Directing & Producing
I have directed and produced a wide range of cabarets, concerts, musicals, plays, and children’s theater productions—some of which have been nominated for and received awards—for numerous theater companies throughout my career.
I served as Artistic Director for 4th Wall Theatre from 2004 to 2010, managed the Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College from 2006 through May 2014, and currently serve as Theater Manager for the historic Irvington Theater in Irvington, NY, located in Westchester County.
Some of the stage productions I’ve directed include [title of show], The Life, I Do! I Do!, Dessa Rose, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Big River, The Music Man, Tiny Island, La Cage Aux Folles, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, and Betty’s Summer Vacation.
While at 4th Wall Theatre, I also acted as producer on several productions and launched the M.I.D. (Musicals-in-Development) Stage Series in 2006, which showcased new works by emerging musical theater composers and writers while those projects were still in development.
Film
As someone who has produced, directed, and written for the stage, I’ve long been drawn to the world of film. Over the years, I found myself creating videos to support the shows I was directing or producing—writing them, editing them, and often shaping their direction. These small marketing tools became a creative outlet of their own, and I discovered how much I enjoyed the visual storytelling that film allows.
In 2006, while directing a stage production of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, I saw an opportunity to blend my love of theater with film. The character Molina’s obsession with movies plays a central role in the show, and I decided to create a short film to include at the end of the play. I wrote Molina’s Movie, Kristofer Updike directed, and we shot the film in a single day. It became my first film short—and was screened for live audiences attending the production.
That experience sparked something bigger. In 2011, I founded ASD Media & Entertainment, a platform to pursue narrative filmmaking more intentionally. Since then, I’ve produced three short films under that banner and continue to explore meaningful, character-driven storytelling through both stage and screen.
MOTHER
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Logline: As a young man lays dying, the depths to which a mom will go for the
love of a child are discovered.
HIDING IN DAYLIGHT
Screenwriter/Producer
Logline: They had to erase themselves in order to survive.
REPARATIONS
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Logline: His words tell one story, his sketches tell the truth.