Who says “go” more- a stage manager or the cast of Grease singing Greased Lightning?

 

Broadway Bares

Stage Management Intern (2019) // Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS

Spending 5 weeks in the heart of New York City, learning the fast-paced and high stakes of a Broadway production. Specifically working on skills like formatting and keeping up with changes to a new script, creating music sheets, recording rehearsals both virtually and psychically. This taught me that you have to bring your A-Game to every rehearsal and the best way to help everyone out is to know the show like the back of your hand.

  • Producers: Valarie Lau-Kee Lai, Trisha Doss

  • Director: Laya Barak

  • Production Stage Managers: Johnny Milani, Sarah Helgesen, Cody Renard Richard

  • Lighting Design: Joel Shier

  • Scenic Design: C. J. Howard

  • Costume Coordination: Jeffery Wallach

 

Corporate/Freelance Events

Deck Manager/ Stage Manager/ Production Assistant (2018-Current)

Working as a freelancer for the last two years has been a great start to my career. Working with companies like Bluewater Technologies, KBOGroup, Tehnisch Creative, and First Agency has begun a tight network of connections for me that I hope to work for again in the future. I work best under pressure, so having fast paced, high stakes events is something I love to do.

 

Frankenstein

Stage Manager (2019) // Michigan State University

This was a great senior show for me! Working with Vertigo Rigging Company to fly an actor was very helpful for my career in stage management. I learned how to communicate with the actor flying in a way that felt most comfortable, creating the psychical cues for safety while flying, and incorporating a flight call into a very busy pre-show schedule.

  • Director: Ryan Welsh

  • Scenic Design: Michael Gault

  • Lighting Design: Rachel Lauren

  • Costume Design: Ketura Le’Audrey

  • Makeup Design: Chantel Booker

  • Sound Design: Jason Painter Price

 

Haunted Aud 10 - CarnEvil

Production Manager (2018) // Michigan State University

As lead producer on annual student fundraiser, I organized a haunted house that consisted of 60+ actors, 30 rooms with individual designers, organizing and maintaining a budget, and running security the night of events. We raised over $20,000 for our student initiatives.

  • Lighting Design: Daniel Jaworski

  • Scenic and Prop Construction: Michael Gault

  • Costume Construction: Ketura Le’Audrey

  • Makeup Design: Mallory Maxton and Beth Hendrickson

 

American Idiot

Stage Manager (2018) // Michigan State University

American Idiot was my first big musical I worked on! I had a total of 500 cues for a 90 minute show, having all elements of tech including sound, lights, automation, media, and a 6 instrument rock band. Reading music was required for this position, as American Idiot is mostly an opera-like musical with minimal scenes. I began learning how key it was to have most of the cues memorized, so that you can be paying attention to the moments where actor’s movement strikes the cue.

  • Director: Brad Willcuts

  • Musical Director: Dave Wendelberger

  • Lighting Design: Heather Leigh Brown

  • Scenic Design: Peter Verhaeghe

  • Costume Design: Meredith Wagner

  • Sound Design: Joey Lancour