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I was born in Albion, New York. If you don’t know where that is, it’s roughly half way between Rochester and Buffalo. On a clear day, you can see to Canada from the tower in Mt. Albion Cemetery.

I have a large immediate family: mom, dad, and four brothers. Yes, four: three older and one younger, I love them dearly. Like most younger siblings, I was dragged along to whatever activities my older siblings were doing, and one evening, I saw my brother James play Gollum in our middle school’s production of The Hobbit, and I thought, “I can do that,” and the rest is an iconic song from A Chorus Line.

After doing the drama/chorus/band geek thing in high school, (I was drum major in marching band AND chorus president my senior year, what is sleep?), I attended Catholic University in Washington, DC where I majored in musical theatre. In 2015, I attended the London Dramatic Academy and received a smattering of classical acting training. After eight semesters of locking myself in practice rooms, getting up at 7am for conditioning, and staying up past my bedtime questioning what the hell I was doing with my life, I graduated with a Bachelor’s of Music in Musical Theatre in 2016.

Much to the chagrin of my parents who still live in Albion, I have been a theatre artist in the DMV area since graduating. In my free time, I enjoy going to museums, getting lost in a good book (historical fiction is my favorite genre), baking, and taking long walks with podcasts (anywhere will do, not just beaches). And when none of that suits me, I really enjoy trolling my loved ones by talking to them in a dinosaur voice, making inappropriate jokes when they’re going through a tough time, and aggressively dancing (it’s more rhythmic flailing if I’m honest) at them to get their attention. I checked with my mom and she said she still loves me in spite of all that, and she’s my toughest critic, so I assume that’s true for all of my loved ones.

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Performance Excerpts

Cover Photo by Kayla Garcia

Parodies, Skits, and Shenanigans with Cinnamon the T-Rex, Caractacus, Vienna, and Shirley

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