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SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Scenic Design
Scenic Designer, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Schwab Auditorium

Fuse Productions, State College, PA, July 2018

Scenic Designer/Media Designer, Merrily We Roll Along, Schwab Auditorium

Fuse Productions, State College, PA, February 2018

Scenic Designer, Fun Home, Schwab Auditorium

Fuse Productions, State College, PA, September 2017

Scenic Designer, Camelot, Schwab Auditorium

Fuse Productions, State College, PA, July 2017

Scenic Designer, My Fair Lady, Citizen's Bank Theatre
Fuse Productions, State College, PA, July 2016

Scenic Designer, Ruddigore, Freelander Theatre
Ohio Light Opera, Wooster, OH, July 2015


Scenic Designer, Les Miserables, Eisenhower Auditorium
Fuse Productions, State College, PA, June, 2015


Scenic Designer, Brigadoon, Freelander Theatre
Ohio Light Opera, Wooster, OH June 2015

Scenic Designer, Spring Awakening, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO April 2015

Scenic Designer, The Wedding Singer, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, October 2014


Scenic Designer, A Little Night Music, Off-Crown Theatre
Spinning Tree Theatre, Kansas City, MO, May 2014

Scenic Designer, Julius Caesar, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, April 2014

Scenic Designer/Media Designer, Kindertransport, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, February2014

Scenic Designer, Scrooge: The Musical,  State Theatre
The State Theatre, State College, PA, December 2013

Scenic Designer, The Shape of Things, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, November 2013

Scenic Designer, Ain't Misbehavin', Just Off Broadway Theatre
Spinning Tree Theatre, Kansas City, MO, November 2013

Scenic Designer, The Pirates of Penzance, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, October 2013

Scenic Designer, Street Scene, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, April 2013

Scenic Designer, The Hound of the Baskervilles, American Heartland Theatre
American Heartland Theatre, Kansas City, MO, January 2013

Scenic Designer, Blue Window, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, November 2012

Scenic Designer, Beehive: The 60’s Musical, Citizens Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, State College, PA, June 2012

Scenic Designer, As Long as We Both Shall Live, American Heartland Theatre
American Heartland Theatre, Kansas City, MO, May 2012

Scenic Designer, The Tempest, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, April 2012

Scenic Designer, How I Learned To Drive, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, February 2012

Scenic Designer, Almost, Maine, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, November  2011

Scenic Designer, Oklahoma!, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO, October 2011

Scenic Designer, Five Guys Named Moe, Citizens Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, State College, PA, June 2011

Scenic Designer, The Drowsy Chaperone, Citizens Bank Theatre
The University Resident Theatre Company, University Park, PA, December 2010

Scenic Designer, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Esber Recital Hall
Penn State School of Music, University Park, PA, October 2010

Scenic Designer, Palmer Park, Citizens Bank Theatre
The University Resident Theatre Company, University Park, PA, April 2010

Scenic Designer, Singing in the Rain, Academy Theatre
Empty Jug Productions, Meadville, PA Spring 2008

Resident Scenic Designer, The Richard E. Rauh Conservatory
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 2005 - April 2007

Scenic Designer, The Sound Of Music, Byham Theatre
Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2006

Resident Scenic Designer, Double M Enterprises, LLC
Winston-Salem, NC Fall 2004 - Fall 2005

Scenic Designer, Married...With Chekov!, Cuyahoga Community College Theatre Department
Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH June 2004

Scenic Designer, Waiting for Godot, Cuyahoga Community College Theatre Department
Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH February 2004
 

Charge Artist
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Citizen's Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, University Park, PA Summer 2012

How I Learned To Drive, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO Spring 2012

Almost, Maine, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO Fall 2011

Oklahoma!, James L. Highlander Theatre
UCM Department of Theatre & Dance, Warrensburg, MO Fall 2011

Five Guys Named Moe, Citizen's Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, University Park, PA Summer 2011

Smokey Joe's Cafe, Citizen's Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, University Park, PA Summer 2010

The Beauxs' Stratagem , University Resident Theatre Company
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Spring 2011

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, University Resident Theatre Company
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Fall 2010

History Boys, University Resident Theatre Company
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Fall 2010

Smokey Joe's Cafe, Citizen's Bank Theatre
Pennsylvania Centre Stage, University Park, PA Summer 2010

School House Rock Live, University Resident Theatre Company
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Spring 2010

 Footloose, Byham Theatre
Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2007

Miss Saigon, Byham Theatre
Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2006


Technical Direction/Supervision
Technical Director, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Spinning Tree Theatre
Kansas City, MO October 2012

Technical Director, The Pirates of Penzance, University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Fall 2013

Technical Director, Blue Window, University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Fall 2012

Paint Shop Supervisor, Pennsylvania Centre Stage
University Park, PA Summer 2012

Technical Director, Oklahoma!, University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Fall 2011

Technical Director, Almost, Maine, University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Fall 2011

Technical Director, How I Learned To Drive, University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Spring 2012

Paint Shop Supervisor, Pennsylvania Centre Stage
University Park, PA Summer 2011

Production Manager, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2006 - Spring 2007

Technical Director, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA Fall 2005 - Spring 2007

Technical Director/Owner, Double M Enterprises, LLC
Winston Salem, NC Fall 2004 - Fall 2005

Interim Technical Director, Cuyahoga Community College
Parma, OH Fall 2003 - Fall 2004

Assistant Technical Director, Cuyahoga Community College
Parma, OH Fall 2002 - Fall 2003

Master Carpenter, Shakespeare and Company
Lenox, MA Summer 2002

Technical Director, Northern Stage Company
White River Junction, VT Fall 2001 - Spring 2002

Technical Director, John Carroll University
Cleveland Heights, OH Fall 1998 - Fall 2000


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