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SELECTED PRODUCTIONS:
Bring Down the House an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays  (all-female/non-binary) upstart crow and Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Henry IV.1 The Folger Theatre, D.C.

As You Like It Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Richard III 
(all-female/non-binary) upstart crow and Seattle Shakespeare Company
Henry V    Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Bring Down the House an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays (all-female/non-binary) upstart crow and Seattle Shakespeare Company
​John Baxter is a Switch Hitter by Ana Brown and Andrew Russell. Intiman Theatre Festival, Seattle
Beckett Times Three (Not I, Krapp’s Last Tape, Footfalls).   A Company for Now, Seattle Beckett Festival
Richard II  Seattle Shakespeare Company
Titus Andronicus (all-female)  upstart crow
Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht.  Strawberry Theater Workshop, Seattle
King John (all-female)  upstart crow
Twelfth Night Centerstage Theatre, WA
Much Ado About Nothing   New City Theater/Second Company, Seattle
Watbanaland by Doug Wright.  New City Theater/Second Company
Fen by Caryl Churchill.  New City Theater/Second Company
Twelfth Night  New City Theater/Second Company
A Dream and Fruitless Vision: scenes of magic from Shakespeare.   Williamstown Theatre Festival/Act I Company
Silence by Harold Pinter.  Williamstown Theatre Festival/Non–Equity Company
Roz and Ray by Karen Hartman (Reading). Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle
Malaya by Chay Yew (Reading).  Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle 
The Hairy Baby by Ki Gottberg (Reading) .  A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle
Shelter by Neil Harris and Flickie Lapish (Reading).  Not So Loud Theatre Company, Hong Kong  


SELECTED UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONS:
Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht. Seattle University
The Big Ambition  by Ki Gottberg.  Seattle University
Women of Troy by Euripides, a version by Don Taylor.  Seattle University
Big Love by Charles Mee.  Seattle University
Buried Child by Sam Shepard.  Seattle University
Hamlet.  Seattle University
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Seattle University       
The Tempest.  Seattle University
Nora by Ingmar Bergman.  Seattle University
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.  Seattle University 
Carthaginians by Frank McGuinness.  Seattle University
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill.  Seattle University
Dark Ride by Len Jenkin.  Seattle University 
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill.  Cornish College for the Arts, Seattle
Etta Jenks by Marlene Mayer.  Cornish College for the Arts, Seattle


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2006 – Present      Director/Producer
upstart crow, Seattle, WA
Direct and produce plays as part of an all-female theatre collective, upstart crow, dedicated to producing classical works. upstartcrowcollective.com

2000 – Present      Freelance Director and Theatre Professor
Seattle, WA 
Direct professional productions in Seattle. Full-time tenured faculty at Seattle University.  Direct student productions at Seattle University. 

1999 – 2000      Interim Artistic Director
Northwest Asian American Theatre, Seattle, WA.
Produced a range of local and international performances including the work of Chay Yew, Susie Kozawa, Mew Chang-Tsing and Eugenie Chan, among others.

1998 – 1999      Associate Artistic Director & Director of International Artists Program
Northwest Asian American Theatre, Seattle WA
Responsible for artistic direction of an international collaboration sponsored by The Ford Foundation that produced multi-residency, multi-disciplinary collaborations between Southeast Asian artists and Asian American artists.

1997 – 1998      Project Coordinator, International Artists Program
Northwest Asian American Theatre, Seattle, WA

1995 – 1997       Artistic Director, 
New City Second Company, New City Theater, Seattle, WA
Selected and scheduled season, hired artists, directed productions, negotiated contracts, etc.

1996 – 1997      Resident Director
New City Theater Seattle, WA
Responsibilities included directing, producing, grant writing, publicity.

1994 – 1995      Freelance Director
Seattle, WA
Directed productions at New City Theatre and Cornish College for the Arts

1991      Boris Sagal Directing Junior Fellow       
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA        
Directed Act I Company; assistant director for Mainstage productions.

1989 – 1991      Freelance Director
New York, NY
Directed self-produced productions; assistant directed Off-Broadway.

1988 – 1989      Production Stage Manager
The Juilliard School, New York, NY
Stage Manager for Third Year productions; supervised tour to inner city schools

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 
Seattle Theatre Gregory Award, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Production: Richard III
Seattle Theatre Gregory Award, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Production: Bring Down the House.
Seattle Times Footlight Award, Shakespeare Production for Richard II, Titus Andronicus, King John and Twelfth Night
Princess Grace Award, New City Theatre, Seattle
Peter Brook Workshop: selected from over 50 Seattle directors for workshop with Peter Brook at the Intiman Theatre
Provost Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, Seattle University
Boris Sagal Junior Directing Fellow, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA

EDUCATION
M.F.A. Directing.  YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, New Haven, CT  
B.A.  Psychology and Theatre, BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, Lewisburg, PA 

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