Creative CV
Selected Theatre
Madam Pascal
Created with composer and lyricist Marcus Ricci. Earlier versions received developmental readings and staged presentations at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Dixon Place in New York, including an Actors' Equity showcase in 2018. The complete score has been recorded as a studio concept album.
Tyrant
Joshua
The Lobby
Double Bind: Palestine
Performance and Training
The Birdz and Beez
Seven-minute solo piece featuring two brothers offering opposing perspectives to their youngest brother.
Solo Storytelling Performance
Performed an original eight-minute story following study with Adam Wade.
Completed improvisation training at Magnet Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade in New York.
Screenwriting Recognition
- The Little Ones, teleplay. Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break Competition.
- Sugar Baby, short screenplay. Finalist, Slamdance Screenwriting Competition.
Additional Screen and Prose Work
Rookies, novel, teleplay, and screenplay; Black Forest Drive, novel and screenplay; Desi, novel and screenplay; Sever, screenplay; and Goodnight Nobody, screenplay in development.
Short fiction includes What the Earth Holds, Field Notes, The Standard Model of Love, and Medium, Medium Rare.
Media and Publishing
Professional experience includes work with Comedy Central, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Showtime Networks, BET, Blue Bloods, and Levinson/Fontana.
Apress / Springer | Author | 2018 to 2020
Author of two internationally published technical books on virtual reality, augmented reality, WebXR, C#, and JavaScript.
Education
Columbia University
Master of Fine Arts, Screenwriting and Directing, 2016
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts, History and Gender Studies, 2005