EDUCATION
The Actors Studio Drama School at The New School University, New York
Masters Degree of Fine Arts in Acting
Boston University College of Communication, Boston
Bachelor of Science in Film & Television
The Governor's School for the Performing Arts, Richmond
Summer Session 1996
Dell'Arte International
Summer Intensive 2016
Shakespeare & Company
Winter Intensive 2017
Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan
Summer Intensive 2018
The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski
Winter 2019
THEATRE EXPERIENCE
PRODUCTION DATE ROLE COMPANY Director
In Search of the Kitchen Gods spring 2022 Self 1812 Productions Makoto Hirano
Backing Track 2022 Esther Arden Theatre Company Becky Wright
The Chinese Lady 2021 Afong Moy InterAct Theatre Company Justin Jain
Midsummer Night's Dream 2021 Egeus, Quince Pennsylvania Shakespeare Matt Pfeiffer
The Way I Walk 2021 Bi 1812 Productions Jen Childs
Sin Eaters 2021 Mary Theatre Exile Matt Pfeiffer
Babel 2020 Ann Theatre Exile Deborah Block
Eureka Day 2019 Meiko InterAct Theatre Company Seth Rozin
The Great Leap 2019 Connie InterAct Theatre Company Seth Rozin
Among the Dead 2019 Ana Theatre Exile Deborah Block
TheTempest 2018 Ariel Lantern Theater Company Charles Macmahon
Sensitive Guys 2018 Amy/Pete InterAct Theatre Company Evren Odcikin
As You Like It 2017 Celia Delaware Shakespeare Madeleine Sayet
Strange Tenants (Fringe) Sept 2017 Honey Sam Tower + Ensemble Sam Tower
You For Me For You 2016 Minhee InterAct Theatre Company Rick Shiomi
Pericles 2016 Thaisa Delaware Shakespeare David Stradley
Gala! US Premiere 2016 Ensemble Jerome Bel, FringeArts Jerome Bel
36 Views 2016 Clare Tsong Lantern Theater Company Peter DeLaurier
The Nether 2016 Morris InterAct Theatre Company Seth Rozin
Lights Rise on Grace 2015 Grace Azuka Theatre Company Kevin Glaccum
Shipwrecked! 2015 Player 1 The Walnut Street Theatre Jesse Bernstein
The Winter's Tale 2015 Hermione & Autolycus Shakespeare in Clark Park Kittson O'Neill
Caught 2014 Wang Min Interact Theatre Company Rick Shiomi
Water by the Spoonful 2014 Madeleine The Arden Theatre Company Lucie Tiberghien
Some Other Kind of Person 2013 Kaliyan Interact Theatre Company Paul Meshejian
The Women & Comedy Project 2013 Ensemble 1812 Productions Jen Childs
Edith Can Shoot Things & Hit Them 2013 Edith Theatre Confetti Aaron Cromie
An Infinite Ache 2013 Hope Theatre Horizon Meg O’Brien
Microcrisis 2012 Clare Interact Theatre Company Seth Rozin
On the Way 2012 Ma Philly Young Playwrights David O’Connor
The Borrowers 2011 Arrietty Arden Theatre Company Whit MacLaughlin
The Threepenny Opera 2011 Walt/Nelly Arden Theatre Company Terry Nolen
Young Playwrights Write On! 2010 Torn Between Young Playwrights & PTC David Bradley
Peter Pan 2010 Tinkerbell Arden Theatre Company David O’Connor
Grace or the Art of Climbing 2009 Dell Nice People Theatre Co Pironne Yousefzadeh
The Loudest Man on Earth 2008 Molly Manhattan Repertory Theatre Fest Jay Wahl
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Midsummer Night's Dream, Summer 2021 at Delaware Shakespeare
Candles, Winter 2019 at Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Philadelphia Young Playwrights "New Voices Monologue Festival" Spring 2017
Delware Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing" Summer 2018
Temple University & Philly Young Playwrights "New Voices One-Act Festival" Fall 2018 and 2019
STAGED READINGS/WORKSHOPS
The Way Home: Asian American Reading Series 2013-2014 Interact Theatre & Asian Arts, d. Rick Shiomi
Jilline Ringle Solo Perfomance Project 2012 Collaborators: Jen Childs & Aaron Cromie
Henry VI, Part III 2013 Revolution Shakespeare, d. Brenna Geffers
Edward II 2012 Phila. Artists Collective, d. Adam Immewahr
Slippery as Sin, by David Lee White 2011 The Passage Theatre, d. Adam Immewahr
410 Gone, by Frances Ya Chu Cowhig 2009 Playpenn Conference, d. Ken Prestinizi
FILM EXPERIENCE/INDUSTRIALS/OTHER
- Law Abiding Citizen, role of Marvelle, released 2010 by Overture Films, d. Gary Gray
- Various training videos, voice-overs, and spokesmodel projects include clients such as Hershey Park, Glaxo Smith Cline, Upenn Medical, The Sci-Fi Channel, etc.
- Led 6-week on-camera classes for teens at Haddonfield Theatre Arts Center.
- Story Slam performer
- Collaboration with Andrea Assaf of Art2Action, Inc. for CAATA (Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists) & Asian Arts Iniative, October 2014
SPECIAL SKILLS
· Speaks Vietnamese, French, and Italian
· Sings, moves well, and rock climbs
· Puppeteer, worked with Aaron Cromie and Morgan Fitzpatrick Andrews
· Plays Chinese zither
· Sews
· Decade long career in hospitality
Continuing Education
Suzuki Company of Toga Summer Intensive 2018
- 3 weeks spent with Tadashi Suzuki's theatre company in Toga, Japan
- daily physical theatre training under tutelage of Kameron Steele
- studied Linklater
- contact improv and Elizabethan choreography
- deepened text work through dropping into the mind, heart, and body
- core teacher: Tina Packer
Dell'Arte International, School for Physical Theatre
- Month-long summer Intensive 2016
- ensemble building
- devised original pieces once a week
- contact improv
- mask work, elemental exploration, animal as mask
- core instructors: Lauren Wilson, James Peck, Laura Munoz
11th Hour Theatre Company, Rock for the Musical Theatre Actor 6 Week Workshop with Meg O’Brien/Mike O’Brien
· Selected and rehearsed contemporary rock/rock belt songs appropriate for modern musical auditions
· Culminated in a rock concert at the venue, Twisted Tail
11th Hour Theatre Company, 5 week Voice Workshop with Steve Pacek
· Approached singing for musical theatre through text analysis and sense memory
The Naked Voice with Jean Rene Toussaint at the Wilma Theatre
· One week intensive with ensemble of actors and Blanka Zizka with a focus on opening up the voice & body.
HONORS/AWARDS
- Recipient of the Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Project Workshop resulting in a one-week development period with collaborators, Jen Childs & Aaron Cromie, culminating in a public showing. Also received a secondary incubation workshop three months later.
- 2016 Recipient of the F.Otto Haas Emerging Artist Barrymore Award
- Recipient of Round 10 TCG Fox Fellowship Foundation Award for Artist with Extraordinary Potential awarded by Theatre Communications Group
- Recipient of 2018 Independence Fellowship Foundation Award
