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EDUCATION

Emerson College                                                                                                                                                               

  • Master of Arts, Theater Education & Applied Theater 

University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance                                                                          

  • Bachelor of Theater Arts, concentration in Theater Education 

Boston Conservatory at Berklee                                                                                                                       

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Musical Theater 

​       (Freshman and Sophomore years)

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

The Hive Theatre Company, Boston, MA                                                                                                                              2025-present

Founder and Producing Artistic Director

  • Created mission and vision for the company

  • Responsible for creating a business plan, hiring employees, managing budget, developing advisory board, marketing, reserving rehearsal and performance spaces, casting productions

  • Producer and director for upcoming play in fall 2025 in the BCA Plaza Theatre

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Salem State University, Salem, MA                                                                                                                                        2025-present

Adjunct Faculty, Theatre & Speech Communication

  • Instructor for Theatre History II 

 

Reagle Music Theatre, Boston, MA                                                                                                                                        2024-present

Assistant Director

  • Assist in equity auditions with tasks such as organizing headshots, taking notes, creating and organizing spreadsheets

  • Create rehearsal schedules for mainstage productions  

  • Assistant direct mainstage production 

  • Teacher in spring workshop

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Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA                                                                                                                          2024-present

Director and Musical Theater Teacher

  • Director of winter play 

  • Part of a small artistic team responsible for reviving the summer theater intensive 

  • Director of one-act play and assistant director of full-length musical (summer theater intensive)

  • Responsible for teaching summer intensive course on Musical Theatre Performance (Acting the Song)

  • Co-teacher of summer intensive Viewpoints workshop

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The Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA                                                                                                                                 2024-2025

Musical Theater Teacher 

  • Responsible for providing challenging and professional musical theater training to a select group of students with a strong interest in musical theater

 

The Rivers School, Weston, MA                                                                                                                                                             2024-2025

(Interim) Upper and Middle School Musical Theater Teacher 

  • Responsible for teaching a variety of musical theater courses to middle and high school students

  • Responsible for teaching high school Dance and Choreography

  • Responsible for preparing middle and high school students for a showcase performance  

 

New England Clinical Skills Consulting, Boston, MA                                                                                                        2024-present

Standardized Patient

  • Portray specific patient roles

  • Assess clinical skills and provide feedback to medical students and professionals​

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The Fay School, Southborough, MA                                                                                                                                               2023-2024

Theater Teacher & Director

  • Responsible for building the new drama program, developing all curriculum, establishing mission and core values, and expanding student interest

  • Instructor for core curricula drama courses and elective drama courses for grades 3-9 

  • Director of full-scale school productions

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Solomon Schechter Day School, Newton, MA                                                                                                                          2022-2023

Theater Director   

  • Director of full-length school musicals with 4th and 5th grade students

  • Responsible for all aspects of the shows including staging, musical directing, choreography,  set design and construction, sound design, costumes, communication with parents, and rehearsal scheduling                                                                                                 

JumpStart Theatre Detroit, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                                              2021-2022

Teaching Artist

  • Teaching artist in workshops designed to build sustainable musical theatre programs at schools where there were previously none

  • Provide mentoring and help produce a musical with teachers at 3 Detroit middle schools using iTheatrics Method

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University of Michigan SMTD Office of Outreach and Engagement, Ann Arbor, MI                                                            2021-2022

Michigan Artist Citizen

  • Selected to serve as a Michigan Artist Citizen, an arts ambassador on campus and in communities throughout Michigan

  • Explore community issues and deeply engage with community members to share the love of the arts and spark creativity

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The Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor, MI                                                                                                                                                         2021-2022

Drama Teacher

  • Drama teacher in after-school youth-driven teen center

  • Responsible for promoting personal growth through artistic expression

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Spinning Dot Theater Company, Ann Arbor, MI                                                                                                                            2020-2022

Teaching Artist

  • Teaching artist for Teen Company students ages 12-15

  • Mentor and empower young students as they direct and perform international plays and cultivate an appreciation for global theater

