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PLAY PRODUCTION HISTORY
2020 The Game of Life - Dir: Erica Weiss; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2019 Medusa – Dir: Coy Middlebrook; Deaf West Theatre at the Getty Villa, Malibu
2019 The Passion of McQueen in Concert – Dir: Diana Wyenn; Boston Court, Pasadena
2018 Closet Drama – Dir: Jeremy O’Keefe; LAMBDA Litfest, Los Angeles
2016 Closet Drama – Playwright & Director; BGB Studios, Los Angeles
2015 The Avenue of Saints – Dir: Michael Kearns; Skylight Theatre LAbWorks, Los Angeles
2015 Body + Blood – Dir: Marti Lyons; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2015 Welcome – Dir: Alexander Lane; Ten Festival, The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2013 Body + Blood – Dir: Tony Abatemarco; Skylight Theatre LAbWorks, Los Angeles
2012 Fact & Fiction – Dir: Dámaso Rodríguez; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2011 Fact & Fiction – Dir: Dámaso Rodríguez; Elephant Theatre Company, Los Angeles
- Named one of the best productions of 2011 by Bob Verini of Variety
2011 Northwest Highway – Dir: Si Osborne; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
- Nominated for the American Theater Critics Steinberg Award
2009 Not Fade Away – Dir: Corey Madden; Blank Theatre Living Room Series, Los Angeles
2009 Kid – Dir: Mark Fleischer; Best Production, Collaboraction’s Sketchbook, Chicago
2004 A Young Man in Pieces – Dir: Michael P. Thornton; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2003 ‘6’ – Dir: Jonathan Berry; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2002 County Fair – Dir: Michael P. Thornton; The Gift Theatre Company, Chicago
2002 The Three-Way – Director & Playwright; The Tap Gallery, Sydney
2001 The Two of You – Director & Playwright; The University of Iowa
2000 See Through You – Director; Lancaster University, England
1999 Bringing (Di)Visions To Life – Dir: Sonja Kuftinec; Mostar Youth Festival, Bosnia-Herz.
1998 The Saved – Dir: Michael Patrick Thornton; University of Iowa Undergrad Play Festival
1997 Against the Grain – Dir: Brett W. Reynolds; Young Playwrights, Inc., New York
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 Final Draft Big Break Semifinalist for The Sleeper television pilot
2016 Body + Blood: LA Lift-Off, Independent Filmmakers & California Women’s Film Festival
2009 USC Josh Schwartz Drama Pilot Award for Hearts & Minds
2008 USC First Pitch Co-Chair; USC Frank Daniel Scholarship
2007 Artistic residence at the Ragdale Foundation
2004 Community Arts Assistance grant from the City of Chicago
2002 All Tomorrow’s Parties premieres at Los Angeles Short Film Festival
2001 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship
1998 The University of Iowa ‘Outstanding Freshman’ Award
1997 The University of Iowa Nicholas Meyer Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellowship
1997 Leonard Bernstein Interdisciplinary Award, Scholastic, Inc.
1995 Rotary International Exchange Student to Brazil
EDUCATION
MFA in Film & Television Writing; University of Southern California; 2007 – 2009
MA in Theatre Studies; University of New South Wales - Sydney; 2001 – 2002
BA in Theater Arts & Sexuality Studies Certificate; University of Iowa; 1997 – 2001
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Acting, Playwriting, Theater History and Creating Original Content; Columbia College Hollywood, Los Angeles; September 2017 - Present
Adjunct Instructor of Creative Writing, Archetypal Psychology and Reel Writing; AMDA Los Angeles; October 2015 – Present
Co-Instructor of Story Structure Course with Mark Saltzman at LGBT Center Los Angeles; April 2019 - Present
Horseless Cowboy Productions; Los Angeles; November 2018 - Present
Adapting multiple foreign series to English for Netflix.
The Gift Theatre Company; Chicago, December 2001 – Present
Co-founder and ensemble member of professional theater, recognized by the State of Illinois House of Representatives as a cultural anchor and economic engine to the northwest side neighborhood of Jefferson Park.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts; Beverly Hills, August 2014 – December 2018
Associate Director of Communications for performing arts venue, responsible for copywriting, publications and social media.
Amazon Studios; Los Angeles, March 2012 – July 1, 2018
Script and book analyst for feature film and television production company.
Ugly Betty Writers’ Room Intern & Writers Assistant; Los Angeles, January 2009 – March 2010
Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Chicago, July 2004 – June 2007Publicist and copywriter for Tony Award-winning regional theatre.