POSITIONS:

Guest Director, Sing for Hope                                       2009 to Present

Guest Teaching Artist, Kean University                      Fall 2009

Artistic Associate, Azuriales Opera                              2005 to 2009

Project Manager, Cartier Centennial, New York       Spring 2009

Guest Teaching Artist, Sarasota Opera                       Summer 2008

OPERA America Conference Grant Recipient           2008-2009

DIRECTING:

Falstaff (Verdi)                                                                    Boston Opera Collaborative (2011)

Adam and Eve (Patrick Soluri)                                        Opera Manhattan (2011 Premiere)

Lorca en Nueva York (Lorca, Ocana)                              Espai Brossa Barcelona (Spain, Premiere)

Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)                                                     Hillhouse Opera of New Haven

Scourge of the Hyacinths (Tania Leon)                          Remarkable Theater Brigade at Carnegie Hall

Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck)                                      Opera Manhattan

Faust (Gounod)                                                                    Hillhouse Opera of New Haven

L’Enfant et les Sortileges (Ravel)                                     coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan

Aria da Capo (Millay)                                                         coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan

Aida                                                                                        Opera of the Hamptons

The Telephone                                                                     Opera Manhattan

Bastien und Bastienne                                                       Opera Manhattan

Tosca                                                                                      Opera of the Hamptons

Tosca                                                                                      Opera at Florham

The Bard Laid Bare                                                             American Opera Projects with Lauren Flanigan

Rape of Lucretia                                                                  coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan

Cendrillon                                                                             Harbor Opera NYC

The Music Man                                                                    Village Light Opera

La Boheme                                                                            One World Symphony

Richard III (Shakespeare)                                                 Spoon Theater NYC

The Street: A New Musical                                                IMTF-NYC (Premiere)

Concert des Solistes (Opera Scenes)                               Les Azuriales Opera (France)

La Rondine: Act II (Puccini)                                             Opera Theatre of Lucca (Italy)

A Pair of Duels: the Boor & the Bear (Walton)             University of Cincinnati/CCM

The Bear (Chekhov)                                                            University of Cincinnati/CCM

Common Ground                                                                 Lincoln Center Directors Lab

Under Pretense                                                                    Theatre-Studio (Off-Broadway)                                       

Alcina (Handel)                                                                   Opera North (US)

Anything Goes                                                                      Chevy Chase Players

The Son of Getron                                                               Carmina Opera

Reflections: A Fusion of Opera and Theatre                  Vanderbilt Noontime Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY:

The Music Man                                                                    Village Light Opera

The Street                                                                             IMTF-NYC (Premiere)

The Bacchae                                                                         University of Cincinnati/CCM

Ariodante                                                                              University of Cincinnati/CCM

La Traviata                                                                           Opera North (US)

The Marriage of Figaro                                                      Opera North (US)

ASSISTANT DIRECTING:

Rigoletto                                                                                      Bernard Uzan - Michigan Opera Theatre

Tosca                                                                                             Bernard Uzan - Michigan Opera Theatre

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead                          Mark Morris  - MMDG / American Opera Projects

The Really Big Once                                                                David Herskovits - Target Margin Theatre

This is the Rill Speaking (Lee Hoiby, premiere)         Ned Canty  -  American Opera Projects

Orpheus in the Underworld                                                Royston Coppenger  -  Bronx Opera

Carmen                                                                                         Ben Spierman  -  Bronx Opera

Le Docteur Miracle                                                                  Elaine Kidd  -  Les Azuriales Opera (France)

Turn of the Screw                                                                      Lorin Maazel  -  Chateauville Foundation

La Cenerentola                                                                           Sandra Bernhard  -  Opera Theatre of Lucca (Italy)

Ariodante                                                                                      Sandra Bernhard  -  University of Cincinnati/CCM

Homebody/Kabul                                                                     John Vreeke  -  Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

La Traviata                                                                                   Ron C. Luchsinger  -  Opera North (US)

The Day Room                                                                            Howard Shalwitz  -  Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, College-Conservatory of Music                             

•Directing Studies, MFA Program

•Opera Directing Concentration

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Class of 2001, cum laude                                                                                 

•Bachelor of Music in Musical Arts, Blair School of Music                                

•Double major in Theatre, College of Arts and Science

National High School Institute, Theatre Arts Program                                                                             

Steppenwolf Theatre Workshop                                                                                                            

RELATED TRAINING:

Dance/Choreography:  Proficient use of period dance, musical theatre styles; All performance levels

Voice:  Mezzo-soprano; Art song, opera repertoire; Extensive recitative and diction skills; Musical theatre/cabaret

Languages:  Fluent English and French; Conversational Italian and German; Supertitle experience

Masterclasses: Jonathan Miller, Anne Cattaneo, Margo Garrett, Lotfi Mansouri, Frank Corsaro, Simon McBurney

Technical Skills: Advanced computer skills for both PC and Mac; copyediting/marketing experience