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Experience

SELECTED DIRECTOR CREDITS

  • The Princess Show (Aaron Collier) Theatre Outre, Lethbridge, Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • How Do I Love Thee? (Florence Gibson MacDonald) Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • UNSEX’D (Jay Whitehead and Daniel Judes) Third Street Theatre, Calgary, Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto, Saint John Theatre, Saint John, Frank Theatre, Vancouver, Atlantic Fringe, Halifax, Theatre Outre, Lethbridge, Gay Theatre Festival, Dublin
  • How To Leave (Liam Monaghan), Theatre Outre, Lethbridge
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (Greg MacArthur), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • Late Company (Jordan Tannahill), Theatre Outre, Lethbridge
  • I, Animal (Daniel MacIvor), Kazan Co-op, Halifax, Summerworks, Toronto
  • Bingo! (Daniel MacIvor), Mulgrave Road, Mulgrave, Halifax, Glace Bay
  • Domestic Train Wreck (Melanie Bennett), Angels & Heroes, Toronto, Leeds, Halifax
  • Castrati: An Electro Drag Opera (Theatre Outre), Gay Theatre Festival, Dublin
  • Understudy (Gillian Clark), Queer Acts Theatre Festival, Halifax, Uno Fest, Victoria
  • La Ronde (Arthur Schnitzler), Dalhousie University, Halifax
  • Pains of Youth (Martin Crimp), Workhouse Theatre, Toronto
  • A Thought in Three Parts (Wallace Shawn), Theatre Outre, Lethbridge, Calgary
  • Naked (Lisa Snow), Forerunners Theatre, Halifax
  • Tribes (Nina Raine), University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge
  • Weldon Rising (Phyllis Nagy), University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge
  • The Pitchfork Disney (Philip Ridley), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • BASH (Neil Labute), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • Fewer Emergencies (Martin Crimp), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (Naomi Wallace), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • ThreePenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht), Opera Nova Scotia, Halifax
  • Blackbird (David Harrower), Angels & Heroes, Halifax
  • Tough! (George F. Walker), Festival Antigonish, Antigonish
  • Munschapalooza (Robert Munsch), Festival Antigonish, Antigonish
  • Godspell (Stephen Schwartz), Festival Antigonish, Antigonish

Education

Doctor of Philosophy Candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies

  • York University, Toronto, Ontario

Masters of Arts, Specialization in Directing and Gender Studies

  • Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with Honours

  • Univeristy of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

Artistic Associate, Theatre Outre, Lethbridge

  • Co-sharing oversight of organization, including artistic programming, strategic planning, board governance, financial stability, and community engagement

Instructor, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge

  • Teacher in acting fundamentals, directing fundamentals and literature 

Intern, Canadian Stage 

  • Performed a variety of duties surrounding the Festival of Ideas and New Creations for two summers 

Company member, Festival of Antigonish Summer Theatre

  • Spent 8 summers performing and directing for this summer theatre company, largely revolving around Theatre for Young Audiences and helped found their alternative stage Stage Two

SELECTED AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist, Halifax
  • Best of Atlantic Fringe, Halifax
  • Canadian Idol Top Ten Season One 
  • Audience Choice Award, Queer Acts, Halifax

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