Collaborating with young artists is some of the most affirming work I do.
Over the course of my career, I’ve directed kids, teenagers, high schoolers, and college students in just about every context, ranging from well-resourced regional theaters to modest black boxes where all we’ve got is some rehearsal furniture and our collective imagination. Wherever I’m working, I give young performers the respect I’d give to any adult professional, fostering a safe, enthusiastic, and indeed educational space for them to show up at their absolute best (and maybe even do something they didn’t know they were capable of).
I’ve directed 5 large-scale productions on the historic Ogunquit Playhouse mainstage with huge design teams and 40-person casts. I adapted The Wizard of Oz for a cast of 9 and spent a full month developing and rehearsing it with student actors at Brooklyn Acting Lab. I traveled to Prague to assistant direct and perform in the Czech premiere of Finegan Kruckemeyer’s This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing at A Studio Rubín as part of the Prague Fringe Festival’s Family Series.
Beyond work made specifically by and for young audiences, I’ve also directed college students in productions of Pippin at St. John’s University in Queens, Noises Off at Fordham University in the Bronx, and Xanadu at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.