La finta giardiniera / Manhattan School of Music, 2023
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Orphée et Eurydice / Nederlandse Reisopera / c. Sascha Goetzel / April 13-May 18, 2024
Dis/Inform / New Devised Opera / OPERA America Toulmin Discovery Grant Winner / National Opera Center (New York) / May 17, 2024
PAST PRODUCTIONS
Roméo et Juliette / Opera Idaho / c. Andy Anderson / 2024
La finta giardiniera / Manhattan School of Music / c. Djordje Nesic / 2023
COSI! Men Are Like That / White Snake Projects / c. Molly Xiu Turner / 2023
L’incoronazione di Poppea / Rice University Shepherd School of Music / c. Gary Wedow / 2023
Die Walküre / New Film Adaptation / Dramatic Voices Program Berlin / c. Christopher White / 2023
The Medium / New Immersive Production / Tri-Cities Opera / c. Christian Capocaccia / 2022
The Medium / New Immersive Production / Syracuse Opera / c. Christian Capocaccia / 2022
Così fan tutte / New Production / Opera North (U.S.) / c. Louis Burkot / 2022
Il barbiere di Siviglia / New Production / Sacramento Philharmonic / c. Christoph Campestrini / 2022
Fidelio / New Production / Austin Opera / c. Timothy Myers / 2022
The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace / New Production / New Camerata Opera / Dixon Place Theater (NYC) / c. Nell Flanders / 2022
GROUNDS / Devised Environmental Installation / Brooklyn Arts Council & New York State Council on the Arts Grants Recipient / International Contemporary Ensemble / 2021
Carmen | Hong Kong / New Immersive Multimedia Adaptation / More Than Musical - West Kowloon Freespace, Hong Kong / c. Elio Orciuolo / 2021
p r i s m / Revival Director / The Kennedy Center / c. Julian Wachner / 2020 [canceled at final dress rehearsal]
Rigoletto / New Immersive Production / Faymous - The Box, NYC / c. Dmitry Glivinskiy / 2020
Strauss | Vier letzte Lieder / An Immersive Production / The Alchemical, NYC / 2020
p r i s m / Revival Director / Theatro Municipal de São Paulo / c. Roberto Minczuk / 2019
The Crucible / New Production / Berlin Opera Academy - Theater im Delphi / c. Peter Leonard / 2019
Ainadamar / New Production / Miami Music Festival / c. Francesco Milioto / 2019
Dark Sisters / New Production / Miami Music Festival / c. Francesco Milioto / 2019
24@44 / World Premiere / WQXR-The Greene Space / c. Richard Pearson Thomas / 2019
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gulf Coast Symphony / c. Andrew Kurtz / 2019
BMP: Next Generation :: Crude Capital + Mary Motorhead / World Premieres / Beth Morrison Projects - National Sawdust / c. David Bloom / 2019
Amahl and the Night Visitors / New Production / Detroit Opera / c. Oriol Sans / 2018
Venus + Adonis :: Sāvitri / New Immersive Production / New Camerata Opera - The Flea Theater (NYC) / c. Stephan Fillare / 2018
La traviata / Alt-Cast / Washington National Opera / original production - Francesca Zambello / c. Renato Palumbo / 2018
A Midsummer Night’s Dream / New Production / Miami Music Festival / c. Christopher Ocasek / 2018
Backwards from Winter / World Premiere / Center for Contemporary Opera / 2018
Ariadne auf Naxos / Revival Director / Austin Opera / original production - Francesca Zambello / c. Robert Mollicone / 2018
Les contes d’Hoffmann / New Production / Miami Music Festival / c. Caren Levine / 2017
La clemenza di Tito / New Production / Ithaca College / c. Christopher Zemliauskas / 2017
The Turn of the Screw / New Site-Specific, Immersive Installation / DC Public Opera-Old Town Hall / c. Michelle Rofrano / 2017
Three Decembers / New Production / Opera Fayetteville / c. Cris Frisco / 2016
La bohème / New Production / Miami Music Festival / c. Michael Rossi / 2016
27 / New Production / Pittsburgh Opera / c. Mark Trawka / 2016
Così fan tutte / New Site-Specific, Immersive Installation / DC Public Opera-Torpedo Factory Art Gallery / c. Michelle Rofrano / 2015
