Director . Producer . Dramaturg
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." ~ Jonathan Swift

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE (Selected Works)
Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl
Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director
Ironbound by Martyna Majok
Salon Reading Third Rail Repertory | Portland, OR | Director
Maz & Bricks by Eva O'Connor
Corrib Theatre | Portland, OR | Director
Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director
First Date Musical by Austin Winsberg
Enlightened Theatrics | Salem, OR | Director/Choreographer
Farmbook/Fossett Family (New Work) developed by Creative Cohorts
First Stage Residency at the Drama League | New York, NY | Co-Creator and Director
Climate Change Theatre Action (assorted plays)
Boom Arts | Portland, OR | Director
The Sacrifice of Belonging Created by Melody Erfani
Risk/Reward Pavement Festival | Portland, OR | Creator and Director
Stars Falling Upside Down Created by Melody Erfani and Tracy Francis
Women Center Stage Festival | New York, NY | Co-Creator and Director
Bee زنبور (New Work) Created by Melody Erfani and Written by Sean Michael Welch
Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. & HB Studio | New York, NY | Producer and Director
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. | New York, NY | Producer/Director
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. | New York, NY | Producer/Director
Around the Block 97 Orchard St (World Premiere) Created by Melody Erfani
5D Productions | New York, NY | Creator and Director
Afterglow (New Work) by Jonathan Green
Actors Studio PDW | New York, NY | Director
All an Act (New Work) by Sean Michael Welch
Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Edinburgh, Scotland | Director and Producer (World Premier) | Award: Four–Five Star Production
The Bike Shed | Exeter, England | Director
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York | Director
Leader of the Pack by Anne Beatts
Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director
Pride and Prejudice by Helen Jerome Adapted from the Novel by Jane Austen
Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director
The Boyfriend by Sandy Wilson
Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
Stagedoor Manor | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Director
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Stagedoor Manor | New York | Director
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen
Stagedoor Manor | New York | Director
Dying City by Christopher Shinn
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
Terminal Adapted by Melody Erfani from the Short Story by Nadine Gordimer
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
The Great American Trailer Park Musical by Betsy Kelso
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
The Lover by Harold Pinter
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
The Baby Dance by Jane Anderson
Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season | New York, NY | Director
Othello by William Shakespeare
The Looking Glass Forum | New York, NY | Director
Every Young Girl’s Dream (New Work) by Stephanie Andrea Timm
The Looking Glass Forum | New York, NY | Director | Award: Won Best Upcoming Director and Best Production, 2008
Wings by Arthur Kopit
University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | Director
Teaching Experience
Stagedoor Manor
Loch Sheldrake, NY, USA | Director and Teacher
Shakespeare’s Globe
London, England | Education Intern
Southwest Center
DeSoto, TX, USA | Youth Drama Teacher
Education/Internship
Intimacy Choreography
2022 September Theatrical Intimacy Education
Trauma-Informed Practices
2022 October Theatrical Intimacy Education
Theatrical Intimacy Education: Best Practice
2021 June Theatrical Intimacy Education
Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, New York, NY
2013 July
Actors Studio Drama School, New York, NY
2009–2012 Master of Fine Arts in Theater Arts, Pace University, New York, NY
Recipient, Iranian-American Scholarship Fund, 2009
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2001–2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts
Graduated summa cum laude
Presidential Honors Scholarship, Honors College, 2002–2004
Richmond University, London, UK
2003–2004 Theatre Courses in British Theatre, Shakespeare, and Acting on the Camera