UPCOMING:
FELLOW TRAVELERS 10th Anniversary National Tour / Lunching at Seattle Opera / 2026-2027
SOUL(SIGNS): Making Music Visible / PBS / Airdate: April 15, 2025
CONCERT TOURS:
LIZ PHAIR : EXILE IN GUYVILLE : 30th Anniversary Tour / Creative Director (with LIZ PHAIR) / Fall, 2023
FILM & TV:
“STORIES FROM THE STAGE” / PBS / 2024
DICKINSON / APPLE TV / Season 2, Episode 6: “Split the Lark” / Opera Staging & Consultant / Directed by SILAS HOWARD / 2021
BERNSTEIN’S MASS (Ravinia Festival) / PBS Great Performances / Airdate: May 15, 2020
DOUBT (World Premiere, Minnesota Opera) / PBS Great Performances / 2019
BEL CANTO (World Premiere, Lyric Opera of Chicago) / PBS Great Performances / 2017
UP UNTIL NOW / SHORT FILM / OutFest FUSION & NEW FEST Film Festivals / 2022
STAG / SHORT FILM / 2015 / 12 FILM FESTIVALS / WINNER: BEST OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHORTS FEST / GOLD REMI AWARD: WORLDFEST, HOUSTON / AVAILABLE ON iTunes, YouTubeRed, Google Play, etc.
MONSURA IS WAITING / SHORT FILM, 2014 / 22 FILM FESTIVALS / WINNER: BEST DARK COMEDY, HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST FANTASY FILM, MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST CULT SHORT, QUEEN CITY FILM FESTIVAL / OPENING NIGHT SELECTION: SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL/ OPENING NIGHT SELECTION, SECOND PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD & "BEST OF FEST," MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL / BEST OF FEST: MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL / FIRST PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD: RED SHED FILM FESTIVAL / AVAILABLE ON iTunes, YouTubeRed, Google Play, etc.
EPIPHANY V / SHORT FILM -- MUSIC VIDEO/ MUSIC: JIMMY LOPEZ / SCRIPT: DAVID JOHNSTON / 4 FILM FESTIVALS / 2017
MUSIC VIDEOS:
“NUMBERS IN A JAR,” from the musical EIGHTY-SIXED / UP UNTIL COLLECTIVE / 2024
MORGAN JAMES: “NOBODY’S FOOL BUT MINE” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2023
GLOBAL CITIZEN PRIDE CAMPAIGN / UP UNIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2022
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SOUL(SIGNS): OPERA “CHAMPION,” “BREAKING THE WAVES,” & “THE MAGIC FLUTE” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Omaha, Opera Columbus & Portland Opera / 2022
SOUL(SIGNS): AN ASL PLAYLIST / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / BROADSTREAM MEDIA / 2021
MORGAN JAMES: “WHITE CHRISTMAS” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
COYLE GIRELLI: “FUN” / UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
COYLE GIRELLI: “TO 7TH STREET WITH LOVE” /. UP UNTIL NOW COLLECTIVE / 2021
SHAYFER JAMES: “SCREECHIN’ WHEELS” / featuring BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
MORGAN JAMES: “THE SWEETEST SOUND” / featuring BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
SASHA COOKE: “WHERE ONCE WE SANG” / Music by Jimmy Lopez, Lyrics by Mark Campbell / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL MODULATION SERIES / 2020
BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX: “YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN,” an American Sign Language Music Video / Co-directed by BRANDEN KAZEN-MADDOX / 2020
WORLD PREMIERE THEATRE & OPERA:
THE RIGHTEOUS (World Premiere Opera) / GREGORY SPEARS - TRACY K. SMITH /. SANTA FE OPERA / 2024
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS / MASON BATES -- MARK CAMPBELL / SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (2023) / SANTA FE OPERA (2017) INDIANA UNIVERSITY (2018) / SEATTLE OPERA (2019) / GRAMMY WINNER: BEST OPERA RECORDING
FELLOW TRAVELERS / GREGORY SPEARS – GREG PIERCE / CINCINNATI OPERA (2016) / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (NYC) (2018) / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2018) / ARIZONA OPERA (2019) / DES MOINES METRO OPERA (2021) / VIRGINIA OPERA (2023) (*Named One of the Best Classical Music Events of the Year by The New York Times, One of the Best Recordings of the Year by The New Yorker, and One of the Best Recordings of the Decade by Opera News)
CASTOR & PATIENCE (World Premiere Opera) / GREGORY SPEARS - TRACY K. SMITH / CINCINNATI OPERA / 2022 * New York Times Best Classical Music of 2022, Critics Pick
KARIM SULAYMAN: UNHOLY WARS (World Premiere Opera) / Spoleto Festival, 2022
