RESUME AND CURRICULUM VITAE
EXECUTIVE, ARTISTIC, ADMINISTRATIVE
2010-Present Executive & Artistic Director, Son of Semele Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2019 President, Theatrical Producers League, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2016 Founding Secretary, Theatrical Producers League, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2010 Producing Artistic Director, Son of Semele Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA
PRODUCER
2000-Present Producer for 20 Seasons, 60+ Productions, Son of Semele
2019-2020 Curator/Producer for Quick Creation Festival @ Son of Semele
2012-2020 Curator/Producer for Solo Creation Festival @ Son of Semele
2010-2020 Curator/Producer for Company Creation Festival @ Son of Semele
DIRECTING
(in Los Angeles unless otherwise noted)
2023 Rent by Jonathan Larson, Chance Theater (coming in Summer, ’23)
2023 Chapman Celebrates, 40th Anniversary by Various, Chapman University
2022 Roots & Wings with klezmer-rock band, Mostly Kosher
2022 Price & Bonds by Florence Price & Margaret Bonds, LA Philharmonic
2022 Power to the People (National Ed. Video) featuring LA Philharmonic & Tonality
2022 Next To Normal by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey, The Chance Theater, Anaheim, CA
2021 A Southern California Christmas (Concert) Musco Center for the Arts
2021 Story of My Life by Neil Bartram & Brian Hill, The Chance Theater, Anaheim, CA
2020 Power to the People (Concert) by Abels, Montgomery, Others, LA Philharmonic
2020 Peter & The Wolf (Concert) by Sergei Prokofiev, LA Philharmonic
2020 Sister Act by Alan Menken, Lewis Family Playhouse
2019 Chapman Celebrates with Vanessa Williams by Various, Chapman University
2019 Beauty and the Beast Music by Alan Menken, Pearson Park, Anaheim, CA
2019 Bye Bye Birdie Music by Charles Strouse, Lewis Family Playhouse, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2019 Bright Star by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center
2018 Chapman Celebrates with Bob Weir by Various, Chapman University
2018 A Southern California Christmas (Concert) Musco Center for the Arts
2018 Brahms & His First Symphony (Concert) by Johannes Brahms, Los Angeles Philharmonic
2018 The Animal Monologues by Amy Raasch, The Miles Playhouse, Santa Monica
2018 The Other Place by Sharr White, The Chance Theater, Anaheim
2018 The Little Mermaid music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts
2018 Plunge by Tom Jacobson, Son of Semele Ensemble
2018 Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center
2018 Pictures At An Exhibition (Concert) by Modest Mussorgsky, Los Angeles Philharmonic
2017 Chapman Celebrates: Fantasy & Imagination by Various, Chapman University
2017 A Southern California Christmas (Concert) Musco Center for the Arts
2017 A Celebration of John Adams (Concert) by John Adams, John Cage and others, Los Angeles Philharmonic
2017 Tribe by Brandon Force, Matthew McCray & Rowena Russell, London Theatre Workshop
2017 Annie Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, and Book by Thomas Meehan, Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts
2017 Dogfight Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Book by Peter Duchann, Chance Theatre
2016 Parallel Worlds by Brandon Beckner, Lyrics by Steve Sobel, Son of Semele Ensemble
2016 In The Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda, Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center
2016 The Planets (Concert) by Gustav Holst, text by Cody Henderson & Leon Martell, LA Philharmonic
2015 Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, Son of Semele Ensemble
2015 Legally Blonde by Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach, Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center
2014 The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle by Ross Dungan, Son of Semele Ensemble
2013 Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers, from the book by Daniel Keyes, Deaf West Theatre
2013 Eternal Thou by Matthew McCray, South Coast Repertory
2013 Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, in a version by Ryan Craig, Son of Semele Ensemble
2012 Death of a Salesgirl by Patricia Scanolon, Bootleg Theater
2012 Theatre in the Dark by Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Odyssey Theatre (co-direction)
2012 The City by Martin Crimp, Son of Semele Ensemble
2012 Eternal Thou by Matthew McCray, Atwater Village Theater
2011 CX Xmas by Fielding Edlow & Mike O’Malley, Circle X Theatre Company
2011 What The Moon Saw by Stephanie Fleischmann, Son of Semele Ensemble
2011 The Meeting by Meredith Stiehm, Circle X Theatre Company
2010 Wish I Had A Sylvia Plath by Edward Anthony, Rogue Machine Theater
2010 On Emotion by Mick Gordon & Paul Broks, Son of Semele Ensemble
2009 Doomsayer by Steve Lozier, Moving Arts
2009 The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn, Son ofSemele Ensemble
2008 Fencerow to Fencerow by Matthew McCray, Center Theatre Group (workshop)
2007 365 Days/365 Plays – Week 21 by Suzan-Lori Parks, Son of Semele Ensemble
2006 Iphigenia.. A Rave Fable by Caridad Svich, Son of Semele Ensemble
2003 Amended by Matthew McCray, REDCAT
2002 Back Story by Joan Ackermann, Son of Semele Ensemble
2001 Earthlings by Matthew McCray, Son of Semele Ensemble
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2023 OC Theatre Guild (nomination), Director of a Musical, Next To Normal
2022 Scenies, Director of a Musical, Next To Normal
2016 Robbie Awards (nomination), Director of a Musical, Dogfight
