Direction
As a director, I lead spaces that foster community through active discussion. All of my projects are approached with mindset of incorporating how our unique identities intersect with the stories we are telling. Through my direction, I navigate each individual's creative language to facilitate the creation of a new creative language tailored to the ensemble.
NEW WORKS AT THE EUGENE O'NEILL THEATER CENTER
Recovery by Seanna Kelly (The O'Niell)
An immersive piece that uses the form of an Alchohlic’s Anonymous meeting to investigate associative triggers. This piece was developed within six hours of rehearsal time and invited the audience into the AA circle during the staged reading.
Bunker Play by Lance Beckman (The O’Neill)
Where two families are left trapped in a six foot square bunker. A mother daughter duo trapped with a lower class mother son duo. Both mothers are left to confront the phantoms of their dead children. This piece was developed in thirty six hours with an ensemble of four actors.
Our Days Book by Cristian Guerrero Music by Owen Espinosa (The O'Neill)
Follow a group of friends as they head to Cape Cod for the summer. Watch a love triangle turn into a love square?
With ethereal beats and earworms begging you to reminisce about the old days.
Pubatory: Drink to Remember by Ski Gozo
Follow Lil Bro as they navigate their life while his ancestors in his Great Grandma’s Bar (the afterlife) watch milestones of Lil bro’s life. However, not all relatives have been properly grieved causing them to be overtaken by a fragmented state.
Down the River by Emma Dobson
A southern melodrama written by Emma Dobson that centered around an outside detective, alcoholism, and domestic abuse. This piece was developed in under thirty six hours with an ensemble of six actors.
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American Distortion Created by Ski Gozo (California Repertory Company 2022)
A devised anthology created to help young theatrical ensembles voice their concerns or feelings surrounding the stigma of being American. As a director, this piece is centered around creating a space for emerging artists to create socio-political theater about their own identity in a healthy way, providing a call-in practice in the rehearsal room in order to devise theater around difficult discussions that will follow the audience beyond the stage.
American Distortion Created by Ski Gozo (Theatre Threshold 2021)
Preluding the in-person production at the California Repertory Company, this piece was created during the pandemic. As a director, I led both individual and group discussions surrounding the idea of “American Distortion,” with my poetry writing as a backbone to help spark ideas/discussions on what we wanted to create as artists. Because this was over zoom, it had an extensive focus on accessibility with the help of artist/activist Vanessa Cruz.
