UPCOMING:
HANSEL & GRETEL: The Juilliard School / 2025
FELLOW TRAVELERS 10th Anniversary National Tour / Launching at Seattle Opera / 2026-2027
CONCERT TOURS:
LIZ PHAIR : EXILE IN GUYVILLE : 30th Anniversary Tour / Creative Director (with LIZ PHAIR) / Fall, 2023
FILM & TV:
SOUL(SIGNS): Making Music Visible / PBS / WNET / ALL-ARTS: Airdate: April 15, 2025
“STORIES FROM THE STAGE” / PBS / 2024
DICKINSON / APPLE TV / Season 2, Episode 6: “Split the Lark” / Opera Staging & Consultant / Directed by SILAS HOWARD / 2021
BERNSTEIN’S MASS (Ravinia Festival) / PBS Great Performances / 2020
DOUBT (World Premiere, Minnesota Opera) / PBS Great Performances / 2019
BEL CANTO (World Premiere, Lyric Opera of Chicago) / PBS Great Performances / 2017
UP UNTIL NOW / SHORT FILM / OutFest FUSION & NEW FEST Film Festivals / 2022
STAG / SHORT FILM / 2015 / 12 FILM FESTIVALS / WINNER: BEST OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHORTS FEST / GOLD REMI AWARD: WORLDFEST, HOUSTON / AVAILABLE ON iTunes, YouTubeRed, Google Play, etc.
MONSURA IS WAITING / SHORT FILM, 2014 / 22 FILM FESTIVALS / WINNER: BEST DARK COMEDY, HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST FANTASY FILM, MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST CULT SHORT, QUEEN CITY FILM FESTIVAL / OPENING NIGHT SELECTION: SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL/ OPENING NIGHT SELECTION, SECOND PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD & "BEST OF FEST," MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL / BEST OF FEST: MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL / FIRST PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD: RED SHED FILM FESTIVAL / AVAILABLE ON iTunes, YouTubeRed, Google Play, etc.
EPIPHANY V / SHORT FILM -- MUSIC VIDEO/ MUSIC: JIMMY LOPEZ / SCRIPT: DAVID JOHNSTON / 4 FILM FESTIVALS / 2017
MUSIC VIDEOS:
“NUMBERS IN A JAR,” from the musical EIGHTY-SIXED / UP UNTIL COLLECTIVE / 2024
MORGAN JAMES: “NOBODY’S FOOL BUT MINE” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2023
GLOBAL CITIZEN PRIDE CAMPAIGN / UP UNIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2022
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SOUL(SIGNS): OPERA “CHAMPION,” “BREAKING THE WAVES,” & “THE MAGIC FLUTE” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Omaha, Opera Columbus & Portland Opera / 2022
SOUL(SIGNS): AN ASL PLAYLIST / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / BROADSTREAM MEDIA / 2021
MORGAN JAMES: “WHITE CHRISTMAS” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
COYLE GIRELLI: “FUN” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
COYLE GIRELLI: “TO 7TH STREET WITH LOVE” /. UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
SHAYFER JAMES: “SCREECHIN’ WHEELS” / featuring BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
MORGAN JAMES: “THE SWEETEST SOUND” / featuring BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
SASHA COOKE: “WHERE ONCE WE SANG” / Music by Jimmy Lopez, Lyrics by Mark Campbell / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL MODULATION SERIES / 2020
BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX: “YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN,” an American Sign Language Music Video / Co-directed by BRANDEN KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
WORLD PREMIERE THEATRE & OPERA:
DEAR EDVARD: Steven Schoenberg, Composer, Richard Michelson, Librettist / Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse (2025)
THE RIGHTEOUS: Gregory Spears, Composer, Tracy K. Smith, Librettist, SANTA FE OPERA (2024)
NOMINEE: 2022 Best World Premiere: INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS
UNHOLY WARS: SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA (2022) & OPERA PHILADELPHIA (2023)
CASTOR & PATIENCE: Gregory Spears, Composer, Tracy K. Smith, Librettist / CINCINNATI OPERA (2022)
NOMINEE: 2022 Best World Premiere: INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS
EIGHTY-SIXED: Sam Salmond, Composer/Lyricist, Jeremy King, Bookwriter / DIVERSIONARY THEATRE (2022)
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS: Mason Bates, Composer, Mark Campbell, Librettist /
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (2023), SANTA FE OPERA (2017), INDIANA UNIVERSITY (2018),
SEATTLE OPERA (2019), GRAMMY WINNER: Best Opera Recording
NOMINEE: 2018 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
FELLOW TRAVELERS: Gregory Spears, Composer, Greg Pierce, Librettist / CINCINNATI OPERA (2016),
PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (NYC) (2018), LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2019), ARIZONA OPERA (2019),
DES MOINES METRO OPERA (2022), VIRGINIA OPERA (2023)
LEONARDO: Written by Jonathan Berger / 92ND STREET Y (2019)
THE NINTH HOUR: Written by Shayfer James & Kate Douglas / MET LIVE ARTS THE CLOISTERS (2019)
THE GOOD SWIMMER: Heidi Rodewald, Composer, Donna Di Novelli, Lyrics /
PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (First Look Presentation) (2016)
BAM NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL (World Premiere) (2018)
FLORIDA: Randal Eng, Composer, Donna Di Novelli, Librettist / URBAN ARIAS, DC (2018)
JEREMY SCHONFELD: IRON & COAL: NATIONAL SAWDUST (Workshop) (2016),
STRATHMORE CENTER FOR THE ARTS (2018), PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL / (2019)
KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY: Written by Todd Almond and starring Courtney Love /
=PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL, NYC (World Premiere) (2015) / US TOUR: AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE (BOSTON), CENTER THEATRE GROUP (LA), ARSCHT CENTER (MIAMI) (2016)
BEL CANTO: Jimmy Lopez, Composer, Nilo Cruz, Librettist / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2015)
PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2016)
NOMINEE: 2017 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: Kevin Putts, Composer, Mark Campbell, Librettist / MINNESOTA OPERA (2015)
O COLUMBIA: Gregory Spears, Composer, Royce Vavrek, Librettist / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2015)
PAUL’S CASE: Gregory Spears, Composer & Librettist / URBAN ARIAS (DC) (2013) /
PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (NYC) (2014) / *Named One of the Best Recordings of the Year by Opera News
OSCAR: Theo Morrison, Composer & Librettist (with John Cox)
SANTA FE OPERA (2013) / OPERA PHILADELPHIA (2015)
NOMINEE: 2014 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
DOUBT: Douglas Cuomo, Composer, John Patrick Shanley, Librettist
MINNESOTA OPERA (2013), PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2019)
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY: Ricky Ian Gordon, Composer, Mark Campbell, Librettist
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL & UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN (2011) / (Recorded)
LIFE IS A DREAM: (Winner: Pulitzer Prize) / Lewis Spratlan, Composer / SANTA FE OPERA (2010)
THE SECOND TOSCA: (Play) / 45TH STREET THEATRE (NYC) (2007)
CANDY & DOROTHY: (Play) / THEATER 3 (NYC) / WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER (2006) /
GLAAD MEDIA AWARD WINNER: BEST PLAY, DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINATION: BEST ACTOR
NYTHEATRE.COM: “People of the Year” : KEVIN NEWBURY
KISS AND CRY: ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (2003) / NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL (2004)
SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED / NOMINEE: GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST
PLAY / WINNER: BEST DESIGN AWARD, NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL, 2004
THE EUMENIDES: (World Premiere Adaptation) / AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS (NYC) (2004)
SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED
STAGED SYMPHONIC PRODUCTIONS:
BERNSTEIN'S MASS / Marin Alsop, Conductor, with Paulo Szot / RAVINIA FESTIVAL (2018 & 2019)
PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2019)
WITH THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
CANDIDE: starring Bradley Cooper & Carey Mulligan, (2019)
WEST SIDE STORY (2017)
BERNSTEIN’S MASS (2015) (Recorded)
SALOME (2014)
EL NIÑO: John Adams, Conductor / SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (2010)
BERNSTEIN'S MASS: Marin Alsop, Conductor / CARNEGIE HALL, KENNEDY CENTER,
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY, UNITED PALACE THEATRE (NYC) (2008)
OTHER THEATRE & OPERA PRODUCTIONS (all new original productions):
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: ORPHEUS PDX (2022)
LA FAVORITE: HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2020)
NORMA: starring Sondra Radvanovsky / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2018), LYRIC OPERA OF
