I’ve been working in the theatre, dance and opera world for over 25 years. I’m a director, a choreographer, a designer, a writer, a performer and a producer. I’ve worked in venues of all sizes from small store-front spaces, to giant Broadway houses, to international opera arenas and everything in between. I specialize in theatre for young audiences, historical reference pieces and uniquely creative takes on classic tales.
Director/Choreographer/Movement Director
Cabaret (Assoc. Director/Choreographer)- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Matilda (Director/Choreographer)- Highland Park Players
Rent, in concert (Director/Choreographer)- Highland Park Players (postponed due to Covid)
The Wizard of Oz (Director/Choreographer)- Big Noise Theatre (Especially For Kids), Des Plaines, IL
“Tales & Fables” (Director/Choreographer)- Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY
Love/Sick (Director/ Intimacy Director) - Parker Players, Barrington, IL
Grease, School Edition (Director/ Intimacy Director)- Metropolis School of Performing Arts
Legally Blonde (Director/ Intimacy Director)- Stevenson High School
Dr. Seuss at the Opera, A TYA concert (Director)- Skokie Theatre (10/22)
“Fancy Pants Cabaret” (Director)- Green Room 42, NYC
Snow Day (Director)- Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY
The Raven (Director/Adaptor)- Illinois Wesleyan University Directing Showcase
A Christmas Carol (Co-Director/Adaptor)- Moving Bench Theatre & Chicago Public Library
Amadeus (Co-Director/Intimacy Director)- Parker Players
Don’t Dress for Dinner (Assist. Director)- Theatre D, Deerfield, IL
Shout! The Mod Musical (Choreographer)- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Footloose (Choreographer)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
Urinetown (Choreographer)- Metropolis School of Performing Arts
The Prom (Choreographer)- Stevenson High School
“Run! Run!” (Choreographer)- Phoenix Theatre, Bloomington, IL
42nd Street (Assoc. Choreographer)- Illinois Wesleyan University
Scheherazade (Movement Director)- Phoenix Theatre, Bloomington, IL
Designer
The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham… (Writer/Designer/Producer)- Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago
Don’t Dress for Dinner (Production Designer)- Theatre D, Deerfield, IL
A Christmas Carol (Production Designer)- Moving Bench Theatre, Chicago, IL
Guys & Dolls (Costume Designer)- Sierra Repertory Theatre, Sonora, CA
“Caffeinated” & “Bolero” (Costume Designer)- Keigwin & Company at the Joyce Theatre, NYC
Splendid’s (Costume Designer)- Stella Adler Studio, NYC
The Tempest (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium
Hamlet (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium
The Maids (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium
Full Circle (Costume Designer)- Trinity Repertory Co./Brown Consortium
Twelfth Night (Costume Designer)- Green Stick Theatre Company, Chicago
Aces (Costume Designer)- Signal Ensemble Theatre, Chicago
Motion (Costume Designer)- Signal Ensemble Theatre, Chicago
Plough and the Stars (Costume Designer)- Tisch School of the Arts
A Doll’s House (Costume Designer)- Tisch School of the Arts
Our Country’s Good (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University
Three Sisters (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University
Blood Brothers (Costume Designer)- Illinois Wesleyan University
American Idiot (Costume Artisan)- St. James Theatre, Original Broadway Production
Performer
Nunsense (Sister Mary Hubert)- Up and Coming Theatre
Clue (Mrs. Peacock)- Kirk Players
The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham… (Lydia Pinkham)- Moving Bench Theatre
A Christmas Carol (Marley/Mrs. Cratchit)- Moving Bench Theatre
The Wild Party (Madeline True)- Piven Theater
Heathers (Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom)- Oakton Performing Arts
Inherit the Wind (Judge)- Theatre D, Deerfield
Kiss Me Kate (Gangster 1/dance captain)- Big Noise Theatre
Seussical (Mrs. Mayor)- Big Noise Theatre
Dragons Love Tacos (Dragon/Person in Suit US)- Big Noise Theatre
Spamalot (Patsy/dance captain)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
Big, the Musical (Mrs. Baskin/dance captain)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
The Music Man (Mrs. Paroo)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
Oliver! (Mrs. Sowerberry/Old Sally)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Rowena/featured dancer)- Wilmette Center for the Arts
Pnkalicious (Dr. Wink/featured dancer)- Highland Park Players
A Fairy Tale Adventure (Ugly Duckling/Swan Ballerina)- Highland Park Players
Bicycle Day (world premier) (The Witch/The Moon)- Annoyance Theatre Chicago
Cubicle (world premier) (Brenda Flickshagen)- Theatre Nebula
Oklahoma (Ensemble/featured dancer)- Glenview Theatre Guild
Teaching Experience
Clearbrook on Cue- Theatre for Students with Disabilities, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Resident Theatre Instructor: Directing & Design Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY
Resident Designer/Instructor: Northwestern Univ., National High School Institute
Stage Makeup for Actors: NYU, Tisch School of the Arts
Guest Artist & keynote speaker: Chicago Area Arts Appreciation Day, 2008
Instructor: Actor’s Toolbox Improv Playhouse
Instructor: Theatre Arts Tamarak Summer Program
Instructor: Musical Theatre Great Lakes Summer Program
Teacher/Choreographer McLean County Dance Academy
Teacher/Choreographer Dance Connection, Grayslake

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”
-Oscar Wilde
UPCOMING PROJECTS
The Wedding Singer
Music on Stage, May 2025
Directed by Jenilee Houghton