· Altruistic Artistic Director with 26+ years of success as an advocate for the arts, driving cultural abundance and creative economy in communities by fostering an ethos of curious innovation and delightful creativity.
· Diplomatic Coordinator & Team Motivator who facilitates vision alignment by guiding artistic intent across talent, operations, and technical teams to ensure practical implementation at all stages of development and execution.
Inspiring Communicator & Consensus Builder who cultivates strong relationships with executive leadership, staff, and community stakeholders to achieve organizational goals and programmatic milestones.
And I am a really sweet, cool dude!
A Bit About Me
Having artistic province over nearly 150 shows, I understand what makes for excellent entertainment. From emotional gut punches to hysterical belly laughs, I guide the creation of top quality performance experiences. And i do this successfully because I trust and listen to diverse and collaborative group of artists I've assembled. By ensuring a creative work environment that is safe, supportive and empathetic, I develop teams of artists that often outperform their own expectations, leading to overwhelming artistic excellence and patron joy and satisfaction.
A Smattering of Shows
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Red
Blue
The Divine Sister
Marvelous Wonderettes
Tick...tick, BOOM!
Johnny Guitar
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Lizzie
Stick Fly
Fly By Night
Robert Rose
Becoming Dr. Ruth
Passing Strange
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
American Idiot
The Mountaintop
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Southern Rapture
The 39 Steps
Fun Home
Nina Simone: 4 Women