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DIRECTING CREDITS The Potluck Plays: A Virtual Feast ^ M. Cornell & Seonjae Kim Asian American Arts Alliance, 2020 Spring Awakening ^ Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater Fordham University/Mimes & Mummers, 2020 The Water Rumbles in Limbo Time ^ Marissa Joyce Stamps The 24 Hour Plays: Na onals, 2020 Happy Cassie ^ Juli del Prete The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, Round 17, 2020 Head and Heart * Various Composers New York Musical Festival/Signature Theatre, 2019 It’s True, It’s True, It’s True Breach Theatre Idlewild Theatre Ensemble, 2019 Revolt. She said. Revolt again. Alice Birch Experimental Theater of Vassar College, 2018 TAKE * Katelyn Bang Powerhouse/NYSAF, 2018 Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Anne Washburn The Philaletheis Society, 2016 #Blessed Zoe Kamil Semicolon Theatre Company/FringeNYC, 2016 We Go Together Zoe Kamil The Kraine Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2015 Hamlet & Ophelia Alexa Derman The Kraine Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2015 Very Bad Words * Jacob Presson Access Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2014 ASSISTANT DIRECTING/APPRENTICE/OBSERVER CREDITS Mañanaland ** ^ dir. Meghan Finn The Tank/Pedro Reyes, 2020/2021 Lizard Boy * ** ^ dir. Brandon Ivie Na onal Alliance of Musical Theater Fes val, 2020 Execu on of Jus ce * ^ dir. Mark Armstrong The Public Theater, 2020 A Christmas Carol dir. Adam Immerwahr McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein dir. David Catlin McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 Gloria: A Life dir. Emily Mann McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 A Li le Night Music dir. Christopher Grabowski Experimental Theater of Vassar College, 2018 Primer for a Failed Superpower * dir. Rachel Chavkin The TEAM, 2017
* Denotes workshop/reading/concert. ** Denotes upcoming/current project. ^Denotes virtual produc on. FELLOWSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS & INTERNSHIPS Asian American Arts Alliance — Van Lier Fellow in Theater, 2020 (Current) Roundabout Theatre Company — Roundabout Directors Group Member, 2020-2021 (Current) In macy Coordinators of Color — Training towards cer fica on, 2020 (Current) re: direc ng with Robert Icke & Lyndsey Turner — Group Member, 2020 (Current) NAMT Fes val — Direc ng Observer Cohort, 2020 (Current) The 24 Hour Plays — Na onals Cohort, Director, 2020 McCarter Theatre Center — Direc ng/Producing Appren ce, 2019-2020; Teaching Ar st, 2020 Semicolon Theatre Company — Founding Ar s c Director, 2013-2018 New Victory Theater/New 42nd Street Inc. — Educa on Appren ce, 2016 Theatre Communica ons Group — Research, Policy & Collec ve Ac on Intern, 2015 Young Playwrights Inc. — Administra ve Intern, 2013; Consultant, 2013-2015 EDUCATION/TRAINING Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Bachelor of the Arts, Drama (Chris Grabowski, Shona Tucker, Amanda Culp, Abdullhamit Arvas, Gabrielle Cody) & Educa on (top honors and thesis dis nc on) • Winner of the Molly Thacher Kazan Prize in Theatre • President of The Philaletheis Society, Vassar’s oldest and largest student theatre group for two years; led a board of eight, oversaw 4-8 produc ons per year as producer, coordinated workshops and guest speakers • Member of the Engaged Pluralism Ini a ve (Arts working group); coordinated a three day residency with theatre ar st/ ac vist Anna Deavere Smith and introduced Ms. Smith at an event at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center • Member of Idlewild Theatre Ensemble, a theatre troupe for non-cis-men where all members par cipate in devising, design, producing, and other aspects of show crea on
University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom September – December 2017 Semester abroad in Applied Theatre, Social Arts, and Social Jus ce in Community Development (Anselm Heinrich & Mia Perry)
SITI Company Summer Intensive, Saratoga Springs, NY June 2018 Viewpoints, Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Dramaturgy (Ar s c Dir. Anne Bogart, Ellen Lauren, & Leon Inglsrud)
Powerhouse Theater/NYSAF Appren ce Company, Poughkeepsie, NY June – July 2014 Direc ng Appren ce: (Tomi Tsunoda, Emily Mendelsohn, Tracy Bersley). Served as Assistant to the Director for Michael Greif (A Walk on the Moon) and Liz Carlson (SeaWife).
SKILLS General: Tap dance (6 years), Irish Step dancing (10 years), jazz & theater dance (4 years), basic stage combat, basic piano (3 years), alto saxophone (7 years), script and score tracking, child actor director and guardian, can read music, extensive professional and academic work in theater educa on and engagement, dramaturgical experience, costume and proper es design skills, house management experience, produc on assistant experience, great with children and teenagers, zine making, quil ng, cross s tch, great baker Language: Proficient in French and La n, working knowledge of Yiddish and Japanese So ware: QLab, Ova on Tix, Tessitura, ar ul.ly, Arts Vision, Google Apps for Business, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, basic HTML coding, MailChimp, Final Cut Pro, Blackbaud Financial Edge, Canva Marke ng: Social media pla orms (Facebook, Twi er, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, YouTube, Vimeo), strong wri ng skills (crea ve, research-based, solicita on)