Musical Theater
Nothing to see here — besides a collection of award-winners and original compositions…
Fuckboys: the Musical
Fuckboys: the Musical
In 2017, I decided to take a page out of Taylor Swift’s book and write a revenge musical about my first true heartbreak, and the rest, as they say, is herstory.
It’s undergone many updates and edits since its inception, but Fuckboys: The Musical remains one of the highlights — and really, the start — of my career.
The Fuckboys Timeline
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May 2018
Premiering at the 27th Annual Orlando Fringe Festival, Fuckboys: the Musical was praised for its emotional — and hilarious — score of 8 original songs, with each female lead having her own solo.
Fuckboys originally began as a 60-minute show featuring four women and two men. Each character is nameless, categorized only by their specific archetype, so everyone in the audience is able to relate them back to someone specific in their own lives.
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September 2018
After being awarded the (unexpected) honor of Best Musical at Orlando Fringe, Fuckboys’ next stop was the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival that September. It was a whirlwind, one night-only performance, where Fuckboys was once again awarded Best Musical — an honor we learned about while sitting in an airport lounge in Los Angeles, halfway through our journey down under to attend the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
This was the show’s third festival circuit within six months of its premiere.
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January 2019
Taking the knowledge we learned in our first year, Fuckboys returned to its roots as part of Orlando Fringe’s Winter Mini Fringe, now FESTN4. With three festivals, two awards, and a dedicated fanbase under its belt, this iteration of the show featured four additional songs — created with the help of the extraordinary Elaine Contignola — and a beefed-up script that dove deeper into the characters and story.
What started as an hour-long glimpse into the modern dating scene was now a fully-fleshed out, 90-minute musical.
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May 2019
After completely revamping the score with the help of Elaine and the inimitable Jacob Fjeldheim, we added five songs to the original libretto — just in time for Fuckboys to win the CAFF (Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals) lottery and embark on a 5-city tour of Ontario, Canada.
Traveling for over two and a half months from Windsor to Ottawa, Fuckboys picked up an additional three awards in the Great White North!
Awards & Recognitions
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Best Musical - Winner, May 2018
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Best Musical - Winner, September 2018
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Best of the Fest - Winner, May 2019
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Outstanding Ensemble - Winner, June 2019
Arts Court Theater - Patron’s Pick* June 2019
Speaking of
Ottawa…
Fuckboys was the most-attended show at Ottawa Fringe in 2019 — which was also the highest-attended year in the festival’s history!
An original cast album was recorded and released during the CAFF tour, garnering thousands of downloads within its first week on all music-streaming platforms. Fuckboys merchandise was also created and sold on tour.
“Great balance of hilarious and heartfelt.”
“...maintains a snappy pace while nimbly walking a tonal tightrope between self-aware satire and honest sentiment.””
““Fuckboys: the Musical” could be considered education for single women, I suppose, but for all of us it’s darn entertaining.”
Thoughts About You
Thoughts About You
A full-length original musical featuring sixteen fully-orchestrated compositions.
Thoughts About You is the story of Jo and Shane, two creative individuals who bond over the course of twelve weeks by sharing their love of pop culture through a series of lists of films and songs from different eras.
Featuring a stellar cast, Thoughts also serves as the second installment in what I’m calling the Fuckboys Theatrical Universe, where all of my work is interconnected via hidden details and Easter eggs.
Thoughts is its own story…
but it’s also a prequel,
providing a backstory for one of the original four women of Fuckboys.
The goal is that as I build out this theatrical universe, the four original women who started it all in Fuckboys will have fleshed-out backstories — or at the very least, we’ll get to see what happens to them after Fuckboys. It’s pretty exciting. It’s also a reason for me to excuse why I didn’t give them names in the first place.
Love is Infinite - A Showcase of Dance, Music, and Theater
Love is Infinite - A Showcase of Dance, Music, and Theater
My first official foray into live entertainment as a Director and Producer, this showcase is near and dear to my heart.
A celebration of the different kinds of love we experience in our lifetime, Love is Infinite is a triumphant display of the power of love — and the human capacity to feel.
I was 20 years old when this show was conceived and executed, featuring a dedicated & passionate cast of local performers (people I’m lucky enough to call my friends), who rendered the audience to puddles of tears every single night.
