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Theatre

Directing: Chicago

Production Collaborator / author Company
Touch Grass / Toca Tierra Coya Paz Free Street Theatre
FIRE HOUSE Devised Chicago Shpatz
A Piece of Cake Sam Mauceri Chicago Children’s Theatre
Ubermarrionnettes Kimzyn Campbell Inc. New Work Festival
House of Dreams: A Purim Show Devised Firehouse Arts Studio
Tanzhoyz: A Purim Cabaret Devised Color Club
Stone Soup with Little Amal Devised Chicago Children’s Theatre
Forbidden Fruits: A Purim Show Devised Berlin Nightclub
Suzzette Who Set to Sea Finegan Kruckemeyer Improv Playhouse
Festival of Lotz: A Purim Show Devised Hairpin Arts Center
7 or Bust Sivan Spector Self-produced

Assistant Directing

Production Director Company
Catch as Catch Can by Mia Chung Amy Morton Steppenwolf Theatre
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill Lucky Stiff Raven Theatre
Charlotte’s Web Dmitry Troyanovski A.R.T.

Directing: Boston

Production Collaborator / author Company
Cassandra Abbie Goldberg Self-produced
Metamorphosis E. Thomalen Free Play Theatre Collective

Devised Performance: Chicago

Production Role Company
Before Utopia: Chicago 2026 Co-creator, performer Chicago Shpatz
Switchboard Co-creator, puppet design Steppenwolf Lookout Series
3 Clowns Enjoy a Picnic Producer, performer Night Out in the Parks
Switchboard Co-creator, puppet design The Neo-Futurists
The Chrone Chronicles Performer, devisor Pride Arts Center

Puppet Design: Chicago

Production Director Company
Touch Grass / Toca Tierra Sivan Spector Free Street Theatre
Ubermarionnettes Sivan Spector Inc. New Work Festival
Bad Behavior Seph Moses United Church of Rogers Park
The Faggots & Their Friends Jack Bowes Haven Theatre, Bramble Arts
Arts in the Dark Parade 2023 — Chicago Children’s Theatre
Arts in the Dark Parade 2022 — Chicago Children’s Theatre
The Garden is for Everyone Sarah Falkiner Shytown Sugar Films

Grants and Awards

Award Project Organization
Independent Artist Grant Chicago Shpatz DCASE
Production Grant Before Utopia Night Out in the Parks
SPARK Artist Residency January 32nd Filament Theatre
Independent Productions Initiative FIRE HOUSE Redtwist Theatre
Emerging Theatre Artist Grant — Sarah Siddons Society
Production Grant 3 Clowns Enjoy a Picnic Night Out in the Parks
Activate History Microgrant Switchboard Illinois Humanities
Phi Beta Kappa — Brandeis University
International Merit Scholarship — University of British Columbia

Selected Employment & Workshop Facilitation

Position / Workshop Organization Year
Teaching Artist Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago IL 2026
Education and Community Programs Manager Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago IL 2021–2026
TVY Show Development — facilitated a four-session workshop for UIC students on TVY, culminating in a Play Lab University of Illinois, Chicago 2025
Admin Leaders in Arts Education Cohort — participated in a leaders cohort on teaching artist equity through Arts Ed Chi Chicago IL 2025
Teaching Artist Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago IL 2020–present
Lead Drama Teacher Agassiz-Baldwin Community Center, Boston MA 2019–2020
Teaching Artist Watertown Children’s Theatre, Boston MA 2019
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop — taught a workshop for Brandeis students Brandeis University 2019
Artistic Director Free Play Theatre Collective, Brandeis University MA 2017–2018
Teaching Assistant, Economics Department Brandeis University, Waltham MA 2017–2018
Production Intern foolsFURY Theatre, San Francisco CA 2017

Workshops and Education

Proyecto Lingüístico Quetzalteco, 2023
Two-week advanced Spanish immersion course in Quetzalteco, Guatemala.

Intro to Clown & Advanced Clown (Evan Richter, Hot Clowns at Newport Theatre), 2022
Introductory and advanced courses on clown and collaboratively developing clown pieces.

Monologue I & II, Scenework (Susan Hart), 2021–2022
Advanced Shakespeare training with Susan Hart.

The Short, Well-Made Puppet Play (Tom Lee, International Puppet Theatre Festival), 2021
In-depth course on developing a touring puppet show.

Toy Theatre (Blaire Thomas, International Puppet Theatre Festival), 2020
Introductory course for developing and executing original toy theatre.

Muktadhara Forum Theatre Festival (Sanjoy & Sima Ganguly, Jana Sanskriti), 2018
Two-week training and festival on Theatre of the Oppressed in West Bengal, India.

Brandeis University, Magna Cum Laude, Waltham MA, graduated May 2018
BA in Economics & Theatre Arts with professors Adrianne Krystansky, Marya Lowry, and Dmitry Troyonovsky.

SITI Company Workshop (Kelly Maurer, SITI Company), July 2017
Suzuki and Viewpoints weeklong intensive taught by Kelly Maurer of SITI Company.

University of British Columbia, 2014–2016
First two years of undergraduate study in Mathematics & Economics.

Special Skills

Teaching artistry; Google Suite; Audience View; WordPress; clown; puppetry; puppet making; roller blading.

Languages: Hebrew (fluent/native), Spanish (intermediate fluency), Hindi (basic).