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This portfolio reflects the professional work I’ve done as a director, musical director, comedian, composer\/lyricist\/playwright, performer, and teacher over more than twenty years. Although that may seem like an unusual variety of roles, I consider it a huge advantage in my teaching work, not only because of the breadth of my experience, but because I give my students the tools to build the career they want for themselves<\/em>, driven by a curiosity about their art and the world around them. I’m very lucky to have carved out a fulfilling professional niche for myself, and as the industry shrinks and gatekeeping continues, the ability to envision their own unique creative path becomes a superpower in my students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bodies as language. Joy as resistance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hecubae<\/em>, an adaptation of Hecuba<\/em> by Euripides produced by Bare Boned Theatre at the Raven, reflects my roots. Despite my comedy focus, I’ve always kept one foot in traditional theatre. I encourage students to ground themselves in the skills they can build there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a similar vein, much of the scripted work I’ve directed has straddled those two worlds, such as the comedy musicals Miami Nice<\/em> and Choice!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I encourage my students to find and hone their personal comedic voice. In both theatrical and comedic work, one way I’ve done that is by centering queerness, such as in the one-man show Altered Boy<\/em>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…and in the devised sketch show ‘Tis the Seasonal Depression<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a director of theatre, musicals, and sketch comedy, I’m often called upon to be adaptable to difficult situations, a quality I foster in my students. Never was this more clear than during lockdown, when I directed several student sketch revues, including 2 Cute 2 Unmute<\/em>, a Second City Conservatory graduation show, via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s video of a sketch from that revue that demonstrates the students’ ingenuity in utilizing the technology that was brand new to them at that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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