I grew up in St. Louis then graduated from Harvard College in 1995. I worked as a theater director in New York City until my life briefly derailed. In 2008, I accepted responsibility for my part in an illegal drug case then spent a year at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. 

 

Since then, I’ve helped hundreds of federal defendants tell their stories while staying active in New York theater. I wrote about MDC in “Hit the Body Alarm” starring Winsome Brown at The Performing Garage. The following year, the Off-Broadway Alliance nominated my production of “Goldstein” for Best New Musical. My 2025 Rotten Mango podcast interview has over 1.2 million views so far. 

 

Since 2018, I’ve worked as a freelance justice mitigation specialist. I help clients prepare for sentencing with supportive counseling and written statements. I help them adapt for a better future through essential guidance like sober coaching. I’ve worked on many types of cases from Alaska to Florida to Hawaii to Maine. I cherish every opportunity to be with people in their darkest hour and help them navigate their justice journeys.  

 

For over twenty years, I worked with theater legends like Carol Burnett, Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billy Porter, Anthony Rapp, Anthony Hopkins, Cy Coleman, Linda Lavin, Jane Powell, and Jason Robert Brown. I directed the world premiere of Billy Porter’s “Ghetto Superstar” at the Public Theater (produced by George C. Wolfe and honored by GLAAD). I directed at City Center (NYC), Ahmanson (LA), Hartford Stage, Edinburgh Fringe, Juilliard, LaMama, and NYU. My theater productions were also featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes II and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”