Overview:

A versatile theater artist and creative consultant with extensive experience in acting, directing, playwriting, production, stage management, education, and theater development. Performance credits span musicals, contemporary drama, Shakespeare, and community-based productions, including leading and featured roles in Shrek the Musical, Company, The Boys Next Door, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelve Angry Jurors.

Directing work includes original plays, educational theater, productions for Almost Adults Productions, The Forge Theatre Lab, Stepping Stone Theater, and Franklin Pierce University. Additional experience encompasses producing concerts and theatrical events, managing stage and front-of-house operations, teaching acting and drama, and contributing to theater curriculum design.​

Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management, with a concentration in Creativity and Innovation, from Drexel University, with an M.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. Higher education professional and educator with extensive experience teaching college composition, communication, speech, theater, and developmental education, having taught more than 180 sections across community colleges and universities. Experienced in student services, faculty liaison work, retention initiatives, and student engagement. Nearly a decade of primary and secondary education experience, including English instruction, special education, behavioral consultation, and individualized support for students with diverse learning, behavioral, and emotional needs. 

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Workshop Leading Experience:

Bad Acting Masterclass

Clowning

Improv Scenes and Theater Games

Let Your Queerness Take Up Space​

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Research Interests:​

Personal Creative Development

Bringing Creativity into Organizations

Autoethnography 

Identity

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Sample Projects:

Designing Better Belonging: Creative Leadership for Supporting Adjunct Faculty​​

Due Credit Productions: A Job Search and Interview Skills Development Program​​

Where You Are Fitness: A Support Group for Health and Wellness​​​​​​​​​​

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​Theater Directing:​

Almost Adults Productions, Forge Theater Lab, Calliope Productions, Stepping Stone Theater, Franklin Pierce University​

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