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Crescendo Detroit, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                                                                        2020

Drama Teacher

  • Drama teacher in after school programs for students ages 7-13

  • Responsible for creating lesson plans that accommodated a wide age range and aimed to build character and foster a love for participation in the arts

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DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY

The Hive Theatre Company, Boston, MA

  • The Wolves, Director

Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA

  • Clue, Director

  • All in The Timing, Director

  • 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Asst. Dir. to Nicole Soriano

The Rivers School & Conservatory​

  • Six: Teen Edition, Co-Director/Choreographer

  • Mean Girls, Choreographer

The Reagle Music Theatre​

  • ChristmasTime, Asst. Dir. to Rachel Bertone

The Fay School, Southborough, MA

  • Seussical the Musical, Director/Choreographer 

  • Two Islands (original play), Director 

Schechter Day School, Newton, MA

  • You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Director/Choreographer

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COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

  • Musical Theatre Performance (Acting the Song)

  • Monologue Exploration

  • Scene Study & Play Analysis

  • Elementary Foundations of Drama  

  • Audition Workshop

  • Movement Workshop: Viewpoints Method

  • Beginner & Intermediate Dance: Musical Theatre & Jazz

  • Playmaking & Devising

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Theater for Young Audiences

  • Viewpoints Method 

  • Musical Theatre Performance 

  • Theater Pedagogy  

  • Curriculum Development

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CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Actors' Equity Member Association Candidate (EMC)

  • Massachusetts Teaching License K-12 Theater Education

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Engagements

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Spinning Dot Theatre

“Spinning Dot is an innovative theatre company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our focus is on international plays to deepen the global connection in our communities and beyond through ways that are intriguing, enriching, and surprising for audiences”

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Crescendo Detroit

“Our mission is to transform the lives of youth, ages 5-18, in the neighborhoods in which we operate by developing intense instrumental music, vocal music and dance programs that promote artistic excellence and character building. “

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"All students in grades 1-8 are encouraged to take part in our theater productions, which include both original scripts and well-known plays. In addition, we offer classes in improvisation and playwriting as well as workshops on theater tech and stage management for students interested in the more technical aspects of theater."

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The Neutral Zone

JumpStart Theatre

“The Neutral Zone is a diverse, youth driven teen center dedicated to promoting personal growth through artistic expression, community leadership and the exchange of ideas. Youth continue to be the heart and voice of Neutral Zone and the driving force behind what we do”

“EdTA, in collaboration with New York City-based companies iTheatrics and Music Theatre International (MTI), created JumpStart Theatre, a scalable pilot program designed to build sustainable musical theatre programs where there were previously none”

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MPOW

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Michigan Artist Citizens

“Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop (MPOW) was established to bring performing arts education to children in the greater Southeast Michigan community in order to promote creative expression, build self-esteem, and strengthen the community as a whole. “

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"The greeting sets the tone for the class as fourth graders line up in the hall to high five, fist bump, wave, dance, or shake a foot with teacher Margaret McFadden. Drama is a new addition to the regular academic schedule for students in grades three through seven this year, with an acting elective option for students in grades eight and nine. Once a rotation, students arrive at drama, and a quick boogie through the doorway reminds the fourth graders that this is a space for active learning, exploration, creative expression, and fun."

“Michigan Artist Citizens (MACs) are a select cohort of community engaged students who serve for one year as program leaders and/or teaching artists for SMTD Community Partnerships. Successful MACs tend to be deeply committed to community engagement and have the energy and desire to develop and grow community programs in partnership with others.”

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"Walnut Hill Summer Theater develops theatrical ability, skills, and knowledge through performance and classroom work for further study in school and college. The program consists of three productions in four weeks (two plays and a musical). Each student is cast in one play and all are cast in the musical, with each show performed on consecutive evenings. Daily classes in acting, musical theater, and dance are an integral part of the program, and strike a balance between process and performance"

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