Curriculum Vitae

Education/Training 

MA in Applied Theatre, CUNY School of Professional Studies
BFA in Theatre Arts,  Moscow Art Theater School, Russia 
Sustained Dialogue - Moderator Training with an SD facilitator, Butler University

University Guest Artist/Adjunct Instructor

2019 Butler University  Instructor in Acting I and III for Theatre Majors
2018 Fairfield University Devised + Implemented Process Drama for Humanitarian Department
2018 Center for a Vital Community - Developed and implemented community building workshops with four local groups in Sheridan College, WY
2015 University of Wisconsin - Madison Guest Artist Performance and Master Class for Graduate and Undergraduate Students of Theater in Education

Teaching Artist

2019 Creative Arts Team - Junior Youth Theatre Co-Director of Spring Production
2019 Bowery Mission - Co-Director of Mission Theatre Project
2018 Memory Center of New York - Designed+Implemented a Community Arts Program
2017-Present Department of Corrections NYC - In-Unit Arts Programming Provider 
2010 Baltimore Theatre Project teaching artist 
2008 Master classes while in residence at Baryshnikov Arts Center

Arts Organization Experience

2019 - The Journey Theatre Project - Co-Founder, Facilitator and Director of workshops and productions that build community and social justice.
2005 - 2015 Studio Six Theatre Company -  Co-founder and Managing Director
Produced three international tours, twelve New York City productions, co-translated and premiered two new Russian plays, hosted visiting directors, actors and playwrights. Directed fundraising campaigns, donor stewardship, grant writing, vendor and artists contracts.

Grants/Awards/Conferences
Etudes: an online journal in theatre & performance: Lessons in Homemaking: Devising Theatre with Women and Men in Transitional Housing. Co-author with Esther Camacho-Triggs and Chelsea Hanawalt
Kolyada Plays Festival - Grand Prize for I Am Me. Yekaterinburg, Russia
Golden Mask Festival - Contemporary Performance Program participant - I Am Me. Moscow United States Embassy in Moscow - Grant for Cultural Affairs - I Am Me.
AATE - Conference Workshop ‘Process Drama as a Tool for Social Justice
Chekhov International Festival - Co-grant w/ SounDrama to produce A Town - Город.ОК.
LMCC - Fund For Creative Communities and MCAF for Spider at Baryshnikov Arts Center 
ITAC4 - International Teaching Artist Delegate
Seinfeld Family Foundation Scholarship - Four year scholarship to pursue degree in Moscow

Other Experience
2015-Present: Private Pilates Instructor  - I have built a client based business, working in corporate and private settings. I instruct individuals and groups to manage injuries, pain and achieve their physical health goals. I have worked with hundreds of people, maintaining a core group of clients, some for over six years.