I love stories.
I am a NY-based actor, writer, and producer.
I honed my acting chops at Juilliard and cut my
writer-producer teeth at Law & Order: SVU under
the tutelage of showrunner Warren Leight.
No matter what hat I'm wearing, I love being
in service to stories and seeing them come to life.
Here are some of the things I've been up to:
Writing
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TV | Law & Order: OC, Writer
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TV | Law & Order: SVU S23 / Ep 20 "Did You Believe in Miracles?"
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TV | Law & Order: SVU S22 / Ep 5 "Turn Me On, Take Me Private"
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Directed by Academy Award-winner Juan Campanella
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Feat. Tony nominees Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock) and Eva Noblezada (Hadestown, Miss Saigon)
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This episode garnered international attention for bringing theater actors to the small screen during the COVID-19 Broadway closures.
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PILOT | "Borders" - When Aleyna and her young son are denied reentry to the US at the American-Canadian border, she finds that the path home requires navigating an impossible system and untangling her fraught past.
Actor
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TV | Law & Order: SVU S23 / Ep 6 "The Five Hundredth Episode"
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TV | Law & Order: SVU S21 / Ep 17 "Dance, Lies, & Videotape"
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THEATRE | Carnegie Hall "For this Time Only"
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THEATRE | Originated "Allie" in Max Posner's Snore, NYC
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THEATRE | Originated "The Girl" in the U.K. premiere of Minetti
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Barbican, London
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Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
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PLAY DEVELOPMENT | Metropolitan Opera, Primary Stages, Premiere Stages, New Works at Perry Mansfield, the Lark, Ma-Yi, Naked Angels, New Georges, and NYSAF.
Producer
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KOLIBRI CREATIVE Founder
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MUSIC VIDEO | ARKAI's inaugural "Aurora" music video
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FILM | "Episodes" a trio of short films
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FILM | "Campfire Alpha" **WINNER** Katra Film Festival
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LIVE EVENTS | Film Festival at Juilliard
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PRIVATE EVENTS | Curated entertainment – from dance bands to drag queens – for bespoke, big-budget celebrations throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.
Activism & Arts Outreach
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@WGAStrikeUnite Co-Founder
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TEACHING ARTIST | stART Osceola, Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP) initiatives in South Africa, Texas, New Orleans, and NYC
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CURATOR | Lincoln Center Moments, Collaborative Arts Ensemble
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DIRECTOR | Broadway for All
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Citizen Artist at the Peace First Summit NYC hosted by Maya Sotoro-Ng's Peace Studio
Education & Awards
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Juilliard Drama, MFA
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Dr. Polisi Artist as Citizen Award
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S. Kim Oh Scholarship for Leadership in Public Service
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Michel Saint-Denis Award for Ensemble
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Marks Center Career Advancement Fellowship for Entrepreneurship
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Barnard College, Columbia University, BA
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summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Kenneth Janes Prize in Theatre
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Photo Credit: Thomas Brunot