TRAINING

I’ve always loved performance, and was able to participate in a lot of community theatre and high school productions as a youngster. Although I didn’t major in Theatre in college, (I double-majored in Linguistics and Narrative Studies, which I like to say was my way of studying performance without officially studying performance), I was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship which allowed me to spend an entire year traveling and pursing my independent study project on improvisation and clown. I’ve loved getting to continue that training whenever possible!

COURSES

  • Sublime Stupidity I, II, and III and ongoing practicum with Elizabeth Baron - Santa Cruz, CA

  • Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance Summers 2015, 2016, and 2019 (Baby Clown, Clown Boot Camp, Joey & Auguste, Body Wilderness, The Dancing Clown, Advanced Boot Camp, Props & Sets) - Manitoulin, ON

  • Connected Co-Creation with April Green - Santa Cruz, CA

  • Contemporary Dance Residency with Matthew Shilcock and Dean Walsh - Adelaide, AUS

  • Ira Seidenstein’s Quantum Clown Residency - Brisbane, QLD

  • The Loose Moose International Summer School - Calgary, AB  

  • Steve Jarand Mask Intensive - Calgary, AB  

  • The Tao of RealPlay with Julie Oak - Santa Cruz, CA  

  • Improv 1 at The People’s Improv Theatre - New York, NY  

  • Theatre of the Oppressed with Joyce Liu - Claremont, CA  

  • Theatre for Social Change with Joyce Liu- Claremont, CA  

  • Theatre Makeup with - Claremont, CA  

  • Visual Art for the Theatre with Sherry Linnell - Claremont, CA  

  • California State Summer School for the Arts (for Visual Art) – Valencia, CA 

WORKSHOPS

  • Organic Improv, Caspar Schjelbred - Brussels, BE  

  • Facing Failure: Clowntechniques in Improvisation, Felipe Ortiz - Würzburg, DE  

  • Scenes Without Words, Daniel Orrantia and Sarah Michaelson - Würzburg, DE  

  • Motion and Emotion, Nadine Antler - Würzburg, DE  

  • Share your Flop, Aitor Basauri - Würzburg, DE  

  • Faster than your Brain, Nathalie Van Renterghem - Würzburg, DE  

  • David Razowsky Weekend Intensive, The Nursery - London, UK  

  • Character, Hoopla - London, UK  

  • Ready to Start, Improvaganza - Edmonton, AB  

  • Improvised Singing, Improvaganza - Edmonton, AB  

  • Integrated Dance, AXIS Dance Company - Oakland, CA  

  • Intro to Impro, ImproTheatre - Los Angeles, CA