2024 Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Sculpture MFA
2019 Apprentice, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Glover, VT
2016 Advanced Marionette Carving and Manipulation, London School of Puppetry
2016 BA, International Relations, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
AWARDS + FELLOWSHIPS
2022 University Fellowship, Temple University
2020 Illuminate the Arts Grant, Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy
2016 Thomas J. Watson Fellow: A year of self-guided research and travel focused on art and self-representation in transient communities
Recipient of: Fulbright Research Grant and U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship. Both turned down in lieu of Watson
Recipient John A. Vieg Prize in International Relations for scholastic exellence
2015 Oldenborg International Research Grant: Travel for research in Jordan, Israel and Palestine
Questbridge Summer Research Grant: Funding for research in Egypt
2013 Munroe Center for Social Inquiry Fellow: Research on McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act
2012 Questbridge Match Scholar
RESIDENCIES
2024 Mildred’s Lane, Narrowsburg, PA
2023 Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio Makerspace Residency, Philadelphia, PA
School of the Alternative, Black Mountain, NC
2021 Morris Museum, Group Residency with All Vows, Morristown, NJ
Eureka House, Group Residency with Whoop Dee Doo, Kingston, NY
Cima Citta, Group Residency with Punch Agathe, Biasca, Switzerland
2020 Object Movement Digital Puppetry Lab, Artist in Residence, online via The Center at West Park, NY, NY
Welcome To My Homepage, Group Residency with Out of Work Puppeteers, Online via Austin,TX
Wassaic Project Summer Resident (Postponed due to Covid-19)
PROJECTS / PERFORMANCES
2021 All Vows
Puppeteer/Deviser, Dir. Sam Gold, Morris Museum (Morristown, NJ)
2021 Book of Mountains and Seas,
Puppeteer, Dir. Basil Twist
Royal Danish Opera House (Copenhagen, Denmark), St Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY)
2021 Punch Agathe
Puppeteer, Dir. Steffi Oberhoff
Basel International Figure Theater Festival (Basel, Switzerland)
2021 Parades for All Occasions, Performative Installation + Workshop
Co-creation with Liz Oakley
Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition (Wassaic, NY), PHonk! (Philadelphia, PA)
2021 The Anywhere Festival of Everywhere Stages
Puppeteer/Deviser, Dir. Liz Oakley
Art In Odd Places Festival (New York, NY)
2020 In the Time of the Blue Ball (Original Piece), Obect Movement Digital Puppetry Festival, Online. Based on the Book by Manuela Draeger
| 2020 | Titon l’Aure, Tandem Otter Productions |
2020 Grand Marshal Float, The Wassaic Project Haunted Parade (Wassaic, NY)
Built and performed an interactive car-mounted float for inaugural community event
2020 The Misfit Puppet Troupe: Live from the Stoop! Co-creation with Liz Oakley and Michaela Farrell
Weekly livestreamed musical puppet variety show. Dreamers Welcome Television
2020 Is anybody out there? A project that communicated with our neighbors via fire escape signs to collaboratively plan a puppet show.
People Mover’s Digital Series: 19 Acts of COVID-19 Bravery (Online)
Co-creation with Liz Oakley.
2020 Greetings from Here. Co-creation and performance of a site-specific stovetop miniature play with Liz Oakley.
The Inanimate Intimists at Great Small Works’ Virtual International Toy Theatre Festival (Online)
2020 Yet, Set, Snow! Puppeteer, Marionette and Rod Puppetry. Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (New York, NY)
2020 What is the Role of Chair Person? Co-creation, sound design and performance with Liz Oakley.
Performed: Puppet Sketchbook at the Painted Cloud (New York, NY), The Center for Compassionate Creativity
(Providence, RI)
2020 The Miracle. Prop and puppet builder. Pioneer Works (BK, NY)
Dir. Jaimie Warren
2019 In the Time of the Blue Ball (Original Piece), Dixon Place Puppet Blok (curated by Rowan Magee) (New York, NY)
With Lila Reyes and Bear Strayer
2019 Whoop Dee Doo, Windmuller Park, Puppeteer (New York, NY)
Director: Jaime Warren
2019 Puss in Boots, Puppeteer, Marionette and Rod Puppetry, Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (New York, NY)
2019 In the Time of the Blue Ball (Original Piece), La Mama Puppet Slam (New York, NY)
With Lila and Al Feregrino
2019 Coffee Break (Original Piece), Side Shows by the Sea Shore (New York, NY)
With Lila
2019 Dogugaeshi, World Puppet Theatre Festival, Charleville-Mézières, France
Director: Basil Twist
Puppetry Assistant
2019 Coffee Break (Original Piece), Arts on Site (New York, NY)
With Lila
2019 The Historical Range of Ursus Americanus, The Lenfest Center for the Arts, (New York, NY)
Director: Daniel Craig Adams
Puppeteer/Puppetmaker
2019 Cofee Break (Original Piece), The Tank (New York, NY)
With Lila
2018 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The New Musical (1st National Tour)
Director: Basil Twist, Associate: Brandon Hardy
Puppetry Assistant
2018 Punch Agathe, Snuff Puppets (Bochum/Moers, Germany)
Puppetmaker/Puppeteer
2017 Human Body Parts, Snuff Puppets (London, UK)
Puppeteer
2017 Horseplay Everyday, Oden Teatret (Holstebro, Denmark)
Directors: Deborah Hunt and Donald Kitt
Puppetmaker/Puppeteer
2017 La Main/Die Hand, Snuff Puppets (Wuppertal/Berlin, Germany)
Puppetmaker/Puppeteer
2017 Turning Towers, Milkcrate Theatre (Sydney, Australia)
Co-Joker of a forum piece directly addressing the demolition and reconstruction of the Waterloo Estate
2016 Chains Hold Me No More, Tandem Theatre (Manchester, UK)
Facilitator/Performer
CLASSES / WORKSHOPS
2017 Stephan Mottram the Logic of Motion
2017 Little Angel Theatre Advanced Manipulation
2017 Cabuia Compania Teatral Lavarial Masks