[‡u.s. premiere; †competition entry; *chicago premiere]
.opera & music theatre.
GIANNI SCHICCHI & BUOSO'S GHOST / by G. Puccini & M. Ching /
Bay View Music Festival [08.2011]
WAKING LAZARUS‡ / Curt Powell / Endpoint Theatre [06.2011]
RITA / G. Donizetti / Roosevelt Univ. [02.2011]
TROUBLE IN TAHITI / L. Bernstein / Roosevelt Univ. [02.2011]
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI† / V. Bellini / Opera Europa [10.2010]
LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS / F. Poulenc / Roosevelt Univ. [04.2010]
YOU TOOK AWAY MY FLAG‡ / Hank Perritt / TBC (Chicago) [03.2010]
A FUNNY THING…FORUM / S. Sondheim / ND State Univ. [02.2010]
NO EXIT* / Andy Vores / Chicago Opera Vanguard [10.2009]
REAGAN’S CHILDREN‡ / Eric Reda / Chicago Opera Vanguard [05.2009]
SWEENEY TODD / S. Sondheim / Northwestern Univ. Opera [10.2008]
THE BRITTEN PROJECT / B. Britten / Wolf Trap Opera Studio [08.2008]
THE MEDIUM / G. C. Menotti / Northwestern Univ. Opera [11.2007]
.assistantships.
DIE LUSTIGE WITWE / dir. Chas Rader-Shieber /
Staatstheater Darmstadt [12.2011]
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR / Lothar Krause /
Staatstheater Darmstadt [11.2011]
LA SONNAMBULA / Mary Zimmerman / Metropolitan Opera [03.2009]
ALCINA / Eric Einhorn / Wolf Trap Opera Co. [07.2008]
THE CRUCIBLE / Anna D. Shapiro / Steppenwolf Theatre Co. [08.2007]
IN THE BUBBLE‡ / Michael Greif / AMTP (Northwestern Univ.) [07.2007]
.theatre.
LAKEBOAT / by David Mamet / Steep Theatre Co. [01.2011]
AMADEUS / Peter Shaffer / Northwestern Univ. [05.2008]
BOSTON MARRIAGE / David Mamet / Northwestern Univ. [05.2007]
.education.
Northwestern University / MFA in Directing (Theatre & Opera)
Yale University / BA in Theatre Studies & English
.training programs.
Staatstheater Darmstadt / German Chancellor Fellow [2011-2012]
Royal Opera House (London) / Finalist, Jette Parker YAP [2011]
San Francisco Opera / Finalist, Merola Opera Program [2010]
Wolf Trap Opera Company / Directing Fellowship [2008]
.additional talents.
Languages / German, Italian
Instruments / Trumpet, Piano
Member / American Guild of Musical Artists
Ensemble Member / Steep Theatre Company (Chicago)
.references.
Anna D. Shapiro / Head, MFA Directing Program, Northwestern Univ.
Kim Pensinger Witman / Producer, Wolf Trap Opera Co.
Dana Brown / Assoc. Professor of Opera & Vocal Coaching, Roosevelt Univ.
Chris Ludwa / Artistic Director, Bay View Music Festival
