Biography
I graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint with my Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Performance in May 2014. During my time at UM Flint, I performed in five main stage productions, a site-specific community engagement piece, and several one-act play festivals while also having the privilege of directing two one-act plays and a full-length play. My training at UM Flint gave me exposure to all kinds of theatre: modern realism, Shakespeare, musical theatre, comedy of manners, commedia d'ell arte, stage combat, Viewpoints training, Alexander Technique, Suzuki, ballet and modern dance, and more. I have also studied slow tempo with professionals outside of the university. I have worked with other theatres in the Flint area including Flint Repertory Theatre and Kearsley Park Players and volunteered as a performer at the Whaley House for three consecutive holiday seasons. I studied abroad in London, England with my fellow UMF theatre students and faculty where I was mesmerized by the theatre I saw there and the local cultural appreciation for it.
I graduated with my Master of Fine Arts degree in Performing Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in June 2016. My acting training began in the theatre, but my training at SCAD led me to fall in love with improvisation and both acting and writing for television. In my two years of graduate school, I was a contributing writer and performer on a Saturday Night Live-style sketch comedy show; starred in two episodes of SCAD's original multi-camera sitcom "The Buzz," while also working as a writer on Episode 2; played Betsy/Lindsey in Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park; directed both a full length play and a 10-minute play; and rehearsed and performed weekly as part of a long-form improv team. I am so grateful for the time I spent at SCAD because it gave me the skills I needed to round out my acting training for stage and screen, and helped me find, practice, and refine my passion for comedy through improv and television.
One of my beloved professors once said, "If you can find another career path, do it. This one isn't easy - don't do it unless you absolutely cannot bear do anything else." I cannot do anything else. I am a storyteller; I want to touch, provoke, entertain, educate, inspire, and share with the audience. I moved to New York City in the fall of 2016 to pursue acting and writing for comedy. Since then, I have completed both the 101 and 201 levels of Improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade and worked on sketches that have been featured on the popular comedy website Funny Or Die.
I graduated with my Master of Fine Arts degree in Performing Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in June 2016. My acting training began in the theatre, but my training at SCAD led me to fall in love with improvisation and both acting and writing for television. In my two years of graduate school, I was a contributing writer and performer on a Saturday Night Live-style sketch comedy show; starred in two episodes of SCAD's original multi-camera sitcom "The Buzz," while also working as a writer on Episode 2; played Betsy/Lindsey in Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park; directed both a full length play and a 10-minute play; and rehearsed and performed weekly as part of a long-form improv team. I am so grateful for the time I spent at SCAD because it gave me the skills I needed to round out my acting training for stage and screen, and helped me find, practice, and refine my passion for comedy through improv and television.
One of my beloved professors once said, "If you can find another career path, do it. This one isn't easy - don't do it unless you absolutely cannot bear do anything else." I cannot do anything else. I am a storyteller; I want to touch, provoke, entertain, educate, inspire, and share with the audience. I moved to New York City in the fall of 2016 to pursue acting and writing for comedy. Since then, I have completed both the 101 and 201 levels of Improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade and worked on sketches that have been featured on the popular comedy website Funny Or Die.
