First and foremost, I consider myself a multi-hyphenate artist. I have never been only one thing and I think pigeonholing myself into one discipline is really detrimental to my creativity and artistry.

I started doing theatre when I was eight years old and auditioned for a local production of Annie. When I was cast as little orphan Molly and I sang under the stage lights for the first time, I knew this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Although I grew up in California, my mother was raised in New York and would travel with me to the city almost every summer to see as many shows as we possibly could. Since then, I have worked in all aspects of theatre, always willing to get my hands dirty just to stay in the magical world of live performance. I’ve swept and mopped floors, painted sets, organized props, worked as an administrative assistant, hung and cabled electrics, even gone on a scavenger hunt for tie-line.

However, even as I ventured into the world of theatre tech, I was always a writer. Having grown up in Palo Alto with a journalist as a father, both my parents voracious readers and competitive Scrabble players, I became enamored with words from an early age. A fondness for the New York Times crossword and for making up stories in my diary became a burgeoning interest in playwriting. My love for writing flourished at Sarah Lawrence where I learned from some amazing and insightful professors who taught me that my wild and crazy ideas were worth exploring and my love of observing people and relationships worth cultivating into a creative art form.

My passion for sound and media began as a Covid hobby — a remote sound/media class offered at SLC seemed like an easy way to continue to create art away from the stage. When I took a class entitled American Spectacle at Columbia, the great Lynn Nottage taught me and my cohort that storytelling can break barriers with technology and innovation and I began building sound and video into my plays and performances, enhancing my work as a writer.

Because I am a young artist, I continue to discover, investigate, and learn. This portfolio of my work is ever-growing as I continue to unearth who I can become as a theatre-maker.