about.

i am a teacher of acting and a director. i delight in teaching acting technique/scene study, text analysis, heightened text, character-work, and a lil’ bit of clown. i believe in a generator of childlike wonder and the possibilities of magic in the mundane. i love to tell stories about the poetics of everyday people in unique communities. i also coach for drama school/industry auditions.

i work with actors using the engine of play within a strong framework of technique. based on the work of mentors evan yionoulis & richard feldman, i aim to remove the mystique of acting to impart a technique and process that is simple, instinctual, freeing, and fun.

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training:

BFA acting: rutgers / mason gross, MFA acting: yale school of drama, postgraduate teaching fellowship: the juilliard school

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