Experience

Syracuse University - College of Visual and Performing Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor of Musical Theater

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Assistant Professor in the BFA Musical Theater program at Syracuse University's Department of Drama. Courses: Musical Theater Performance, Advanced Musical Theater Repertoire, Solo Cabaret, Contemporary Vocal Technique, Collaborative Musical Theater Writing, and all levels of singing voice.

• Instructor, Musical Theater

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

  Instructor in the BFA Musical Theater program at Syracuse University's Department of Drama. Courses taught: Voice, Collaborative Musical Theater Writing.



Independent/Freelance

• Information Technology & Services

• Musical Theater Writer

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  THEATRICAL WORKS/PRODUCTION HISTORY: The Bridge Full-Length Musical (Bookwriter/Lyricist) Music by Peter Hodgson • Residency, The Barnett, 2018 • Table-Read, NYU Tisch, 2018 • Residency, CATWALK Institute, 2017 The Forgetting of Snow Full-Length Musical (Bookwriter/Lyricist) Music by Paulo K Tiról • Cabaret (Songwriters Cabaret), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), 2016 • Concert (Curtain Up!: A Musical Theater Showcase), Berklee College of Music, 2016. • Reading, NYU Tisch, 2015 • Residency, Goodspeed Musicals, 2015 My Rising Full-Length Musical (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist) Music Co-Written with Bradley Kemp and Jessica A. Hunt • Reading (Pitch: New Musicals Series), Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, 2014 Dot, Dot, Dot Short Opera (Librettist) Music by Ben Bonnema • Concert (Park and Bark), American Opera Project (AOP), 2016 When You’ve Got a Gift One-Act Musical (Bookwriter/Lyricist) Music by Minhui Lee • Reading (Discover: New Musicals Series), National Asian Artists’ Project (NAAP), 2016 • Reading, The Kraine Theatre, 2016 • Cabaret (The Seoul of Broadway), Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, 2015 • Reading, NYU Tisch, 2014 Windy City Song Cycle (Composer/Lyricist) • Cabaret, NYU Tisch, 2015 • Cabaret, NYU Tisch, 2014 FEATURED SONGS: At the Inn (Lyricist) Music by Jonathan Fadner • Concert (Women of Note), New York Musical Festival (NYMF), 2017 • Cabaret (No Place Like Home), Mostly Musicals Los Angeles, 2017 • Cabaret (You Can Always Come Home), Main St. Theatre and Dance Alliance, 2017 Better Left in the Dark (Lyricist) Music by Peter Hodgson • Concert (Women of Note), NYMF, 2016 Falling (Lyricist) Music by Carmel Dean • Cabaret (Bill Finn’s Annual Ridiculously Talented), Barrington Stage, 2016 • Concert (Women of Note), NYMF, 2015 I've Never Made a Plane Before (Lyricist) Music by Paulo K Tiról • Cabaret (24 at 54), 54 Below, 2015 Show less



Law Offices of Mona R. Millstein

• Legal Executive Assistant/Billing Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Apr 2020

  Legal Executive Assistant (July ‘15 – Sept. ‘17, New York, NY): Drafted and edited legal documents; managed day-to-day office activities and executive's calendar; planned events; fielded client emails and phone calls; scheduled appointments; greeted clients; organized and maintained files and office records. Billing Manager (Sept. ‘17 – Present, remotely): Generate monthly invoices for clients, detailing hours and expenses billed and paid and retainers on file; maintain company billing records; assist with recruiting new hires and serve as back-up to current Executive Assistant. Show less



"Stinney" (A New Opera) at Beth Morrison Projects' PROTOTYPE Festival

• Operations Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Coordinate communications between creative team, performers, venues, and sponsors; manage fundraising campaign; proofread and distribute contracts; secure performer accommodations and rehearsal spaces; schedule rehearsals. Coordinate communications between creative team, performers, venues, and sponsors; manage fundraising campaign; proofread and distribute contracts; secure performer accommodations and rehearsal spaces; schedule rehearsals.



Backstage, Ink.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Member

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2017

  Weekly roundtable for playwrights and musical theatre bookwriters, lyricists, and composers to meet up, share new work, receive feedback, and connect with other potential artistic collaborators in the New York City area. Weekly roundtable for playwrights and musical theatre bookwriters, lyricists, and composers to meet up, share new work, receive feedback, and connect with other potential artistic collaborators in the New York City area.



Monthy Alumni Newsletter (NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program)

• Co-Editor

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Researched alumni activities and accomplishments; conducted interviews; wrote articles; edited Newsletter for publication. Researched alumni activities and accomplishments; conducted interviews; wrote articles; edited Newsletter for publication.



The York Theatre Company

• Literary Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Evaluated scripts and recordings of new musical submissions; wrote copy for events; organized company archives. Evaluated scripts and recordings of new musical submissions; wrote copy for events; organized company archives.



kef theatrical productions

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artistic Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Assisted stage manger with running rehearsals; wrote copy for social media promotions; contacted Off-Broadway theatres to form marketing partnerships. Assisted stage manger with running rehearsals; wrote copy for social media promotions; contacted Off-Broadway theatres to form marketing partnerships.



Self-Employed Voice Professional

• Private Voice Instructor

  • Oct 2010 - Jul 2013

  Taught singing lessons to a wide range of students (from middle schoolers to adult professional actors), focusing on the fundamentals of reading music, developing good posture and breathing habits, interpreting a song for performance, vocal care routines, and audition preparation. Taught singing lessons to a wide range of students (from middle schoolers to adult professional actors), focusing on the fundamentals of reading music, developing good posture and breathing habits, interpreting a song for performance, vocal care routines, and audition preparation.



Various

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Artist

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2013

  Child’s Play Touring Theatre (Aug. 2011- June 2013) • Instructed students in grades 2-12 in story composition; led writing workshops; adapted students’ written work into plays; directed them for performance. Boom Troupe (Sept. 2011- June 2012) • Wrote and performed social-issue plays for grades K through 8, covering such topics as bullying, tolerance, literacy, and internet safety.Newfield Elementary School (Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2011) • Taught multiple three-month long writing residencies in second grade classrooms, emphasizing basic story writing, plot, and character concepts; adapted the students’ original short stories for the stage; directed them for performance. Show less

• Performer

  • May 2009 - Jun 2013

  Performer at Equity and Non-Equity theatres in the Chicagoland area and regionally around the United States.SELECT CREDITS:• Henriette Henriot, "The Woman in the Blue Dress," Syracuse Stage, Dir. Leslie Noble• Hodel (u/s) and Ensemble, "Fiddler on the Roof," Syracuse Stage, Dir. Anthony Salatino• Eva Perón, "Evita," Night Blue Theatre Company (Chicago, IL), Dir. David Walters • Actor/Deviser for "Superman 2050" and other original productions, Theatre Un-Speak-Able (Chicago, IL), Dir. Marc Frost• Rona Lisa Peretti, "The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee," Papermill Theatre, Dir. Jonathan Flom• Edwin Drood, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," Papermill Theatre, Dir. Kate Arecchi Show less