Director- Selected Productions Echoes in the Garden- Ross G. Hewitt, American Bard Theatre The Midwood Miracle- Deborah Karpel, Pangea NYC & Touring Wishing You Were Here- Elizabeth Klemmer, Emerging Artists Theater Martin Denton, Martin Denton- Chris Harcum, Elephant Run District Dirt- Ciara Ni'Chuirc, Tiny Rhino Untitled Play about White Supremacy- Amina Henry, NY Madness Trifles- Susan Glaspell, American Bard Theatre The People- Susan Glaspell, American Bard Theatre Might Good Company- Tim Nolan, Present Tense Theater Hindsight- Audrey Webb,Articulate Theatre Co. Help Me Mary- Bethie Fowler, Project Y Theater Beth- Ciara Ni'Chuirc, Project Y Theater Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace- Kelly Zekas, Articulate Theatre Co./Project Y Theater Hedda Gabler- Henrik Ibsen (Adaptation by Preston Lane), Gilbert Theatre The Poll Tax Matter- Dan Evans, Metropolitan Playhouse Office Politics- Marcy Lovitch, Longview Theatre There’s Iron in Your Future- Mindy Pfeffer, NYC Estrogenius Festival Bryan & Kim- Adam Delia, Cabrini Reparatory American Gun Show (Two Lovely Black Eyes) - Chris Harcum, Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Elephant Calf - Bertolt Brecht, Elephant Run District In Search of Justice- Bertolt Brecht, Elephant Run District The Exception and the Rule- Bertolt Brecht, Elephant Run District Another Train- Judith Leora, NYM/HERE Arts Center The Maltinsky Cycle- Maria Elena Torres, DQT/SOHO Playhouse Arab Spring/Revolution 2.0- Paco Madden, Occupy the Empty Space Rabbit Island- Chris Harcum, Elephant Run District We Haven’t Told Anyone About This- Chris Harcum, Elephant Run District Tonight Is Kind Special- Michael Birch, ArtEffects Theatre Co. Green- Chris Harcum, Elephant Run District Jump- Cusi Cram, Primary Stages/ESPA Details- Nora Vetter, ArtEffects Theatre Co. Burden Me- Michael Weems, Phare Play Productions
Director- Selected Staged Readings & Workshops Term Limits- Mrinalini Kamath, Queens Arts Council Zelda & Scott- Bethie Fowler, Elephant Run District Fiddlers- Lisa Huberman, Mission to (dit)Mars Let There Be Love- Mrinalini Kamath, Queens Theater Stoopdreamers- Pat Fenton, Amen to That Productions Midwood Miracle- Deborah Karpel, Emerging Artists Theater American Tour Guide- Alisa Zebrina, Emerging Artists Theater Might Good Company- Tim Nolan, Present Tense Theater The Jinx Tamer- Mac Rogers, Judson Arts Ah, Wilderness!- Eugene O'Neill, American Bard Theater *A Funny Thing Happened...Halley Feiffer, Guild Hall, East Hampton The Hydra- Tyler Rivenbark, Mission to (dit)Mars La Tempestad- Larry Loebell, The Treehouse Theatre How to Bury a Saint- Janice Maffei, The Westside Theater, NYC Electra- Sophocles, Southampton University All My Sons- Arthur Miller, Karen Kohlhaas's Directing Intensive The Devil in Miss Spelvin- Chris Harcum, ERD/The Living Theatre Uncle Vanya (Site Specific)- Anton Chekhov, Primary Stages/ESPA As You Like It (Site Specific)- William Shakespeare, Primary Stages/ESPA The Cottage- Daisy Foote, Primary Stages/ESPA The Law of Return- Martin Blank, ArtEffects Theatre Co.
Director- Podcasts Self/Same- Ciara Ni'Chuirc, Elephant Run District Sex & Charitable Giving- Lisa Huberman, Elephant Run District
Other Experience
The Heir Apparent, Assistant Director to John Rando at Classic Stage Company
Adjudicator, The Princess Grace Awards for Playwrighting
The Tribute Artist, tech assistant and sound board op for Primary Stages
Artistic & Literary Assistant, Primary Stages
Instructor, Imagination & Staging for New York Educational Theatre Festival and for the NY Thespian Society
Acting Director, The League of Independent Theater
Artistic Director and Founder- Elephant Run District
Elephant Run District is a collective devoted to challenging expectations, inspiring dialogue and creating long-lasting memories. Key Initiatives of ERD’s three year history include Stampede Lab, a curated evening of independent theatre works where artists from off-off’s heritage mix with the people making it happen today, and Brecht in the Park, free outdoor performances in the northern section of Central Park, bridging the early 20th Century works with the contemporary issues affecting the community. Partnering organizations include The Living Theatre, Judson Memorial Church, The NAACP and The International Brecht Society.
Education
MFA in Directing, Southampton Arts- 2014
SITI Company Training- Intermediate
Workshops in Boal, Viewpoints, Suzuki and Michael Chekhov techniques
Master classes with Kim Wield, Karen Kohlhaas, Nick Mangano, Marsha Norman, Rinde Eckert, and Joanna Merlin
*Full Title- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynocologic Oncology Unit at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City