NEWS

2.26-3.22.24 – Directing The White Chip by Sean Daniels at Florida Studio Theatre

 

12.13.23 – Acting in a Commercial for WebMD

 

11.3-11.23 – Directing THE REALNESS: A breakbeat play by Idris Goodwin at Illinois Theatre

 

8.25.23 – Acting in the Staged Reading of Benardo Cubrías The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote at Florida Studio Theatre

 

8.2-27.23 – Tito in Comedy of Tenors at Florida Studio Theatre

 

4.24.23 – Directing the University of Illinois’ BFA Showcase at the Den Theatre in Chicago

 

4.18.23 – Acting in the Feature Film “Holiday Holdup”

 

4.17.23 – Hosting Dr. Jessica Chiba of the Shakespeare Institute (UK) as part of the BRIDGE Grant 

 

3.1.23 – My CHICAGO MED episode, “Those Times You Have to Cross the Line” premieres on NBC

 

2.28.23 – VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS selected to screen at the Oslo Freedom Forum

 

1.30.23 – Playing Captain Hearty in the new play THE BASSET TABLE by Jaclyn Jutting as part of the Tennessee Playwright Studio’s Virtual New Play Festival

 

1.26.23 – Shooting on CHICAGO MED as Allen Hawkins

 

10.20.22 – Presenting on Roundtable, ‘Digitizing Early Modern Performance‘ with The University of Birmingham’s(UK) Shakespeare Institute 

 

10.16.22 – Traveling to UK with Media and Scenic Designer John Boesche to work on Digital Theatre with The Shakespeare Institute

 

9.23.22 – Completed First Draft of my new play, ENTER, WILL KEMP 

 

8.1.22 – Recipient of a BRIDGE Grant through the University of Illinois and University of Birmingham(UK)

 

4.29.22 – Actor in VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS by Andrei Kureichik

 

4.10.22 – Directed the 2022 BFA Digital Showcase for UIUC. See it HERE

 

2.25.22 – Moderator for “A Conversation with Luis Alfaro” at the Spurlock Museum

 

1.5.22 – Attending the Shakespeare Theatre Association Conference

 

11.17.21 – Recipient of a NEXT GEN Leaders of Color Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Association, Play On Shakespeare & The National Endowment for the Arts

 

10.14.21 – NATIVE GARDENS opens at the Krannert Center of Performing Arts

 

9.1.21 – 1st rehearsal for Illinois Theatre’s NATIVE GARDENS by Karen Zacarías – Co-Directing with JW Morrissette

 

6.24.21 – Writing a new play about Shakespeare’s Clown, Will Kemp

 

5.5.21 – Directed the MFA Showcase for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

4.20.21 – Finalist for a Fulbright Scholar Award

 

2.4.21 – Performance and script Director for FOLXTALES, A Large-scale media pop up. 

 

10.18.20 – Playing Daddy Ubu in the National podcast of PSHITTER: A Drinking Song for the Year of our Lord 2020

 

10.14.20 – Director and Editor for THE ZOOM ROOM with Nisi Sturgis

 

10.1.20 – Taking part in INSUTLED: Belarus(sia) by Andrei Kureichik reading as part of a worldwide theatre about the current revolution  in Belarus

 

9.5.20 – Shooting the Short Film RED HORSE

 

6.22.20 – Actor for reading of new untitled musical by Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser with Arizona Theatre Company

 

6.10.20 – Actor for reading of new play TAMPA by Sean Daniels with Florida Studio Theatre

 

5.25.20 – Hollywood Reporter article highlights UIUC BFA Showcase Actors. 

 

4.16.20 – Directed and edited the 2020 BFA Showcase for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

4.14.20 – Co-Created the comedy short, TPOCOLYPSE for Upendend Productions

 

2.27.20 – Directing Fronteras Americanas by Guillermo Verdecchia with Humanitarian Theatre Co.

 

2.3.20 – Rehearsals start for the new play PSHITTER: A Drinking Song for the Year of our Lord 2020 by Henry Wishcamper, member of the Goodman Theatre Artistic Collective, and directed by Lisa Gaye Dixon. 

 

11.27.19 – Featured in Nashville Scene article, “How Nashville Writers and Theatre Artists are Connecting through New Works.”

 

11.5.19 – Feature Film YINZ by Jeremy Michael Coen available on Amazon Prime

 

10.17.19 Nashville Story Garden wins 3 Best of Nashville Awards

 

10.3.19 – Supporting role in A COMMON ERA by Writer/Director Drew Maynard at the Nashville Film Festival

 

9.16.19 – Directing the workshop production of TOCAYA by Nancy Garcia Loza at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

7.10.19 – Part of the Dramatists Guild Panel on New Work and Producing in Nashville

 

5.23.19 – New Play, AT THE ROOT premieres as part of GROW UP, Nashville Story Garden’s pop up new play festival

 

3.27.19 – Recurring as Klinginpill on NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE. 

 

2.25.19 – LOST LAUGHS: THE SLAPSTICK TRAGEDY OF FATTY ARBUCKLE nominated for 5 IRNE Awards – Best Play, Best New Play, Best Director, Best Actor & Best Lighting Designer

 

2.3.19Feature Film ALL LIGHT WILL END available on Netflix

 

1.22.19 – Feature Film CECIL available to rent or buy on Amazon

 

1.3.19 – LOST LAUGHS earns ‘Best of 2018 Large Theatre’ from My South End