Directing Resume
Productions
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Director |
Shakespeare |
Paragon/Theatre Royal |
| Nebula |
Director |
Devised |
Scottish Youth Theatre |
| Pullman Project |
Director |
Devised |
Equus Projects Onsite NYC |
| The Magic Shoe Shop |
Director |
Devised |
Scottish Youth Theatre |
| Scenes Unseen |
Director |
DC Jackson/Douglas Maxwell/Sue Glover |
New Inck/Tron Theatre |
| Reprise- Home Away Festival |
Director |
Devised |
National Theatre of Scotland/ASC |
| The Penitent/Gold Dust |
Director |
Alex Cox/Ros Borland |
Tron 100 Festival |
| Unsung Heroes- Granite Project |
Co-Director |
Devised |
National Theatre of Scotland |
| Worthy |
Director |
Dani Bryant |
Adventure Stage Chicago |
| House in the Wood |
Director |
Tom Arvetis |
Glitterball, Chicago |
| Nattdans pa Hovdala |
Associate Artist |
JoAnna Mendl Shaw |
Klinten Kultur, Sweden |
| The Tin Forest |
Associate Artist |
Simon Sharkey |
National Theatre of Scotland |
| Turfed |
Associate Artist |
Renato Rocha & Keziah Serreau |
LIFT Festival, London |
| Better Now |
Director |
Sarah Rose Graber |
Knife & Fork/Abbie Fest |
| Bravery: A Clown Show |
Director |
Trailblazers |
Adventure Stage Chicago |
| Chicago’s Weird, Grandma- “The Christmas Monster” |
Director |
Dinora S. from Columbia Explorer’s Academy |
Barrel of Monkeys |
| 2nd Story “True Lies: Stories of Deception” |
Director |
Elizabeth Duszynski, Cyn Vargas, Parker Stockman, Rebecca Anderson |
Underground Wonderbar |
| STUFF: A Curious Collection |
Director |
Trailblazers/Sandy Asher |
Adventure Stage Chicago |
| Hey! Dancin’! |
Director |
Mike Beyer and Kirk Pynchon |
The Factory Theater |
| 2nd Story “Up the Ladder and Down the Rabbit Hole” |
Director |
Eric May, Susan Payne, Maria Kulp, JC Aevaliotis |
Webster’s Wine Bar |
| Trapped in a Box |
Director |
Casey Pilkenton |
CIC Theatre |
| Peter Pan: The Musical |
Director |
Piers Chater-Robinson |
Metropolis PAC |
| The Chronicles of Narnia |
Assistant Director |
Joseph Robinette |
Metropolis PAC |
| Holes |
Director |
Louis Saachar |
House in the Wood |
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*Recipient of the CIRA grant and Program in the Study of the Imagination Grant
Staged Readings
| Tandem Writing Collective |
Director |
Amy Hawes, Jennifer Adam, Mahri Quinn |
Tron |
| Gold Dust |
Director |
Ros Borland |
Inmotion/Playwrights’ Studio Scotland |
| Solas Playwriting Competition |
Curator/Director |
Heloise Thual & Stacey Lane |
Solas Festival, Perth |
| The Purple Heart |
Director |
Jeff Jenkins |
Chicago Dramatists Play Festival |
| Car or Quince? |
Director |
Susan Lieberman |
Chicago Dramatists Play Festival |
| City of Ember |
Director |
Merissa Shunk |
Adventure Stage Chicago |
| The Gray Girl |
Director |
Colin Milroy |
The Factory Theater |
| Johnny Theatre |
Director |
Mike Beyer and Kirk Pynchon |
The Factory Theater |
Web Series
| Pop Culture Shock |
Sarah Rose Graber/Casey Pilkenton |
Brayton Productions |
Education, Workshops, and Training
Northwestern University: Department of Theatre, Thesis in Performance Studies, BS 2005
UK Fulbright 2013-14, Devising Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England
Circumnavigator Grant Recipient: “Theatre for Social Change Around the World” 2004 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London: Summer Acting Certificate 2003
The Green Room – On Camera Acting: David Murphy & Sean Bradley
– Acting: Frank Galati, Cindy Gold & Lloyd Trott
– Storytelling: Rives Collins
– Directing: Craig Kinzer