EIGHTY-SIXED (World Premiere Musical) / SAM SALMOND - JEREMY J. KING / DIVERSIONARY THEATRE (San Diego) / 2022
THE SURVIVAL OF ST. JOAN (Re-Conceived Musical Revival) / IN DEVELOPMENT
THE NINTH HOUR / (Musical) / SHAYFER JAMES – KATE DOUGLAS / MET LIVE ARTS AT THE CLOISTERS (2019)
JEREMY SCHONFELD: IRON & COAL / NATIONAL SAWDUST (Workshop) (2016) / STRATHMORE CENTER FOR THE ARTS (2018) / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (2019)
THE GOOD SWIMMER / HEIDI RODEWALD -- DONNA DI NOVELLI / PROTOTPYE FESTIVAL (First Look Presentation) (2016) / BAM NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL (World Premiere) (2018)
KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY / TODD ALMOND / with COURTNEY LOVE & TODD ALMOND / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL, NYC (World Premiere) (2015) / US TOUR: AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE (BOSTON), CENTER THEATRE GROUP (LA), ARSHT CENTER (MIAMI) (2016) / (Recorded)
BEL CANTO / JIMMY LOPEZ - NILO CRUZ / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2015) / PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2016) / NOMINEE: 2017 BEST WORLD PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS
BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS: LOVESTATE / (Various Composers) / ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (2018) / NEW VICTORY THEATRE (NYC) (2019)
LEONARDO / JONATHAN BERGER / 92ND STREET Y (2019)
FLORIDA / RANDAL ENG – DONNA Di NOVELLI / URBAN ARIAS, DC (2018)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE / KEVIN PUTS - MARK CAMPBELL / MINNESOTA OPERA (2015)
O COLUMBIA / GREGORY SPEARS -- ROYCE VAVREK / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2015)
LAUREN FLANIGAN: IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE / PARK AVENUE ARMORY / UNDER CONSTRUCTION SERIES (2014)
PAUL’S CASE / GREGORY SPEARS / URBAN ARIAS (DC) (2013) / PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL (NYC) (2014) / *Named One of the Best Recordings of the Year by Opera News
OSCAR / THEO MORRISON - JOHN COX / SANTA FE OPERA (2013) / OPERA PHILADELPHIA (2015) / NOMINEE: BEST WORLD PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS (2014)
DOUBT / DOUGLAS CUOMO - JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY / MINNESOTA OPERA (2013) / PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2019)
THE GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALENE / MARK ADAMO / SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (2013)
OCEANIC VERSES / PAOLA PRESTINI - DONNA DI NOVELLI / RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL (NYC), KENNEDY CENTER (2012)
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY / RICKY IAN GORDON - MARK CAMPBELL / VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL & US TOUR (2011) / (Recorded)
LIFE IS A DREAM (Winner: Pulitzer Prize) / LEWIS SPRATLAN / SANTA FE OPERA (2010)
THE SECOND TOSCA / (Play) / 45TH STREET THEATRE (NYC) (2007)
CANDY & DOROTHY / (Play) / THEATER 3 (NYC) / WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER (2006) GLAAD MEDIA AWARD WINNER: BEST PLAY / DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINATION: BEST ACTOR
KISS AND CRY / ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (2003) / NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL (2004) SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED / NOMINEE: GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST PLAY / WINNER: BEST DESIGN AWARD, NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL, 2004
THE EUMENIDES (World Premiere Adaptation) / AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS (NYC) (2004) SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED
STAGED SYMPHONIC PRODUCTIONS:
BERNSTEIN'S MASS / (Marin Alsop, conductor, with Paulo Szot) / RAVINIA FESTIVAL (2018 & 2019) / PBS GREAT PERFORMANCES BROADCAST (2019) *Named One of the Best Events of the Year by The Chicago Tribune
CANDIDE / YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN (Conductor) / with BRADLEY COOPER & CAREY MULLIGAN PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (2019)
WEST SIDE STORY / YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN (Conductor) / PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (2017)
