Resume

 

directing

La Chingada de México (staged reading)               Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

Jake a Million                                                      Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

The Lonesome West                                              Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

Paddy Can’t Be Trusted                                         Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

Warm Beer and Confectioners’ Sugar                     Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

The Blue Hour                                               Assistant Director                              Loyola University Chicago

Proof (scene)                                                       Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

A Skull in Connemara (scene)                                Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

The Complete History of America (abridged)           Director                                    Loyola University Chicago

acting

9PE Comedy (2006 - present)                           Ensemble Actor                                                  9PE Comedy

Oedipus Rex                                                    Tiresius, Apollo                         Open Source Theatre Project

The Wilde Tales                                            Student, Little Squib                            iNcOnCeIvAbLe ThEaTrE

The Women of Lockerbie                                       George                   Dominican Univ. Performing Arts Cntr.

Chicago Mumming Plays (2009 - 2010)            Father Christmas                                    Blunt Objects Theatre

The Shepherds’ Pageant                                           Mak                                   Open Source Theatre Project

Actors (film)                                                      Andrew Paul                                     Infamous 8 Productions

The Pillowman (scene)                                          Tupolski                                    Loyola University Chicago

Glengarry Glen Ross (scene)                   Shelly “The Machine” Levene                   Loyola University Chicago

Poetry Out Loud                                             Performance Artist                            Loyola University Chicago

The Laramie Project:  10 Years Later                Aaron McKinney                                                 Next Theatre

Speed-the-Play                                                   Teach/Gould                                Loyola University Chicago

Savage in Limbo                                                     Murk                                      Loyola University Chicago

King Henry IV Part I (scene)                                   Falstaff                                     Loyola University Chicago

Othello (scene)                                                     Othello                                     Loyola University Chicago

The Goat, Or Who Is Syliva? (scene)                        Martin                                     Loyola University Chicago

Children of Eden (scene)                                         Snake                                     Loyola University Chicago

The Visit                                                                 Max                                      Loyola University Chicago

Fiddler on the Roof                                             Lazar Wolf                Dominican Univ. Performing Arts Cntr.

The Complete History of America (abridged)             Reed                                     Loyola University Chicago

The Secret Garden                                             Major Holmes                              Loyola University Chicago

Management

Our Dad Is In Atlantis                                      Stage Manager                                        16th Street Theater

The Beats                                                       Stage Manager                                        16th Street Theater

Menorca                                                         Stage Manager                                        16th Street Theater

10 x 10: Latinas Do It Write                             Stage Manager                                                   Teatro Luna

Third Saturdays (outdoor arts festival)            Stage Coordinator               Edgewater Chamber of Commerce

GL 2010: Not Your Generic Latina                     Stage Manager                                                  Teatro Luna

Maria Improv                                                  Stage Manager                                                  Teatro Luna

A Chorus Line                                                  Stage Manager                   Oak Park Village Players Theater

Loyola Dionysia 2009                                          Producer                                    Loyola University Chicago

Steel Magnolias                                              Stage Manager                              Loyola University Chicago

Wit                                                                Stage Manager                              Loyola University Chicago

Temple Spirit                                           Assistant Stage Manager                        Loyola University Chicago

House of Butterflies                                 Assistant Stage Manager                        Loyola University Chicago

A Son at the Front                                    Assistant Stage Manager                        Loyola University Chicago

STAGE LIGHTING

TRAINING

Stage Directing, Advanced Characterization

    (Jonathan Wilson)

Advanced Stage Directing (Sarah Gabel)


Stage Management (Deya Friedman)

Theatre Operations (April Browning)

Mask & Movement Theory, Shakespearean Acting

    (Susan Felder)

Acting Theories & Techniques (Aaron Todd Douglas)

Modern Dance I (Sandra Kauffman)


Advanced Lighting Design (Lee Keenan)

Costume Design (Jacqueline Firkins)

Scenic Design (Tim Mann)

additional skills, experience, and accomplishments

  1. 5 years performing with Improv/Sketch Comedy Troupe, 9PE

  2. Musical instruments:  piano, harmonica, guitar, voice (baritone), beatbox

  3. Independent recording pianist

  4. Knowledge of VectorWorks, Q-Lab, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, iLife, iWork, FTP Servers, PeachTree accounting software

  5. Experience in business accounting, data entry, donor relations

Below is my most up-to-date extensive resume.  You can also CLICK HERE to download a more concise and printer-friendly copy or CLICK HERE for my current headshot.  I am an entirely freelance artist, as well as an Equity Membership Candidate for the Actors’ Equity Association.

Children’s Letters to God                                 Light Designer                              St. Anthony’s Praise Players

New Play Festival 2008                                Master Electrician                               Loyola University Chicago

The Burial at Thebes                                 Assistant Light Designer                          Loyola University Chicago

Nunsense 2:  The Second Coming                      Light Designer                              St. Anthony’s Praise Players

Icarus’s Mother                                            Master Electrician                              Loyola University Chicago

365 Days/365 Plays                                       Light Designer                                Loyola University Chicago

The Learned Ladies                                Assistant Master Electrician                       Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago, BA in Theatre

9PE Comedy

5 years of performance training in improvisational and sketch comedy

Awards and Nominations

  1. New City Stage Top 5 New Plays for Menorca, 16th Street Theater

  2. Jeff Recommendation for Menorca, 16th Street Theater

  3. Best Second Stage Series Actor Nomination for The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Loyola University Chicago, 2010

  4. Best Second Stage Series Actor Award for Savage in Limbo, Loyola University Chicago, 2009