My Work

PhotosDirector's NotePuffs is for all the nerds who dreamed of saving the world. I am one of those nerds who grew up on science fiction and fantasy stories, pretending I was a warrior fighting monsters and going on grand adventures. If I had received an acceptance...

PhotosAbout the ShowBard in a Box is the Illinois Shakespeare Company's touring production company. We brought a 40-minute version of Romeo and Juliet to schools across central Illinois during the Spring of 2024.  We performed in a variety of locations (audioriums,...

PhotosAbout the ShowAfter Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate. I feel fortunate that I was able to direct Stop Kiss at Illinois State...

PhotosAbout the ShowPart of the MFA Directing Showcase at ISU. The Most Massive Woman Wins is challenging, brutal and hilarious. Four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The...

PhotosAbout the ShowSpringfield High Songleaders Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, rally together to entertain their classmates in four-part harmony. In Act 1, set in 1958, the young women explore the ups and downs of high school, friendships, boyfriends and the...

PhotosAbout the ShowStanding over a freshly dug open grave, Kylie reveals to her newly returned older sister Lala all that happened after Lala fled home to escape their father’s...

PhotosAbout the ShowThe Hoover family has seen better days. Richard, the father, is a floundering motivational speaker, Grandpa's been kicked out of his retirement home and Uncle Frank's been dumped by his boyfriend. Moody teenager, Dwayne, has taken a vow of silence,...

PhotosAbout the ShowWhen Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare their family from future embarrassment....

PhotosAbout the ShowMolly is pregnant and her boyfriend, Andrew, is overjoyed. But when Molly is diagnosed with hyperemesis (severe morning sickness) it becomes clear that Andrew and his parents are more concerned about the baby’s health than her own. And when Andrew...

About the ShowPremiered on Youtube: Sun Feb 20th at 9:10pm ET & Sun Feb 27th at 7:30pm ET In Crawlspaceblog, we meet Claire. She runs a super hip Airbnb for budding writers in a beautiful forest. She gets her coffee from the farmer’s market. She’s a good listener,...

PhotosAbout the ShowCommon Threads was a series of six different pieces devised by the ensemble of Looking for Lilith. Using prompts about the pandemic, the ensemble members participated in a series of “story circles” where they listened to stories and then devised a...

About the ShowIn March 2021, I joined the WTFringe Lab as part of the directing cohort. Led by Rowen Haigh, we learned collaborative directing techniques, ways to respect other artists boundaries, and ways to create an anti-racist rehearsal space. We then put what we...

About the ShowIn The Wifebeater in 5C three neighbors chat over Zoom during the pandemic. When they overhear a neighbor beating his wife they decide to do something about it. The play was part of Places! A Virtual Play Lab produced by Theatre Unmasked, an online...

About the ShowIn The Game, Life and Death play for the lives of Youth and the Girl. During the height of the pandemic, when so many lives were hanging in the balance, this seemed like a fitting play to produce. Questions of the cruelty of life and the injustice of...

About the ShowThe musical Little Women takes the beloved book by Louisa May Alcott and weaves beautiful music into it. As a fan of the book, I was excited to have the opportunity to direct the musical, but unfortunately it was not good timing. Rehearsals were under...