RESUME
Artistic Director | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2014-2022
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director | Brave Spirits Theatre | Washington, DC | 2011-2014
Professional
Theatre
The King’s Shadow: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V in repertory | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2019-2020
Antony and Cleopatra | Theater at Monmouth | Monmouth, ME | 2022
The Changeling | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2018
Coriolanus | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2018
The Bloody Banquet | Co-Director | Brave Spirits Theatre | Washington, DC | 2015
The Two Noble Kinsmen | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2014
'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2017
Antony and Cleopatra | Brave Spirits Theatre | Alexandria, VA | 2016
Richard III | Brave Spirits Theatre | Washington, DC | 2012
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Co-Director | Brave Spirits Theatre | Washington, DC | 2011
The Comedy of Errors | Assistant Director | Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Long Day's Journey into Night | Assistant Director | Virginia Shakespeare Festival | Williamsburg, VA | 2004
Educational
Theatre
Richard II | Mary Baldwin University: MFA | Staunton, VA | 2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hathaway Brown Upper School | Cleveland, OH | 2023
The Forced Marriage | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2017
The Misanthrope | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2016
The Learned Ladies | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2015
The Imaginary Invalid | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2014
Alice in Wonderland | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2015
Pandora's Fire | Traveling Players Ensemble | McLean, VA | 2014
Staged
Readings
The Custom of the Country | WSC Avant Bard | Arlington, VA | 2017
Oedipus W.R.E.C.K.S. | WSC Avant Bard | Arlington, VA | 2017
The Innocent Mistress | Washington Shakespeare Company | Washington, DC | 2010
Henry VIII | Shakespeare in the Pub | Washington, DC | 2019
Edward II | Shakespeare in the Pub | Shirlington, VA | 2017
Richard II | Shakespeare in the Pub | Washington, DC | 2016
Woman at Bat | Georgetown Theatre Company | Washington, DC | 2011
Life 101 | Georgetown Theatre Company | Washington, DC | 2010
Height: 5'4" | Eye Color: Blue | Hair Color: Auburn
Theatre
The Women of Lockerbie | Woman 1 | Seat of the Pants | Dir. Craig Joseph
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania / Hippolyta | Rubber City Theatre | Dir. Dane Leasure
The Verge | Adelaide | Rubber City Theatre | Dir. Dawn Yamokoski
King Lear | Regan | WSC Avant Bard | Dir. Tom Prewitt
The Maid's Tragedy | Evadne | Brave Spirits Theatre | Dir. Angela Kay Pirko
Doctor Faustus | Dr. Faustus | Brave Spirits Theatre | Dir. Paul Reisman
Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 4615 Theatre Company | Dir. Jordan Friend
Dinner | Wynne | 4615 Theatre Company | Dir. Stevie Zimmerman
Eurydice | Little Stone | NextStop Theatre Company | Dir. Jay Brock
Dr. Faustus | Dr. Joan Faustus | Mary Baldwin University MFA
Clara Bow: Becoming ‘It’ | Sarah Bow, Elinor Glynn | LiveArtDC | Dir. Heather Whitpan
A Bright Room Called Day | Emil Traum | Nu Sass Productions | Dir. Angela Kay Pirko
Margaret: A Tyger's Heart | Margaret of Anjou | Mary Baldwin University MLitt | Dir. Kelly Elliott
Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Brave Spirits Theatre | Dir. Victoria Reinsel
Macbeth | Macduff | Mary Baldwin University MFA | Dir. Riley Steiner
Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | Dir. Tom Delise
Love's Labour's Lost | Rosaline, Costard | Mary Baldwin University MLitt | Dir. Matt Davies and Doreen Bechtol
Macbeth | Witch 1, Porter | Push/Pull Theater Company | Dir. Jessica Aimone
What, Lamb! What, Ladybird! | Juliet, etc. (Solo Performance) | Brave Spirits Theatre | Dir. Victoria Reinsel
Love's Labor's Lost | Katherine | Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Dir. Jenny Leopold
Jack the Ticket Ripper | Julie | Georgetown Theatre Company | Dir. Catherine Aselford
A Thing for Redheads | Jessie Morgan | Calliope Arts | Dir. Julianna Avery
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Silvia, Lucetta, Outlaw | Brave Spirits Theatre | Dir. Victoria Reinsel and Charlene V. Smith
The Trojan Women | Andromache (Guest Artist) | National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts | Dir. George Grant
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania, Hippolyta | Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | Dir. Moses Goldberg
The Comedy of Errors | Emilia | Baltimore Shakespeare Factory | Dir. Tom Delise
The Jeweler's Shop | Teresa | Dir. George Grant
Film
