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Director of Education and Community Engagement  (Transcendence Theatre Company)     Sonoma, CA | May 2018- Jan '21​

• Produced all education and community programming for 10,000 youth and adults annually. Transcendence Education focuses on equitable arts access for all. Content was delivered virtually (live and pre-recorded) and in-person

• Oversaw private donor and institutional grant funding for education programming and personally wrote and obtained $445,000 of national and local grants and donations

• Created and managed all Corporate Professional Development programming for Google, Sotheby’s, and Bay Area professionals 

  • Professional On Camera Workshops​

  • Live and Virtual Team Buildings 

• As a member of the senior leadership staff I worked closely with the executive team, department directors, and managers to support all organizational strategic calendar and budget planning

• Supervised year round staff consisting of full time Education Coordinators and Teaching Artists that expanded seasonally to fourteen Teaching Artists and project leads

• Created twelve weeks of Arts Integrated Curriculum for English Language Development courses of study for grades 1-5 (CCSS, CA Arts Ed Framework, ELD Standards). Received California Arts Council grant, expanded to multiple districts/schools

• Curated production process and directed Sotheby’s Wine Country Real Estate Agent Intro Video Program

  • Mary & Vince Bienek

  • Elliot Burdin

  • Terry Crisler

  • Jennifer Powers

  • Daniel Casabonne

• Wrote, produced and directed four educational videos for Google’s (Virtual) Take Your Child To Work (from home) Day

• In response to Covid-19, I co-wrote, produced and directed sixteen virtual arts integrated classes for English Language Development with resources in English and Spanish

  • ​Learn @ Home

• Produced written works and beat creation for Sonoma County Juvenile Hall youth recordings

  • ​Beats From the Hall

• Produced and directed Latinx teen ensemble original work based on social and political impacts of 2020 Census

• Awards 2020: BroadwayWorld Arts Educator of the Decade | BroadwayWorld Best Youth Theatre Camp/After School Program Of The Decade

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Founder & Producing Director (Epoch Creative NYC )                                                                New York, NY | 2014-Present​

• Produced live performances, web content/short films by and for BIPOC artists amounting to over 750,000 total views 

• Wrote, produced and directed comedic web series exploring BIPOC artists navigating NYC actor life

  • ​#Unbooked

• Wrote, produced and directed web series centering the Black experience on Broadway

  • ​The Great Black Way

• Co-author & Producer 2019 Slamdance Screenplay Contest Quarter finalist for pilot “TEMP”

• Consultant for New York City BIPOC organizations assisting in development and programming strategies

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Administrative Assistant: (Project Broadway)                                                                                New York, NY | Spring 2018

• Created curriculum and hired teaching artists for Anti-Bullying & Self Empowerment Workshops for schools and local nonprofits 

• Organized Broadway Panel Discussion at St. Hope Leadership Academy

• Arranged for Harlem middle school students to attend "Spongebob: the Musical" on Broadway complete with cast talk back 

 

Producer: #SONOMASTRONG Broadway Benefit Concert                                                        New York, NY | November 2017

• Procured venue, band, rehearsal space, and all performance materials for event

• Organized 30 Broadway performers in benefit concert raising proceeds for Sonoma fire victims

 

Fred Coe Artist in Residence (Vanderbilt University)                                                                    Nashville, TN | March 2017

• Created movement and narratives for LGBTQ+ cast of Cabaret Vanderbilt: Gender play

• Facilitated artistic process that explored gender identity that aided in students’ generative work

• Guest lecturer for University Theater Department on artistic entrepreneurship and self produced works

 

Independent Producing/ Direction                                                                                                 Ongoing

• Directed thirteen episode web series centering LGBTQ+ narrative (NYC) 

  • ​“3rdWheel”

• "My Secrets"- Sarah Girard. Conceptualized performance style, co-wrote script, and directed  (NYC)

• "Owl Jolson" -Caleb Teicher & Co. Dramaturgically supported intelligible storyline in collaboration with director (NYC)

• Facilitated artistic process that explored gender identity that aided in students’ generative work

• Guest lecturer for University Theater Department on artistic entrepreneurship and self produced works

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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP                                               

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• Board Member Fosters Theatrical Artists Residency- consulted in execution of board bylaws and development growth

• Sonoma County Arts Ed Cohort - contributor to Sonoma Country Arts Education Framework

• Harlem Grown Development Producer- produced Harlem urban farming non-profit annual Gala and events

• Latinx Theatre Commons - active member dedicated to greater Latinx equity in the American Theater

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EDUCATION

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

• Bachelors of Fine Art in Musical Theatre 

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CERTIFICATES/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Epoch Education 

• Compassionate Dialogue Certification (April 2021) ​

TYA USA/ Arts in Color 

• Antiracism TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences)