About Me

A WRITER

I earned my MFA at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and have since written book and lyrics for multiple full-length musicals, including THE BRIDGE: A NEW MUSICAL EPIC (Book & Lyrics; Music with Frances Pollock), inspired by the true story of the woman who secretly built the Brooklyn Bridge. THE BRIDGE has been incubated with Midnight Oil Collective and was showcased at Yale University in Fall 2024, and it is currently being developed in a semester-long course at Syracuse University. As librettist of THE BRIDGE, I was also recently awarded a 2025 NYSCA Support for Artists Grant.

My other full-length musicals include TEN: THE STORY OF GRACE AND JOE (Book, Music, & Lyrics; Additional Music by Brad Kemp & Jessica Hunt), which tells the love story at the heart of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, and THE FORGETTING OF SNOW (Book & Lyrics; Music by Paulo K Tiról), which examines the epidemic of gun violence in America through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl. My songwriting and original musical works have been featured at NAMT (Songwriters' Cabaret), NYMF (Women of Note Concert), New York Theatre Barn (New Works Series), The Kraine Theater, The Rev (Pitch New Musicals), American Opera Project, Catwalk Art Institute, Yale University, Berklee College of Music, Syracuse University, Joe's Pub and 54 Below in New York, and The Sorting Room in Los Angeles.

AN EDUCATOR

I am an Assistant Professor of Musical Theater at Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, where I have taught all levels of musical theater performance and singing voice, as well as solo cabaret creation, workshopping new musicals, and collaborative musical theater writing. As a creative scholar, my primary research interest is new musical development in academia. I am the founder and Artistic Director of New Works/New Voices, SU Drama’s new musicals developmental initiative, and co-author (with Alisa Hauser, Assistant Professor of Music Theatre at Florida State University) of the upcoming book, Developing New Musicals in University Theatre Programs: A Practical Guide (Bloomsbury Publishing | Methuen Drama, 2026).

A PERFORMER

I have been a performer on stages throughout the country, in New York, Chicago, and regionally, including spending three years as a founding member of the Chicago-based devised physical theater company, Theater Unspeakable.

AN ADVOCATE

I am passionate about elevating the voices of underrepresented writers and composers and supporting the creation of a more diverse, more vibrant musical theatre canon. In addition to my work with New Works/New Voices, I currently serve as the Directory Manager for MaestraMusic.org and in leadership roles with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Co-Chair, NAMT Festival Committee), and the Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance (Co-Chair, MTEA New Works Subgroup), where I co-created the New Works Collaboration Catalog (NWCC).