Theatre has always been a huge part of my life. When I was a child, a family function wasn’t complete without a performance, carefully planned and directed by me, starring all of my siblings and cousins. My grandfather built scenery out of particle board and 2x4s that I used in my basement playhouse, complete with a clothesline curtain and an appliance box repurposed into a ticket booth. I was a part of every school play, went to theatre camp, produced full-scale backyard productions, participated in tons of community theatre, and spent my weekends holed up in my bedroom listening to cast albums and studying every script, program, book, and video I could get my hands on. After graduating from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2007, I moved right to Manhattan with very big dreams and a very small savings account. I’ve been fortunate enough to be a professional theatremaker for all of my adult life, and I reference my past and my important life moments by what show I happened to be doing at any given moment. Theatre feeds me. Theatre excites me. Theatre devastates me. Theatre fuels me. And in many ways, theatre defines me. March 2020 was a particularly exciting time. Two productions that I directed of
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is
Theatre has always been a huge part of my life. When I was a child, a family function wasn’t complete without a performance, carefully planned and directed by me, starring all of my siblings and cousins. My grandfather built scenery out of particle board and 2x4s that I used in my basement playhouse, complete with a clothesline curtain and an appliance box repurposed into a ticket booth. I was a part of every school play, went to theatre camp, produced full-scale backyard productions, participated in tons of community theatre, and spent my weekends holed up in my bedroom listening to cast albums and studying every script, program, book, and video I could get my hands on. After graduating from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2007, I moved right to Manhattan with very big dreams and a very small savings account. I’ve been fortunate enough to be a professional theatremaker for all of my adult life, and I reference my past and my important life moments by what show I happened to be doing at any given moment. Theatre feeds me. Theatre excites me. Theatre devastates me. Theatre fuels me. And in many ways, theatre defines me. March 2020 was a particularly exciting time. Two productions that I directed of