About
Authentic casting: I’m Australian-American. I’m Jewish. I’m the child of an immigrant. I’m white and I use she/her pronouns. I don’t identify as having a disability.
Growing Up
I grew up in Denver, Colorado and Brisbane, Australia. I absorbed my parents' passion for travel, multiculturalism, creative adventures, and the importance of art as the center of a healthy society.
Broken Box Mime Theater
I discovered mime as an undergraduate at Tufts University, and I remain inspired by this limitlessly expressive medium. Now a steadily growing nonprofit, Broken Box Mime (BKBX) regularly produces original work in NYC and our touring shows take us across the country. Our education wing teaches body positive physical theater-making in preK-12 public schools as well as universities and professional settings.
Acting Training
MFA Acting: Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts
My acting training includes two full years of Meisner, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Williamson Movement, and year-long classical training at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
Teaching Artist
It was a breakthrough to discover that my passion for teaching and theater-making stem from the same impulse. In both contexts, I seek to create conditions under which people may make discoveries, rearrange their thinking, or open a new curiosity.
I have a Masters degree in Urban Education and have taught full-time in public, private, and charter schools, including two years in the School District of Philadelphia. Yes, Abbot Elementary gets it pretty spot on!
I'm currently teaching & developing body-centric storytelling curriculum for neurodiverse students in NYC Public Schools, and tutoring elementary and middle school math.
Favorite places I've taught:
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Cambridge University Marlowe Society
- Riverside Parramatta Theatres in Sydney Australia
- NYC Arts Office Professional Development for theater teachers
- NYC D75 Schools for students with disabilities
- Trapezium Math
- The Wilma
- Philadelphia Young Playwrights
A Big Transition
I have yet to find words sufficient to describe the impact my mother's death has had on me, let alone sum up the gratitude I have for her life. I made this collage in grad school when we were prompted to share a representation of our "inner life." The text is a quote from Cheryl Strayed's Tiny Beautiful Things.
