I was born in Utah, where diversity meant the cut of beef, and raised in New York City, where a full night’s sleep was a sign of wealth. There were seven of us in an apartment built for far fewer. Money was tight. Space was tighter. Privacy was theoretical. Stability wasn’t inherited. It was assembled.

I trained at the High School of Performing Arts and The Theatre School at DePaul, then spent much of my adult life working as an actor in theatre, film, and television, including productions at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and New York Theatre Workshop. I also spent eight years drumming in an indie rock band and originated a role in Dee Snider’s Rock & Roll Christmas Tale, where we played the music live onstage. Somewhere along the way, I picked up a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s School of Communication.

Eventually, my family and I settled in Las Vegas, where I found something I hadn’t expected: a real theatre community and an artistic home at A Public Fit Theatre Company. I still act, and I love it. I’d wanted to write for most of my artistic life, though it took me far longer than I’d like to admit to realize I didn’t need anyone’s permission to start. Acting taught me a few useful things: where a line lands, what it costs to say it, and when silence does more than dialogue.

I write dramas and dark comedies about people caught inside systems that demand something from them: families, institutions, and the things they’ve been taught to believe. I’m interested in what happens when someone realizes the life they’ve been living isn’t entirely theirs, and what they’re willing to sacrifice to change it.

I’m currently appearing in Alistair McDowall’s Talk Show at A Public Fit, a dark comedy about three generations of men who find it easier to talk through a baby monitor than to each other. I’m also preparing to shoot my original short film, PENNY, in early 2027.