Growing up with a curious mind and a heart that belonged to the stage, I decided at a very young age that I HATED rehearsal and only wanted to perform. As I grew older, I grew to love the process of rehearsing even more than the performances; they felt more rewarding, and more community building. In my adult life, I have learned to strike a balance between my love for process and performance. While I still long for a forensic, and fulfilling rehearsal period, I have seen the power that is in sharing performances, especially of new work, with audiences.

Now, my goals are to share stories with the world and change perspectives–all through exploration and innovation. I think like many groundbreaking innovations, theatre changes lives in little ways, slowly showing people that an opposing perspective to theirs is actually held by a living breathing human, full of similar complexities to the ones they experience. But theatre can also change lives in massive ways– become a distraction and safe space from a dangerous life, connecting people in a way that is rare in today’s world. For these reasons, I am drawn to work that showcases characters who are imperfect, even morally ambiguous.

Since this is what I am drawn to in my art, I also choose to treat my collaborators not as commodities but rather as human beings with complex thoughts. I strive to foster a theatre community that emphasizes the humanity of what it is we do, where collaboration is abounding. I love the process of combining and exploring ideas that are representative of as many people in the room as possible because I truly believe every person deserves a stake in the story we come together to tell.