Harvard University, B.A., Social Studies
(David McCord Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts)

Director and choreographer of music theater, opera, classic and contemporary plays, and concert dance
Creator of many original productions that integrate the history and lifeblood of communities here and abroad, including: Odakle Ste with Bosnian Muslim refugees in Croatia, Commodities with pit traders on Wall Street, and Streets with tobacco workers in North Carolina
Founding member of Cornerstone Theater Company, an award-winning community-based ensemble; productions include the Oresteia on the Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation in Nevada and The Winter’s Tale: An Interstate Adventure (subject of the HBO documentary Cornerstone)
Creator of the award-winning CityStep program, a dance theater teaching and performance partnership between Harvard University and the Cambridge, MA public elementary schools (CityStep has been replicated to other colleges and communities)
Peter Ivers Visiting Artist at Harvard University, Visiting Artist at Duke University, Visiting Artist and Instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Movement and choreography coach for acting students at the Julliard School, the Yale School of Drama, and the American Repertory Theater Institute Work presented at the Yale Repertory Theater, The New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Town Hall, Theatre for a New Audience, New World Theater, Ford’s Theatre, Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Long Wharf Theater, America Repertory Theatre, New Georges, Dance Theater Workshop, Dancing in the Streets, and Dance Theater of Prague
Resident Director at New Dramatists, supporting the development of new plays and member of Theater Without Boarders, exploring the relationship between theater and peace building