NEWS
10.29.25 Co-Directing (with J.W. Morrissette) The Play that Goes Wrong at Illinois Theatre.
10.23.25 Presenting at The Shakespeare Institute’s Thursday Seminar on our Midsummer Night’s Stream Digital Theatre work via the BRIDGE grant.
9.8.25 Acting in the short film, PALACE in Lexington, KY.
6.17.25 Honored to be promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at University of Illinois.
6.16.25 Directing and Developing the new work FORGED with Actor/Writer Samuel Muñoz in in residence at CTX (Connecticut Theatre Exchange).
5.16 Directed and Edited the MFA Digital Showcase for University of Illinois. You can see the grads amazing work HERE.
5.8-16.25 Visting London and Stratford as part of a BRIDGE grant in collaboration with the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute
4.28.25 Directed the University of Illinois MFA Acting Showcase at the Den Theater, Chicago
11.16.24 Hosting Dr. Michael Dobson from the University of Birmingham’s (UK) Shakespeare Institute as part of a BRIDGE grant.
11.8.24 – Supporting role in the feature HOLIDAY HOLD-UP available on Amazon Prime.
9.27.24 – Directing the workshop of Ariel Cipolla’s new play, NO PUEDO, I’M SORRY at Illinois Theatre
6.17-22 – In residence at Connecticut Theatre Exchange working on my new play, ENTER, WILL KEMP
6.11 – Subject of a Feature Article on Illinois BRIDGE grant.
5.7.24 – Directed, Edited, & Filmed the UIUC 2024 BFA Acting Digital Showcase
4.18.24 – Recipient of a $20,000 BRIDGE Grant (BiRmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, EnGagement and Education) with Professor John Boesche in collaboration with The University of Birmingham’s (UK) Shakespeare Institute
3.28.24 – “Moving, fascinating, harrowing and surprisingly funny story told with a serious but light-hearted touch..A wonderful story and entertaining theater that could do some good.” Great review for THE WHITE CHIP at Florida Studio Theatre
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 multi- 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
2.3.19 – Feature 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
