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PROFESSIONAL
UPCOMING — Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart — Lyric Opera Northwest, Seattle, Washington — January 2009
Cosi fan tutte, Mozart — Peninsula Music Festival, Door County, Wisconsin — August 2008
La Buona Figliola, Piccinni — Teatro Piccinni, Bari, Italy — September 2007
Cosi fan tutte, Mozart — Quad Cities Opera, Iowa — January 2006
Falstaff, Verdi — Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Iowa — January, 2005
Die lustige Witwe, Lehar — The Mozart Ensemble, Salzburg, Austria — August 2004
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — July 2003
As You Like It (Producer), Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — June 2003
Othello, Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — July 2002
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Producer), Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — June 2003
The Tempest, Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — July 2001
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — June 2001
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare — The Actors' Theatre, Ohio — July 2000
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare — Austin Shakespeare Festival — September 1995
Iolanthe, Sullivan — Austin Gilbert & Sullivan Society — November 1993
Tosca*, Puccini — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — January 1993
Fidelio*, Beethoven — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — November 1992
La Pietra del Paragone*, Rossini — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — April 1992
La Boheme*, Puccini — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — January 1992
Aida*, Verdi — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — November 1991
Barber of Seville*, Rossini — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — April 1991
Don Giovanni*, Mozart — Austin Lyric Opera, Texas — January 1991
*Assistant Stage Director

UNIVERSITY
UPCOMING — Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky — University of Washington— May 2009
Il mondo della luna, Haydn — University of Washington— November 2008
L'Elisir d'amore (Producer), Donizetti — Northwestern University — May 2008
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten — Northwestern University — February 2008
An Evening of Opera Scenes — University of Southern California — January 2008
The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti — Northwestern University — November 2007
Dialogues of the Carmelites (Producer), Poulenc — Northwestern University — May 2007
The Bartered Bride, Smetana — Northwestern University — February 2007
La buona figliuola, Piccinni — Northwestern University — November 2006
Cosi fan tutte, Mozart — Northwestern University — May 2006
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky — Northwestern University — February 2006
The Threepenny Opera, Weill — Northwestern University — November 2005
Die Zauberflöte, Mozart — Northwestern University — May 2005
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini — Northwestern University — February 2005
Riders to the Sea, Vaughan Williams — Northwestern University — November 2004
Little Women, Adamo — Northwestern University — May 2004
Falstaff, Verdi — Northwestern University — February 2004
The Wandering Scholar, Holst — Northwestern University — November 2003
The Secret Marriage, Cimarosa — Northwestern University — May 2003
Slip Knot (Producer), T. J. Anderson — Northwestern University — April 2003
Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart — Northwestern University — February 2003
The Telephone (Producer), Menotti — Northwestern University — November 2002
Trouble in Tahiti (Producer), Bernstein — Northwestern University — November 2002
Little Women, Adamo — Ohio State Universtiy — May 2002
The Telephone, Menotti — Ohio State University — March 2002
Bon Appetit, Hoiby — Ohio State University — March 2002
Falstaff, Verdi — Oklahoma City University — February 2002
La tragedie de Carmen, Bizet/Brook — Ohio State University — January 2002
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini — Ohio State University — May 2001
Lullaby of Broadway, A Musical Revue — Ohio State University — January 2001
Die Zauberflöte, Mozart — Ohio State University — May 2000
Ghosts of Versailles (Excerpts), Corigliano — Ohio State University — February 2000
Riders to the Sea, Vaughan Williams — Ohio State University — November 1999
Susannah, Floyd — Ohio State University — May 1999
The Wandering Scholar, Holst — Ohio State University — January 1999
Savitri, Holst — Ohio State University — January 1999
Cosi fan tutte, Mozart — Ohio State University — May 1998
Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck — Ohio State University — May 1997
Albert Herring, Britten — Ohio State University — January 1997
Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart — Ohio State University — May 1996
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart — University of Texas — November 1995
Turn of the Screw, Britten — University of Texas — February 1994
Albert Herring, Britten — University of Texas — February 1993
L'enfant Prodigue, Debussy — University of Texas — October 1990
Gianni Schicchi, Puccini — University of Texas — October 1989


DIRECTING AWARDS
Twelfth Night, The Actors' Theatre
"One of the Top Ten Columbus Productions - 2001"
Michael Grossberg, COLUMBUS DISPATCH, December 31, 2001

Much Ado About Nothing, The Actors' Theatre
"One of the Top Ten Columbus Productions - 2000"
Michael Grossberg, COLUMBUS DISPATCH, December 31, 2000

Susannah, The Ohio State University, May 1999
National Opera Association Production Competition
1st Place Award, Category IV -- Awarded for Stage Direction

Cosi fan tutte, The Ohio State University, May 1998
National Opera Association Production Competition
1st Place Award, Category II -- Awarded for Stage Direction

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