Always in Rehearsal….
Over the years, my artistic practice has been rooted in the belief that all artists are leaders and all leaders are artists. My practices include orchestra/opera/musical theatre conducting and directing, shaping narratives and creating new perspectives on classic repertoire. I lead with the idea of being “always in rehearsal”, developing safe processes in rehearsal rooms, classrooms, and workplaces where creativity and curiosity can create joyful expressions of human connection. I am always seeking how performance can create sacred spaces for communities to stay grounded in the power of the human experience. My practice reflects an empathetic, historically informed approach, building on talents and opportunities for learning together through being in the rehearsal room
Director, Spring Awakening, UNC Pauper Players
Executive Producer, Sounds Like America concert
PBS/UNCTV
Lara Downes, piano
Alexander Bernstein, narrator
Conductor/Music Director, The Mikado, Durham Savoyards
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
Untitled Dracula Opera Librettist TBD
GGRC Co-Conceiver, Book Russell Glover Productions (UK)
Caroline Or, Change Music Director Justice Theatre Project
The Mikado Music Director Durham Savoyards
I Am My Own Wife Director Justice Theatre Project
Live Live Cinema: Carnival of Souls Director NC Museum of Art
It Shoulda Been You Director Theatre in the Park
Ruddigore Music Director Durham Savoyards
Trial By Jury Music Director Durham Savoyards
Tea With Edie and Fitz F. Scott Fitzgerald NC State TheatreFest
My Cuba (Staged Reading) Director William Peace University
The Walt Disney Play Dramaturg ManBites Dog Theatre
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Assist to R. Holmes Theatre Raleigh (premiere)
Spring Awakening Director Pauper Players, Chapel Hill
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Director Pauper Players, Chapel Hill
A Chorus Line Director Pauper Players, Chapel Hill
The Wedding Singer Music Director WSTA
Grease Music Director WSTA
Galileo Galilei Assistant Director UNCG Opera Theatre
Iolanthe Assistant Director Greensboro Light Opera
Daughter of the Regiment Music Assistant Greensboro Opera
We Had A Very Good Time Actor, Men UNCG Theatre
In The Next Room Assistant Director UNCG Theatre
THIS Assistant Director UNCG Theatre
Take Me Out (Staged Read.) Mason UNCG Theatre
Oh What A Night Keyboard 2 Hot Summer Nights
Violet Keyboard 2 Hot Summer Nights
Fame: The Musical Pit Musician/Librarian NC Theatre Conservatory
Miss Saigon Orchestra Assistant NC Theatre
Durham Savoyards, Durham, NC June 2017-June 2019
Principal Conductor/Music Director, Board Member
Pauper Players, Chapel Hill, NC May 2015-March 2017
Resident Director
Justice Theatre Project, Raleigh, NC June 2017-October 2019
Chair, Artistic Committee
2019 Tony Awards
Scene and Screen
Host: Diane Ramsey
Recorded: 2019
Leonard Bernstein: Celebrating The Man And The Music
WUNC, The State of Things
Recorded: 2017
Host: Frank Stasio
Guests: Lara Downes, Alexander Bernstein