An Octoroon, Photo by Russell D. Young
Romeo and Juliet at A Noise Within, Photo by Craig Schwartz
Affiliations
o Seattle Rep Artistic Director
2023 – present
o Drama League National Directors Council
2022 – present
o Latinx Theatre Commons
2022 – present
o Artists Repertory Theatre Artistic Director
2013 – 2021
o Arts Consulting Group Vice President
2021 – 2023
o Furious Theatre Company Co-Founder & Ensemble Member
2001 – 2014
o Furious Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director
2001 – 2012
o Pasadena Playhouse Assoc. Artistic Director
2007-2010
o Pasadena Playhouse Resident Artist
2004-2011
o Columbia College Hollywood - Instructor
2010 – 2012
Awards & Recognition
o Carbonell Award Nominee - Direction (El Huracán)
o Knowledge Universe Rising Star
o Three-Time NEA Panelist
o Zelda Fichandler Award - 2012 Finalist
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o 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 of'
o Stage Scene L.A. - Director of the Year
Member
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Selected Productions and Workshops
See Resume.
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Seattle Rep - September/October 2024
This Man I Call Mi Primo by Benjamin Benne
Seattle Rep/Primary Stages Fresh Ink Reading - April 2024
Untitled Anthropocene Play by Benjamin Benne
Seattle Rep - January 2024 Workshop
The Great Divide by E.M. Lewis
Artists Rep - May 2023 Workshop
Shanghai '37 (A New Musical) by Nathan Wang, Jenny Lynn, & Matthew Leavitt
The Huntington (Pasadena) - May 2023 Workshop
Our Orange Sky by Christopher Oscar Peña
Profile Theatre - May 2023 Workshop
El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith
GableStage - April/May 2023
Sodara by Derek and Devon Kolluri
Artists Rep - May 2022 New Works Festival
The Hombres by Tony Meneses
South Coast Rep - December 2021 Workshop
Today is My Birthday (Audio Drama) by Susan Soon He Stanton
Artists Rep - 2020-2021
The Vertical City (Audio Drama) by Diana Burbano
Artists Rep - 2020-2021
The Berlin Diaries (Audio Drama) by Andrea Stolowitz
Artists Rep - 2020-2021
Magellanica (Audio Drama) by E.M. Lewis
Artists Rep - 2020-2021
The Undesirables (A New Musical) by Brian Quijada & Hansol Jung
Seattle Rep - January 2020 Workshop
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig (co-director)
Artists Rep - November/December 2019
La Ruta by Isaac Gomez (West Coast Premiere)
Artists Rep -October/November 2019
1984 by Duncan Macmillan & Robert Icke (Northwest Premiere)
Artists Rep - September/October 2019
Wolf Play by Hansol Jung (World Premiere)
Artists Rep - February/March 2019
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Northwest Premiere, co-director)
Artists Rep - November/December 2018
Kings by Sarah Burgess (West Coast Premiere)
South Coast Repertory - October 2018
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Oregon Shakespeare Festival - June-October 2018
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 - January/February 2018
An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Northwest
Premiere, co-Director)
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 Lacámara (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
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 Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman
South Coast Rep - May 20011 (Pacific Playwrights Festival Workshop)
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)
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 (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
Star Quality by Noel Coward (assistant director/dramaturg)
Pasadena Playhouse - May/June 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
Scenes from the Big Picture by Owen McCafferty (U.S. Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre - September/October 2004
Chimps by Simon Block (Los Angeles Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at Armory Northwest - April/May 2003
Star Quality by Noel Coward (assistant director/dramaturg)
Pasadena Playhouse - March/April 2003
The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
Furious Theatre Company at Armory Northwest - October 2002
Saturday Night at the Palace by Paul Slabolepzy (U.S. Premiere)
Furious Theatre Company at Armory Northwest - April/May 2002
Hay Fever by Noel Coward (assistant director/dramaturg)
A Noise Within - January-May 2002
Pericles by William Shakespeare (assistant director/dramaturg)
A Noise Within - September-November 2001
Ramblers by John Boston (co-director)
Furious Theatre (Los Angeles) - April/May 1999
Ramblers by John Boston (co-director)
Furious Theatre (Chicago) - October/November 1998