ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
California Repertory Company (Cal Rep), 2016-present
  • Direct one production per year
  • Curate, produce and oversee our annual season of 8 shows – featuring a mix of classics, contemporary plays, musicals and devised work
  • Created a new program, Devising Democracy: committed to devising theatre productions addressing urgent social-political issues of our time. Last year we produced Dreamers: Aquí y Allá a verbatim piece about DACA students on campus featured on TV (Univision, Telemundo and CNN en Español); voted “Best Play of 2018” by OC Weekly. This spring I am devising a piece based on interviews I am doing with members of Rising Scholars, a campus group of formerly incarcerated students
  • Other shows I have curated for Cal Rep: verbatim theatre piece Dear Harvey about the life and legacy of Harvey Milk; the World Premiere of Tahirih Moeller’s A Live Mixtape which won 2nd place in the “Hip Hop Theatre Creator Award” at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival; and the West Coast premiere of Hilary Bettis’ play The Ghosts of Lote Bravo, set in Juarez, Mexico, dealing with issues of violence against women and immigration

CURATOR & MODERATOR
Tearing the Mask, NIDA, Sydney, 2014
  • Initiated, organized and curated a unique week-long series of free public events at NIDA
  • An exploration of Japanese performance via films, panels, lectures and performances, with butoh and noh experts from Japan​
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
& ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
Classic Stage Company (CSC), NYC, 2004-2008
  • Directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and readings (e.g. The Tempest with Tony Award-winner Blair Brown)
  • Associate-produced work with: Anne Bogart, Alan Cumming, Walter Bobbie, Zoe Caldwell, Alan Cumming, David Ives, Denis O'Hare, David Oyelowo, John Turturro and Dianne Wiest
  • Produced and developed the work of emerging directors in new series On the Verge, including Pavol Liska/Nature Theater of Oklahoma
  • Produced and directed our ongoing Adaptation Project, curated by Obie Award-winner Mac Weldon
  • Managed and produced CSC’s education initiative The Young Company: expanded outreach to 18 public high schools and 1,000 students
CO-DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER
New York Butoh Festival, NYC, 2003-2007
  • Created and organized biennial festival showcasing over 50 international butoh artists
  • Curated season and brought emerging and established artists from Japan, Germany, France, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, San Francisco and New York
  • Oversaw three sold-out festivals (in 2003, 2005 and 2007) and their complex matrix of events – performances, workshops, films and lectures – that were attended by over 3,000 people
  • Produced workshops/performances at some of the major theatre venues and educational organizations in New York: CUNY, Japan Society, Noguchi Museum, NYU, Theater for the New City

PRODUCER: SYMPOSIUM/EXHIBITION
Bobst Library, New York University, NY, 2003
  • Associate-produced Visions for a Changing Theatre, month-long exhibition on experimental theatre from 1960s-1990s
  • Curated and coordinated symposium involving: Richard Schechner, Lee Breuer, Judith Malina, Joseph Melillo, Steve Buscemi