Bio

I am an extensively trained Shakespearean actor, The Bard has always been my greatest inspiration. My work seeks to examine the milleu of the tropes, contrivances, and gender-bending/homo-erotic subtext of classical theatre, and to mold from them pieces that are relatable, fresh, and explicitly queer. The structures of classical theatre can still connect with modern audiences, but very few contemporary playwrights choose to elaborate on them. I believe that these texts have so much more to offer us, and my plays demonstrate that passion for a confluence of old and new- a unity of queer thought.

My acting work is informed by my training with Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Youth Shakespeare, and the Berridge Program, and my work with companies such as The Artistic Home, Cabinet of Curiosities, and Crew of Patches. Favorite roles include Macbeth, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, and Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs.

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Theater Writing/Directing Credits

Writer, Rot! (Cut to the Chase Ten-Minute Play Festival)

The Artistic Home, May 2024

Writer, Galahad Manor (reading)

The Artistic Home, Summer 2024

Writer, Malapert Love

The Artistic Home, November 2022—Jeff Recommended

Writer/Director, Malapert Love

The Artistic Home, Summer on the Patio Workshop, Summer 2022

Director, Henry VI

Chicago Youth Shakespeare Alumni Players, Spring 2021

Theater Acting Credits

Clara/Solange (U/S), Women Beware Women

Blue in the Right Way, May 2024

Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet

Angus/Porter, Macbeth

Crew of Patches, Spring 2024

Featured Performer, Bussy Talks

The Annoyance Theater, Fall 2023

Featured Poet, Outloud! Outspoken! Cabinet of Curiosity, Fall 2023

Christopher Wren, The Mousetrap

Citadel Theatre, Fall 2023

Featured Performer, Bussy Talks

Rhinofest, Summer 2023

Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet

Witch, Macbeth

Crew of Patches, Winter 2022/2023

Co-Creator, People Powered Parable

Cabinet of Curiosities, Summer, 2022

Macbeth, Macbeth

Chicago Youth Shakespeare, January 2022

Eugene, Brighton Beach Memoirs

Citadel Theater, Fall 2021

Clarence, Richard III

Chicago Youth Shakespeare, Winter 2019/2020

Malvolio, Twelfth Night

Chicago Youth Shakespeare, Summer 2019

Film Acting Credits

Jonah, Sangria Sunday

DePaul University student film, Chicago 2018

Brandon, The Incredible Menarche

DePaul University student film, Chicago 2018

Young Matt, My Sun

Exponent Films, Chicago 2018

Honors

Jeff Award for Best New Work, for Malapert Love production at Artistic Home, Fall 2022

Anthony Quinn Scholarship for Theater, Summer 2021