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Professional Work Experience
Puppetry Design/ Construction
- Theatre of Western Springs Designer/ Builder Bunnicula Thad Hallstien- TD 2009
- Emerald City Theatre Co. Designer/ Builder Dr. Dolittle Ernie Nolan-Dir 2009
- The Joffrey Ballet Builder The Nutcracker Marianne Marks-CSM 2008
Marriott of Linconshire Designer/ Builder Aladdin Rachel Rockwell-Dir 2008
- Marriott of Linconshire Builder Seussical Kevin Depinet-Des 2008
House Theatre Company Designer/ Builder The Nutcracker Tommy Rapley-Dir 2007
- House Theatre Company Designer/ Builder Dave Davinci Saves the Universe Nathan Allen-Dir 2008
- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Assistant Design Willie Wonka Meredith Miller-Des 2008
- Redmoon Theatre Swan Builder Spectacle Lunatique Andrea Everman-Des 2008
- Backstage Theatre Company Designer/ Builder The Ruling Class Brandon Bruce-Dir 2007
- Illinois State University Designer/ Builder Marat/ Sade F. Reed Brown-Dir 2005
- Illinois State University Designer/ Builder The Bluebird Nicole Deiker-Dir 2006
Puppetry Design/ Construction/ Direction and or Performance
- Chicago Dramatists Des/Build/Direction 10 Virgins Russ Tutterow-Dir 2008
- One Flea Circus Des/Build/Dir/Perf As Time Goes By Blake Montgomery-Cord 2008
- One Flea Circus Co Des/Build/Dir/ Perf Bon Voyage Stephanie Bailey-Co. 2009
- One Flea Circus Des/Build/Direction Al Kimea Ruth Bistrow-Perf 2009
My Grandmothers Feet Co Des/Build/Dir/Perf Flying Cloud Dan Kerr Hobart-Co. 2007
- My Grandmothers Feet Co Des/Build/ Dir/ Perf Shenandoah Dax Tran-Caffee-Co. 2008
- My Grandmothers Feet Co Des/Build/ Dir/ Perf Journey from Tibet Shu Shubatt-Cord. 2008
Performance
- Blair Thomas and Co. Shaddow Puppeteer The Ox Herder Blair Thomas-Dir 2008
- Art Institute of Chicago Ensemble Performance Urban Anatomy Stephanie Baily-Dir 2009
- Joe Mazza The Rag The Hyperbolist Joe Mazza-Dir 2009
Links Hall Clown Minion Thaw Erika Mott-Dir 2009
Special Recognition
- Nominated for Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for the Puppet Design of The Nutcracker with the House Theatre Company
- Nominated for Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Certificate of Merit for the Puppet Design of Marat/ Sade with Illinois State University
- Puppets featured on the cover of Puppetry International Spring/Summer 2009 40 under 40 issue
Education
University
- Illinois State University Bachelors of Theatre Design/Production Graduation Spring of 2007
Additional Training
- Bread and Puppet Theatre Perform, Work, Learn Summer internship Peter Schumann 2004
- Czechoslovakian Marionettes Carving wooden Marionettes Summer Intensive Miroslav Treitnar 2006
- Sandglass Theatre Puppet Manipulation Summer Intensive Eric Bass 2006
Inside Out Art Studio Leather Mask Construction Workshop Jeff Semerling 2009
- Plasticene Theatre Non-text based theatre Summer Intensive Sharon Gopfert 2005
- Illinois State University Alexander/ Body Awareness Movement I Paul Dennhardt 2005
Skills
- costume crafts
- scenic painting
- scenic and costume design
- sculpting, molding and casting
- stilt walking
- gymnastics training
- block printing
- fabric dying
- millinery
- screen printing
- can fit in 7”X 1’-8” spaces
- soldering
- hand drafting
Construction Experience
- Carpentry: 15 shows for Illinois State University and Illinois Shakespeare Festival 2002-05
- Sewing: 9 shows for Illinois State University 2005-06