Resume

• 2016

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA

  • Responsible for designing & executing scenery for five main stage plays as well as two shows in the dance department. \n• Created the visual world for a work and to saw design through all stages of production\n• Served as a supervisor in the Scene Shop

  where I led students in carpentry and painting to create scenery for main stage plays. \n• Taught undergraduate courses including Introduction to Technical Theater

  Prop-Making

  & the Collaborative Art\n• Safely instructed students on how to operate power tools & how to execute complex paint treatments \n• Learned new softwares & other techniques to improve my design communication skills

  Scenic Design

  Temple University

• 2009

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Classics and Classical Languages

  Literatures

  and Linguistics; Art History

  Producing Director at UNC Undergraduate Productions\nProducing Director at the LAB! Theatre\nSet Designer at the Department of Dramatic Art

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 2005

  High School

  Editor In Chief of the Blackbird's Eye Literary Magazine (2007-2009)

  \nSoccer Team (2005-2007)

  \nPresident of the O'Neal Volunteers (2009)

  \nKey Club Treasurer (2008)

  The O'Neal School

• Art

  Set Design

  Marketing

  Graphic Design

  Account Management

  Project Management

  Adobe Aftereffects

  Performing Arts

  Leadership

  Art History

  Adobe Photoshop

  Theatre

  Sales

  Recruiting

  Painting

  Stage

  Drama

  New Business Development

  Stage Shows

  Management

  St. John

  Kate

  St. John

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Playmakers Repertory Company

  Freelance

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Department of Dramatic Art

  A.C.T. San Francisco

  The Creative Group

  a division of Robert Half

  Temple University

  The Creative Group

  Chapel Hill

  North Carolina

  • Constructed properties for main stage and second stage productions\n• Responsible for maintaining prop storage for the Department of Dramatic Art\n• Pulled and returned props for PRC shows and outside borrowers\n• Managed a team of undergraduate work-study students\n

  Props Undergraduate Assistant

  Playmakers Repertory Company

  Greater New York City Area

  Account Manager

  The Creative Group

  a division of Robert Half

  San Francisco Bay Area

  • Placed first-class design

  marketing

  and interactive professionals in freelance projects with companies throughout the Bay Area \n• Insured that all client staffing requirements are fulfilled throughout all phases of a project\n• Developed & nurtured business relationships with local hiring managers to find a good fit for their companies\n• Negotiated contracts while maintaining an up-to-date record of staffing requirements & timelines.\n\n Robert Half

  our parent company

  once again was listed on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.” (March 17

  2014)

  Account Manager

  The Creative Group

  • Selected as a post-graduate apprentice to serve the ACT properties and scene shop\n• Constructed

  maintained

  and guaranteed proper packing and transportation for stage properties\n• Responsible for maintaining and organizing prop inventory

  rentals

  and shop areas adhering to OSHA standards\n• Managed independent props design and construction projects to best reflect the scenic designer’s vision\n• Brought skills and ideas to team projects while effectively supporting my coworkers

  designers

  and directors\n

  Properties Fellow

  San Francisco Bay Area

  A.C.T. San Francisco

  Chapel Hill

  North Carolina

  • Led set builds for main stage shows\n• Developed build schedules to allow for proper budgeting of time and resources\n• Worked as a carpenter and props artisan\n• Managed conversion of a flexible 250-seat space \n• Met the A.V./ technical needs and seating needs of second stage shows\n

  Assistant Technical Director

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Department of Dramatic Art

  • Increased donor giving by engaging high-profile guests and donors in conversation\n• Managed stock of refreshment inventory

  organized the work area

  and maintained lounge space \n• Hosted donors and VIPs while serving bar refreshments\n

  Donor Lounge Hostess

  San Francisco Bay Area

  A.C.T. San Francisco

  • Selected to create the visual world for a work and to see design through all stages of production\n• Developed scenic concepts that best enhanced the strengths of the play’s direction and design\n• Updated and adapted design and construction according to the needs of the greater production team\n• Communicated designs through rough models

  sketches

  concept images

  and drafting\n• Managed the planning

  construction

  and execution of the design

  coming in at budget and on time\n• Twice awarded the Ruth and Wes Egan Award for excellence in design at UNC-Chapel Hill\n

  Scenic Designer

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Freelance

  Philadelphia

  • Responsible for designing & executing scenery for five main stage plays as well as two shows in the dance department. \n• Created the visual world for a work and to saw design through all stages of production\n• Served as a supervisor in the Scene Shop

  where I led students in carpentry and painting to create scenery for main stage plays. \n• Taught undergraduate courses including Introduction to Technical Theater

  Prop-Making

  & the Collaborative Art\n• Safely instructed students on how to operate power tools & how to execute complex paint treatments \n• Learned new softwares & other techniques to improve my design communication skills\n

  MFA Scenic Designer & Instructor

  Temple University

  Chapel Hill

  North Carolina

  • Elected to lead a board of staff members in carrying out the operations of an independent theater company \n• Responsible for appointing other board members

  recruiting talent

  and selecting proposals for a season of 9 plays\n• Oversaw the full production process of a season of plays

  serving as lead producer for 3 plays\n• Successfully increased operating budget to create support for design and production programs

  resulting in a tripling of drama department enrollment/participation and 100% increase in average weekend audience attendance\n• Created a better operational structure and production calendar to increase organizational efficiency \n

  Producing Director

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  The Department of Dramatic Art

  UNC-Chapel Hill

  Inaugural Recipient of the Lillian Chason Memorial Scholarship

  Faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art and UNC-Chapel Hill

  Design Wing Participant at the Great Plains Theater Conference

  I was selected one among five other early career designers to serve on the design wing at the Great Plains Theater Conference in Omaha

  Nebraska. In this role

  I developed design concepts for five main stage play readings

  and I served as a resource for playwrights who sought scenic design ideas for plays in process. While at the week-long new plays conference in Omaha

  I spent time taking master classes and taking part in other arts productions in the evenings.

  Ruth and Wes Egan Award for Excellence in Design

  This award was voted on by a board of faculty members and given to the best design of the year in any discipline. I received this award for the set design for Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

  directed by Nathaniel Claridad.

  The Department of Dramatic Art

  UNC-Chapel Hill

  Ruth and Wes Egan Award for Excellence in Design

  This award was voted on by a board of faculty members and given to the best design of the year in any discipline. I received this award for the set design for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

  directed by Josh Wolonick.

  The Department of Dramatic Art

  UNC-CH