A St. Louis-based director with experience in a variety of genres and styles, specializing in work with a deep social and historical context with detailed analysis of character and motivation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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The Mousetrap, produced by Kirkwood Theatre Guild. Uche Ijei as Miss Casewell, Mike De Pope as Mr. Paravicini, Julie Healey at Mrs. Boyle, Alec Hatchell as Giles Ralston, Julia Gilbert as Mollie Ralston, Robert Jones as Detective Sargeant Trotter, Jesse O’Freel as Christopher Wren, Will Show as Major Metcalf. Scenic Design by Jacki Goodall, Lighting Design by Stu Safranski, Costume Design by Kayla Dressman. Photo credit Dan Donovan.
Old Times, produced by The Midnight Company. Joe Hanrahan as Deeley, Kelly Howe as Anna, Colleen Backer as Kate. Scenic Design by Chuck Winning, Lighting Design by Tony Anselmo, Costume Design by Kayla Dressman. Photo credit Joey Rumpell.
Breadcrumbs, produced by R-S Theatrics. Julie Amuedo as Beth, Jodi Stockton as Alida. Lighting Design by Karen Pierce, Costume Design by Amanda Brasher. Photo credit Mike Young.
The Midnight Company
July 2024
Kirkwood Theatre Guild
March 2023
Breadcrumbs
R-S Theatrics
October 2021
Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust
The Midnight Company
May-June 2019
Recent Alien Abductions [staged reading]
Solid Lines Productions
May 2019
Perfect Arrangement
R-S Theatrics
December 2018
Weird & Cow (in The Coming Out Play Festival)
The Q Collective
October 2018
The Ruby Sunrise
Kirkwood Theatre Guild
March 2018
Twenty Questions (in Briefs: A Festival of Short LGBTQ Plays)
That Uppity Theatre Company
March 2017
boom
R-S Theatrics
November-December 2016
Funny from Autobahn
R-S Theatrics
July 2015
The Rocky Horror Show
The Non-Prophet Theater Company & DramaRama Theatre Company
October 2009
Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust, produced by The Midnight Company. Joe Hanrahan as Charlie Johnson. Scenic Design by Chuck Winning, Lighting Design by Tony Anselmo.
UNPAID EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
The Rocky Horror Show, produced by The Non-Prophet Theater Company & DramaRama Theatre Company. James Canfield as Riff Raff, Rachel Hanks, Elisabeth Zimmerman, Sarah Wieck and Beth Graveman as Phantoms. Lighting Design by Heather Tucker, Costume Design by Michele Sansone. Photo credit Michele Sansone.
Perfect Arrangement, produced by R-S Theatrics. Zak Farmer as Theodore Sunderson, Mark Kelley as Bob Martindale, Colleen Backer as Millie Martindale, Deborah Dennert as Kitty Sunderson. Scenic Design by Keller Ryan, Lighting Design by Nathan Schroeder, Costume Design by Sarah Porter. Photo credit Mike Young.
Cynthia, Linda, Pattie and Maureen (and Yoko)
The Midnight Company
August 2023
Last Call
The Midnight Company
September 2022
Tahan and the Upset Kingdom, Jackup and His Chores, A Super Car & The Master Plan (in The 23rd Annual WiseWrite Young Playwrights’ Festival)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
April 2019
Freaky Friday and Bells (in Reverie: What Do You Dream?)
PRIME
May 2018
Sally the Harmful Bee (in The 22nd Annual WiseWrite Young Playwrights’ Festival)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
April 2018
Major Spacer in the Twenty-First Century [radio play]
The Arcon Radio Players & Archon
September 2017
The Dick of Dunsinane (in The Dramatic License Show: A 24-Hour Adaptation Festival)
PRIME
September 2017
Pecuniary Human Assets-Part 1 & Part 2 (in The Identity Show: A 24-Hour Liberty Festival)
PRIME
June 2017
‘Til the DJ Quits Playing & Claim (in After Orlando)
That Uppity Theatre Company & R-S Theatrics
June 2017
Journey to the Popular Side (in The 21st Annual WiseWrite Young Playwrights’ Festival)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
April 2017
Or Your Money Back (in The Transmigration Show)
PRIME
November 2016
Gypsy [radio play]
The Arcon Radio Players & Archon
October 2016
The Screwfly Solution [radio play]
The Arcon Radio Players & St. Louis Community College—Florissant Valley
April 2016
Fifi’s Fabulous Feast (in The 20th Annual WiseWrite Young Playwrights’ Festival)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
April 2016
Ballad of Magellan & The Stepsisters’ Lament (in 4th Annual KIDaret: Pirates)
R-S Theatrics
March 2016
Scenes from The Theatrical Illusion (in An Evening of French Theatre and Song)
R-S Theatrics
December 2015
The Screwfly Solution [radio play]
The Arcon Radio Players & Archon
October 2015
Elmer & The Amazing Goat (in The 19th Annual WiseWrite Young Playwrights’ Festival)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
March 2015
Poor Richard’s Dry Fuss sketch troupe (in 2nd Annual Cabaret & FUNraiser)
R-S Theatrics
July 2013
Husband, Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Wife (in 7/24 v. 8)
The Tin Ceiling & The Non-Prophet Theater Company
May 2009
Fishbowl Warming (in 7/24 VII)
The Tin Ceiling & The Non-Prophet Theater Company
May 2008
Eavesdropping
Blue Lemon Theatre Collective
July 2004
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Last Chance Theatre
April 2007
The Transfiguration
Millikin University Department of Theatre and Dance [senior directing project]
April 2007
Unmemorable
Pipedreams Studio Theatre
September 2006
Saturday Night at the Movies
Pipedreams Studio Theatre
April 2006
Ün Bit Butter sketch theatre troupe (co-director)
Pipedreams Studio Theatre
December 2004-May 2007
Millikin University, Decatur, IL: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Directing Emphasis; Minor in Philosophy