About / Practice
I am an interdisciplinary theatre artist, educator, and facilitator working across directing, performance, movement, puppetry, intimacy direction, and producing. My work lives in rehearsal rooms, classrooms, institutions, and public spaces, and is shaped by a long-standing interest in presence, physical storytelling, and ensemble collaboration.
Across roles, I am attentive to how people work together. I am drawn to processes that value listening over display, specificity over spectacle, and care over urgency. Whether I am directing a production, supporting a team as an intimacy director, choreographing movement, or facilitating a training, my focus remains consistent: creating environments where people can do precise, meaningful work without unnecessary harm.
Practice
My artistic practice is grounded in physical and non-verbal storytelling. I am interested in the electricity of small moments, the space between people, and the way time can expand or compress through attention. Much of my work explores relationship: between performers, between body and object, between audience and event.
I work fluently across disciplines and vocabularies, often serving as a bridge between artists, educators, administrators, and community partners. This interdisciplinary fluency allows me to translate ideas, align values, and support projects that serve multiple goals without diluting artistic integrity.
Several principles guide my work:
- Presence and listening as the foundation of performance and collaboration
- Specific, repeatable choices that support clarity and sustainability
- Consent-forward process, particularly in physically or emotionally vulnerable work
- Ensemble awareness and shared focus rather than individual dominance
- Supportive structures that allow creative risk to be taken thoughtfully
These principles remain consistent whether the work is experimental or traditional, academic or professional, intimate or public-facing.
Teaching, Facilitation, and Leadership
As an educator and facilitator, I am committed to scaffolding experiences that support growth, agency, and confidence. I believe creative practice can serve both artistic and personal development, and that success in the arts is rarely linear.
My teaching and facilitation emphasize:
- Accessibility and inclusion
- Experiential learning and reflection
- Reducing unnecessary tension
- Empowering individuals within an ensemble
I bring this same philosophy into leadership and producing contexts, where I focus on communication, vision-setting, and aligning people around shared purpose.
Interdisciplinary & Community Engagement
A significant portion of my work involves interdisciplinary and community-engaged projects. I am particularly interested in how performance can support empathy, dialogue, and connection across difference, and how arts practices can intersect with education, health, and civic life.
I have extensive experience working within academic institutions and nonprofit environments, and I am comfortable navigating complex systems while keeping the needs of artists and students at the center of the work.
An Evolving Practice
This website functions as a living record of my practice. Here you’ll find updates on recent projects, reflections on process and pedagogy, and writing that tracks the evolution of my thinking.
My work continues to be shaped by ongoing inquiry into mindfulness, presence, leadership, and care in creative environments. I remain curious, collaborative, and committed to building spaces where meaningful work can unfold.