Directing

Where are we ever to go?"

...I've taken a crack at it all - and I'm looking to take some more cracks. So let's whip some cracks up, play, create, and see what direction comes up in my next whopping crack.

"Where are We to go...

Self-produced works? Directed. Academic productions? Doubly Directed. Scenes for directing class? You'd better believe it. Theatre, Opera, Musical Theatre...

Directing Experience

Directing:

Production.............................................................................. Role(s)................................................... Type....................................... Company, Director/Supervisor:

  • Spring Musical Theatre Scenes...................... Co-Director........................................ Musical Theatre............. USU Opera, Dallas Aksoy

  • Rape of Lucretia........................................................ Assistant Director.......................... Opera................................... USU Opera, Vanessa Ballam

  • Porkchop........................................................................ Director................................................ Straight Play (Farce).. USU Theatre, Stefan Espinosa

  • My Darling Clementine........................................ Director, Screenwriter................ Short Film......................... USU Theatre, Paul T. Mitri

  • Ghostlight: A Fargedy............................................ Dir., Producer, Playwright........ One-Person Play.......... Lyric Repertory Company, Richie Call

  • Stop, Kiss Scene......................................................... Director................................................. Classwork.......................... USU Theatre, Stefan Espinosa

  • 2201: Xibalba, a Space Farce.............................. Director................................................. Staged Reading............ USU Theatre, Michael Shipley

Directorial/Teaching:

Production/Class................................................................. Type, Ages Taught......................... Role(s)..................................... Company, Supervisor:

  • Acting Coach................................................................ Directorial, All Ages....................... Coach...................................... Ethan Shaw

  • Romeo & Juliet Project.......................................... Educational/Mast'cls, 14-18...... Teaching Artist................. Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Sarah Hankins

  • Macbeth Initiative..................................................... Educational/Mast'cls, 17-18....... Teaching Artist................. Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Sarah Hankins

  • Anastasia KIDS............................................................ Educational/Production, 4-7... Teaching Artist................. Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, Riley Risso Coker

  • Text as Action............................................................... Masterclass (Rhetoric), 12-18..... Teaching Artist................. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Caitlin Arndt

  • Musical Theatre Intensive.................................... Camp, 10-18......................................... Teaching Artist................. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Caitlin Arndt

  • Advanced Shakespeare Intensive.................. Camp, 12-18.......................................... Teaching Artist................. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Caitlin Arndt

  • Beginning Shakespeare Intensive................. Camp 5-12............................................. Teaching Artist................. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Caitlin Arndt

  • Behind the Scenes Camp.................................... Camp, 12-18.......................................... Teaching Artist................. USU Theatre, Rachel Tillotson

  • Behind the Scenes Camp.................................... Mastercl. (movement), 12-18.... Teaching Artist................. USU Theatre, Rachel Tillotson

  • Behind the Scenes Camp.................................... Mastercl. (dramaturgy), 12-18.. Teaching Artist................. USU Theatre, Rachel Tillotson

  • Behind the Scenes Camp..................................... Masterclass (improv), 12-18...... Teaching Artist................. USU Theatre, Rachel Tillotson

  • Behind the Scenes Camp..................................... Mastercl. (pantomime), 12-18.. Teaching Artist................. USU Theatre, Rachel Tillotson

  • Apollo Theatre Co. Showcase............................. Showcase 12-18................................. Asst. Choreographer..... Apollo Thea. Co., Sarah Doman-Isham

Training/Experience & Skills:

BFA in Acting, Minor in Music, Minor in Chemistry, University Honors Utah State University

Leslie Brott, Richie Call, Michael Shipley, Paul Mitri, Jason Spelbring, Stefan Espinosa, Vanessa Ballam

Prof. Apprenticeships: Kingsmen Shakespeare Company; Theater at Monmouth; Tennessee Shakespeare Company; Texas Shakespeare Festival

Theatrical and Musical Improv Workshop Brian Lohman

Speech: Adv.: Accents, Accent acquisition, IPA, vocal combat technique; Int.: Fitzmaurice, Knight-Thomp.; DC 9 Shows

Singing: Int./Adv.: Musical Thea., Classical, Jazz/Croon, Folk, Rock, Country, Choral, etc.; 7.5 years private lessons

Movement/Dance: Int.: Clown., Ballet, Social, Period/Ballroom; Beg.: Aikido, Tumbling, Jazz, Tap, Latin

Stage Combat: Int.: unarm., Q-staff, rapier, dagger, broadsword, found weapons; FC 7 Shows, FChor. 2 Shows

Education:

BFA Acting, Cum Laude, Music Minor, and Chemistry Minor, Honors Student, Utah State University (2025)

Associates of Arts, Magna Cum Lauda (3.94 GPA), College of Southern Idaho (2019)

Valedictorian (4.0 GPA), Kimberly High School (2020)

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