Stage Director

• Jun 2021 - Present

Director - Serse (Xerxes) by Handel

Stage Director, Lucio Silla

• Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

Stage Director

• Sep 2021 - Present

Soprano Chorister

• Feb 1990 - Present

Upcoming: MacBeth, Tosca, The Magic Flute, L'elisir d'amore, Florencia en el Amazonas. Over 140 productions in 25 seasons singing alongside the foremost singing actors of our generation and being inspired by many of the world's greatest directors including Peter Sellars, Frank Galati, August Everding, Francesca Zambello, and John Copley. Upcoming: MacBeth, Tosca, The Magic Flute, L'elisir d'amore, Florencia en el Amazonas. Over 140 productions in 25 seasons singing alongside the foremost singing actors of our generation and being inspired by many of the world's greatest directors including Peter Sellars, Frank Galati, August Everding, Francesca Zambello, and John Copley.

Resident Stage Director

• Sep 2010 - Present

Upcoming: Das Barbecue, Spring 2021. Recent: The Falling and the Rising, Nov. 2019. Also for POP: Donny G (Don Giovanni set in L.A. in our new translation!), 2018; Assassins, 2016; The Magic Flute 3.0 -A Space Opera (in a translation by the Petite Opera team), 2015; Brundibar, 2014; The World According to Snoopy!!!, 2014; Cosi fan tutte, 2013; The Mikado, 2012; Cendrillon, 2012; Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2011, and Hansel and Gretel, 2010. Upcoming: Das Barbecue, Spring 2021. Recent: The Falling and the Rising, Nov. 2019. Also for POP: Donny G (Don Giovanni set in L.A. in our new translation!), 2018; Assassins, 2016; The Magic Flute 3.0 -A Space Opera (in a translation by the Petite Opera team), 2015; Brundibar, 2014; The World According to Snoopy!!!, 2014; Cosi fan tutte, 2013; The Mikado, 2012; Cendrillon, 2012; Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2011, and Hansel and Gretel, 2010.

Organist/Pianist

• Jan 2008 - Present

I provide service music on Sunday mornings and program and perform in an annual Praise and Thanksgiving Concert every November. I provide service music on Sunday mornings and program and perform in an annual Praise and Thanksgiving Concert every November.

Stage Director

• Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

Puccini's Tosca updated to Fascist Italy! Puccini's Tosca updated to Fascist Italy!

Stage Director

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

I loved the cast and crew of this Magic Flute! I loved the cast and crew of this Magic Flute!

Stage Director

• May 2011 - Jun 2011

Directed Romeo et Juliette in May 2011. Directed Romeo et Juliette in May 2011.

Stage Director, Assistant Director

• 2003 - 2006

Directed Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci in 2005 and a semi-staged Brundibar in 2006. Assistant director for productions of Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Don Giovanni in 2003 & 2004. Directed Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci in 2005 and a semi-staged Brundibar in 2006. Assistant director for productions of Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Don Giovanni in 2003 & 2004.

Stage Director/Vocal Coach

• May 2000 - Jul 2005

Directed the mainstage production of The Magic Flute, and the touring productions of Cendrillon and The Old Man Who Loved Cheese. Cast and directed over 100 opera scenes for several scenes programs. As Assistant Director to Carroll Freeman and Vern Sutton, I worked on La Boheme, L'enfant et les sortileges, Die Fledermaus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Little Women, La Traviata, and others. Coached many of the singers, both vocally and dramatically, helped build and paint sets and costumes, created and ran supertitles, and provided inspiration!

Stage director

• 2004 - 2005

Directed Rigoletto (2004); Starry, Starry Night I &II (2005) Directed Rigoletto (2004); Starry, Starry Night I &II (2005)

Assistant Director

• 1997 - 1998

Assisted Michael Lochar on Un ballo in maschera and Robert Didion on Aida at Statni Divadlo Opava and Opera Kosice Assisted Michael Lochar on Un ballo in maschera and Robert Didion on Aida at Statni Divadlo Opava and Opera Kosice

Co-Founder

• 1996 - 1998

Along with Reg Unterseher and Elaine Scherperel-Burgess, I co-founded the company and co-produced fully-staged productions of Die Fledermaus and Hansel and Gretel with orchestra (Dean Williamson, conductor), as well as a Gala Concert and an outreach production of The Telephone, with piano. Along with Reg Unterseher and Elaine Scherperel-Burgess, I co-founded the company and co-produced fully-staged productions of Die Fledermaus and Hansel and Gretel with orchestra (Dean Williamson, conductor), as well as a Gala Concert and an outreach production of The Telephone, with piano.