Upcoming:
Directing a staged reading of JuCoby Johnson’s The Red Man at South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival.
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet at Great River Shakespeare Festival.
Previous:
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Madhuri Shekar (Book), Christian Magby (Music), and Christian Albright (Lyrics) at South Coast Repertory.
Tick, Tick…Boom! Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson, with Script Consultation by David Auburn, at Chance Theater.
The world premiere of Heritage by JuCoby Johnson at the NC Black Rep, part of the International Black Theatre Festival.
A workshop reading of The Cherry Orchard with the inaugural “Actor’s Lab” for emerging and mid-career artists at the Guthrie Theater.
A staged reading of Boat Show by Dustin H. Chinn for Chance Theater’s On The Radar reading series.
Directing News
Acting & Oration News
William and Charles in Play On Shakespeare’s podcast production of Twelfth Night, adapted by David Ivers and directed by Kim Martin-Cotten.
Voiceover Narration for the 2024 SOARNORTH Gala with Northside Achievement Zone (Minneapolis), featuring Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle.
The emcee and featured performer for the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law’s Physicians for Human Rights panel, “Attack on Healthcare: A Global Crisis.”
Performed as Bottom in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jun Märkl and directed by Kim Martin-Cotten.
Voiceover Narration for the 2023 SOARNORTH Gala with Northside Achievement Zone (Minneapolis), featuring Diana Ross.
Host & Performer for the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast, sponsored by the United Negro College Fund and supported by General Mills.
Served as Co-Creative Producer alongside David Rue for YoungArts’ Los Angeles LAB. A multidisciplinary four-day immersion experience that explores the power of collaboration, care, and radical imagination as the foundation for community resilience and regrowth.
Led his “Joyful Rage: Artistry & Activism” workshop for B.F.A students at the University of Minnesota Department of Theater & Dance. (5yr recurring workshop)
Led a 4-hour session - “Creating a Compassionate Community” with The Blake School (Lower School) in Minneapolis, MN.
Presented two workshops for teachers at St. James Episcopal School’s Professional Development Day. One workshop focused on centering joy in anti-racist teaching practices, while the other focused on building a compassionate community with younger students.
Presented his "The Work Begins With Us" workshop for educators at the California Educational Theater Association in Costa Mesa, CA, and the International Thespian Festival in Bloomington, IN.