DANCE NATION Clare Barron Columbia College Chicago DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE Ryan Oliveria Steppenwolf Theatre Lookout Series STANTON SCHOOL Broken Nose Theatre (BF7) THE GIRL IN THE RED CORNER (2/2019)♦ Stephen Spotswood Broken Nose Theatre GIRL FOUND Barbara Lhota Idle Muse Theatre Company BIG The Musical (TYA) John Weidman, Wilmette Center for the Arts David Shire & Richard Maltby GIRL FOUND ∞ Barbara Lhota 20% Theatre Company GIRL FOUND ∞ Barbara Lhota Raven Theatre GIRL FOUND ∞ Barbara Lhota Idle Muse Theater Company THE TALKING CURE* Christopher Hampton Idle Muse Theater Company WITCH SLAP! ∞ Jeff Goode Babes With Blades Theatre Company 180 DEGREE RULE ∞ MEH Lewis Babes With Blades Theatre Company and Barbara Lhota THE RIVALRY* Norman Corwin Ford’s Theatre BACK THERE Peter Lerman American University (New Works Series) HYPE • Danny Bernardo 4 + 1 Productions MRS. DIRE’S HOUSE OF CRUMPETS Byron Hatfield Babes With Blades Theatre Company AND SOLUTIONS BABES WITH BLADES: Various Babes With Blades Theatre Company CLIFFHANGERS MOST MASSIVE WOMAN WINS Madeline George Act One Studios ‘OUTTA CONTEXT Various Columbia College of Chicago CHRYSALIS • Katie Carey Women’s Theatre Alliance DEATHTRAP* Ira Levin Buffalo Theatre Ensemble ACCOMPLICE* Rupert Holmes Buffalo Theatre Ensemble WORKING Stephen Schwartz Columbia College of Chicago and Nina Faso THE REAL THING Tom Stoppard Columbia College of Chicago HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES* Alan Ayckbourn Broutil and Frothingham Productions GIANT STEPS* Youth Theater Wksp Chernin Center for the Arts MARTIN FUREY’S SHOT* Maureen Gallagher Prop Theatre / New Plays Festival ANTIGONE Sophocles Columbia College of Chicago HOT ‘N’ THROBBING Paula Vogel Columbia College of Chicago
• Workshop ∞ Non-staged reading *Assistant Director ♦ Associate Director Producing Credits SUSAN SWAYNE AND THE Reina Hardy Babes With Blades Theatre Company BEWILDERED BRIDE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS William Shakespeare greasy joan & co. MARISOL Jose Rivera greasy joan & co.
Education Masters of the Arts in Arts Management, American University (Washington, DC) Bachelor of the Arts in Directing and Acting, Columbia College Chicago
Related Experience
Artistic Director of Theatre Programming, Wilmette Center for the Arts
Babes With Blades Theatre Company ensemble member (2001 – present)
Babes With Blades Theatre Company Marketing Coordinator (2003 – 2008, 2010 - present), Casting Team (2018-present), Inclusion Strategies Team (2017 - present)
Graduate Fellow of Theater, American University (Washington, DC, 2008 - 2010)
greasy joan & co emeritus member (active company member, 2001-2003)
New Plays reader, Literary Department, The Goodman Theatre (2003-2004)
SAFD Actor / Combatant in Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Small Sword, Broadsword, Sword and Shield, Knife, Quarterstaff, and Single Sword
Photo credit: Wilmette Center for the Arts' production of BIG TYA, photo by Alison Dornheggen