Re/Emergence Re/Emergence Collective Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA 2021 Wrong Answer Darius Taylor New Africa House Theater, Amherst, MA 2019 The Lily’s Revenge (MFA thesis) Taylor Mac UMass Amherst Rand, Curtain Theaters 2018 Outside Looking In devised work UMass Chapel Theater 2017 (interview-based applied theater collaboration with UMass Veteran students and theater students) The Happiest Song Plays Last Quiara Alegría Hudes UMass Rand Theater 2017 We Are Proud to Present… Jackie Sibblies Drury National Arts Festival, South Africa 2016 I am Ulysses devised adaptation UMass Bartlett Hall 2016 We Are Proud to Present… Jackie Sibblies Drury UMass Studio 204 Theater 2015 Three Sisters Anton Chekhov 133rd St. Arts Center, NYC 2013 Chan Thou’s Tuk-Tuk devised/puppetry Great Small Works Toy Theater Festival/ St. Ann’s Warehouse 2012 The Masque of the Red Death devised adaptation/puppetry Brooklyn Arts Exchange, NYC 2011 The Reservation devised work The Spare Room, Chicago, IL 2002 Unmade devised work Link’s Hall, Chicago, IL 2000 “Shock”/All Hallows’ Eve Ritual Celebration devised installation Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL 1999
Vessels: The Sea is Gone Re/Emergence Collective Bromery Center for the Arts, UMass Amherst 2022 Being Revolutionary devised TRUCEN conference / Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA 2022 The Piedmont Plays Darcy Parker Bruce Play Incubation Collective, Northampton, MA 2021 The Maids Project devised adaptation Upstairs Studio, Northampton, MA 2019 The Winklemeyers Bet It All Mojie Crigler Northampton Playwrights Lab, MA 2017 A Midwinter’s Tale Croft Vaughn Brooklyn Arts Exchange, NYC 2012
Pandora’s Phone devised adaptation Alley Theatre Playmakers, Houston, TX 2023 The Odyssey Project devised adaptation Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA 2021 Thirteenth Night devised adaptation Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA 2020 Argonautika Mary Zimmerman Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA 2019 The Twelve Huntsmen Briandaniel Oglesby Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA 2019 Fuenteovejuna trans. Lawrence Boswell Pioneer Valley Performing Arts School, MA 2018 Runaways Elizabeth Swados Vanguard High School, NYC 2014 Cinderbella devised adaptation Vanguard High School, NYC 2013 The Masque of the Red Death devised adaptation School for Human Rights, NYC 2008 Street Story in collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater Songwriting Program School for Human Rights, NYC 2007 The Crown Heights Story devised work School for Human Rights, NYC 2007 Persephone devised adaptation Redmoon Theater DramaGirls, Chicago 2000 Queens, Goddesses, Revolutionaries devised /puppetry Redmoon Theater DramaGirls, Chicago 1999 Logan Square Stories devised /puppetry Steppenwolf Garage/ Redmoon Theater Children’s Co, Chicago 1999
The Brainstormers and Their Cosmic Mission Chaney Tullos, dir. Alley Theatre, Houston, TX 2025
The Father Elizabeth Bunch,dir. 4th Wall Theatre, Houston, TX 2024
Sonder Stories Chaney Tullos, dir. Alley Theatre Teen Conservatory, 2024 Collidescope 3.0 Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks, dirs. Wake Forest University, NC 2017 Collidescope 2.0 Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks, dirs. UMass Amherst Rand Theater 2016 The Astronaut’s Birthday Frank Maugeri, dir. Redmoon Theater, Chicago 2011 (massive shadow puppetry/animation work projected onto front windows of the Museum of Contemporary Art) Here to There and Back Again Helen White, dir. Creative Arts Team (CAT) Youth Theater, NYC 2005 In Your Element Helen White, dir. Creative Arts Team (CAT) Youth Theater, NYC 2004 Closer to Home Helen White, dir. Creative Arts Team (CAT) Youth Theater, NYC 2003
American Mariachi KJ Sanchez Alley Theatre, Houston, TX 2023
MFA Theater Directing (2018) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA MA Secondary English Education (2005) New York University, New York, NY with Advanced Studies in Applied Theater -- Creative Arts Team BA Theater Arts (1997) Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Anti-Racist Theater Practice, Nicole Brewer Intimacy Direction: Dan Granke and Sara Scanlon, Intimacy Directors International Undesirable Elements: Ping Chong and Company Directing as Civic Practice: Michael Rohd Devising within a Democracy: The TEAM Clown: Mick Barnfather, Chris Bayes, Jim Calder,Jane Nichols Directing: Seth Barrish/The Barrow Group Physical Theatre: Daniel Stein / Dell’Arte School
Associate Member: Stage Directors and Choreographers Union (SDC) Member: Network of Ensemble Theaters
Massachusetts Cultural Council grant for Vessels: The Sea is Gone - 2023 New England Foundation for the Arts New Work/New England grant recipient for Re/Emergence - 2020 Easthampton Cultural Council Artists’ Grant for Re/Emergence – 2021 Semi-Finalist, Drama League Directing Fellowship 2019, 2020, 2021 Member SDC Observership Class - 2018-2019 UMass Arts Council grant for guest cuatro musician for The Happiest Song Plays Last -2017 UMass Arts Council grant for independent theater production of We Are Proud to Present -2015 Fund for Teachers Fellowship to Cambodia and Indonesia to study puppetry and performance - 2009 Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant for devised production, The Reservation - 2002 National Endowment for the Arts Coming Up Taller Award semifinalist - Redmoon Dramagirls Program - 1999 and 2000 Penn State University Golumbic Award for Humanistic Achievement –community engagement through theater - 1997
"The Lily's Revenge: Staging Love and Community in the Style of the Ridiculous" (2018). Masters Theses. 682. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/682
“Shaping the Future of the Directing Field: An Interview with Sanaz Ghajar, Rebecca Martinez, and Nicole A.Watson,” Howlround Theatre Commons. https://howlround.com/commons/jennifer-onopa. 27 Feb 2018.
professional working fluency in Spanish, professional teaching resume available upon request