BROADWAY

BUTLEY, Assistant Director (Directed by Nicholas Martin)

Booth Theatre, NY

REGIONAL

VERY STILL AND HARD TO SEE

(World Premiere)

The Production Company

THE COLOR PURPLE: A MUSICAL

Celebration Theatre

NERVE

(Los Angeles Premiere)

6TH Avenue Theatre Company

WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY?

Celebration Theatre

THE TEMPERAMENTALS

(West Coast Premiere)

The Blank, Los Angeles

TAKE ME OUT!, Director

(2011 Ovation Nomination, Best Director; 2011 NAACP Award, Best Director; 2011 LA Weekly Nomination, Best Revival of a Play)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

THE BACCHAE, Director

Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Scotland

THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE: THE MUSICAL, Director

(West Coast Premiere)

(2011 NAACP Award, Best Director; 2010 Ovation Nomination Best Director, Ovation Award Best Production, Musical)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

HARAM! IRAN!, Director

(West Coast Premiere)

(2011 GLAAD Nomination, Best Production of a play, Los Angeles)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

THREE TALL WOMEN, Director

West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles

THE SANTA LAND DIARIES, Director

(2009 and 2010)

The Blank, Los Angeles

THE JAZZ AGE, Director

(West Coast Premiere)

The Blank, Los Angeles

THE PRODIGAL FATHER, Director

(World Premiere)

Playwrights 6, Los Angeles

PORCELAIN, Director

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

STUPID KIDS, Director  (West Coast Premiere)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

BEAUTIFUL THING, Director

(2007 Ovation Nominations: Best Director and Best Production)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

THE BACCHAE, Director

(2007 Ovation Nominations: Best Director and Best Production)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

FOUR, Director  (West Coast Premiere)

Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles

THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Assistant Director (Directed by Sean Mathias)

Mark Taper, Los Angeles

DEAD END, Assistant Director (Directed by Nicholas Martin)

Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles

WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY?,  Director

(2006 Jeff Nominations: Best Director and Best Production)

Circle Theatre, Chicago

THE JUDAS KISS, Director

(Mid-West Premiere)

Circle Theatre, Chicago

IN THE BLOOD, Director

(2004 Jeff Nominations: Best Director and Best Production)

Circle Theatre, Chicago

BEING 11, Director

(World Premiere)

Serendipity at Victory Gardens, Chicago

PORCELAIN, Director

(2001 Jeff Nomination: Best Director)

Trap Door Theatre, Chicago

FOR COLORED GIRLS, Director

Journeymen Theatre Company, Chicago

TRAINING

B.A. Directing, Columbia College - Chicago

Pasadena Playhouse Directors Lab 2008

National Shakespeare Conservatory – New York

La Jolla Playhouse Conservatory – La Jolla, California

*Artistic Director, Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles Feb. 2005 – August 2008