Creative Resume
Improv Leadership & Teaching
Experience
2024 - Present
Development Coordinator, Unscripted (TN)
Nashville nonprofit that heals, empowers and connects the community through improv - I align grant writing, social media and programming to maintain consistent brand story.
2022 - Present
Teaching Artist, Unscripted
I teach at a 28-day recovery center and the women's prison, as well as workshops like Improv for Joy.
2022 - 2024
Teacher & Coach, Third Coast Comedy Club
I taught Ensemble, Longform, and form-specific Advanced Longform, as well as coached & produced The Dark Room, a two team ensemble for developing players.
2017-2020
Independent Coaching (NYC)
I coached house teams at UCB, the PIT, and the Armory as well as indie teams.
2019-2020
Teacher, The Armory
I taught Ensemble and Listening To Yourself
2016 - 2017
Assoc. Artistic Director, Reckless Theatre & Training Center
Oversaw 200+ students, 70 company members and 60 unique productions yearly, managing communications and education at a 2-venue improv theatre and school in New York City.
2015-2017
Teacher & Coach, Reckless
I taught classes including Improvised Play, Acting for Improvisers, and Adv Longform; coached house teams, and developed & ran an Instant Teams program that gave over 300 improvisers a team, a coach, and stage time to develop their chops.
Performance Experience
Early Years Highlights
2023 - Present
Nachmanobitch
Improv duo with Emma Supica that embraces the free play ethos of Stephen Nachmanovitch
2024 - Present
Improvised Murder Mystery
Co-created and perform a monthly sold-out show that invites the audience to play along with the cast to solve a murder in a Clue and Agatha Christie-inspired world
2022 - Present
Freak Pony
Member of all-femme ensemble that performs wild, esnsemble-focused longform improv
2023
Cackleberry County Fair
Member of devising ensemble for show at Kindling Festival
2023
How To Live: A Sketch Show
Co-developed and performed this rave-reviewed show
2019-2021
Live From Tomorrow!
Member of sketch ensemble for this innovation-themed live variety show (at the Edison Ballroom & Hudson Yards) and podcast. Learn more
2015-2020
Dark Sneak Love Action (NYC)
Improvised physical comedy at Brooklyn Comedy Collective, the PIT, Players Theatre. Winners 2016 Improvaganza Festival TheatreSports
2016-2018
The Original Cast
Improvised plays in the style of Miller, Williams, Chekhov and more
2010-2011
La Rinascita Ensemble
Capitol Hill Arts Center | Washington, DC
Prague Fringe | Prague, CZ
Chicago Fringe | Chicago, IL
Montana Artist Refuge | Basin, MT
2009
Appartion
dir. Lila Neugebauer
Project 1367 | Louisville, KY
2009
BRINK!
dir. Sean Daniels, World Premiere
by Lydia R Diamond, Kristoffer Diaz, Greg Kotis, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, & Deborah Stein
Humana Festival | Actor's Theatre of Louisville
2008
Hansel & Gretel
Synetic Theatre | Washington, DC
2007
Nest
dir. Joe Calarco, World Premiere
Signature Theatre | Washington, DC
2006
Short Order Stories
dir. Joe Calarco, World Premiere
Charter Theatre | Washington, DC
Directing Experience
2024 - Present
Fools In Love (in development)
Devised/improvised: A highly theatrical blend of Jane Austen's classic charm with the contemporary sizzle of Bridgerton and Gentleman Jack, brought to life by Nashville's top narrative improvisers.
2023
The Dark Room
Improvised: Directed a 2-team ensemble that performed monthly shows and experimented with new forms. At Third Coast Comedy Club.
2018
Throwaway
Improvised: Inspired by Det Andre Teatret, Throwaway makes theatre from trash. At Players Theatre and the PIT.
2017
1-9-8-4
Devised: The Party hosts a game to unmask the thought traitor. Set in the world of the novel, leaving Orwell's narrative behind. At Reckless Theatre.
2017
The Love Show
Devised/improvised: An immersive panorama of experiences on the topic of love, utilizing wristbands to tell performers how involved audience members wanted to be. At Reckless Theatre.
2015
Fighter Pilots
Scripted: Regular director for monthly competition show, where staged versions of sitcom pilots go head-to-head to see who gets a full-season order. At Reckless Theatre.
2016
A Reckless Christmas Carol
Scripted/Improvised: Fully-staged production of the classic with a new, unrehearsed improviser stepping into the role of Scrooge each show and the cast following their lead. At Reckless Theatre. A Time Out NYC Holiday Pick.
2015
Period in Period
Scripted: A sketch show exploring menstruation through the ages. Multiple venues.
Education & Training
2022
Impro Theatre (LA) | Workshops: The Black Aesthetic & Improv for Podcasts
Tatiana Godfrey & Kelly Bashar
2021
Anti-Racist Theatre Workshop
Nicole Brewer
2020
The Compassion Institute | Compassion Cultivation Technique
Amanda Mahoney
2017
Rapid Fire Theatre | Workshop: Hard Issues Onstage
John Gebratatose (HUGE Theater)
2016
Upright Citizens Brigade | Program Graduate
Jordan Klepper, Shaun Diston, Keisha Zollar, John Murray, Kevin Hines
2015
The Annoyance Theatre NY | Program Graduate
Bob Kulhan, Philip Markle, Susan Messing
2008-2009
Actor's Theatre of Louisville | Professional Training Company
Michael Legg, Amy Attaway, SITI Company, Elevator Repair Service, Annie Lanzilotto (solo performance), Gregory Maupin (clown), Bill McNulty (Meisner)
2007
American University | Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts)
Caleen Sinette Jennings, Karl Kippola, Gail Humphries Mardirosian, Cara Gabriel