Directing Portfolio

Below are media selections of featured directing and assistant directing credits.

For a complete list of works, please click here.

Painted Shadows - A digital Devised Theatre Project

Painted Shadows used the poetry of Federico García Lorca to form a spoken text to compliment the visual and physical contributions from the performers. The aim of this project was to explore the themes of loss, loneliness, and grief.

The piece was created during the COVID-19 Pandemic with ALL collaborators working remotely.

Goosebumps! The Musical - Based on the Books of R.L. Stine

*Assistant Directorship*

Goosebumps! was a community based project for the Dreamland Stage Company in Nantucket, MA directed by Laura Gallagher-Byrne, the company’s Director of Education. This arts education project brought middle school students from multiple schools together to work on a show in collaboration with local theatre artists and educators in the community.

Red by John Logan

This historical fiction play explores the process of abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in the late 1950s while he worked on his infamous murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant in the New York Seagrams building; while also exploring themes of learning, legacy, and mentorship. This production of Red was staged in a site-specific style at Ithaca College’s Handwerker Art Gallery.

SEMELE (Opera) by G.F. Handel; Directed by R.B. Schlather for Ithaca College Opera

*Assistant Directorship*

Serving as acclaimed director R.B. Schlather’s assistant director for this production of Semele was an incredible learning experience for how to reimagine ancient stories and classical forms in contemporary styles.

Fifth Planet by david Auburn

Performed on-location at Ithaca College’s Ford Observatory, Fifth Planet “charts the friendship between two observatory works as it waxes and wanes over the course of a year.” (Dramatists Play Service).