BERNSTEIN’S MASS / YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN (Conductor) / PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (2015)
SALOME YANNICK NEZET-SEGUIN (Conductor) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (2014)
EL NIÑO / (JOHN ADAMS, Conductor) / SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (2010)
BERNSTEIN'S MASS / MARIN ALSOP, Conductor / CARNEGIE HALL, KENNEDY CENTER, BALTIMORE SYMPHONY, UNITED PALACE THEATRE (NYC) (2008) / 2009 GRAMMY NOMINATION / Named One of the Best Events of the Year by The New York Times & The Washington Post
OTHER THEATRE & OPERA PRODUCTION (All New, Original Productions):
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER / ORPHEUS PDX / 2022
LA TRAVIATA / HOLY CITY ARTS & LYRIC OPERA / 2021
LA FAVORITE / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2020)
NORMA / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2018) / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2017) / CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY (2016) / BARCELONA LICEU (2015) / SAN FRANCISCO OPERA (2014)
FAUST / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO & PORTLAND OPERA (2018)
COUNTING SHEEP / (Co-Director) / THREE LEGGED DOG (NYC) (2018) / US TOUR: BERKLEY REP & STANDFORD UNIVERSITY (2018) / INTERNATIONAL TOUR: RUHRFESTSPIELE FESTIVAL (GERMANY), KILKENNY FESTIVAL (IRELAND), HULL FESTIVAL (UK) (2017)
THE PERFECT AMERICAN (North American Premiere) / PHILIP GLASS / LONG BEACH OPERA & CHICAGO OPERA THEATRE (2017)
EUGENE ONEGIN / PORTLAND OPERA (2016)
MARIA STUARDA / SEATTLE OPERA (2016) / HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (2012) / MINNESOTA OPERA (2011)
ANNA BOLENA / MINNESOTA OPERA (2012) / LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (2014)
DON BUCEFALO / WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL (IRELAND) (2014)
EURYANTHE / BARD SUMMERSCAPE (2014)
POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO / PORTLAND OPERA & SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (2014)
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA / FLORIDA GRAND OPERA (2013)
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI / with JOYCE Di DONATO / LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY (2013)
DON GIOVANNI / OPERA COLORADO (2013)
LA BOHEME / CENTRAL CITY OPERA (2012)
GALILEO GALILEI / PORTLAND OPERA (2012) / (Recorded)
ROMEO AND JULIET / PALM BEACH OPERA (2012)
WERTHER / MINNESOTA OPERA (2012)
DIE LIEBE DER DANAE / BARD SUMMERSCAPE (2012)
HANSEL AND GRETEL / VIRGINIA OPERA (2011)
ROBERTO DEVEREUX / OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL (2010) / MINNESOTA OPERA (2010)
VIRGINIA / WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL (2010) / WINNER: BEST OPERA PRODUCTION, IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARDS
EUGENE ONEGIN / OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS (2010)
LA BOHÈME / WOLF TRAP OPERA (2009)
LA CENERENTOLA / GLIMMERGLASS OPERA (2009)
FALSTAFF / SANTA FE OPERA (2008)
EVENTS & GALAS:
2019 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (Featuring MIKA, ISABEL LEONARD, ADRIAN DANCHIG-WARING)
2019 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC GALA (Featuring NENEH CHERRY)(2019)
2017 THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (Featuring KIMBRA)
2016 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (Featuring PATTI LUPONE & SKY PONY)
2015 PARK AVENUE ARMORY GALA (Featuring SONDRA RADVANOVSKY & THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS)
COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS:
KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY / TODD ALMOND / with COURNTEY LOVE / THEATRELAND PRODUCTIONS (upcoming) (2020)
PAUL’S CASE / GREGORY SPEARS / NATIONAL SAWDUST RECORDINGS (2019) *Named One of the Best Recordings of the Year by Opera News
BERNSTEIN'S MASS / PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA / DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHONE (2018)
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS / MASON BATES / GRAMMY WINNER: Best Opera / SANTE FE OPERA / PENTATONE (2018)
FELLOW TRAVELERS / GREGORY SPEARS / CINCINNATI OPERA / FANFARE CINCINNATI (2017) (Named One of the Best Recordings of the Year by The New Yorker, and One of the Best Recordings of the Decade by Opera News)
OCEANIC VERSES / PAOLA PRESTINI / VIA RECORDS (2014)
