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
Projects
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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