Education
Mississippi University for Women – December 2023
Masters of Fine Arts – Theatre Education
Southeastern Louisiana University – May 2020
Bachelors of Arts – Magna Cum Laude – English Education minor in Theatre
Theatrical Experience
Directing
- The Last Days of Judas Iscariot | Assistant Director | Spring 2025 | 30 by Nintey
- All is Calm | Director | Winter 2024 | Ascension Community Theatre
- Blood on Yellowstone: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Playwright & Director | Fall 2024 | Columbia Theatre
- The Big, Bad Bullysaurus | Director | 2024-2025 Season | Columbia Theatre Touring Productions
- The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe | Director | 2024-2025 Season | Columbia Theatre Touring Productions
- Newsies | Director | Summer 2024 | Christian Community Theatre Baton Rouge
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | Director | Spring 2024 | Wildwood Elementary School
- Snow White & The Queen of Mean | Director | Spring 2024 | Shenandoah Elementary School
- Snow White & The Queen of Mean | Director | Spring 2024 | Parkview Elementary School
- Murder on the High Seas: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Playwright & Director | Fall 2023 | Columbia Theatre
- The Shawshank Redemption | Fight Director | Summer 2023 | 225 Theatre Collective
- Enigma of the Torah (A New Work by Marion “Penny” Freistadt and Helen Stone) | Director | Spring 2023 | Marigny Opera House
- The Squirrels | Director | Spring 2023 | Alpha Psi Omega Productions
- The Night of the Iguana | Assistant Director | Spring 2023 | Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans
- MTI’s Broadway Junior Revue: Pure Imagination | Director | Spring 2023 | Central Middle School
- The First (A New Work by DeJuan James) | Director | Winter 2022 | 225 Theatre Collective
- The Jungle Book | Director | Fall 2022 | Columbia Theatre
- Murder! at the Disco: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Playwright & Director | Fall 2022 | Columbia Theatre
- Student Body | Assistant Director | Summer 2022 | 225 Theatre Collective
- Phantom of the Columbia: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Playwright & Director | Spring 2022 | Columbia Theatre
- Break A Leg! The Ultimate Theatre Parody | Director | Fall 2020 | Alpha Psi Omega Productions
- Exit 27 | Assistant Director | Spring 2020 | Southeastern Theatre
Fight Directing & Intimacy Coordination
- Cabaret | Intimacy Coordinator | Winter 2025 | Ascension Community Theatre
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Fight Director | Winter 2025 | Sullivan Theater
- The American Century | Fight Director | Spring 2024 | 225 Theatre Collective
- The Shawshank Redemption | Fight Director | Summer 2023 | 225 Theatre Collective
Acting
- Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | Fall 2024 | Ascension Community Theatre
- Blood on Yellowstone: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Sarah Gwynne | Fall 2024 | Columbia Theatre
- The Laramie Project | Leigh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, Kristin Price, Dr. Cantway, Etc. | Winter 2024 | Theatre Baton Rouge
- The House on Haunted Hill | The Bride/Rebecca Valifax | Fall 2021 | Columbia Theatre
- Murder on the Marquee: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Event | Lou Tennant | Spring 2021 | Columbia Theatre
- Strawberries, Guns, & Milk | Lettie Tuppenceworth | Fall 2019 | Southeastern Theatre
- Everyman | Discretion | Spring 2019 | Southeastern Theatre
- Inherit the Wind | Reporter/Photographer | Winter 2019 | 30 by Ninety
- Dracula | Understudy | Fall 2018 | Southeastern Theatre
- The Crucible | Betty Paris | Spring 2018 | Southeastern Theatre
- She Kills Monsters | Monster/Puppeteer/Understudy | Fall 2017 | Southeastern Theatre
- Much Ado About Nothing | Verges/Messenger | Summer 2017 | Alpha Psi Omega Productions
Technical Theatre
- When Sparks Fly | Stage Manager | Fall 2019 | Alpha Psi Omega Productions
- Frozen Jr. | Run Crew | Fall 2019 | The New Octavians
- The Last Days of Judas Iscariot | Assistant Stage Manager | Spring 2017 | Southeastern Theatre
- The Bald Soprano | Stage Manager | Spring 2017 | Southeastern Theatre
- Why Are You Nowhere | Run Crew | Spring 2017 | Southeastern Theatre
Awards & Certifications
Dueling Arts International | Fall 2018 – Present
level 1 stage combatant in small sword, quarterstaff, and single rapier
level 2 stage combatant in broadsword, rapier and dagger, and unarmed/contemporary violence
- 24th Annual New Year’s Winter Workshop | December 2018-January 2019
- 19th Annual Fight Directing & Performance Workshop | July 2019
- 27th Annual New Year’s Winter Workshop | December 2022-January 2023
Society of American Fight Directors | Spring 2024-Present
- 33rd Annual Stage Combat Workshop – The Boil | March 2024
- Texas Intensive Stage Combat Workshop | September 2024
- 34th Annual Stage Combat Workshop – The Boil | March 2025
Linwood Holdrige Scholarship in Theatre | Fall 2022
I was chosen by the Holdrige family and the Ascension Community Theatre Board to receive the newly created Linwood Holdrige Scholarship for my dedication to Theatre Education.
Alpha Psi Omega National Scholarship Recipient | Spring 2020
I was one of two recipients chosen out of the nominees put forth by chapters throughout the nation.
Southeastern Theatre Outstanding Student in Theatre | Spring 2019
I was chosen out of the nominees put forth by the department for my dedication and accomplishments within the department throughout my collegiate career.
Career
Class Coordinator, CYT Baton Rouge
October 2024 – Present
Theatre Teaching Artist, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
August 2024 – April 2025
Education Coordinator & House Manager, Columbia Theatre
January 2022 – Present
Teaching Artist, CYT Baton Rouge
August 2022 – October 2024
Team Member, 225 Theatre Collective
May 2022 – Present
Talented Theatre Teacher, East Baton Rouge Parish School System
August 2023 – May 2024
Talented Theatre Teacher, Central Community School System
August 2022 – May 2023
Summer Education Intern, Lexington Children’s Theatre
May 2021 – August 2021
7th Grade ELA Teacher & Drama Club Sponsor, St. Theresa Middle
August 2020 – December 2021
Junior Board Member, American Legacy Theatre
May 2020 – January 2022