EDUCATION
Ph.D. Theatre—Performance/History/Theory 2021
with Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization Certificate (G.I.S.) in Disability Studies
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Production Specialization in Dramaturgy
Awarded multi-year Dean’s Distinguished University Fellowship
Awarded Melton Center Jewish Studies Fellowship
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society (Academics)
M.F.A. Directing 2014
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Magna Cum Laude
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society (Service)
Golden Key National Honors Society (Academics)
B.A. Individualized Studies: Dramatic Literature and Theory 2010
Granite State College (University System of New Hampshire), Concord, NH
Integrative Experience (Senior Project): Staging Elizabethan Theatre for the 21st Century
Summa Cum Laude
Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honors Society (Academics)
Delivered Student Graduation Address
A.A. Liberal Arts: Theatre Option 2004
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
Magna Cum Laude
Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Achievement
Departmental Honors in Theatre, English, and Math
OTHER EDUCATION (including multi-session workshops)
The Story of the Yiddish Stage [online course, approx 4 weeks], 2018
YIVO Institute, New York
Vilnius Yiddish Summer Program, 4 wks, 2017
Vilnius Yiddish Institute, Vilnius Universitat, Vilnius, Lithuania
World of Yiddish Theatre [online, approx 4 weeks], 2017
National Yiddish Book Center
Lessac Vocal & Body Kinesensics, 16 wks, 2014
Marion Castleberry
Clowning/Eccentric Performing, 1 wk, 2013
Avner Eisenberg / Julie Goell
Celebration Barn Center for Physical Theatre
Directing Observership, 2012
Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Steven Pounders
Baylor University
Production Respondent Training, 3 days, 2010
Wil Kilroy, Peggy-Rae Johnson
Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival
Directing Observership, 2009
Heartbreak House, directed by Gus Kaikkonen
Peterborough Players
National Critics Institute Workshop, 4 days, 2004
Dan Patterson
Eugene O’Neill Center/KCACTF