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North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Facilitate all aspects of production in the Performing Arts department, leading crews and collaborating with visiting artists to successfully produce dozens of shows each year reaching thousands of patrons, from intimate spaces on campus to multi-stage music festivals.

New York, United States

Worked as freelance production manager for ERS's final performance of GATZ: "8 hours long and with a cast of 13, Gatz is by far ERS’s most ambitious endeavor yet — not a retelling of the Gatsby story but an enactment of the novel itself. Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece is delivered word for word, startlingly brought to life by a low-rent office staff in.

Lenox, Massachusetts, United States

Oversaw shipping of all wine sales. Participated as wine-knowledgable sales associate, working closely with patrons. Involved in stock organization and maintenance.

Worked as Production Manager, producing new plays for various Sundance Theatre Labs: Utah Lab ’14, Mass MoCA Lab ’12 &‘17, White Oak Theater Lab ’09 and ’11, Theater Lab on Governors Island ‘10

Worked as production manager for Octavia E. Butler’s "Parable of the Sower," a new opera by Toshi & Bernice Johnson Reagon.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Facilitated all aspects of production to help produce new work in Off-Broadway venues in New York City and on tour. ERS is a NYC-based Theatre Company creating original work with an ongoing ensemble of actors and designers. Venues/tour stops: New Zealand Festival (Wellington); Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington D.C.); Santiago a Mil festival in.

New York, New York, United States

In the spring of 2016, worked as a production manager for Soho Rep, an innovative contemporary theater creating original plays in New York City.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Worked as production manager for Ira Glass with Monica Bill Barnes & Co in the fall and winter of 2015:"Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host." Tour stops: Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, Princeton, and Berkeley.

New York, New York, United States

For one season, worked as technical supervisor for Theatre for a New Audience, a company dedicated to exploring language/ideas by producing a range of classical work/contemporary plays.

New York, New York, United States

Worked as production manager for the award-winning Off-Broadway company dedicated to new plays and musicals.

New York, New York, United States

Brian Coleman Scenery (Kanye West at SXSW, The Newly Wed Game, TJ Miller Comedy Central Special, The Onion News Network), Playwrights Horizons, Donna Karan, LIV Design, Mannes School of Music, Brevard Music Center, Park Avenue Armory, The Lighting Syndicate

Chautauqua, New York, United States

Worked for 4 summers as master carpenter and technical director for CTC, the resident theatre company and acting conservatory for the Chautauqua Institution in Western NY.