Current + Upcoming Projects
Scandal music video, written and performed by Astrachan
Director + Animator
The School for Lies by David Ives, Clark University
Director
Untitled Collaboration with Fifi Knifefight
Scandal music video, written and performed by Astrachan
Director + Animator
The School for Lies by David Ives, Clark University
Director
Untitled Collaboration with Fifi Knifefight
Past Projects
DIRECTING (full productions + projects)
Mary's Dark Christmas by Hayley Spivey, with music + lyrics by Abbie Goldberg + Aaron Goodwin, Independent Project
Director + Editor
Study for a Shrine Designed to be Demolished (part of The Masculinity Project), Artists' Theatre of Boston
Creator
Produced by Maurice Palmer
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, MIT Shakespeare Ensemble
Adapter + Director
all_lure_lie_row: 3 Dresses, 6 Deaths by Andrew Child based on Allerleirauh by the Brothers Grimm + Dear Dawn edited by Lisa Kester & Daphne Gottlieb, Independent Instagram Installation
Creator + Director
The Legend of Ghost Girl by Hayley Spivey, with music + additional lyrics by Alissa Voth (part of Tales from Camp Strangewood), Sparkhaven Theatre
Director + Puppet Designer
True Crime, True Punishment: Who Murdered Marie-Joelle? by Andrew Child, Living Room Fest
Creator + Director
Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, North End Music and Performing Arts Center
Director of Movement
Directed by Brenda Huggins, Conducted by Tiffany Chang
(Cancelled Performance due to Concerns with COVID-19)
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, adapted by John Kane, Harold Arlen, and E.Y. Harburg, Family Performing Arts Center
Director + Choreographer
Puppet Designer with Sara Kenney
Laika based on the chapbook by Cat Dossett, Commissioned by the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Director + Designer
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, Brandeis University (Senior Thesis)
Director + Designer
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Nemasket River Productions in Association with the Oliver Mill Estate
Director + Choreographer
The Most Excellent and Lamentably P.C. but Incompleat Tragedy of Shakespeare's Womyn (Without a Single Reference to Lady Macbeth); or What You Will by William Shakespeare; compiled by Sara Kenney, Brandeis University (Senior Festival)
Director + Designer
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Nemasket River Productions in Association with the Oliver Mill Estate
Director + Choreographer (musical theatre)
A Little Princess or What Happened at Miss Minchin's by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Artists from Suburbia
Director + Adapter + Choreographer (traditional)
Puppet + Mask Designer with Joe Wood
Peter & Wendy based on the story by J.M. Barrie, Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
Director + Puppet Designer
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Massasoit Community College
Director + Choreographer (folk)
Troilus & Cressida by William Shakespeare, Dragonfly Theater Co.
Director + Choreographer (modern)
Mask Design
The Witches by Roald Dahl (Adapted by David Wood), Artists from Suburbia
Director
Puppet + Mask Designer with Joe Wood
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, The Crowd Pleasers
Director + Choreographer (do-wop)
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, The Crowd Pleasers
Director + Choreographer (waltz)
DIRECTING (staged readings, workshops)
Darwin's Ark (Working Title) devised by the ensemble, Artists from Suburbia
Creator + Director + Choreographer
The Daffodil Girls by Amanda O'Donnell (Premiere Staged Reading), Artists from Suburbia
Director
I Love Lezzie by Allison Fradkin Dysfunctioning Just Fine's Queer Fringe Fest
Director
Don't Be a Scrooge! by James C Ferguson, Moonbox Productions for Boston Playwright Theatre's Boston Theatre Marathon XXII
Director
Payday by Chris Flaherty, Brown Box Theatre Project for Boston Playwright Theatre's Boston Theatre Marathon XXI
Director
Dance On by Ian Rowlands (part of After Orlando Festival), Brandeis University
Director + Choreographer
Today is a Good Day by Katie Pearl (part of After Orlando Festival), Brandeis University
Director
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (Adapted by David Wood), American Repertory Theater
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, Actors' Shakespeare Project
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Fefu & her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes, Brandeis University
Directed by Adrianne Krstansky
DESIGNS
Clorilli by Leonora Bernardi, Villa La Pietra (New York University, Florence Campus)