CHICAGO (2017), CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY (2016), BARCELONA LICEU (2015), SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (2014)
FAUST: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO & PORTLAND OPERA (2018)
THE PERFECT AMERICAN: (North American Premiere)
LONG BEACH OPERA & CHICAGO OPERA THEATRE (2017)
COUNTING SHEEP: (Co-Director) / 3-LEGGED DOG (NYC) (2018) / US TOUR:
BERKELEY REP & STANFORD UNIVERSITY (2018) / EUROPEAN TOUR: RUHRFESTSPIELE FESTIVAL (GERMANY), KILKENNY FESTIVAL (IRELAND), HULL FESTIVAL (UK) (2017)
EUGENE ONEGIN: PORTLAND OPERA (2016)
MARIA STUARDA: SEATTLE OPERA (2016), HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2012), MINNESOTA OPERA (2011)
ANNA BOLENA: MINNESOTA OPERA (2012), LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2014)
DON BUCEFALO: WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL (IRELAND) (2014)
EURYANTHE: BARD SUMMERSCAPE (2014)
POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO: PORTLAND OPERA & SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY (2014)
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA: FLORIDA GRAND OPERA (2013)
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI: with Joyce Di Donato / LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY (2013)
DON GIOVANNI: OPERA COLORADO (2013)
LA BOHEME: CENTRAL CITY OPERA (2012)
GALILEO GALILEI: PORTLAND OPERA (2012) / (Recorded)
ROMEO AND JULIET: PALM BEACH OPERA (2012)
WERTHER: MINNESOTA OPERA (2012)
DIE LIEBE DER DANAE: BARD SUMMERSCAPE (2012)
HANSEL AND GRETEL: VIRGINIA OPERA (2011)
ROBERTO DEVEREUX: OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL (2010), MINNESOTA OPERA (2010)
VIRGINIA: WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL (2010)
WINNER: BEST OPERA PRODUCTION: IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARD
EUGENE ONEGIN: OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS (2010)
LA BOHÈME: WOLF TRAP OPERA (2009)
LA CENERENTOLA: GLIMMERGLASS OPERA (2009)
FALSTAFF: SANTA FE OPERA (2008)
EVENTS & GALAS:
2019 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (featuring MIKA)
2019 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC GALA (featuring Neneh Cherry)
2017 THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (featuring Kimbra)
2016 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (featuring Patti Lupone)
2015 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (featuring Sondra Radvanovsky)
COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS:
PAUL’S CASE: NATIONAL SAWDUST RECORDINGS (2018)
Opera News: One of the Best Recordings of the Year
BERNSTEIN'S MASS: PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA / DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHONE (2018)
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS: PENTATONE (2018) GRAMMY WINNER: BEST OPERA
FELLOW TRAVELERS: CINCINNATI OPERA,
The New Yorker: One of the Best Recordings of the Year
Opera News: One of the Best Recordings of the Decade
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY: RICKY IAN GORDON / NAXOS (2013)
GALILEO GALILEI: PHILIP GLASS / ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC (2012)
BERNSTEIN'S MASS: BALTIMORE SYMPHONY / GRAMMY NOMINEE / NAXOS (2009)
AWARDS, NOMINATIONS & CITATIONS:
THE RIGHTEOUS (SANTA FE OPERA)
NOMINEE: 2024 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
CASTOR & PATIENCE (CINCINNATI OPERA)
New York Times: “BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC OF 2022”
NOMINEE: 2022 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
EIGHTY-SIXED (DIVERSIONARY THEATRE)
NOMINEE: SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS AWARDS: Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Outstanding Musical
DICKINSON: APPLE TV+ / Season 2, Episode 6 (“Split the Lark”) (2021)
NAMED: “One of the 30 Best TV Episodes of 2021” (Entertainment Weekly)
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS (SANTA FE OPERA)
WINNER: 2019 GRAMMY AWARD: BEST OPERA RECORDING
NOMINEE: 2018 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
FELLOW TRAVELERS
The New York Times: “BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC OF 2016”
The New Yorker: BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR LIST (2017)
Opera News: BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE DECADE LIST (2017)
