
An Octoroon, Photo by Russell D. Young
Affiliations
o Artists Repertory Theatre Artistic Director
2013 – present
o Furious
Theatre Company Co-Founder & Ensemble Member
2001 – present
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Furious
Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director
2001 – 2012
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Pasadena Playhouse Assoc. Artistic Director
2007-2010
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Pasadena Playhouse Resident Artist
2004-2011
o Columbia College Hollywood - Instructor
2010 – 2012
Awards & Recognition
o Knowledge Universe Rising Star - 2014
o Zelda Fichandler Award - 2012 Finalist
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Back
Stage
o LA Weekly Theatre Award Nomination - Direction, Production, (An Impending Rupture of the Belly)
o NAACP Theatre Award Winner - Best Direction (Saturday Night at the Palace)
o Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award
o Numerous Critic’s Choice Designations from Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Back Stage and other media
o Numerous 'Best
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o Stage Scene L.A. - Director of the Year
Member
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Selected Productions
See Resume for full list
We, The Invisibles by Susan Soon He Stanton (World Premiere)
Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New Plays - March/April 2018
Magellanica by EM Lewis (World Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2017
An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2017
Feathers & Teeth by Charise Castro Smith (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - February/March 2017
Trevor by Nick Jones (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2016
The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Artists Rep - May/June 2016
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
A Noise Within - February-May 2016
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Artists Rep - December 2015
Cuba Libre by Carlos Lacámara, music by Tiempo Libre (World Premiere)
Artists Rep - October/November 2015
The Liar by David Ives (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - April/May 2015
Tribes by Nina Raine (Portland Premiere)
Artists Rep - January/February 2015
Exiles by Carlos Lacamara (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2014
The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
Artists Rep - May/June 2014
Foxfinder by Dawn King (U.S. Premiere)
Artists Rep - November/December 2013
Furious Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse - January/February 2014
The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc (West Coast Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2013
Ten Chimneys by Jeffrey Hatcher (West Coast Premiere)
Artists Rep - April/May 2013
The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw
A Noise Within - October/November 2012
The Heiress by Ruth & Augustus Goetz (starring Richard Chamberlain)
The Pasadena Playhouse - April/May 2012
The Boomerang Effect by Matthew Leavitt (World Premiere)
Village Green Productions at the Odyssey Theater - March/April 2013
No Good Deed by Matt Pelfrey (World Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at Inside the Ford - January/February 2012
Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
A Noise Within - November/December 2011
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams
A Noise Within - March-May 2011
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (starring Scott Lowell)
A Noise Within - October-December 2010
boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (Los Angeles Premiere starring Julia Duffy)
Furious Theatre Company - May/June 2010
Paradise Lost by Clifford Odets
Seattle's Intiman Theatre - March/April 2010
The Pain and the Itch by Bruce Norris (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre in a co-production with The Theatre at Boston Court - July/August 2009
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (Starring Kelly McGillis & Julia Duffy)
Pasadena Playhouse - May/June 2009
Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre - January/February 2009
Saturday Night at the Palace by Paul Slabolepszy (2002 U.S. Premiere & 2008 Revival)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre - April/May 2008
Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton (Starring Sharon Lawrence)
Pasadena Playhouse - January/February 2008
Canned Peaches in Syrup by Alex Jones (World Premiere)
Furious Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre - October/November 2007
An Impending Rupture of the Belly by Matt Pelfrey (World Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre - March/April 2007
Grace by Craig Wright (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre - September/October 2006)
Back of the Throat by Yussef El Guindi (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre - June/July 2006
The Fair Maid of the West by Thomas Heywood (World Premiere Adaptation)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre - September/October 2005
The God Botherers by Richard Bean (West Coast Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre - March/April 2005
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre - January/February 2005