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| Selected THEATRICAL & ARTISTIC CREDITS | POSITION | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Co. | |
| As You Like It | Director | Island Summer Theatre Festival | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Director | Island Summer Theatre Festival | |
| GENESIS: The Mary Shelley Play | Director | Artists' Collective Theatre (Nanaimo) | |
| Haunted House Hamlet | Director | Artists' Collective Theatre (Nanaimo) | |
| Kill The Ripper | Cover Director | Affair of Honour | |
| GENESIS: The Mary Shelley Play (12) | Director | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Director | Canmore Summer Theatre Festival | |
| The Thin Man | Asst. Director | Vertigo Theatre/Persephone Theatre | |
| Romeo & Juliet (11) | Director | Canmore Summer Theatre Festival | |
| Freak Show | Director | Amaze Escape Room | |
| Alice in Wonderland Opera (Canada Premiere) | Director & Choreographer | Cowtown Opera | |
| Sex With Strangers | Mentor Director | Theatre Canmore | |
| The Diary of Anne Frank (8) | Director | Pine Tree Players | |
| Haunted House Hamlet Tour* (Western Canada) | Director | Theatre Canmore, ACT Theatre, The Marlborough |
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| GENESIS: The Mary Shelley Play (10) | Adapted & Director | Attic Players & ACT Theatre | |
| Romeo & Juliet (UK) | Director | Pendley Shakespeare Festival | |
| Sex With Strangers (Canadian Premiere) | Director | DIY Theatre | |
| Alice’s Wonderland (7) (9) | Director & Playwright | Pine Tree Players & TCS | |
| Ella (Cinderella Opera) | Director & Choreographer | Michelle Minke/Cowtown Opera | |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | Director | ACT Theatre | |
| Arden of Favorsham | Fight Director/Performer/Producer | Christopher Weddell | |
| Love Potion #9 | Asst. Director & Producer | Aria Umezawa/Cowtown Opera | |
| Spring Awakening The Musical (5) | Director/Producer | ACT Theatre | |
| Peter Pan | Asst. Director | JP Thibadeau/StoryBook Theatre | |
| The Last 5 Years (4) | Asst. Director | Mark Bellamy/StoryBook Theatre | |
| The Collective Cabaret | Director | ACT Theatre | |
| The Boiler Room Suite | Director | ACT Theatre | |
| The Shape of A Girl (6) | Director | ACT Theatre | |
| The Apple Kingdom (1) | Asst. Director & Chorographer | Eric Pettifor/ACT Theatre & Calgary Fringe | |
| The Diary of Anne Frank (3) | Director | Sean Anderson/Morpheous Theatre | |
| The Lonely Soldier Monologues | Ass. Director & Chorographer | Eric Pettifor/ACT Theatre | |
| Rel8shun (2) | Director | ACT Theatre/Nanaimo Fringe | |
| Frankenstein The Musical | Director Consultant | Bryan Smith/Cappuccino Theatre | |
| Salvage | Costumer | Aaron Conrad/Scorpio Theatre | |
| Nominations/Awards | |||
| (1) Won Calgary One Act Festival, Best Director, Overall Production, Female Actor |
(2) Nominated: Overall production, New Script, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor | (3) Nominated 34 times in multiple categories including Best Director, Actors, overall production (won best sound design) CATS Awards |
(4) Nominated for best actress won Best Actor |
| (5) Nominated for 7 awards Calgary Critic Awards (Director, Actor & Actress, Featured Actor & Actress, Overall Production of a musical) |
(6) Won Best Actress Joey Awards | (7) Won Best Ensemble MIC Awards | (8) Won Best Ensemble Joey Awards |
| (9) Won Best Actor in Various Ages & Ensemble & Music MIC Awards | (10) Listed as one of TOP 10 Calgary Theatre shows for 2016 | (11) Won Best Actor/Actress/Ensemble Joey Awards | (12) Won Best Overseas Production and Individual Performance, Edinburgh Fringe |
| SELECTED TRAINING | SELECTED TRAINING ( continued) |
| Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (56 Day intensive training)* Staging Contemporary Shakespeare, Diversity & Theatre - Banff Centre for the Arts |
Introduction to Intimacy Direction - Intimacy Directors International Directing workshop - Simon Mallett |
| Beginner Fight for Stage - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Alexander Technique & Laban - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts |
Speech Arts completed in First class honors Royal Conservatory, England-Grant Patterson |
| Trinity College- England High Honors | 8 years of classical singing – Judith Lebane & 4 years musical theatre voice training (range above high C) – Stan Cane |
| Dialect Coaching - David LeReaney/Speech Arts - Grant Patterson | 6 years of dance study (Jazz, Tap, and Ballet) |
| Mount Royal University Theatre Arts Program | Certified in Stage fighting, Quarterstaff, Fencing – J.P. Fournier & Puppetry Basics - Mermaid Theatre |
| Conflict Resolution Training, Sensitivity Training, Emergency First Aid, De-fib (WJA Airline & St John's) |
Physical Defense (St John's) |
| Mental Emergency First Aid Training | Certified Intimacy Coordinator - Intimacy Directors International |
| SAG/AFTRA Registered Intimacy Coordinator | Gun and Armed Weapon Training for Film - Shadow Force |