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My Resume

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Director,  Dime Novel

Chain Theatre One Act Summer Festival

New York, NY

June 2025- August 2025

Director, Der Fröhliche Wanderer

Chatham Players' Jersey Voices

Chatham, NJ

April 2025 - August 2025

Director, Twelfth Night 

Ninety Nine Cent Players

Watchung, NJ

February 2025 - June 2025

Director, The Only People Here

Chain Theatre Winter One Act Festival

New York, NY

January 2025 - February 2025

Director, The Heat

Chain Theatre Summer One Act Festival

New York, NY

July - August 2024

Director, The Wolves

The Brook Arts Center

Bound Brook, NJ

May - July 2024

Director,  For A Barbarian Woman

Hangar Theatre (Self-Produced)

Ithaca, NY

November - December 2023

WORKSHOPS / READINGS

Director,  True to Life

Chester Theatre Group's 24 Hour Playhouse

Chester, NJ

October 2025

Director & Producer, The Heat

Self-Produced Workshop

Ithaca, NY

March - May 2024

Director,  The Heat

Ithaca College New Play Incubator

Ithaca, NY

October 2023

Received the Golden Egg (Best Play), awarded by Kyle Bass, at Ithaca College New Play Incubator 2023. 

Director, CANCELED not clickbait

Ithaca College New Play Incubator 

Ithaca, NY

October 2022

Received the Golden Egg (Best Play), awarded by Judy Tate, at Ithaca College New Play Incubator 2022. 

Director, Sex According to Merriam Webster

Ithaca College New Play Incubator 

Ithaca, NY

October 2022

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

Assistant Director,  Le Dernier Sorcier

Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ithaca, NY

November 2023 - March 2024

Assistant Director,  Annie Jr.

Chatham Players Youth Program

Chatham, NJ

July - August 2023

Assistant Director, Twelfth Night the Musical

Ithaca College Center of Theatre & Dance

Ithaca, NY

December 2022 - April 2023

Assistant Director,  Pirates of Penzance

Chatham Players Youth Program

Chatham, NJ

July - August 2022

Assistant Director,  Unicorn Girl

Ithaca College Center of Theatre & Dance

Ithaca, NY

January - May 2022

THEATRE EDUCATION

Teaching Artist

Practically Dramatic LLC

Long Hill, NJ

December 2025- Present

Taught a Drama Class and a Public Speaking Class for elementary aged students at HudsonWay Immersion School.

Monologue and College Coaching

Independent

September 2024- February 2025

Prepared and coached a student for BFA acting college auditions

Teaching Artist

Pushcart Players

Tinton Falls, NJ

October 2024- December 2024

Taught a Creative Dramatic and Imaginative Storytelling Class for elementary students at the Ranney School. 

Head Production Intern

Chatham Players Youth Program

Chatham, NJ

2022-2023

Coordinated productions for twenty children aged 7-15, led educational theatre workshops, coached young actors in scenes and dance, and completed administrative duties. 

MARKETING EXPERIENCE

Marketing Specialist

Finger Lakes Wine & Travel Card / Finger Lakes. Com

Finger Lakes, NY

December 2024 - Present

Developed, created and distributed digital content on social media platforms; created and executed digital ad campaigns to increase sales and impressions; managed website content; optimized engagement with email marketing. 

Graphic Design, The Wolves

The Brook Arts Center

Bound Brook, NJ

April - July 2024

Designed promotional social media content and posters for The Wolves, which increased social media engagement by 55%. 

Student Vice President,  The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Ithaca College 

Ithaca, NY

September 2023 - May 2024

Expanded social media presence of the Ithaca College chapter of Phi Kappa Phi through the creation and distribution of Instagram content, organized a fundraising event at Panera Bread to raise money for Phi Kappa Phi student scholarships and collaborated with Ithaca College faculty to plan two honor society induction ceremonies.

Public Relations & Social Media Strategist, College Navigators

College Navigators LLC

Ithaca, NY

August - December 2023

Enhanced social media presence of College Navigators by 75% by designing social media content and distributing it on social media platforms, finding op-ed opportunities and created strategies to increase brand awareness. Position was in conjunction with Public Relations Lab at Ithaca College. 

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Graphic Design,  For A Barbarian Woman

Hangar Theatre (Self-Produced)

Ithaca, NY

November - December 2023

Designed promotional posters and postcards to increase awareness of For A Barbarian Woman production. 

Associate Producer, New Play Incubator

Ithaca College New Play Incubator

Ithaca, NY

October 2023

Designed and distributed promotional posters to spread awareness of the performance, leading to a sold-out show, planned a post-performance reception, cast the ensemble of actors and facilitated administrative duties at daily rehearsals.​​

ADDITIONAL  EXPERIENCE

Choir Singer

Wilson Union Memorial Church

Watchung, NJ

2025 - Present

Hired to perform at two masses a month, learning six songs/anthems/hymns for each mass. 

Script Consultant,  Black Beauty:  The Classic Reimagined

United We Dance International

March 2024

Participated in Script Workshop for Black Beauty: The Classic Reimagined, with the goal of diving deeper into the complex themes, structure, and symbolism conveyed in the script of this narrative contemporary dance piece. 

EDUCATION

Ithaca College

May 2024

B.A. Theatre Studies 

B.S. Integrated Marketing Communications 

Summa Cum Laude 

GPA: 3.99

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES & SOCIETIES 

Student Marshal

Ithaca College Park School of Communications

An honor given to the individual with the highest GPA of all students graduating at May 2024 Commencement in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College

Integrated Marketing Communications
Academic Achievement Award

Ithaca College Park School of Communications

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Ithaca College

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, most selective, and most prestigious interdisciplinary honor society, and membership is by invitation only to our top 7.5 percent of juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students.

Lamda Phi Eta, National Communication Honors Society

National Communication Association / Ithaca College 

Oracle Honor Society

Ithaca College

The Oracle Honor Society membership is achieved  by maintaining a GPA within the top ten percent of students after completing two full semesters at Ithaca College.

THEATRICAL AWARDS

Winner:  Best Direction of a Play, The Wolves

BroadwayWorld Regional Award NJ 2024

Nominee: Best Direction of a Play, Twelfth Night

BroadwayWorld Regional Award NJ 2025

Nominee:  Best Costume Design, Twelfth Night

BroadwayWorld Regional Award NJ 2025

Skills

Writing for Public Relations

Digital Marketing

Marketing Analytics 

Social Media Marketing

Email Marketing

Project Management

Dramaturgy

Literary Managment

Graphic Design

Adobe Photoshop (Advanced)

Adobe Illustrator (Intermediate)

Canva Design (Advanced)

Video Editing 

iMovie (Advanced)

TikTok (Proficient)

Canva (Proficient)

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