Curriculum Vitae
Theatre, Musical Theatre, and Opera
Stage Director, L’Enfant et les Sortileges, Arizona State University
Choreographer, Bright Star, Mesa Community College
Choreographer, Sister Act, Mesa Community College
Stage Director, Los Coyotes y Las Conejas (Héctor Armienta), Arizona Opera/OperaTunity
Stage Director, Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid (Borths), Arizona Opera/OperaTunity
Choreographer, Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), Arizona Opera (Director: Patrica Racette)
Stage Director, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Mozart/Borths), Arizona Opera/OperaTunity
Director, Independence (Lee Blessing), Gardner Stages, Los Angeles, CA
Director, Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Whitmore-Lindley Theatre, North Hollywood, CA
Director, The Line That’s Picked Up 1000 Babes, Gardner Stages, Los Angeles, CA
Director-Choreographer, The Pajama Game, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, White Salmon, WA
Director-Choreographer, Crazy for You, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, White Salmon, WA
Movement Coach, As You Like It, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO (Director: Lynn Nichols)
Choreographer, Queen Margaret, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO
Choreographer, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO (Director: Jane Page)
Choreographer, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, Lafayette, CO
Choreographer, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Movement Coach, The Lucky Spot, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Director-Choreographer, The Dance of Angels Who Burn Their Own Wings, The Loft Theater, Boulder, CO (MFA Thesis)
Assistant Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, University Theatre, Boulder, CO (Director: Lynn Nichols)
Original Devised Work
Director-Choreographer, All the Secrets of the Mountain, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, White Salmon, WA
Director-Choreographer, Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, White Salmon, WA
Collaborations
Choreographer, Sing, Sing, Sing: Benny Goodman Tribute, Mesa Community College Jazz Ensemble, Mesa, AZ
Original Choreographic Works/Concert Dance
Flight: A Mariposa Story (Scene 3, Taking Flight), Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Sonoran Spring, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Homeland, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Ode, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
It Is Not Madness, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Square Peg, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Penumbra, Mesa Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Wild/Precious, Mesa Performing Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Let.Go., Mesa Performing Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Arc, Mesa Performing Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
One/Two, The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
Drink Me, The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
Onna at Peace, The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
Mienteme, The Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
When You Return, The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
Black Dress Solo, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Onna in Conflict, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
White Flag, Confrontations Part I (Gallery Show), Los Angeles, CA
Are You?, Beacon Street Dance Project/Studio A, Los Angeles, CA
Prometheus Rains, Dairy Center for the Performing Arts, Boulder, CO
Academic Teaching
Dance Program Director, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Lecturer in Dance, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Dance Faculty (Full-Time), Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Dance Faculty, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Dance Faculty, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Dance Faculty, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Additional Teaching Experience
Dance Director, Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, White Salmon, WA
Education
MFA in Dance, University of Colorado Boulder
BA in Theatre, California State University Northridge
Training
Graduate Certificate in Applied Shakespeare, University of Colorado Boulder
Press
Fall Concert Review (The Santa Barbara Independent)
Review of Tap Class (Los Angeles Times)