Hey, thanks for visiting my website. I appreciate your interest in getting to know me or my work. I'm grateful to work with a lot of wonderful artists that challenge and inspire me. I want to always be growing. I'm endlessly curious about the essence of being human and the power of live storytelling.
I've been blessed and fortunate to work as a multi-faceted theater artist- actor, singer, director, writer, and teaching artist- predominately in the Seattle area since graduating with my BFA in Music Theater and a concentration in leadership/directing from Elon University (magna cum laude). I am passionate about stories and discovering the soul on stage. I come from a background of and continue to teach Meisner and Stanislavski but have roots also in Viewpoints and Chekhov. I have played roles ranging in style from Helena in Midsummer to Heather in Green Day's American Idiot, to Jane Eyre in styles ranging from Carousel to Medea.
I've been blessed and fortunate to work as a multi-faceted theater artist- actor, singer, director, writer, and teaching artist- predominately in the Seattle area since graduating with my BFA in Music Theater and a concentration in leadership/directing from Elon University (magna cum laude). I am passionate about stories and discovering the soul on stage. I come from a background of and continue to teach Meisner and Stanislavski but have roots also in Viewpoints and Chekhov. I have played roles ranging in style from Helena in Midsummer to Heather in Green Day's American Idiot, to Jane Eyre in styles ranging from Carousel to Medea.
When not performing, I am working as a teaching artist or theater director for companies including Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle Opera, Village Theater, among others. I founded and developed a dramatic arts program for a research organization called foundry10, through which I've had the opportunity to not only investigate the power of using dramatic arts in the classroom to improve student learning but have also produced and directed over a dozen performances, taught at international conferences across the nation, written and produced new works, and have responsibility for budgets, hiring, leading teams, and project planning and management as well as producing research studies.
I am a collaborator and co-creator with others and therefore truly enjoy being in the genesis of new works- plays and musicals. As an actor with a background in music theory and having worked as a commissioned writer, I've been able to originate roles and been a part of many new musicals at regional theaters such as the 5th Avenue Theater (workshops, readings of several shows), Seattle Children's Theater (Dick Whittington), Taproot Theater (Persuasion), and Village Theater (the lead role in A Proper Place, Teddy and Max) as well as swinging all six female roles in the Tony-award winning musical Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse/ Seattle Repertory Theater).
As a writer I've had several new musicals or plays premiered at local theater companies and have recently been commissioned both by foundry10 to finish writing a musical called 78 minutes to be turned into a short film and by Taproot Theater for a musical for their Christmas season 2020.
I am known for being a person who laughs a lot, is fiery, passionate and direct, and fast and hard-worker. When I'm not in a theater I want to be snowboarding, backpacking, or building campfires. Thanks for taking time to visit my site. Feel free to reach out to me and I'd like to get to know what you're working on and how I might be able to support you.
I am a collaborator and co-creator with others and therefore truly enjoy being in the genesis of new works- plays and musicals. As an actor with a background in music theory and having worked as a commissioned writer, I've been able to originate roles and been a part of many new musicals at regional theaters such as the 5th Avenue Theater (workshops, readings of several shows), Seattle Children's Theater (Dick Whittington), Taproot Theater (Persuasion), and Village Theater (the lead role in A Proper Place, Teddy and Max) as well as swinging all six female roles in the Tony-award winning musical Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse/ Seattle Repertory Theater).
As a writer I've had several new musicals or plays premiered at local theater companies and have recently been commissioned both by foundry10 to finish writing a musical called 78 minutes to be turned into a short film and by Taproot Theater for a musical for their Christmas season 2020.
I am known for being a person who laughs a lot, is fiery, passionate and direct, and fast and hard-worker. When I'm not in a theater I want to be snowboarding, backpacking, or building campfires. Thanks for taking time to visit my site. Feel free to reach out to me and I'd like to get to know what you're working on and how I might be able to support you.
there's adventure in the present.