Puppet Designer
Directed by Eric Nicholson
Serse by George Frideric Handel, New England Conservatory
Costume Designer
Directed by Steven Goldstein
Aurash by Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Shaoul Chason and Nikta Sabouri, Funded by Boston University's Center for Islamic Studies
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
Nowruz by Nikta Sabouri, Museum of Fine Arts
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
The Death of Yazdgerd by Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Nikta Sabouri
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
The Little Mermaid by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, & Doug Wright, Family Performing Arts Center
Puppet + Specialty Props Designer
Directed by Dori Bryan-Ployer
Beauty and the Beast by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice, & Linda Woolverton, Family Performing Arts Center
Prologue Animation
Directed by Jim Quinn
The Werewolves (Premiere Production) by Alex Moon, Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Sound Designer
Directed by Corinne M. Mason
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Odyssey Opera
Props Artisan
Props Design by Brooke Stanton, Directed by Sharon Daniels, Conducted by Gil Rose
Maiden Voyage (Premiere Production) by Cayenne Douglass, Fresh Ink Theatre
Props Designer
Directed by Liz Fenstermaker
(Cancelled Performance due to Concerns with COVID-19)
PRODUCING
An Evening of Devised Theatre, Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
Les Nuls by Alex Moon (Premiere Workshop), Artists from Suburbia
Directed by Corinne M. Mason
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2017), Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2016), Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
WRITING
An Odyssey Through the Girls’ Rec Room at the Ogilby Judicial Center, Youth Division, Watertown Children's Theatre
Directed by Rachel Maddox
On the Isle of the Lotus Eaters, Kennedy Center's VSA Young Playwrights Program
DIRECTING (full productions + projects)
Mary's Dark Christmas by Hayley Spivey, with music + lyrics by Abbie Goldberg + Aaron Goodwin, Independent Project
Director + Editor
Study for a Shrine Designed to be Demolished (part of The Masculinity Project), Artists' Theatre of Boston
Creator
Produced by Maurice Palmer
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, MIT Shakespeare Ensemble
Adapter + Director
all_lure_lie_row: 3 Dresses, 6 Deaths by Andrew Child based on Allerleirauh by the Brothers Grimm + Dear Dawn edited by Lisa Kester & Daphne Gottlieb, Independent Instagram Installation
Creator + Director
The Legend of Ghost Girl by Hayley Spivey, with music + additional lyrics by Alissa Voth (part of Tales from Camp Strangewood), Sparkhaven Theatre
Director + Puppet Designer
True Crime, True Punishment: Who Murdered Marie-Joelle? by Andrew Child, Living Room Fest
Creator + Director
Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, North End Music and Performing Arts Center
Director of Movement
Directed by Brenda Huggins, Conducted by Tiffany Chang
(Cancelled Performance due to Concerns with COVID-19)
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, adapted by John Kane, Harold Arlen, and E.Y. Harburg, Family Performing Arts Center
Director + Choreographer
Puppet Designer with Sara Kenney
Laika based on the chapbook by Cat Dossett, Commissioned by the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Director + Designer
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, Brandeis University (Senior Thesis)
Director + Designer
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Nemasket River Productions in Association with the Oliver Mill Estate
Director + Choreographer
The Most Excellent and Lamentably P.C. but Incompleat Tragedy of Shakespeare's Womyn (Without a Single Reference to Lady Macbeth); or What You Will by William Shakespeare; compiled by Sara Kenney, Brandeis University (Senior Festival)
Director + Designer
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Nemasket River Productions in Association with the Oliver Mill Estate
Director + Choreographer (musical theatre)
A Little Princess or What Happened at Miss Minchin's by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Artists from Suburbia
Director + Adapter + Choreographer (traditional)
Puppet + Mask Designer with Joe Wood
Peter & Wendy based on the story by J.M. Barrie, Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
Director + Puppet Designer
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Massasoit Community College
Director + Choreographer (folk)
Troilus & Cressida by William Shakespeare, Dragonfly Theater Co.
