DIRECTING

     ^o New Play /
       Translation /
       Adaptation

     ^∆ Reading

Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson  |  Brandeis University  |  2026  (upcoming)

The Slippery Truth: Prison Break at New-Gate^o by Patrick Gabridge  |  Plays in Place + Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine  |  2026 

The Cottage by Sandy Rustin  |  Hartford Stage  |  2026 

Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron  |  Hartford Stage  |  2024

Joan Dark^o∆ by Christina Pumariega  |  Denver Center New Play Summit  |  2023

The Children's Hour^∆ by Lillian Hellman  |  Hartford Stage + Hartt School  |  2023

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play adapted by Joe Landry  |  Hartford Stage  |  2022 (remount)

Martyr by Marius von Mayenburg, translated by Maja Zade  |  Hartt School  |  2022

The Turnaway Play^o∆ by Lesley Lisa Greene  |  Story House Ithaca  |  2022

The Turnaway Play^o∆ by Lesley Lisa Greene  |  HartBeat Ensemble  |  2022

The Only Two People^o∆ by Montse Garza (student writer)  |  MIT Playwrights Lab  |  2022

The Remains^o∆ by Ken Urban  |  [virtual] New Dramatists  |  2021

The Long Christmans Dinner^∆ by Thornton Wilder  |  Hartford Stage + Hartt School  |  2021

Marty^o∆ by K. Alexa Mavromatis  |  [virtual] Boston Theater Marathon @ Boston Playwrights' Theatre  |  2021

[cancelled due to COVID] Catch as Catch Can by Mia Chung  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2020

[cancelled due to COVID] Margaret My Name^o adapted from Shakespeare's first tetralogy, compiled by Rachel Beth Greene (student writer), directed + developed by ZGS  |  Brandeis University  |  2020 // awarded The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Prize for Best Original Play

Burn This^∆ by Lanford Wilson  |  Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company  |  2019

Gun Hill^o∆ by Saviana Stanescu  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2019

2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2018

Lost and Found by Dennis Porter  |  Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Studio  |  2018

What the Market Will Bear by Melinda Lopez  |  Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Studio  |  2018

Pyramid Effect by Marcia Dixcy  |  Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Studio  |  2018

R&J Redux^o adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by ZGS + the ensemble  |  FringePVD, hosted by The Wilbury Group  |  2017

Where the Cross is Made^∆ by Eugene O’Neill  |  Bridge Repertory Theater  |  2016

Macbeth by William Shakespeare  |  Brandeis University  |  2015

R&J: How I Love Thy Company^o (working title of R&J Redux^o) adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by ZGS + the ensemble  |  Brandeis University  |  2015

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare  |  Rose Art Museum + Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts  |  2014

ASSISTANT +
ASSOCIATE
DIRECTING

     ^o New Play /
       Translation /
       Adaptation

     ^∆ Reading

Secondo by Jacques Lamarre  |  dir. Rob Ruggerio  |  TheaterWorks Hartford  |  2022  (Associate)

Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill  |  dir. Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2021  (Associate)

[cancelled due to COVID] The Tenth Man^o by Paddy Chayefsky, translated by Eleanor Reissa + Harvey Varga  |  dir. Eleanor Reissa  |  National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene  |  2020

We All Fall Down^o by Lila Rose Kaplan  |  dir. Melia Bensussen  |  Huntington Theatre Company  |  2020

Yerma^o by Federico García Lorca, translated + adapted by Melinda Lopez  |  dir. Melia Bensussen  |  Huntington Theatre Company  |  2019

Grounded by George Brant  |  dir. M. Bevin O’Gara  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2019

The Royale by Marco Ramirez  |  dir. Pirronne Yousefzadeh  |  Kitchen Theatre Company + Geva Theatre  |  2019  (Associate)

The Roommate by Jen Silverman  |  dir. Caitlin Lowans  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2019

The Piano Teacher by Julia Cho  |  dir. Diego Arciniegas  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2018

Taiga in the Berkshires^o by Lucy Thurber  |  dir. Lee Overtree  |  Williamstown Theatre Festival  |  2018

Matt & Ben by Brenda Withers and Mindy Kaling  |  dir. Shana Gozansky  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2018

Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield  |  dir. Sara Lampert Hoover  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2018

Ironbound by Martyna Majok  |  dir. M. Bevin O’Gara  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2018

Smart People by Lydia Diamond  |  dir. Summer L. Williams  |  Kitchen Theatre Company + Geva Theatre  |  2017  (Associate)

Los Meadows^o by Laura Neubauer  |  dir. Olivia D’Ambrosio  |  Boston Public Works  |  2017

The Who & The What by Ayad Akhtar  |  dir. M. Bevin O’Gara  |  Huntington Theatre Company  |  2017

Mrs. Packard by Emily Mann  |  dir. Emily Ranii  |  Bridge Repertory Theater  |  2017

A Doll’s House^o by Henrik Ibsen, translated + adapted by Bryony Lavery  |  dir. Melia Bensussen  |  Huntington Theatre Company  |  2017

Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison  |  dir. M. Bevin O’Gara  |  Central Square Theater | 2016

PRODUCING

     ^o New Play /
       Translation /
       Adaptation

     ^∆ Reading

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim + Hugh Wheeler  |  directed by Rob Ruggiero  |  Hartford Stage, co-produced w. TheaterWorks Hartford  |  2026

Native Gardens by Karen Zacharías  |  directed by Nicole A. Watson  |  Hartford Stage  |  2026

