Twenty years in scene shops, opera houses, and prop departments led somewhere I didn't expect — directing the only animatronics MFA program housed in a school of the arts.
Alongside the building, there's been seventeen years of writing about it — documenting technique and industry practice for a global audience of makers. Three of those books are now used as texts in university programs across the US and UK.
Before UNCSA, I ran a props department for a professional regional theatre — budgets, hiring, safety, still building the work myself. I still take on select fabrication jobs when the right project comes along, including Oppenheimer, The Haunted Mansion, and MJ: The Musical. Staying close to the industry is part of how I keep the program honest.
A curated set of animatronic and mechanical work, alongside a few standout pieces from an earlier career in theatrical props.
