Experience

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Properties Director

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Obtain or create all properties, furniture, and set dressing for all productions. Assist the director and designers in production conception and communications between artistic and production staff. Create and track budgets. Manage properties rental, including appointments and billing. Co-chair the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. Obtain or create all properties, furniture, and set dressing for all productions. Assist the director and designers in production conception and communications between artistic and production staff. Create and track budgets. Manage properties rental, including appointments and billing. Co-chair the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.



Mad Munchkin Productions

• Minneapolis, MN

• Artistic and Executive Director

  • Jun 2005 - Present

  Budget creation, accounting, and fundraising (including grant writing and event planning). Season production and production management. Manage marketing, company relations, staffing, venue relations, artistic collaborations, and volunteer organization. Co-create and direct shows presented at venues such as Ritz Theater, Mixed Blood Theater, Playwrights Center, Bryant Lake Bowl, HOBT, Dreamland Arts and Gremlin Theater Budget creation, accounting, and fundraising (including grant writing and event planning). Season production and production management. Manage marketing, company relations, staffing, venue relations, artistic collaborations, and volunteer organization. Co-create and direct shows presented at venues such as Ritz Theater, Mixed Blood Theater, Playwrights Center, Bryant Lake Bowl, HOBT, Dreamland Arts and Gremlin Theater



In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board of Directors

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2021

  Served five years (two as Chair, one as vice chair) partnering with staff leadership to guide HOBT through a pandemic and a major organizational transformation with a focus on equity, dismantling internal white supremacy culture, community listening, relationship building, and realignment of mission, values, and strategic work. Sat on Governance committee tasked with recruitment, reparations, and stewarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. Also acted as Development Consultant Strategist from Dec ‘20 to Feb ’22 creating fundraising strategy, building funder relationships, and collaborating on grant writing and reporting. Show less



Technical Tools of the Trade- Technical Theater Training Program

• Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managing Director

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2020

  Develop and manage a technical theater training program reaching out to all ages, skill levels, and abilities, funded by a $60K grant from the MSAB. Duties include budget management, seeking, contracting, and managing teaching artists, managing artist payment (Quickbooks), serving as liaison to partnership organizations, facilitating program marketing, developing programming and overseeing the creation of classes and curriculum, managing evaluations, and co-coordinating the logistics of off-site classes and trainings including materials, staff support, insurance, and liability. Show less



Mascots and Costumes

• Minneapolis, MN

• Crafter/Designer

  • Nov 2004 - Dec 2007

  Design and creation of custom and licensed character costumes. Sculpting, patterning, sewing, painting, dying to client specs- specializing in heads, hands, feet, props and accessories. Record material use, create and file patterns, document processes, and estimate job duration. Design and creation of custom and licensed character costumes. Sculpting, patterning, sewing, painting, dying to client specs- specializing in heads, hands, feet, props and accessories. Record material use, create and file patterns, document processes, and estimate job duration.