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About Me

My Work

I'm a creative leader and theatre director who believes that strong storytelling – whether on stage or across an organization – creates clarity, belonging, and momentum.

My career has moved between professional theatre, arts education, and organizational leadership, including senior creative roles shaping brand voice, campaigns, and content strategy for national institutions. I bring the same approach to every environment: listen deeply, define the story that needs to be told, build systems that support people, and lead with empathy and rigor.

Whether I'm directing a cast, guiding a creative team, or partnering with executive leadership, I'm most energized by work that connects people to purpose and helps complex ideas become human and memorable.

Biography

My professional life has unfolded across rehearsal rooms, classrooms, conference halls, and creative teams, shaped by a belief that thoughtful storytelling and strong collaboration can change how people experience art, education, and institutions.

Over the past two decades, I've worked as a freelance theatre director and producer working in regional, community, and educational venues across the United States, while also holding senior creative and content leadership roles shaping how organizations communicate with their audiences. Most recently, I served as the Senior Creative Director for the Educational Theatre Association, where I led creative strategy across video, digital, print, and live-event platforms.

Earlier in my career, I worked on Broadway with Disney Theatrical Productions, overseeing the development of licensed plays and musicals for schools, regional theatre, and professional companies worldwide. As a writer, editor, and project manager, I have contributed to more than 50 titles, including NewsiesBeauty and the BeastPeter and the StarcatcherThe Hunchback of Notre DameShakespeare in Love, and Freaky Friday, as well as educational adaptations of Moana, Frozen, Finding NemoMary PoppinsAladdinMean Girls, Crazy for YouAnastasia, and others.

I've also collaborated with iTheatrics, the Junior Theater Festival, and President Obama's Turnaround Arts program, partnering with educators, students, and professional artists to build sustainable theatre programs and develop new works.

Currently, I reside in Raleigh with my husband, Ash.

Theatrical Resume

Show Title
Producing Organization
Role
Year

Upcoming: Noises Off

Theatre Cedar Rapids
Director
2026

Upcoming: Guys & Dolls

Theatre Cedar Rapids
Director
2026

ITF 2025 Closing Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Director
2025

ITF 2025 Opening Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Director
2025

Hairspray

Theatre Cedar Rapids
Director
2025

Jersey Boys

Theatre Cedar Rapids
Director
2025

ITF 2024 Closing Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Co-Director
2024

ITF 2024 Opening Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Co-Director
2024

Something Rotten!

Theatre Cedar Rapids
Director
2024

ITF 2023 Closing Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Co-Director
2023

ITF 2023 Opening Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Co-Director
2023

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

University of Northern Colorado
Director
2023

ITF 2022 Closing Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Director
2022

ITF 2022 Opening Ceremony

International Thespian Festival
Director
2022

Disney's Hercules

Disney Theatrical Productions/The Public Theater, New York, NY
Administrative Staff
2019

Disney's Frozen

Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway
Administrative Staff
2018-2020

Disney's Frozen (pre-Broadway)

Disney Theatrical Productions, Denver
Administrative Staff
2017

Disney's Freaky Friday

Disney Theatrical Productions, Signature Theatre
Administrative Staff, Licensing Project Manager
2016

Peter and the Starcatcher

Disney Theatrical Productions
Licensing Project Manager
2016

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Disney Theatrical Productions
Licensing Project Manager
2016

Disney's Newsies

Disney Theatrical Productions, National Tour & Cinematic Live Capture
Administrative Staff, Licensing Project Manager
2015-2016

Disney's Aladdin

Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway
Administrative Staff
2015-2021

Disney's The Lion King

Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway
Administrative Staff
2015-2021

Dead Special Crabs

Wide Eyed Productions, TBG Theatre, NYC
Administrative Staff, Board of Directors
2014

Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS

Turnaround Arts, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Director
2013

[title of show]

University of Northern Colorado Graduate School, Greeley
Director
2012

The Toymaker

New York Musical Theatre Festival, NYC
Assistant Director
2009

She Loves Me

Little Theatre of the Rockies
Assistant Director
2002

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