ARTS LEADERSHIP
- Co-Artistic Producer
- ARC
- 2021-Present
- Associate Artistic Director
- Thousand Islands Playhouse
- 2014-2017
- Associate Artistic Producer
- Theatre Passe Muraille
- 2011-2015
- Artistic Producer
- Paprika Festival
- 2009-2013
- Education Manager
- Canadian Stage Company
- 2008-2011
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
- Neil Munro Directing Intern
- Shaw Festival
- 2021
- Artist-in-Residence
- NotaBle Acts Festival
- 2019
- RBC Intern Director
- Acting Upstage Company
- 2016/17
- Resident Artist Educator
- Young People’s Theatre
- 2015/16; 2016/17
- Storefront Theatre Playwright’s Unit
- Facilitated by Emma Mackenzie Hillier
- 2015-2016
- Outstanding New Musical (Nomination)
- Dora Mavor Moore Awards
- 2014
- Stratford Festival Playwright’s Retreat
- Facilitated by Bob White
- 2014
- Professional Theatre Training Program
- Theatre Ontario
- 2014, with Ashlie Corcoran
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Award
- Ontario Region
- 2002
TEACHING AND ADJUDICATION
- Jury Member: Dora Mavor Moore Awards
- Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
- 2013-14 (Independent); 2018-19 (Musical Theatre)
- Course Instructor: Foundations of Arts Education
- Centennial College
- 2018
- Course Instructor: Introduction to Playwriting, New Play Development
- Humber College
- 2018-present
- Course Instructor: Cabaret
- Randolph College for the Performing Arts
- 2017
- Professional Development Guest Artist
- Toronto, York, and Peel School Boards
- 2011-present
- Drama Festival Adjudicator
- Sears Ontario Drama Festival/ NTS Ontario Drama Festival
- 2014/2016/2018
- Various Workshops in Collective Creation, Playwriting, and Queer Perspectives in the Classroom
- Council of Dramatic and Dance Educators Conference
- 2010-present
- Accessible Creation-Based Drama for Non-Actors
- Art at the Heart: United Church of Canada Arts Conference
- September 2012
- Drama Festival Adjudicator
- Council of Independent Schools
- April 2012
- The Influence of the Professional Arts
- Canadian Symposium for Arts and Learning, CNAL
- December 2010
TRAINING
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Queen’s University
- Drama/Music
- Bachelor of Education
- Queen’s University
- Artist-in-Community Education
- Musical Theatre Directing Masterclass
- In Tune Festival
- Instructor: Robert McQueen
- Musical Theatre Masterclass
- Festival of Ideas and Creation
- Instructor: William Finn
- Artist Educator in Communities and Schools Training Initiative
- Canadian Stage
- Various Instructors
PUBLISHED WORKS
- Is It Small Enough? The Issue of Scale in Canadian Musical Theatre
- Canadian Theatre Review, Volume 171
- 2017
- The Agony and Ecstasy of the Storefront Theatre Movement
- Canadian Theatre Review, Volume 170
- 2017
- [the day I wasn’t]
- Keeping Our Stories Alive: Volume 1
- 2008
OTHER PROJECTS
- Centennial College
- Program Developer: Artist Education in Community Engagement
- 2016-2018
- Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition
- Producer
- 2016
- Professional Arts Organizations Network for Education
- Founding Board Member
- 2010-2014
- Songbook Series at Theatre Passe Muraille
- Co-Creator & Facilitator
- 2011-2019
- hai [clin] Clinician Poetry Installation
- Toronto Western Hospital
- with Dr. Chase McMurren