Experience

Theatre

• Entertainment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Projects as Theater Director and Visual Artist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  - Directed four entirely self-produced and self-adapted plays, and one award-winning short film - Directed three CMU-produced play and dance pieces - Assistant directed three external theater productions including professional world premieres - Full Theater Resume Available Upon Request BREAKDOWN OF PROJECTS CMU-Produced Directing Work: - Get Innocuous! (Original Dance-Theatre piece for CMU Drama’s Dance/Light Festival, 2022) - The Bald Soprano By Eugene Ionesco (Scotch n’ Soda Theatre, 2020) - Last Week’s Late Nights Live! By Pria Dahiya (CMU’s Playground Festival, 2019) Self-Produced Directing Work: - The Computer Room (Film) Written and Directed with Cole Schubert (2023) - Anything Good Makes Me Want to Die Adapted from Ottessa Moshfegh (2023) - Iphis and Ianthe Adapted from Ali Smith and Ovid (2022) - Poem of the End Adapted from Marina Tsvetaeva (2022) Assistant Directing Work: - Amm(i)gone By Adil Mansoor (Assistant to Adil Mansoor) - Orlando By Damen Scraton Adapted from Virginia Woolf (Assistant to Ivan Talijancic) - Desdemona’s Child By Caridad Svich (Assistant to Adil Mansoor) Show less



Carnegie Mellon University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant ‘Fundamentals of Directing’

  • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  - Assisted professor Ivan Talijančić in teaching "Fundamentals of Directing" at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Fall 2022. Prepared in-class presentations on topics related to theater directing. - Co-led workshops led by leading theater practitioners, including: Katie Mitchell (Director), Bryce Cutler (Scenic Designer) and Miso Wei (Stage Manager). - Assisted professor Ivan Talijančić in teaching "Fundamentals of Directing" at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Fall 2022. Prepared in-class presentations on topics related to theater directing. - Co-led workshops led by leading theater practitioners, including: Katie Mitchell (Director), Bryce Cutler (Scenic Designer) and Miso Wei (Stage Manager).



The Tartan

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pillbox Arts and Culture Magazine Editor-in-Chief

  • Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

  - Curated, designed and copyedited Carnegie Mellon's weekly Arts and Culture magazine Pillbox (part of the student-run newspaper, The Tartan.) - Contacted artists and writers to contribute to the publication. Wrote art criticism on local art shows. - Curated, designed and copyedited Carnegie Mellon's weekly Arts and Culture magazine Pillbox (part of the student-run newspaper, The Tartan.) - Contacted artists and writers to contribute to the publication. Wrote art criticism on local art shows.



Private Family Home

• Kensington, Maryland, United States

• Childcare Provider and Home Health Aide

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Provided full-time care for a 10-year old, transporting her to activities and organizing summer projects. - Cared for my grandmother with Alzheimer's after receiving home health aide certification through Capital Home Care. - Provided full-time care for a 10-year old, transporting her to activities and organizing summer projects. - Cared for my grandmother with Alzheimer's after receiving home health aide certification through Capital Home Care.



Hatch Arts

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Assistant Director and Administrative Support ‘Amm(i)gone’

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  - Assistant Directed Adil Mansoor's lecture-performance piece "Amm(i)gone" performances at Pittsburgh's Kelly Strayhorn Alloy Studios and Boston's The Theatre Offensive. - Stage Managed the play’s presentation at the Andy Warhol Museum for the TCG Conference. - Communicated with film distributors to license Antigone adaptations. - Assistant Directed Adil Mansoor's lecture-performance piece "Amm(i)gone" performances at Pittsburgh's Kelly Strayhorn Alloy Studios and Boston's The Theatre Offensive. - Stage Managed the play’s presentation at the Andy Warhol Museum for the TCG Conference. - Communicated with film distributors to license Antigone adaptations.



Private Family Home

• Kensington, Maryland, United States

• Childcare Provider and School Supervisor

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Provided full-time supervision of five third-graders in their "educational pandemic pod” at a private home. - Designed and led independent projects, including an abridged production of “Hamilton”, a science fair, a biographical research project and field trips to Maryland state parks. - Provided full-time supervision of five third-graders in their "educational pandemic pod” at a private home. - Designed and led independent projects, including an abridged production of “Hamilton”, a science fair, a biographical research project and field trips to Maryland state parks.



Fresh Baguette Bar

• United Kingdom
• Restaurants

• Cashier

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2020



Lombardi's Love Lane Market

• Mattituck, New York, United States

• Cashier and Barista

  • May 2020 - Sep 2020

  - Processed payments and assisted customers - Answered telephone calls and prepared catering and to-go orders - Prepared speciality coffees for customers - Processed payments and assisted customers - Answered telephone calls and prepared catering and to-go orders - Prepared speciality coffees for customers



The Free Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theater Director

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  - Directed "In the Heights" By Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Alegría Hudes for The Free Theatre's inaugural season. - Founded “The Free Theatre” with peers from Act Two at Levine. - The Free Theatre is a student-run, tuition-free theater company which stages two musicals a year. Our website is: http://www.thefreetheatre.org/ - Directed "In the Heights" By Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Alegría Hudes for The Free Theatre's inaugural season. - Founded “The Free Theatre” with peers from Act Two at Levine. - The Free Theatre is a student-run, tuition-free theater company which stages two musicals a year. Our website is: http://www.thefreetheatre.org/



Round House Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019

  Assisted in production, education and artistic departments of Bethesda’s Roundhouse Theatre. Observed rehearsals for Roundhouse’s productions of “How I Learned to Drive” and “Gem of The Ocean.” Assisted in the EPA auditions for Roundhouse’s 2019-2020 season. Assisted in production, education and artistic departments of Bethesda’s Roundhouse Theatre. Observed rehearsals for Roundhouse’s productions of “How I Learned to Drive” and “Gem of The Ocean.” Assisted in the EPA auditions for Roundhouse’s 2019-2020 season.



Shakespeare Theatre Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teen Critic Program

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2018

  Selected to attend and write reviews for each Shakespeare Theatre Company production. Participated in writing workshops. All theater reviews available at: https://sites.google.com/view/playonwords/home. Selected to attend and write reviews for each Shakespeare Theatre Company production. Participated in writing workshops. All theater reviews available at: https://sites.google.com/view/playonwords/home.