The latest in my series, The Sara Teasdale Project, is now available to stream on YouTube!:
December 2022 Update: HMS Pinafore, The Guild, Prinkipo
In December 2022, I was delighted to perform in HMS Pinafore with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, appear as Codex in a reading of new musical The Guild (based on Felicia Day’s webseries), and workshop Prinkipo, a new musical by The Byzantine Choral Project.
Photo Credit: Danny Bristol
Indie Activity Interview
When my short film Berenice premiered at the New Ohio Theatre's NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival, I was interviewed by IndieActivity.com. That full interview is now available online! Click here to read the article.
The Gondoliers with The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Next up, I’ll appear in the ensemble of The Gondoliers with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Performances at the Kaye Playhouse run October 28-30. See the Playbill article here.
Borderland by Natalie Elizabeth Weiss
On May 25th, I will appear in a concert reading of Natalie Elizabeth Weiss’s new opera, Borderland. The performance will take place at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn. See the Broadway World article here!
Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice: The Concert Version
On April 30th and May 1st, I’ll be playing Elizabeth Bennet in a new musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Kathleen Recchia and Sam Balzac. See the press release here!
Nominee for Best Actress in Alternative Film Festival
On March 21st, I was nominated for Best Actress in Alternative Film Festival’s Short Category for my work in my self-directed, self-produced short film, Eventide.
Evil Lives Here on Investigation Discovery
On March 13th, I appeared in Evil Lives Here Season 11 Episode 4, playing the role of Mom!
The Pirates of Penzance with The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
https://www.playbill.com/article/cast-set-for-new-york-gilbert-sullivan-players-the-pirates-of-penzance
Excited to join the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players with The Pirates of Penzance, running April 8-10 at New York’s Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.
See the Playbill article!
2021 Year-in-Review
January:
Produce, animate, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: Morning Song
Begin work with ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE Podcast and Audio Installation
Produce, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: Gray Fog
February:
Audio book performance of Jane Eyre Study Guide by Total Class Notes becomes available on Audible
Continue work with ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE
March:
Berenice premieres in the New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival
Continue work with ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE
April:
Write Karelia feature screenplay
ICONS/IDOLS: In the Purple Room opens at the New Ohio Theatre
Produce, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: Bells
Begin filming UNTITLED WWI FILM
May:
Performance in A Cordial Invitation musical by A. J. Freeman and Dimitri Landrain shows in The York Theatre’s In the Pipeline
Vocal recording for All of Me musical by Dimitri Landrain and Talaura Harms - final BMI Workshop presentation
Vocal recording for Pride and Prejudice musical by Sam Balzac and Kathleen Recchia
Continue filming UNTITLED WWI FILM
June:
Produce, compose, choreograph, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: Lovely Chance
Continue filming UNTITLED WWI FILM
July:
Karelia is named as a Quarter-Finalist in the 2021 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Produce, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: There Will Come Soft Rains (War Time)
Complete primary filming UNTITLED WWI FILM
August:
Performance in Existential Questions of the 21st Century musical by Sam Balzac shows in the The York Theatre’s In the Pipeline
Berenice screens in FlickFair Film Festival
Berenice becomes an Official Selection in the Tokyo International Short Film Festival
September:
Karelia is named as a Quarterfinalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition
ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE podcast is released
Berenice screens in the New York Tri-State Film Festival
October:
Berenice wins for Best Editing in the New York Tri-State Film Festival
Produce, direct, and perform The Sara Teasdale Project: In A Garden
Berenice becomes available to stream on YouTube
November:
Film Evil Lives Here, Shadows of Death Ep. 708 with Red Marble Media, playing the role of “Mom”
Become a company member with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
December:
Rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
Berenice - Now Streaming
Happy October!
Very happy to announce that Berenice, in celebration of the season, is now up and streaming on YouTube!
Berenice started last October as a project to keep creative in quarantine. It turned into a creepy little film of which I’m very proud - officially my first short film - and led to my first festival run.
Berenice has won Honorable Mention for Best Mystery Short in the IndieX Film Fest (December 2020), Finalist for Best Mystery Short in the Indie Short Fest (December 2020), Finalist in the Tokyo International Short Film Festival (2021), and it was an Official Selection in the Venice Shorts Film Fest (2020), FlickFair Film Festival (2021), New York Tri-State International Film Festival (2021), and the New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival (2021).
New York Tri-State International Film Festival - Berenice
My short film “Berenice” has been Officially Selected by the New York Tri-State International Film Festival, and will show September 17-20. See here for tickets.
ScreenCraft Drama Competition 2021 - Karelia
On 9/18, my feature length screenplay, Karelia, was named as a Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Drama Competition 2021!
Berenice in the Tokyo International Short Film Festival
My short film “Berenice” is now an Official Selection in the Tokyo International Short Film Festival!
The York Theatre's "In the Pipeline" Series
On August 26th, I will perform in The York Theatre’s “In the Pipeline” Series, presenting excerpts from the new musical “Existential Questions of the 21st Century” by Sam Balzac. Click here to tune in!
Berenice now streaming on FlickFair.com!
My short film BERENICE, adapted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe and starring actor Sam Balzac and myself, is now streaming on FlickFair.com. It will be available for the full month of August!
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards quarter-finalist
“Karelia”, my most recent feature length screenplay, has been named a Quarter-Finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards!
ICONS/IDOLS: IN THE PURPLE ROOM at THE NEW OHIO THEATRE
Next up, I will be featured as Constantine V in the Byzantine Choral Project’s ICONS/IDOLS: IN THE PURPLE ROOM.
”ICONS/IDOLS: IN THE PURPLE ROOM is a choral drama and immersive installation premiering at The New Ohio Theatre. Follow the young orphan Irene into the heart of Byzantine power as tensions between religious and political factions threaten to rupture an empire.”
Tickets are available April 30 - May 22. See link for details.
BERENICE Premieres at the New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival
On March 10th, 2021 my short film Berenice, adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe, premiered in the New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival, hosted by the New Ohio Theatre.
The film, which I directed, produced, designed, adapted from the short story, and performed in, had previously won Honorable Mention in the IndieX Film Fest, Finalist in the Indie Shorts Awards, and was an Official Selection in the Venice Shorts Film Fest.
See the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAW5I2aghpE
“Outside of Eden” at The Ice Factory Festival
In June, I performed as Maria in The Byzantine Choral Project’s “Outside of Eden.” The production was a part of the New Ohio Theatre’s Ice Factory Festival.