About Me!
I am a 25-year-old prop artisan based out of NYC.
I love to work with my hands and make art that tells a story about the people who use/own it and the place in time the show is set.
I started building things t a young age with my dad. He taught me how to use power tools and make whatever my mom wanted for her small business. At 10, I joined my local 4-H club and started doing interior design projects. I presented my projects to the Illinois State Fair for seven years and earned superior ribbons (the highest you can score) for six out of seven years.
I started doing theatre in middle school but wasn't that into it. I liked acting but knew it wasn't really for me. My senior year of high school I made a few small costume props for a production of Beauty and the Beast and found I quite enjoyed it. However, I didn't think that was right.
My freshman year of college, I got into my university's Vocal Music Education program. Before my first year even started, I switched majors. I found something magical in the show Saturday Night Live, more specifically, a sketch called 'Diner Lobster', and knew I wanted to do something that's live and ever-changing.
My first year as a Theatre Arts student at Eastern Illinois University, I worked in the costume shop. I worked there through my junior year. My senior year, I began working in the scene shop after finding a love of props in a props 101 class.
After graduating college, I have been moving around quite a bit. I worked at Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota post-graduation and really enjoyed not being in the restraints of academic theatre. After that, I did a few small freelance projects before spending about a year at The Utah Shakespeare Festival. In Utah, I built props, built scenery, maintained props, ran shows, and did change overs. Due to Utah Shakespeare Festival, I learned about the apprenticeship at the Juilliard School where I currently am working.
Outside of work, I enjoy canoeing, hiking, photography, watching movies, and visiting my family.