I have been directing for over 25 years, and still have a lot to learn. I hold an MFA from Mary Baldwin College/American Shakespeare Center, so my work is heavily influenced by their focus on audience connection. I’m the co-author, with Toby Malone, of Cutting Plays for Performance, from Routledge Press.
My favorite directing credits include Sperm Donor Wanted (2020) with Slow Your Role Theater Co., Romeo and Juliet (2012), The Duchess of Malfi (2016), Antony and Cleopatra (2018), and Richard III (2019) with Pigeon Creek Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale (2013) at Bridgewater College, Noye’s Fludde (2014) at Eastern Mennonite High School, and JB (2011) at Eastern Mennonite University. About three-quarters of my shows have toured, and I love the challenge of creating an adaptable piece that can go anywhere.
I’m the founder and artistic director of Silk Moth Stage, where we produce “new classics” in an outdoor setting, on the back corner of a dairy farm in Rockingham County, Virginia.
I’m an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the Shakespeare Theater Association, and a member of Directors Gathering. I’m certified in Mental Health First Aid.