A look into my creative world.

My directing style is defined by "Physical Dramaturgy"—a belief that the intellectual depth of a text is only fully realized through the visceral movement of the body. Rooted in my background in Shakespearean Staging Practices and professional Fight Direction, I approach every production, from Golden Age musicals to Jacobean tragedies, as an athletic event for the stage. I specialize in finding the "modern pulse" within inherited texts, stripping away artifice to reveal the raw, high-stakes human necessity underneath. Whether I am staging the technical precision of a large-scale musical or the intimate violence of a psychological thriller, my work is characterized by rhythmic intensity, technical rigor, and an unwavering commitment to radical accessibility for contemporary audiences.

My approach to the script is one of "Informed Reverence"—I treat the text as a living blueprint rather than a museum piece. Drawing on my graduate research in Shakespeare and Performance, I begin every process with a deep-tissue dramaturgical analysis, seeking to understand the structural DNA and linguistic rhythms that the playwright intended. I believe that the director’s primary role is to act as a bridge between the author’s original impulse and the contemporary audience’s experience. Whether I am excavating the nuanced rhetoric of a Elizabethan classic or collaborating with a living writer on a world premiere, my goal is to honor the integrity of the story while ensuring it speaks with clarity and urgency to the world we live in today. I don’t just stage plays; I interrogate them to find the most honest, resonant version of the story they are trying to tell.