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Orange Julius

Director & Dramaturg

You Will Speak Again, Kapemba'tona
created by Helena Alelyua Jose

Earlham College
2024

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Helena and I met at the 2023 Petagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference.  My mom, her teacher, thought we would make great collaborators. So when it came time to produce her capstone one-woman play, I was thrilled to sign on.
We did turn out to be a great match.  I flew solo as a director/dramaturg for the first time. She flew solo as a writer for the first time.
We weren't all the way in the deep end, but we were on our tippy toes, helping each other learn to float.

Orange Julius

Guest Co-Director
w/ Kelly Howe

Orange Julius
by Basil Kreimendahl

Loyola University Chicago
2024

*Photos by Joe Mazza

After working with Kelly on OnceOrange Julius felt like the natural next step in our working relationship.
Production meetings began while I was still a student, then I was hired back as a guest artist when auditions began in the fall

Directing Capstone

Six Years Old
by Daphne Silbiger

Loyola University Chicago
2024

*Photos by Emm Socey

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Once

Assistant Director

Once
by Enda Walsh 

Directed by Kelly Howe
Loyola University Chicago
2024

*Photos by Joe Mazza

I was also Assistant Scenic Designer to Tim Mann on this production. 
You can see some of my work in that capacity below

Scenic Work

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Final Production Collage

Rehearsal Sketches

Assistant Director

Somewhere
by Marisela Treviño Orta

Directed by Denise Yvette Serna
Loyola University Chicago
2022

*Photos by Joe Mazza

I also worked as a painter, stitcher, and electrician on this production. Being in space with designers and technicians reiterated to me just how vital it is that communication be horizontal and constant.

Somewhere
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Assistant Director

Blood of
My Mother's
 
Workshop & Staged Reading

by Karissa Murrell Myers

Directed by Denise Yvette Serna
Fresh Produce @ Rivendell
2022

Director

Scored Movement Exercise

in Mark Lococo's directing class, 2024

featuring Erinn Gredahl & Brody Melia

Director

Monster Under the Bed 
10-Minute Play Reading
by Sarah Warf

KCACTF Region 3
National Playwriting Program

2024

Director/Producer

Falling 
by Deanna Jent

Richmond Civic Theatre
Richmond, IN
2019

*Photos by Emm Socey

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