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REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
(Full Directing Résumé Available Upon Request)

Professional Training
  • Directing Workshop with Jonathan Miller: Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee, Spring 2000
  • Viewpoints/Composition Workshop with Anne Bogart: Saint Louis, MO, Winter 1998-99
  • Master Class with Jon Jory: Overland Park, KS, Spring 1998
  • Master Class with Josephine Abady: Saint Louis, MO, Fall 1994

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING:

Inevitable Theatre Company, Dallas, TX 2006 – Present
  • Producing Artistic Director, September 2006 to Present
  • Director, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal, Fall 2007 [DFW Premiere]
  • Director, Jordan by Anna Reynolds and Moira Buffini, Summer 2007 (Demand Benefit Performance for Family AbuseCenter at Baylor University, Waco, TX)
  • Director, Jordan by Anna Reynolds and Moira Buffini, Spring 2007 (Out of the Loop Festival, WaterTower Theatre) [Regional Premiere]

Theater Fusion/Festival of Independent Theatres, Dallas, TX 2006
  • Director, the dreamer examines his pillow by John Patrick Shanley, Summer 2006

Dallas Hub Theater, Dallas, TX 2005
  • Director, The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, Fall 2005 [Regional Premiere]

Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville, TN (LORT) 2003
  • Assistant Director, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Dir. David Grapes), Spring 2003

Japanese Festival, Saint Louis, MO 2003
  • Director, The Lady Aoi by Yukio Mishima, Fall 2003

(Mostly) Harmless Theatre, Saint Louis, MO 2000 – 2004
  • Founding Artistic Director, March 2000 to January 2004
  • Director, Four Modern Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima, Summer 2003
    • Including English-Language Professional World Premiere of Yuya (Trans. Jonah Salz and Laurence Kominz)
  • Director, Jouét: A Rock Musical by Allen Robertson, Spring 2003 [Missouri Premiere]
  • Director, The Lysistrata Project by Aristophanes/Neblett, Spring 2003
  • Director, Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin, Fall 2002 [St. Louis Premiere]
  • Director, The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman & the Members of Tectonic Theater Project, Summer 2002 [St. Louis Premiere]
  • Director, Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire, Summer 2001 [Missouri Premiere]
  • Director, Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson, Summer 2001 [St. Louis Premiere]

Actors Renaissance Theatre, Saint Louis, MO 1999
  • Director, Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver, Summer 1999 [St. Louis Premiere]

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTING:

University of North Texas Summer Arts Festival, Denton, TX 2006
  • Guest Director, Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka, Summer 2006

State University of New York College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 2004 – 2005
  • Director, Cabaret by Kander/Ebb/Masteroff, Spring 2005
  • Director, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, Fall 2004

Washington University Performing Arts Department, Saint Louis, MO 1994 – 1999
  • Director, Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin, Fall 1999 [St. Louis Premiere]
  • Director, Marisol by José Rivera, Fall 1997 [St. Louis Premiere]
  • Director, Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, Spring 1997
  • Assistant Director, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, Fall 1994




DIRECTING AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS

Inevitable Theatre Company, Dallas, TX - 2006 – Present
  • Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Fall 2007): Nominee, Best Play of the Year, Non-Equity, 2008 Dallas Column Awards
  • Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Fall 2007): Gutsiest Production of 2007, Pegasus News

Theater Fusion/Festival of Independent Theatres, Dallas, TX - 2006
  • the dreamer examines his pillow (Summer 2006): Top 10 Productions of 2006, Lawson Taitte, Theatre Critic, The Dallas Morning News, December 17, 2006
  • the dreamer examines his pillow (Summer 2006): Outstanding Direction, 2006 Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Awards

Dallas Hub Theater, Dallas, TX - 2005
  • The Skriker (Fall 2005): Breakthrough Production of 2005, Lawson Taitte, Theatre Critic, The Dallas Morning News, December 20, 2005

Actors Renaissance Theatre, Saint Louis, MO - 1999
  • Raised in Captivity (Summer 1999): 1999’s Top Five Productions, Sally Cragin, Theatre Critic, Riverfront Times, December 29, 1999
  • Raised in Captivity (Summer 1999): 1999’s Most Ambitious Productions, Judith Newmark, Theatre Critic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 26, 1999

Washington University, Saint Louis, MO - 1997 – 1999
  • Iphigenia and Other Daughters (Fall 1999): Special Commendation in Directing, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
  • Marisol (Fall 1997): Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Regional Scene Showcase, Spring 1998
  • Marisol (Fall 1997): 1997’s Best University Productions, Bob Wilcox, Theatre Critic, Riverfront Times, December 31, 1997



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