Specializes in musical theatre history, literature, and vocal performance; serves as the academic advisor for the Department of Theatre and Film's musical theatre specialization program; holds a BFA in musical theatre performance from Kent State University, a master’s in music education from BGSU and a doctorate in theatre from BGSU; has taught voice for the National Broadway tour of Billy Elliot: The Musical; has acted in and directed Huron Playhouse productions for the last three decades; has directed CMA opera productions of Dialogues of the Carmelites, Hänsel and Gretel, and an Evening of One Acts by Thomas Pasatieri; has taught vocal music in the Huron City Schools and Ottawa Hills Local Schools, and directed musicals at Otsego High School and Kettering Fairmont High School; awarded the Mark Twain Comedy Award by the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival; has worked in virtually every aspect of the theatre and has performed many roles with companies in New York City, Chicago, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska and Ohio.
