SELECTED DIRECTING EXPERIENCE - OPERA
*World Premiere
+In Development
Teseo: Medea by George Frideric Handel
CantantiPROJECTS - New York, NY May 2019
The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret by Leanna Kirchoff
Opera del West - Natick, MA Mar 2019
Le Portrait de Manon by Massenet & Signor Deluso by Thomas Pasatieri
Opera del West - Natick, MA Mar 2017
Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
Opera del West- Framingham, MA Aug 2016
Best of Opera del West
(scenes, arias, and one act: An Embarrassing Position by Dan Shore)
Opera del West- Natick, MA Mar 2016
The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart
Opera del West- Natick, MA 2015
The Seagull by Thomas Pasatieri
(based on the play by Anton Chekhov)
Opera del West- Natick, MA 2014
*334 Bunnies by Francine Trester
Mockingbird Trio- Cambridge, MA 2012
The Rough Faced Girl by Gabriella Snyder
Malden Public Schools- Malden, MA 2012
SELECTED DIRECTING - THEATER
*The Misery Play by Lialia Chepulite
This & That Theatre Group Boston, MA 2011
*Three Women and a Bear by Lialia Chepulite
NE Russian Theater Festival- Boston, MA 2010
*Cupid and Psyche by Emily C. A. Snyder
Graduate thesis at Emerson College- Boston, MA 2009
Fall of the House of Usher based Edgar Allan Poe’s story
(devised by middle-school students)
Maze Makers- Boston, MA 2008
SELECTED DIRECTING - PUPPETRY
*Nasenflügeltanz by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Juventas at A.R.T.’s Club Oberon- Cambridge, MA 2015
*Beautiful Nightmare by Brenda Huggins
Puppeteers of America National Festival, Fringe Festival- Swarthmore, PA 2013
SELECTED ASSISTANT DIRECTING EXPERIENCE- OPERA
Xerxes by George Frideric Handel, Stage Dir. Eve Summer
Connecticut Early Music Festival- New London, CT 2011
Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janacek, Stage Dir. Roxanna Myhrum
Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston, MA 2009
Cosi fan tutte by W. A. Mozart, Stage Dir. Eve Summer
Commonwealth Opera- Northampton, MA 2009
SELECTED DRAMATURGY EXPERIENCE
+Emergence Composition Fellowship
Guerilla Opera- Boston, MA 2019-2020
+Unwrapping Fortune by Alicia Lieu
New York, NY 2019-2020
The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore by Carlo Menotti
Puppet Showplace Theater and the Callithumpian Ensemble
Cambridge, MA 2019
Ghost Variations by Tony Manfredonia
OperaROX Productions, New York, NY 2018
New England Russian Theater Festival
Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Boston, MA 2010
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Commonwealth Opera, Northampton, MA 2009
Serse by George Frideric Handel
Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA 2008
SELECTED PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
*Puppet Playtime by Brenda Huggins and Phil Berman
Puppeteer, Soprano- TYA
Puppet Showplace Theater- Brookline, MA 2011-Present
Touring performances (approx. 20 per season) including:
Cambridge River Fest, Outside the Box Festival, Hubbub Boston, Boston Children’s Museum, and Boston First Night
*The Egyptian Oracle by Public V.R.
“Artemeius” Museum of Science- Boston, MA 2013
*The Golden Stoat by Nicola McEldowney
Narrator, puppeteer
Puppet Showplace Slam- Brookline, MA 2012
*A Voice in the Dark by Brenda Huggins
Solo-Puppeteer, Shadow Theater
Puppet Showplace Theater- Brookline, MA 2011
Victorian Carolers Quartet with Big Smile Entertainment
Soprano, western CT and central MA, seasonal 2008-Present
EDUCATION
Emerson College Boston, MA August 2009
M.A. Theater Education
Instructors:
Acting: Kathleen Donohue, Sarah Hickler
Directing: Joe Antoun
Theater Studies: Magda Romanska
Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT May 2007
B.A. Theater Arts and Communications, and B.A. Music (Classical Vocal Performance)
Instructors:
Acting and Directing: Sal Trapani
Voice: Perry Price
Puppet Showplace Theater Brookline, MA 2010-2013
Professional development in design and performance
Instructors:
Shadow Theater: Brad Shur, Resident Artist
Giant Puppets: Brad Shur, Resident Artist
Glove-style Hand Puppets: Brad Shur, Resident Artist
Muppet-style Hand Puppets: Jon Little, Little’s Creatures
Puppets in Film: Jon Little, Little’s Creatures
Nutmeg Conservatory Torrington, CT 2000-2004
Private Classical Voice
Instructors:
Charles Fiddler and Marjorie Smith
ACHIEVEMENTS
Fundamentals of Silly Voices, workshop instructor
Puppeteers of America National Festival- Swarthmore, PA 2013
Transformation in 20th Century Chinese and Thai Theater, Panel participant
Association for Asian Performance Conference- NYC, NY 2009