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I am thrilled to announce that my first acting book, How To Rehearse A Scene: Progressive Exercises to Enhance Scene Work, was published on July 30th, 2025! Here’s the link to my publisher’s website, Routledge, where you will find a description of my book. And here’s a 20% discount code: 25ESA2.
On August 5th, 2025, I begin rehearsals as Associate Director for the New York Premiere of John Leguizamo’s The Other Americans at The Public Theater Off-Broadway. Performances began on September 11, 2025. It is a blessed joy and privilege to continue my working relationship with the incomparably inspired artist Ruben Santiago-Hudson, having previously served as his Associate Director for the world premiere production of John Leguizamo’s The Other Americans at arena stage.org October 18 to November 24, 2024. Following that production I served as Ruben’s Associate Director for Kunene and The King written by and starring John Kani at Arena Stage in DC, Feb 16-March 16, 2025.
Additional recent Associate Director credits include Empire, The Musical, written by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull and directed by Cady Huffman. It played Off-Broadway at New World Stages, from July 1 to September 22, 2024. Empirethemusical.com; Destiny of Desire, written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA from May 19th to June 25, 2023.
In early 2023, I directed and conceived She’s Got Harlem On Her Mind, Three One Act Plays by Eulalie Spence. I also wrote original music for this production, which ran Off-Off Broadway at The Metropolitan Playhouse, from February 16 -March 12th. Darryl Reilly, the theater critic for theater scene.net placed this production in the number 1 slot of his 2023 Best List.