Director
Photo by Jason Belack
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Acting was my first love for a long time. Ever since childhood, I'd look for ways to perform, eager to step into someone else's shoes. But as playwriting took a larger role in my life, I found that what I loved most about all of it - directing, performing, writing - what I loved most about theatre, was storytelling. This opened the door for me to explore storytelling as a director. Outside of an undergraduate directing class, my first real experience with directing came with my senior project, which I also wrote and performed in ("I will never do all three again," she says to herself as she simultaneously considers creating and directing herself in a one-woman show). Since then, I've directed or co-directed a dozen shows in both community and educational environments over the last ten years. |
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Over the River and Through the Woods, Keystone Players - 2019 The Poe Asylum, Keystone Players - 2018 Much Ado About Nothing, CSU & Keystone Players - 2018 The 39 Steps, Keystone Players - 2017 The Importance of Being Earnest, Keystone Players - 2017 Almost, Maine, Keystone Players - 2016 The Poe Asylum: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Premature Burial, Ghostlight Productions Scranton Fringe Festival - 2016 Julius Caesar, Ghostlight Productions Shakespeare in the Park - 2016 Almost, Maine, Ghostlight Productions Underage Theatre - 2015 Scenes from Metamorphoses, Ghostlight Productions Underage Theatre - 2014 Romeo & Juliet, Ghostlight Productions Shakespeare in the Park - 2012 A Midnight Dreary: The Raven, Ghostlight Productions Dinner Theatre - 2011 The Mousetrap, Ghostlight Productions Dinner Theatre - 2010 |
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Actor
Photo by Daniel Lanton
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My very first acting experience was around the age of five. I was an inch worm, I got to sing as well as act, and I was hooked. (Pun semi-intended.) Ever since, theatre has lived at the core of my being. I performed regularly in high school and college productions, playing a wide range of characters from Lydia Bennet in Pride & Prejudice - where I met my husband! - to Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Since co-founding Ghostlight Productions in 2009, and working with the Scranton Shakespeare Festival in 2016, I've had the chance to expand my acting experience through a variety of characters and a heavy does of the classics.
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Horatio, Hamlet - 2018 Prospero, The Tempest - 2017 Woman, The Poe Asylum: The Raven - 2016 Innogen, Much Ado About Nothing - 2016 M'lynn, Steel Magnolias - 2015 Adriana, The Comedy of Errors - 2015 Lady Macbeth, Macbeth - 2014 Mrs. Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor - 2013 Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing - 2011 A Murderess, A Midnight Dreary -2011 Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2010 Feste, Twelfth Night - 2009 |
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Stage Combatant
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I'm always looking to grow my skills as a theatre artist, so I joined Art of Combat in 2012. Since then, I've had the opportunity to take multiple classes and intensives in stage combat, including knife, unarmed, found objects, longsword, small sword, sword and shield, quarterstaff, and whip. I even took a class in knife throwing! I've taken workshops and been choreographed by Jared Kirby, John "Doc" Lennox, and Kyle Rowling (who did fight choreography and doubling for Star Wars: Episodes II & III). I had the privilege of performing in New York City for three years with Art of Combat's New York Intensive Showcase and I continue to work regularly with AoC directors and choreographers when performing in or directing a show that features stage violence. |
Weapons of WhedonArt of Combat New York City Intensive, 2014
For Weapons of Whedon, I fought in two scenes: Serenity Mash-up and Cabin in the Woods. As this was my third year doing the intensive, I also served as an assistant fight director for Agents of Shield. |
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How Does It Feel?Art of Combat New York City Intensive, 2013
In my second year of the intensive, I was challenged to learn small sword in addition to growing my skills in knife, unarmed, and found objects. I fought in several scenes including Julius Caesar. |
Physical DiscussionsArt of Combat New York City Intensive, 2012
Before my first year at the Art of Combat Intensive, I had only taken one weekend of fight workshops, where I had learned some basics in unarmed stage combat and a bit of broadsword. To be trusted with significant roles in two fight scenes was both frightening and thrilling. I expanded my skills in unarmed and learned to fight with found objects. I also discovered my love of knife (still my favorite stage combat weapon). The scenes I performed in for my very first showcase were Henry VI, Part I and Kill Bill. |
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