Experience
Theatre Teacher
Drama class has been my home away from home since he was in elementary school. Over the years my love for live theatre has only grown. Before long it became clear I had to share this love of theatre with the next generation. After completing undergrad in 2014 at Skidmore College, I was anxious to jump into the classroom, but I wasn’t sure I was ready. Before I became a full-time teacher I knew I needed to spend time as a full-time artist. I moved to New York City and worked as a theatre artist from 2015 until the world shut down in 2020. Now, in 2023 I’m a whole graduate degree smarter and I’m ready to take what NYC artists have taught me and share it with NYC’s future artists.
English Teacher
It’s incredibly clichéd to say that my love of English stems from Shakespeare, which is why I’m glad to say that’s not the case for me! While it’s true my love of the bard means I have a handy way to connect the two fields I teach (and that I’ve got 37 plays and 154 sonnets of curriculum just itching to be taught) my love of English actually comes from elementary school, when for a short time I would entertain my friends on the playground by telling them scary stories (all of which were stolen recited from books I’d read). For me English is about sharing a love of stories above all else, whether we’re digging into metaphors and allusions to understand a story better, wrapping our heads around historical and philosophical contexts, or telling the stories we write ourselves. As long as I’m at the front of the room, English class will be a celebration of storytelling.
Teaching Artist
As a Theatre Artist I’ve worn many hats. I’ve been a director, an improviser, and fight choreographer alongside many other roles, but nothing brings me more joy than when I’ve gotten to venture into the classroom as a guest artist, bringing my love of theatre to the people of New York City. I’ve taught a wide range of workshops and classes. I’ve taught classes for students as young as kindergarten and all the way up to workshops for professional working performers. You might find me teaching an introductory stage combat workshop for a public high school in Fort Lee, New Jersey, helping bring a production of Romeo and Juliet to life with fifth graders in Hunts Point in the Bronx, teaching an after school class on video game design near Columbus Circle, doing an improvised Shakespeare workshop with professional actors at the El Barro Arts Space, or spending the whole summer teaching advanced weapons choreography at Stagedoor Manor in upstate New York. If there’s one thing these all have in common, it’s that my goal is always to get people as excited about theatre as I am.