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Orange Julius
Director & Dramaturg
You Will Speak Again, Kapemba'tona
created by Helena Alelyua Jose
Earlham College
2024
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 Once,
Orange 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.
The benefits of having two directors really shone through this process with the constraints of our reduced timeline and a majority underclassmen cast who were unfamiliar with this theatrical format.
Once
Assistant Director
Once
by Enda Walsh
Directed by Kelly Howe
Loyola University Chicago
2024
*Photos by Joe Mazza
Scenic Work
I was also Assistant Scenic Designer to Tim Mann on this production.
You can see some of my work in that capacity below
Final Production Collage
Rehearsal Sketches
Assistant Director
Blood of
My Mother's
Workshop & Staged Reading
by Karissa Murrell Myers
Directed by Denise Yvette Serna
Fresh Produce @ Rivendell
2022
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
Directing Capstone
Six Years Old
by Daphne Silbiger
Loyola University Chicago
2024
*Photos by Emm Socey
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
My first solo directing venture!
I was on the season selection committee, we all loved the play and were looking for a director. We joked that I would take it if no one stepped up, and there I was.
Ended up really spending most of my focus on production management and designing the whole thing.
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