"Buckeye Jobs" Political Ad | Waitress | Red Bicycle Media
Evil Kin, Ep. 303 | Ginger Taylor | Investigation Discovery
The Art of Conflict Management | Rebecca | The Teaching Company
House of Cards, S3E12 | Extra | Netflix
Staged Readings
Titus Andronicus (Bare Bard) | Aemelius | Maryland Shakespeare Festival | Dir. John Bellomo
The Green Cockatoo | Severine | WSC Avant Bard | Dir. Tom Prewitt and Bill Toscano
Nahum Tate's King Lear | Regan | Mary Baldwin College MFA | Dir. Julia Nelson
The Trojan Women | Helen of Troy | Mary Baldwin College MFA | Dir. Rebecca Hodder
No Wit / No Help Like a Woman's | Mistress Low-water, Sanfield | Mary Baldwin College MLitt | Dir. Julia Nelson
Arden of Faversham | Alice Arden | Mary Baldwin College MLitt | Dir. Dane Leasure
Edward III | Countess, Prince Philip | Mary Baldwin College MLitt | Dir. Dane Leasure
The Trojan Women | Kassandra | Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Dir. Ashly Fishell
Die, Mr. Darcy, Die! | Laura | Best Medicine Rep Theater Company | Dir. John Morogiello
Absolute Amy | Amy | Amnesty International Human Rights Festival | Dir. Catherine Aselford
The Rover | Angelica Bianca | Washington Shakespeare Company | Dir. Catherine Aselford
Audio Drama / Audiobook Narration
Directing
Shakespeare's Histories: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III as audio productions | Brave Spirits Theatre | 2021-2023
Dramaturgy
Henry V | Grinnell College | directed by Karie Miller
Teaching
Mary Baldwin University | Staunton, VA
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Visiting Co-Instructor, Graduate Program: REN603B Collaborating as Directors, Spring 2021
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Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Theatre Department: Fall 2013
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Co-Instructor, Theatre Department: THEA 101: Plays in Performance, Mary Baldwin College, Fall 2013
Hathaway Brown Upper School | Cleveland, OH
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Blackbox Ensemble / Acting 1 Guest Instructor, 2023
Traveling Players Ensemble | Fairfax County, VA
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Middle School Ensemble Director, 2014-2017
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Greek Camp Director, 2014
American Shakespeare Center | Staunton, VA
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Education Artist, 2013
Maryland Shakespeare Festival | Frederick, MD
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Shakespeare Alive Teacher, 2011
Education and Training
Mary Baldwin College (now University) | Staunton, VA
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MFA in Shakespeare and Performance
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MLitt in Shakespeare and Performance
College of William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA
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BA in English and Theatre
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Summa Cum Laude
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Phi Beta Kappa
Great Audiobook Adventure | Elise Arsenault | 2024
Certified Teacher of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique | Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium | 2026
Theatrical Intimacy Education | Digital Workshops
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Working with Minors, February 2023
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Consent in the Acting Classroom, January 2023
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Foundations in Race, Intimacy, and Consent, October 2022
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Intimacy Best Practices, June 2021
Intimacy Captain Certificate | Intimacy Coordinators of Color | May 2021
Anti-Racist Theatre: A Foundational Course | Nicole Brewer | December 2020
Anti-Racism Virtual Training | Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso | July 2020
Literary Office Internship | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Ashland, OR | July 2013
Snow Camp Directing Intensive | Michael Rau and Will Davis | Strand Theater Company | Baltimore, MD | December 2013
Publications
“The Bloody Banquet in Performance.” Co-written with Claire Kimball. The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024, edited by William David Green, Anna L. Hegland, and Sam Jermy. Routledge, 2024.
Review of By The Queen. Shakespeare Bulletin, 41.2 (2023): 320-324.
“Brave Spirits Theatre’s 2018 Changeling.” Co-written with Musa Gurnis. The Changeling: The State of Play, edited by Gordon McMullan and Kelly Stage. Arden Shakespeare, 2022.
Review of She-Wolf. Shakespeare Bulletin, 38.2 (Summer 2020): 295-298.
“Staging Sexual Assault Responsibly: Lessons from The Changeling.” HowlRound Theatre Commons. 10 June 2019. howlround.com/staging-sexual-assault-responsibly.
