about
me
I was raised in New Orleans where I grew up training as an Olympic-track gymnast. As I reached teenhood, I shifted my focus to competitive-league soccer before heading out to Seattle for college where I found acting. After I graduated, I moved to NYC to train further and earned my MFA from The New School for Drama. There, I studied under some phenomenal teachers: Kathleen Chalfant, Peter Jay Fernandez, Cotter Smith, David Chambers, Joe Grifasi, Erica Fae and many more. After graduating, I continued to study under Dianne Weist, Erica Jensen, Maria Dizzia, and with the Bob Krakower technique.
After a decade in New York, I made the move out west and I now happily live in Portland, OR where I continue to work bi-coastally in film, tv, and theatre.
As a gender non-conforming actor, I'm consistently cast in roles written about folks who are exploring the spectrum of gender. Much of my recent work reflects that, and the characters I'm called in for are people who are fighting to be seen, heard, and taken seriously in situations where those things seem impossible.
Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted from a translation by Stepan S. Simek
Directed by Chris Conner
During a smoldering summer on a Russian estate in the late 19th century, Vanya and his niece Sonya toil away, working. When the estate’s owner returns with a much-younger wife and the intention to sell, an undercurrent of emotion is brought to the surface. Chekhov’s iconic meditation on wasted purpose and unrequited love comes to life this Spring in a bold new production.
May 2-26
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
21ten Theatre
2110 SE 10th Ave
Portland, OR
Cast:
Ted Rooney as Vanya
Joseph Bertót as Astrov
Hailey Houser as Sonya
Angie Tennant as Yelena
Doren Elias as The Professor
Kathleen Worley as Marina
Jacquline MacDonald as Maria