2015 Stage Raw Theatre Awards (nomination), Production of the Year, Love and Information
2015 Stage Raw Tehatre Awards (nomiantion), Director, Love and Information
2014 LA Drama Critics Circle, Director of a Play, Our Class
2014 LA Weekly Award (nomination), Director of a Play, Our Class
2014 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Production Design, Our Class
2013 Ovation Award (nomination), Director of a Play, Our Class
2013 Ovation Award (nomination), Production of a Play, Our Class
2012 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Direction of a Play, The City
2012 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Direction of a Play, Theatre in the Dark (co-direction)
2012 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Production Design, The City
2012 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Production Design, Death of a Salesgirl
2006 LA Weekly Theatre Award (nomination), Production Design, Iphigenia… A Rave Fable
2006 LA Weekly Theatre Award, Multi-Media/Projection Design, Iphigenia… A Rave Fable
2004 NAACP (nomination), Ensemble Cast, The Tower
2003 Ovation Award, Production of a Play, Animal Farm
ACADEMIC/EDUCATIONAL DIRECTING
2023 Middletown by Will Eno, Los Angeles Valley College
2023 Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens by Russell/Hood, College of the Canyons
2022 Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, College of the Canyons
2021 The Addams Family: Quarantined Concert Version by Andrew Lippa, College of the Canyons
2020 Pippin by Stephen Schwartz, College of the Canyons
2019 Chapman Celebrates: The Female Voice by Various, Chapman University, (w/ Vanessa Williams)
2018 Chapman Celebrates: Songs of the Screen by Various, Chapman University, (w/ Bob Weir of Grateful Dead)
2017 Chapman Celebrates: Fantasy & Imagination by Various, Chapman University
2014 Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, Chapman University, Orange, CA (production)
2014 Rent by Jonathan Larson, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA (production)
2011 Layered Cake by Allen Ivers, California State University-Riverside, Riverside, CA (reading)
2007 Lear’s Wild Rose by Sibyl O’Malley, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (workshop)
2005 What The Moon Saw by Stephanie Fleischmann, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2004 Animal Farm adapted by Nelson Bond, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2003 Back Story by Joan Ackermann, Chapman University, Orange, CA
PLAYWRITING
(in Los Angeles unless otherwise noted)
2022 Special Military Operation (in development)
2022 Roots & Wings by Janice Markam, Leon Martell, Matthew McCray and Leeav Sofer
2022 Price & Bonds (Concert) for LA Philharmonic
2022 Power to the People (National Ed. Video) for LA Philharmonic
2020 Power to the People (Concert) for LA Philharmonic
2018 Brahms & His First Symphony (Concert) for LA Philharmonic (co-author)
2018 Pictures At An Exhibition (Concert) for LA Philharmonic
2017 A Celebration of John Adams (Concert) for LA Philharmonic (co-author)
2013 Eternal Thou self-produced at South Coast Repertory & Atwater Village Theatre
2008 Fencerow to Fencerow workshop produced at Center Theatre Group
2004 Amended produced at REDCAT
2001 Earthlings produced at produced at Son of Semele Ensemble
1998 A Few Moments Behind the Mask produced at Chapman University, Orange, CA
MUSICAL DIRECTION
2013 Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, in a version by Ryan Craig, Son of Semele Ensemble
2011 Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare, California State University, Long Beaach
TEACHING
2022-Present Adjunct Professor, Los Angeles Valley College, CA
2013-Present Adjunct Professor, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA
2003-2023 Adjunct Professor, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2008 Guest Lecturer, California State University-Riverside, Riverside, CA
2004 Workshop Instructor, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
1998-2001 Workshop Instructor, Pacific School of Music & the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2024 (pend.) MS in Nonprofit Management, LSU Shreveport
2013 Clown Intensive, The Clown School, David Bridel
2004 Theatre Devising, Complicite, Toby Jones
2003 Advanced Musical Theatre, Carol Weiss
2002 Suzuki and Viewpoints, SITI Company
1999 Episodic Television, Cathy Reinking
1998 BFA, Theatre Performance, Departmental Honors, Chapman University
SERVICE
2016-2019 President, Theatrical Producers League of Los Angeles
2013-2016 Secretary, Theatrical Producers League of Los Angeles
2013 Mentorship/Supervisor for LA County Arts Commission Internship Program
2008-2018 Voter, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Voter
2008-2009 Southwestern Regional Representative, Network of Ensemble Theatres
2010 Mentorship/Supervisor for LA County Arts Commission Internship Program
2009 Mentorship/Supervisor for LA County Arts Commission Internship Program
PANELS
2011 City of Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Network of Ensemble Theaters, San Francisco, CA
2009 Los Angeles Counter-Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2007 LA Stage Alliance Round-Table, Los Angeles, CA
2007 California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
UNION AFFILIATIONS
2013-Present Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
2003-Present Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
2001-Present SAG-AFTRA