There’s one more weekend to see our two stellar casts for Seussical Jr. at Town Hall Theatre! Tickets are available here. Now that the show is open, I’m taking some time to process just how much this show has meant to me. It’s a special one. I have loved Seussical since I was given the…

I am so pleased to share that I am one of the playwrights contributing to Seasonal Shorts this December at the Human Race Theatre Company. The production features six short plays – all by local writers! – with six different takes on holiday stories. I got the opportunity to workshop my script last week with…

My next project will be directing Seussical Jr. at Town Hall Theatre this fall. Audition registration is now open for actors in grades 2-12. Click here to reserve your spot! After this week’s design meeting, I can also tell you that this production is going to LOOK fabulous as well. I can’t wait to collaborate…

When I started working for Destination Imagination, I never dreamed that “Podcast Producer” would become part of my job description. And yet, for the past few months, I’ve been so pleased to create DI’s new podcast – What’s the Big Idea? – which will premiere on July 22. In each episode of What’s the Big…

I’m excited to share one of the projects I’ve been working on at my job with Destination Imagination. While I’ve been doing our introductory webinars for awhile, on March 24th I’ll be leading a new one! Drawing from my history as a theatre teaching artist, the new webinar focuses on how to use improvisation techniques…

Last week I had the great pleasure of getting to speak to the members of the Quincy Service League.  This organization was always supportive of the programs I worked for in Illinois, so I was glad to join them for a virtual meeting as their guest speaker. They let me choose the topic I wanted…

I’ve so enjoyed writing little wrap up posts about what I learned from a production, I decided to to a few throwback posts.  I’ll be writing about a few shows that had a big impact on me, but never received a “What I Learned” feature. For the first one, it seems fitting to write about…

When I was a teenager,  one of my favorite school activities was Destination Imagination.  If you’re not familiar, it’s a program based in creative problem solving and STEAM-based learning (though I did it way back before “STEAM” was what it was called…).  My friends and I would receive a Challenge and create the entire solution…

Yesterday was an exciting day here in Quincy; I had the opportunity to be a speaker at the first ever TEDx Quincy event!  The theme of the conference was “Big Ideas for Little America”, and the speakers covered medicine, business, childcare, and a slew of inspirational ideas. My presentation was called “Accessibility Through the Arts”….

The 2018 Season has had a wonderful kickoff.  I’ve updated the slideshow on the Photos page (as well as the flickr stream) with some photos from our season opener, Anne of Green Gables.  I had a wonderful time working on the classic story with our student actors – there’s some challenging material there, but the…