After abandoning my original plan to become the first woman president, I was drawn from an early age to amplifying women’s voices through stories.  I believe theatre is an act of radical empathy which allows artists to speak their truths, and audiences to witness them, in pursuit of our shared humanity.  As a queer woman, I know how powerful it is to see yourself authentically represented on stage. 

As a professional storyteller, my career transcends many boundaries—classrooms, board rooms, rehearsal halls, facilitation workshops, lecture stages, and more.

Within the theatre, I have more than forty directing credits directing everything from world premieres, to musicals, to new and devised work, to re-imagined classics. Stylistically, I make complicated texts accessible using an actor-centered approach which focuses on crafting nuanced, ensemble-based performances, beat by beat.

In the fall of 2023, I was named the Managing Director of Iron Crow Theatre, Baltimore’s award-winning, professional queer theatre. I also serve as head of the theatre program at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. I am a 2018 graduate of the HERS leadership institute for women, an associate with the Center for International Theatre Development (CITD), and the founding Vice President of the Edward Albee Society. I hold an M.A. and Ph.D. in drama from Tufts University and a B.A. in sociology from Wellesley College. My favorite directing project, co-created with my wife, is raising our twin sons to be strong feminists.