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY / RICKY IAN GORDON / NAXOS (2013)
GALILEO GALILEI / PHILIP GLASS / ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC (2012)
BERNSTEIN'S MASS / BALTIMORE SYMPHONY / GRAMMY NOMINEE) / NAXOS (2009)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS (SANTE FE) WINNER: 2019 GRAMMY AWARD: BEST OPERA RECORDING NOMINEE: 2018 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
FELLOW TRAVELERS The New York Times BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2016) The New Yorker BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR LIST (2017) Opera News BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE DECADE LIST (2017)
BERNSTEIN’S MASS NOMINEE: 2009 GRAMMY AWARD: BEST CLASSICAL RECORDING The Chicago Tribune BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2018) The New York Times BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2008) The Washington Post BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR LIST (2008)
PAUL’S CASE Opera News BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR LIST (2019)
STAG (SHORT FILM) (2015/2016) WINNER: BEST OF NEW YORK, NY SHORTS FEST WINNER: GOLD REMI AWARD, WORLDFEST, HOUSTON
MONSURA IS WAITING (SHORT FILM) (2014/2015) WINNER: BEST DARK COMEDY, HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: BEST FANTASY FILM, MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: BEST CULT SHORT, QUEEN CITY FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT SELECTION: SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT SELECTION, SECOND PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD: MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL BEST OF FEST: MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD: RED SHED FILM FESTIVAL
BEL CANTO (LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO) NOMINEE: 2017 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
OSCAR (SANTE FE OPERA) NOMINEE: 2014 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: BEST WORLD PREMIERE
VIRGINIA (WEXFORD OPERA FESTIVAL) WINNER: 2010 IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARD: BEST OPERA PRODUCTION
CANDY & DOROTHY WINNER: 2006 GLAAD MEDIA AWARD: BEST PLAY NOMINEE: 2006 DRAMA DESK AWARDS: BEST ACTOR (VINCE GATTON)
KISS & CRY NOMINEE: 2004 GLAAD MEDIA AWARD: BEST PLAY WINNER: 2004 NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL: BEST DESIGN AWARD:
NORMA (CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY) WINNER: 3 2016 DORA AWARDS (TORONTO): BEST COSTUME DESIGN, BEST SET DESIGN, BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE (SONDRA RADVANOVSKY)
TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL GUEST DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE:
COLLEGE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS / THE NEW SCHOOL / ARTIST FACULTY AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE LAB (2015 - PRESENT)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ATTORNEYS / GUEST LECTURER: STORYTELLING (2019, 2020)
EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE CENTER / GUEST TEACHING ARTIST (2015-2020)
CARNEGIE HALL: THE FUTURE OF SONG / RENEE FLEMING, CO-INSTRUCTOR (2019)
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY / GUEST DIRECTOR: POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO (2014)
BOWDOIN COLLEGE / GUEST DIRECTOR: THE GOOD SWIMMER WORKSHOP (2013)
OPERA-ON-THE-GO (OPERA THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATION) (2008, 2010)
APPRENTICE SCENES / SANTA FE OPERA / (DIRECTOR OF YOUNG ARTIST SCENES) (2006-2010)
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS, INC / WRITERS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (2005-09)
NYU/TISCH MFA PLAYWRITING PROGRAM / DIRECTOR: 6 PRODUCTIONS (2003-06)
NYU/ATLANTIC THEATER SCHOOL / DIRECTOR: 4 PRODUCTIONS (2002-03)
EDUCATION:
BOWDOIN COLLEGE: B.A. IN ENGLISH, MINOR IN THEATRE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE (2000)
WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSTIY: JUNIOR ABROAD (DRAMATIC LITERATURE) (1997-1998)
LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB / LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE – NYC (2003)
DIRECTOR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM / ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE – NYC (2002-03)