters, 2018-2020.
Introduction to Long-Form Improvisation, Co-Taught with Emily Steward
This workshop was a brief introduction to creating a unique Long-Form improvisation form, drawing from various existing Long-Forms (Harold, Armando Diaz, etc.) and our own personal experience in creating Murder at the Victorian Estate. Held at the KCACTF Region VII Festival, 2020.