I grew up in Seattle in the 80's and 90's. My early identity was forged by high school drama class, riot grrl, watching Xena: Warrior Princess, and riding my bike. I got started in improv by selling concessions at the Market Theater in Post Alley and seeing all the shows for free before I (eventually) joined the company and shoehorned my way onto the stage.

I moved to New York City in 1996 to attend NYU. Through zines, queer groups, and handwritten letters, I found my community and started making comedy and theater on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn. Performance spaces weren't hard to book, and I produced comedy and cabaret with my friends at places like Surf Reality, The Slipper Room, The Greene Room, Meow Mix, Bluestockings Bookstore, and The Delancey. Eventually, I found another home at Galapagos Art Space, where I produced "Lip Service: Live Singing, Dancing and Comedy."

Fast forward to 2014,  I moved to the Hudson Valley and began teaching with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. I founded the Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory, and it is there that I crystallized my directing style and overall approach to live theater and performance. It was through the Lab that I first debuted Performing Art at the Dorsky Museum, and that performance launched a chain of events that brings me to the present. Currently, I am an itinerant artist. I direct, teach directing, and bring Performing Art to museums and art institutions.