Technical Direction and Project Management

Master of Fine Arts in Technical Direction - Carnegie Mellon University 2025

Oren and Teschie Parker Award in Drama for Excellence in Design and Production Technology 2024

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design & Technology - Otterbein University 2022

Eugene C. Reynolds Speech/Drama Award 2022

Fred J. “Pop” Thayer H’82 Endowed Theatre Award 2021

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Assistant Technical Director of Stage Operations

The Glimmerglass Festival Full Season 2024

Assistant Stage Operations Manager

The Glimmerglass Festival Full Season 2023

Joined the Glimmerglass family in 2023 as an Assistant Stage Operations Manager, ran scenery deck during Opera performances and assigned deck tracks to Stage Operations staff and apprentices. Led scenic changeovers, and scenery and prop transfers between three venues.

In 2024 moved to be the Assistant Technical Director of Stage Operations, interviewed and hired 12-person department. Led, managed, and scheduled two assistant managers, five stage operations staff, and four apprentices for show running, repertory changeovers, and scenery and prop transfers.


Project Manager

Carnegie Mellon University 2023-2025

Manage CMU School of Drama’s Technical Direction department for a period of 12 weeks for CMU’s thirteen show season in three venues

Supervise and delegate responsibilities for all technical direction students’ production assignments including: budgeting, drafting, building, installing, and striking each show

Create/maintain all schedules, build calendars, project tracking documents/databases


Drafting - Technical Drawings

2D and 3D technical drawings created in AutoCAD

Scenic Carpentry Projects

Installation drawings

Prop Construction

CNC Projects


Recently:

2024 Cooperstown, New York

The Glimmerglass Festival

2021 Aspen, Colorado

Theatre Aspen

2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University

2020 Columbus, Ohio

Otterbein University

2022 Cortland, New York

Cortland Repertory Theatre

2019 Logan, Utah

Utah Festival Opera (UFOMT)