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NOTE: I currently shave my head, but my hair can grow back… I think. Photos by Jennifer Girard

Acting

film

Eye of the Sandman Dr. Spalanzani Split Pillow Belogorsky, Cozzola & McHale, directors
Self-Made Mann Mr. Mann MT & Fig Media MT Cozzola, dir.
The Orphan Saint Dr. Magnus UTT Productions Christina Timmins, dir.
Aftermath Bates Honking
Tree Films, L.P.
M. Owen Kelly, dir.

stage

Uncle Vanya The Hired Man Court Theatre Charles Newell, dir.
Lady Chaplin & Her Tramp:
The Life & Art of Charlie Chaplin
Ed Sullivan Piven Theatre Jennifer Green, dir.
Earth to Margaret Jonathan Acorn Theater (Three Oaks, MI) MT Cozzola, dir.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Flying Leap Players
Live Radio Theater
Adam Moe, dir.
The Taming of the Shrew Joseph/Violinist/Ensemble Chicago Shakespeare David Bell, dir.
Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The Flames Gib Viaduct Theater Whitney Blakemore, dir.
Love’s Labor’s Lost Strolling Violinist Chicago Shakespeare Barbara Gaines, dir.
Alcestis (Euripides/Hughes) Chorus 1 Uffish Theatre Lauren Miller, dir.
Chekhov: The Stories His Excellency/Violinist Piven
Theatre
Joyce Piven, dir.
The Scarlet Letter Chillingworth Realism Update Theatre Jason Palmer, dir.
Isn’t It Romantic Marty Attic Playhouse Joyce & Jaclyn Greenberg, dir.
Iolanthe Strephon Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. of Chicago Nick Martin, dir.
The Gathering Jesus Players Workshop of the Second City Lee Houghton, dir.

other

The Soldier’s Tale Joseph the Soldier Lake Forest Symphony Alan Heatherington, conductor
Settings of poetry by Paul Bowles and Frank O’Hara Narrator/Actor Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Performing Arts Chicago
Stephen Burns, dir.
Peter and the Wolf Narrator Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman, conductor

training

On-Camera The Green Room Studio David Murphy  
Shakespeare Monologue Workshop Timothy Gregory    
British American Drama Academy
Midsummer in Oxford Shakespeare Program
instructors included: Lynn Farleigh, Diana Quick, Richard Cottrell. 

masterclasses with:
John Barton, Fiona Shaw, Katie Mitchell, David Leveaux, Henry Goodman, Mark Wing-Davey

Private Coaching Mary Ann Thebus    
Scene Study & Improvisation Piven Theatre Workshop Byrne & Joyce Piven, Tria Smith  
Shakespeare Workshop The Audition Studio Peter Forster  
Improvisation Players Workshop of the Second City Eric Forsberg, David Murphy, Marc Blumberg  
Voice Carmen Mehta    

education

Bachelor of Music Violin Performance Northwestern University  

special skills & interests

Violin, Voice (high baritone), Screenwriting/Directing, Web Design, Long Distance Running, Sheep/Goat Herding (Stock Handling)