About
I use writing and collaborative practices to bring new ideas to life through film and theater. But it took many years to get to this point….
When I was eight years old, my Mom took me to see a local youth theater’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I sat frozen in awe, absorbing every note, color, and twirl of the performers. As soon as the curtain lowered, I turned to my Mom and informed her I would be in the theater’s next show.
Thirty-five musicals later, I was deeply in love with the comedy and dramatics of the theater, so I set off to Pitzer College to study…. Psychology. Luckily I quickly realized this path was not for me. Though it was scary to commit to my dreams, I went for a Creative Writing major and Theater minor. As my thesis, I wrote the book and lyrics to a full musical inspired by my college a cappelle group, The Claremont Shades.
After college, I put my theater work aside to learn more about the TV and Film industry of Los Angeles. I worked in reality TV as an assistant to EP Mark Burnett before transitioning to freelance production work on independent films and web-content (to see some examples of this work please check out my ‘Collaborator’ page).
Whether I was collaborating as a Costume Designer, Producer, Director, or Performer, I learned about the craft and my own abilities from each project. I loved the endless dreaming during development, the non-stop energy on set, and the creative puzzle piecing of post-production. But one thing was missing: the live engagement of theatre. So I decided to go back to school and investigate where the worlds of media and live performance meet.
Performing stand-up comedy in LA