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2026

The Cottage by Sandy Rustin  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage  |  2026

A Christmas Carol adapted and directed by Michael Wilson  |  Hartford Stage  |  2023, 2024, 2025 (remounts)

Rope^o adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Laughs in Spanish by Alexis Scheer  |  directed by Lisa Portes  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Tocada^o∆ by Emma Ramos  |  dir. Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Two Trains Running by August Wilson  |  directed by Gilbert McCaulley  |  Hartford Stage  |  2025

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  2024

Her Math Play^o∆ by Christina Pumariega  |  directed by M. Bevin O’Gara  |  Hartford Stage w. Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project  |  2024

2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage  |  2024

All My Sons by Arthur Miller  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2024

The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall  |  directed by Christopher D. Betts  |  Hartford Stage, co-produced w. Baltimore Center Stage  |  2024

Simona’s Search^o by Martín Zimmerman  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2024

Pride & Prejudice by Kate Hamill  |  directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo  |  Hartford Stage  |  2023

Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress  |  directed by Christopher D. Betts  |  Hartford Stage  |  2023

The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2023

The Art of Burning^o by Kate Snodgrass  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage, co-produced w. Huntington Theatre Company  |  2023

The Children’s Hour^∆ by Lillian Hellman  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage w. Hartt School  |  2023

Espejos: Clean by Christine Quintana  |  translated by Paula Zelaya Cervantes  |  directed by Melissa Crespo  |  Hartford Stage, co-produced w. Syracuse Stage  |  2023

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage  |  2023 (remount)

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie  |  directed by Jackson Gay  |  Hartford Stage  |  2022

The Last Survivor^o∆ by Eleanor Reissa  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  Hartford Stage  |  2022

A Mirror is Not a Window: Roe vs. Wade^o∆ by Sarah Schulman  |  directed by Lisa Peterson  |  [virtual] Hartford Stage  |  2022

The Long Christmas Dinner^∆ by Thornton Wilder  |  directed by ZGS  |  Hartford Stage w. Hartt School  |  2021

American Voices New Play Festival  |  [virtual] Hartford Stage  |  2021

Ash Tree^o∆ by Georgina Escobar  |  directed by Kim McKean

Simona’s Search^o∆ by Martín Zimmerman  |  directed by Melia Bensussen

Her Math Play^o∆ by Christina Pumariega  |  directed by M. Bevin O’Gara

The Foreigner^∆ by Larry Shue  |  directed by Monty Cole  |  [virtual] Hartford Stage  |  2021

Scene & Heard (series)  |  [virtual] Hartford Stage  |  2020 - 2023  //  A live, virtual conversation series, beginning in the pandemic, with new guests each week. Topics ranged from new play development to Hartford city planning. When the theater returned to programming, the monthly episodes featured upcoming productions with guests from the creative teams.

The Holiday Party: Match Game Edition (gala)  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2019

Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson  |  directed by Aubrey Saverino  |  Kitchen Theatre Company, co-produced w. Daughters of Troy as part of the Natural Shocks Project, a campaign of theater activism against gun violence  |  2018

Press Play (series)  |  Kitchen Theatre Company, co-produced w. Cinemapolis  |  2018 - 2019  //  A collaboration between the Kitchen and Cinemapolis, an Ithaca indie cinema, putting a Kitchen production in conversation with a film that takes on similar themes. Following each screening, a talkback is held with Kitchen Theatre artists. (also co-creator + co-curator w. Cinemapolis Executive Director)

Josh Aronson’s Sound and Fury in conversation w. Tribes by Nina Raine  |  2019

Howard Zieff’s Private Benjamin in conversation w. Grounded by George Brant  |  2019

Joel + Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man in conversation w. 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron  |  2018

Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe in conversation w. Girlfriend by Todd Almond  |  2018

Michael Lembeck + Nia Vardalos’ Connie and Carla in conversation w. Matt & Ben by Brenda Withers + Mindy Kaling  |  2018

Alice Wu’s Saving Face in conversation w. Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield  |  2018

Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark in conversation w. Ironbound by Martyna Majok  |  2018

The Kitchen Sink (series)  |  Kitchen Theatre Company  |  2017 - 2019  //  The Kitchen's second stage series which both supports the development of new plays and provides a space for local artists to present their work. (also co-creator)

My Viennese Mother^o∆ written + performed by Yvonne Fisher  |  directed by Rachel Lampert  |  2019

Gun Hill^o∆ by Saviana Stanescu  |  directed by ZGS  |  2019

Singing Notes & Slinging Jokes^o written + performed by Kenneth McLaurin + SingTrece  |  2019

Divorce Dog^o∆ by Kim McLarin  |  directed by Melia Bensussen  |  2019

My Wedding Performance Piece^o∆ written + performed by Yvonne Fisher  |  2018

Southern Fried Ithaca^o written + performed by Kenneth McLaurin  |  2018

Streets Like This^o produced by Civic Ensemble  |  written by Thom Dunn + AC Sidle in collaboration w. members of Civic’s ReEntry Theatre Program  |  directed by Sarah K. Chalmers  |  2018

Stand-up Series ft. Kenneth McLaurin + Kelsey Claire Hagen + Nick Muus, in conjunction w. the Kitchen’s production of Aditi Kapil’s Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show  |  2017

R&J Redux^o adapted from Shakespeare by ZGS + the ensemble  |  directed by ZGS  |  FringePVD, hosted by The Wilbury Group  |  2017

TEACHING
+ SPEAKING

EDUCATION