PAUL’S CASE
Opera News: BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR LIST (2019)
BERNSTEIN’S MASS
NOMINEE: 2009 GRAMMY AWARD: BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING
The Chicago Tribune: BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2018)
The New York Times: BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2008)
The Washington Post: BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2008)
* STAG (SHORT FILM) (2015/2016)
WINNER: BEST OF NEW YORK, NY SHORTS FEST
WINNER: GOLD REMI AWARD, WORLDFEST, HOUSTON
** MONSURA IS WAITING (SHORT FILM) (2014/2015)
WINNER: BEST DARK COMEDY, HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: BEST FANTASY FILM, MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: BEST CULT SHORT, QUEEN CITY FILM FESTIVAL
OPENING NIGHT SELECTION: SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL:
OPENING NIGHT SELECTION, SECOND PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD & “BEST OF”:
“BEST OF FEST”: MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
FIRST PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD: RED SHED FILM FESTIVAL
NORMA (CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY)
WINNER: 3 2016 DORA AWARDS (TORONTO): BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BEST SET DESIGN,
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE (SONDRA RADVANOVSKY)
BEL CANTO (LYRIC OPERA OF CHIAGO)
NOMINEE: 2017 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
OSCAR (SANTA FE OPERA)
NOMINEE: 2014 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
VIRGINIA (WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL)
WINNER: 2010 IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARD: BEST OPERA PRODUCTION
BERNSTEIN'S MASS: BALTIMORE SYMPHONY / GRAMMY NOMINEE / NAXOS (2009)
CANDY & DOROTHY
WINNER: 2006 GLAAD MEDIA AWARD: BEST PLAY
NOMINEE: 2006 DRAMA DESK AWARDS: BEST ACTOR (VINCE GATTON)
NYTHEATRE.COM: “People of the Year” : KEVIN NEWBURY
KISS & CRY
NOMINEE: 2004 GLAAD MEDIA AWARD: BEST PLAY
WINNER: 2004 NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL: BEST DESIGN AWARD:
TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL GUEST DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE:
BEL CANTO: ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL (2023)
COLLEGE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS / THE NEW SCHOOL / ARTIST FACULTY AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE LAB (2015 - 2021); Directed a student production of Kander/Ebb's CABARET (2019)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS / GUEST LECTURER: STORYTELLING (2019-present)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC / GUEST DIRECTOR: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS (2018)
EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE CENTER / GUEST TEACHING ARTIST (2014-2023)
CARNEGIE HALL: THE FUTURE OF SONG / RENEE FLEMMING, CO-INSTRUCTOR (2019)
BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS / DIRECTOR: LOVESTATE / YOUNG VIC AND NATIONAL TOUR (2019)
MCGILL UNIVERSITY / MASTERCLASS IN AUDITIONING (Undergraduate and Masters Students) (2017)
CRESTED BUTTE MUSIC FESTIVAL / GUEST DIRECTOR (2015)
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY / GUEST DIRECTOR: POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO (2014)
BOWDOIN COLLEGE / GUEST DIRECTOR: THE GOOD SWIMMER Workshop (2013)
OPERA-ON-THE-GO / OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION (2008, 2010)
APPRENTICE SCENES / SANTA FE OPERA / DIRECTOR OF YOUNG ARTIST SCENES (2006-10)
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS, INC / MENTOR: WRITERS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (2005-2009)
NYU / TISCH MFA PLAYWRITING PROGRAM / DIRECTOR: 6 PRODUCTIONS (2003-2006)
NYU / ATLANTIC THEATER SCHOOL / DIRECTOR: 4 PRODUCTIONS (2002-2003)
EDUCATION:
BOWDOIN COLLEGE: B.A. IN ENGLISH, MINOR IN THEATRE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE (2000)
WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSTIY: JUNIOR ABROAD (DRAMATIC LITERATURE) (1997-1998)
LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB / LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE – NYC (2003)
DIRECTOR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM / ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE – NYC (2002-03)