Sumeida’s Song / New Production / Pittsburgh Opera / c. Glenn Lewis / 2015
La bohème / New Site-Specific, Immersive Installation / DC Public Opera-Eastern Market / c. John Edward Niles / 2014
Schubert’s Goethe-Lieder / New Site-Specific Staged Production / DC Public Opera-Austrian Cultural Forum / c. Nadezda Mijatovic-Sekicki / 2014
Don Giovanni / New Site-Specific, Immersive Installation / DC Public Opera-Mayflower Hotel / c. John Edward Niles / 2014
La Cenerentola / New Production / CCM / c. Blake Richardson / 2012
Amahl and the Night Visitors / New Production / Clermont Philharmonic / c. Jaime Morales / 2011
Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion / New Site-Specific, Fully Staged Production / CCM-St. Peter-in-Chains Cathedral / c. Earl Rivers / 2011
L’île de Tulipatan / New Production / CCM / c. Chaowen Ting / 2011
SELECTED SCENES & CONCERTS
The Glimmerglass Festival / Bel Canto Scenes / c. Joseph Colaneri / 2014
The Glimmerglass Festival / 100 Years of Music / c. Katherine Kozak / 2014
San Francisco Opera Center / Merola Grand Finale / c. Nicholas McGegan / 2012
CCM Spoleto, Italy / Serata Cabaret / c. Sara Chiesa / 2011
Wolf Trap Opera / Young Artist Scenes / c. Miah Im, Justina Lee, Tamar Sanikidze / 2008
SELECTED ASSOCIATE & ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Bayreuther Festspiele
Houston Grand Opera
Washington National Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin / Regiehospitantin
Oper Frankfurt / Regiehospitantin
Staatsoper Stuttgart / Regiehospitantin
Komische Oper Berlin / Regiehospitantin
Notable Directors: David Alden, Paul Curran, Jan Philipp Gloger, Barrie Kosky, Jossi Wieler, Francesca Zambello
LEADERSHIP & TEACHING
United States Department of State / Arts Envoy
Harvard University Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research / Workshop Leader: Site-Specific Performance and Social Justice
United States Department of State, Fulbright Commission / Fulbright Scholar
Houston Grand Opera / Faculty Drama Coach, HGO Studio
Opera Hack / San Diego Opera / Advisory Panelist
Aspen Music Festival / Artist-in-Residence, Aspen Opera Theater [canceled, 2020]
Oxford University Press / Grove Music Contributor, Women & BIPOC Composers
National Opera Association / The Opera Journal / Editorial Board
AWARDS
OPERA America Discovery Grant for Women Composers / 2023
New York State Council on the Arts / Restart NY / 2021
Brooklyn Arts Council & New York State Council on the Arts / Brooklyn Arts Fund / 2021
Brooklyn Arts Council & New York State Council on the Arts / Local Arts Support / 2021
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society E-Grant / 2021
Cultural Solidarity Fund / 2021
Foundation for Contemporary Arts E-Grant / 2020
Mayer Foundation Grant / 2020
International Arts Movement Hilary Teachout Grant / 2020
SITI Company Scholarship / 2019
Fulbright Scholar / Directing / Germany / 2012-13
San Francisco Opera Center Merola Career Grant / 2012-2017 / 2020-2021
CCM Corbett Award / 2011-12 / 2010-11
National Opera Association / 3rd Place / 2011
Mid-America Theater Conference Emerging Scholar Award / 2008
Cornell University Sage Fellowship / 2006-2007 / 2009-10
University of Chicago Jeff Metcalf Fellowship / 2005
University of Chicago Marcia S. and Sheldon E. Berkson Scholarship / 2004-2005 / 2005-2006
University of Chicago Women’s Board Fellowship / 2004
University of Chicago Scholarship / 2002-2006
EDUCATION
Cornell University / Ph.D., Performing and Media Arts / 2015
University of Chicago / A.B., College & Departmental Honors, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities / 2006
FURTHER TRAINING
SITI Company / Viewpoints for Directors with Anne Bogart / 2019
San Francisco Opera Center / Merola Opera Program / Apprentice Stage Director / 2012
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music / Artist Diploma, Opera Directing / 2012