“Margaret of Anjou: Shakespeare’s Adapted Heroine.” The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespeare’s Queens, edited by Kavita Mudan Finn and Valerie Schutte. Palgrave, 2018.
“The ‘Fiend-Like Queen’ of Macbeth.” Brief Candle 5 (2018): 8-16.
Smith, Charlene V., Melissa Huggins, and Rebecca L. Hodder, eds. Rogue Shakespeare: Scholarship and Stagecraft in an Ensemble-Based MFA Company. Staunton: Rogue Shakespeare, 2014. Print.
“Aural Character Identification in an Extreme Casting Production of Richard II.” Rogue Shakespeare: Scholarship and Stagecraft in an Ensemble-Based MFA Company. Staunton: Rogue Shakespeare, 2014.
Review of Henry IV and 1 Henry IV. Shakespeare Bulletin, 32.4 (Winter 2014): 752-56.
Speaking Engagements
“Space and Time in Romeo and Juliet.” Great Lakes Theater, Play Notes. November 2022.
“Re-Imaginging the Focus of your Theatre: Creating an Anti-Racism Plan of Action.” Panelist at the Shakespeare Theatre Association’s Annual Conference. January 2021.
“Henry VI Part II.” Introduction for The Show Must Go Online. April 2020.
“Early Modern Plays and Rape Culture.” Speaking engagement at Mary Baldwin University. Staging Gendered Violence Symposium. Staunton, VA. November 2019.
“Contending with Shakespeare through Feminism.” Speaking engagement at University of Maryland. Marshall Grossman Lecture Series. College Park, MD. October 2019.
“Gender Conscious, Gender Neutral, and Non-Binary Artists in Shakespeare.” Panelist at the Shakespeare Theatre Association’s Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic. January 2019.
“The Play’s the Thing: Coriolanus in Discussion.” Session Leader at the Shakespeare Theatre Association’s Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic. January 2019.
“Refusing to ‘Play the Maid’s Part’: Women in the Shakespearean Theatre.” Speaking engagement at the College of William and Mary. Women’s Weekend. Williamsburg, VA. September 2018.
“Tackling Gender Bias in Classical Theatre.” Unscripted Afterchat at WSC Avant Bard. Arlington, VA. December 2016.
Papers and Seminars
“Margaret in Adaptation, a Retrospective.” International Congress on Medieval Studies: Henry VI panel. May 16, 2026. Conference paper.
“Remounting Shakespeare’s Histories in Audio.” Shakespeare Association of America: Audio Shakespeare Around the World. April 3, 2026. Conference paper.
Acceptance and grants-in-aid for the Folger Shakespeare Library Symposium on “Performance Methodologies.” Washington DC, October 2025.
“The Henriad in Rep.” Shakespeare Association of America: Shakespeare in Repertory. April 18, 2020. Conference paper.
“Directing The Changeling through a Feminist Lens.” Shakespeare Association of America: #OpenSecrets. Washington, DC, April 19, 2019. Conference paper.
Acceptance and grants-in-aid for the Folger Shakespeare Library Symposium on “Shakespeare’s Theatrical Documents,” with Tiffany Stern. Washington DC, March 2016.
“Re-Creating Shakespeare’s Margaret.” Shakespeare Association of America: Re-Authoring Shakespeare in Contemporary Performance, Translation, and Adaptation. New Orleans, LA, March 25, 2016. Conference paper.
“Margaret of Anjou: Shakespeare’s Adapted Heroine.” Shakespeare Association of America: Contending with Shakespeare through Adaptation. St. Louis, MO, April 12, 2014. Conference paper.
Professional Affliliations
Shakespeare Theatre Association
IDEAA Committee Co-Chair, 2022-2023
Shakespeare Association of America
Not In Our House DC,
working committee member (2018-2021)
The Actors’ Center,
Board Member (2014-2018), Board Secretary (2016-2018)
Other Skills
Viewpoints
Chekhov Technique
SAFD Basic Pass in Broadsword | 2019
SAFD Basic Pass in Rapier and Dagger | 2012
SAFD Basic Pass in Smallsword | 2004
Recorder: Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor
over fifteen years experience as a standardized patient
Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite
Web Software and Design: basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, Wordpress, Wix, Mailchimp, GoDaddy, and Dotster
Ticketing and CRM Software: Artful.ly and ThunderTix
DAWs: Reaper and Audacity