Director + Choreographer (modern)
Mask Design
The Witches by Roald Dahl (Adapted by David Wood), Artists from Suburbia
Director
Puppet + Mask Designer with Joe Wood
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, The Crowd Pleasers
Director + Choreographer (do-wop)
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, The Crowd Pleasers
Director + Choreographer (waltz)
DIRECTING (staged readings, workshops)
Darwin's Ark (Working Title) devised by the ensemble, Artists from Suburbia
Creator + Director + Choreographer
The Daffodil Girls by Amanda O'Donnell (Premiere Staged Reading), Artists from Suburbia
Director
I Love Lezzie by Allison Fradkin Dysfunctioning Just Fine's Queer Fringe Fest
Director
Don't Be a Scrooge! by James C Ferguson, Moonbox Productions for Boston Playwright Theatre's Boston Theatre Marathon XXII
Director
Payday by Chris Flaherty, Brown Box Theatre Project for Boston Playwright Theatre's Boston Theatre Marathon XXI
Director
Dance On by Ian Rowlands (part of After Orlando Festival), Brandeis University
Director + Choreographer
Today is a Good Day by Katie Pearl (part of After Orlando Festival), Brandeis University
Director
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (Adapted by David Wood), American Repertory Theater
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, Actors' Shakespeare Project
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Fefu & her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes, Brandeis University
Directed by Adrianne Krstansky
DESIGNS
Clorilli by Leonora Bernardi, Villa La Pietra (New York University, Florence Campus)
Puppet Designer
Directed by Eric Nicholson
Serse by George Frideric Handel, New England Conservatory
Costume Designer
Directed by Steven Goldstein
Aurash by Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Shaoul Chason and Nikta Sabouri, Funded by Boston University's Center for Islamic Studies
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
Nowruz by Nikta Sabouri, Museum of Fine Arts
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
The Death of Yazdgerd by Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Nikta Sabouri
Costume Designer
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
The Little Mermaid by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, & Doug Wright, Family Performing Arts Center
Puppet + Specialty Props Designer
Directed by Dori Bryan-Ployer
Beauty and the Beast by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice, & Linda Woolverton, Family Performing Arts Center
Prologue Animation
Directed by Jim Quinn
The Werewolves (Premiere Production) by Alex Moon, Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Sound Designer
Directed by Corinne M. Mason
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Odyssey Opera
Props Artisan
Props Design by Brooke Stanton, Directed by Sharon Daniels, Conducted by Gil Rose
Maiden Voyage (Premiere Production) by Cayenne Douglass, Fresh Ink Theatre
Props Designer
Directed by Liz Fenstermaker
(Cancelled Performance due to Concerns with COVID-19)
PRODUCING
An Evening of Devised Theatre, Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
Les Nuls by Alex Moon (Premiere Workshop), Artists from Suburbia
Directed by Corinne M. Mason
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2017), Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2016), Artists from Suburbia
Producer + Co-Curator with Gavin Damore
WRITING
An Odyssey Through the Girls’ Rec Room at the Ogilby Judicial Center, Youth Division, Watertown Children's Theatre
Directed by Rachel Maddox
On the Isle of the Lotus Eaters, Kennedy Center's VSA Young Playwrights Program
Additional Experience + Employment
Artistic Director | Artists from Suburbia (2015-2018)
Guest Speaker | Emerson College (2017)
Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director | Bridgewater State University's Family Performing Arts Center (2015-2019)
Workshop Teacher | Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (2017-2018)
Costume Stock Keeper | Brandeis University (2016-2018)
Drama Teacher | Bridgewater State University's Arts for Youth Program (2013-2019)
Artistic Director | Artists from Suburbia (2015-2018)
Guest Speaker | Emerson College (2017)
Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director | Bridgewater State University's Family Performing Arts Center (2015-2019)
Workshop Teacher | Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (2017-2018)
Costume Stock Keeper | Brandeis University (2016-2018)
Drama Teacher | Bridgewater State University's Arts for Youth Program (2013-2019)
Awards + Honors
Broadway World Boston Award Nominations
WINNER: The Wizard of Oz (Best Direction, Best Creative Team, 2019)
Romeo & Juliet (Best Direction, 2018)
The Taming of the Shrew (Best Direction, 2017)
A Little Princess (Best Direction, 2017)
The Witches (Best Direction, Best Creative Team, 2015)
Once Upon a Mattress (Best Actor in a Musical, 2018)
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grants
An Evening of Devised Theatre (2018)
The Suburban Summer Theatre SURGE (2017)
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2016)
The Witches (2015)
John-Edward Hill Memorial Award
Brandeis University (Excellence in Theatre Management, 2017)
VSA Young Playwright Discovery Award
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (On the Isle of the Lotus Eaters, 2015)
EMACT/ DASH Award Nominations
The Witches (Best Sound Design of a Play, 2015)
Broadway World Boston Award Nominations
WINNER: The Wizard of Oz (Best Direction, Best Creative Team, 2019)
Romeo & Juliet (Best Direction, 2018)
The Taming of the Shrew (Best Direction, 2017)
A Little Princess (Best Direction, 2017)
The Witches (Best Direction, Best Creative Team, 2015)
Once Upon a Mattress (Best Actor in a Musical, 2018)
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grants
An Evening of Devised Theatre (2018)
The Suburban Summer Theatre SURGE (2017)
An Evening of Original One Act Plays (2016)
The Witches (2015)
John-Edward Hill Memorial Award
Brandeis University (Excellence in Theatre Management, 2017)
VSA Young Playwright Discovery Award
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (On the Isle of the Lotus Eaters, 2015)
EMACT/ DASH Award Nominations
The Witches (Best Sound Design of a Play, 2015)
Education
Brandeis University BA, Theater Arts (Cum Laude with High Honors)
Brandeis University BA, Theater Arts (Cum Laude with High Honors)
