FILMS:
YOU REALLY LIKE ME! (2026) — Writer / Director: Narrative Short. (Completed)
A young actress caught between the demand to suffer for her craft and the seductive ease of digital success spirals toward a darkness within that could make her a star-or erase her entirely.
Starring Leela Bassuk, Colby Minifie, Molly Brown, Lucy Taylor, and Vince Nappo.
Something Is Wrong Here— Writer / Director, Experimental Feature (In Development)
A meta-fictional feature in which an experimental theatrical project slips into a self-reflexive examination of artistic identity, collective belief, and the production of reality through performance.
Finding the Bagel Boss (or The Bagel Boss Finds Himself) — Director, Video Essay/ Docu Short (In Development)
An essay film in which filmmaker Taylor Edelle Stuart and a viral internet figure collaboratively reconstruct the events that brought their lives into collision, exploring performance, masculinity, spectatorship, and the fragile boundary between selfhood and spectacle in digital culture.
VIDEO DIRECTION (selected):
Oedipus - Director, Short Film (2026)
Commissioned for the Munich production of Oedipus at Residenztheater, translated and directed by Robert Icke. The film serves as a prologue to the production and is integrated throughout the visual design of the performance.
Boy Shorts: SNL - Director, Web Series Episode (2022)
Part of the comedy web series created by Molly Brown.
Boy Shorts: Catan - Director, Web Series Episode (2022)
Part of the comedy web series created by Molly Brown.
Almost Lover - Director / Editor / Treatment Writer (2023)
Music video for the artist Kate Yeager.
VIDEO ART | INSTALLATIONS + COMMISSIONS:
THE ORACLE |Made in collaboration with Sloondermoon / commissioned by Susanne Bartsch | MoMA PS1
ART BATH | Chor: Samuel Lee Roberts / Music: Alea / NYC
CRUSHING BABY ANIMALS | The Plaxall Gallery / NYC
THEATRICAL VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN - NYC (SELECTED)
TRASH | Upcoming / Dir. Nathaniel Claridad / OOTB / Perelman Arts Center / NYC
STEVE BURNS ALIVE | Dir. Matt Freeman / La Mama / NYC
MY COUSIN NELU IS NOT GAY | WORLD PREMIERE /Dir. Elissa Goetschius / Ars Nova / NYC
MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS | WORLD PREMIERE / Dir. Ciara Renee / Off Broadway / NYC
RANSOM | WORLD PREMIERE / Dir. Rory McGregor, co-design with Ted Boyce-Smith / Pinkhouse Productions / NYC
SELF DEFINED CIRCUITS | Dir. Michael Hoffmann / HERE ARTS / NYC
LENI’S LAST LAMENT | Dir. Richard Caliban / Theatre Row / NYC
TRUMP L’OEIL | Dir. Kristi Gunther / Florence Gould / NYC
PARLOR TRICKS | Dir. Charlotte Lang-Bush / Wild Project / NYC
FRIENDLY’S FIRE | Dir. Anna Hogan / Rising Sun / 14th St. Y / NYC
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON | Dir. Ariel Francoeur / The Chain / NYC
KING LEAR | Dir. Anna Rebek / The Brick / NYC
THEATRICAL VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN - REGIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL (SELECTED)
MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS | Upcoming / Dir. Kristin Hanggi / The Colony Theater / LA
THE OUTSIDERS | WORLD PREMIERE / Dir. Danya Taymor, co-design w/ Tal Yarden / La Jolla Playhouse
HALLMARK(ISH) |Dir. Tim Drucker / Paquin Entertainment / The Royal Theater Toronto
10,000 STEPS | Chor. Catherine Galasso / ODC/Dance / San Francisco
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE | Dir. Anna Hogan / Santa Fe Playhouse
JEKYLL AND HYDE | Dir. Anna Hogan / The Wallace Theater / TX
A DOLL’S HOUSE | Dir. Anna Hogan / The Wallace Theater / TX
VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN FOR CONCERTS / TOURS:
K-POP FOREVER | Dir. Dean Elliott / Right Angle Entertainment / NATIONAL TOUR
THE PHIL COLLINS STORY | Dir. Dean Elliott / Paquin Entertainment / NATIONAL TOUR
R.E.S.P.E.C.T | Dir. Christina Sajous / Right Angle Entertainment / NATIONAL TOUR
IMMERSIVE / EXPERIENTIAL VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN:
GOTHAM: ARKHAM RISES | Video Producer, Assoc. Designer / Des. Tal Yarden / Dept. Studios, Warner Brothers
HAUS OF DUST | Projection Designer / Dir. Gabriel G. Torres / Teatro Circulo / The Tank / NYC
CONNECTIONS |Projection Designer / Chor. Rohan Bhargava / Habitat Home / NYC
THEATRICAL VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN - EDUCATIONAL (SELECTED)
ORLANDO | Dir. Jimmy Maize / Columbia University / NYC
SET ZERO | Dir. Kenny Prestininzi / Connecticut College
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME | Dir. Kristen Wold / Connecticut Repertory Theatre
IN THE BLOOD | Dir. Eugene Ma / Columbia University / NYC
WHERE DO WE LIVE? | Dir. Ron Van Lieu / Columbia University / NYC
MEDEA | Dir. Miriam Grill / Columbia University / NYC
ASSOCIATE / ASSISTANT VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN:
OEDIPUS | Associate Video Designer / Des. Tal Yarden / Dir. Robert Icke / Broadway + Residenztheater
FLOYD COLLINS | Associate Video Designer / Des. Ray Sun / Dir. Tina Landau / Lincoln Center / Broadway
HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES | Associate Video Designer / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Moises Kaufman / National Tour
BILLIE JEAN | Associate Video Designer / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Marc Bruni / Chicago Shakespeare Theater
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | Associate Video Designer / Des. Tal Yarden / American Ballet Theatre / NYC
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS | Assistant Video Designer / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Jessica Stone/ Broadway
BECKY NURSE OF SALEM | Associate Video Designer / Des. Tal Yarden / Dir. Rebecca Taichman / Lincoln Center / NYC
THE CONVERSATIONALISTS | Associate Video Designer / Des. Caroline Trewet / Dir. Annie Tippe / Bushwick Starr / NYC
CAMERA / EDIT / ANIMATION - VIDEO + PROJECTION DESIGN SUPPORT:
WE LIVE IN CAIRO |Edit + Animation / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Taibi Magar/ NYTW / NYC
BEACHES: THE MUSICAL| Edit + Animation / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Lonny Price/ Theatre Calgary / CANADA
BHANGRA NATION |Edit + Animation / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Stafford Arima/ Birmingham Rep / UK
WALK ON THROUGH | Edit + Animation / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Linda Goodrich/ MCC / NYC
SCENE PARTNERS | AC, Edit / Des. David Bengali / Dir. Rachel Chavkin / The Vineyard Theatre / NYC
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FILM):
Gotham: Arkham Rises| 1st AD | Warner Brothers, DC | Dir. Tal Yarden
Oedipus| 1st AD Experiential | Dir. Robert Icke + Tal Yarden
Scene Partners| 1st AD | Experiential | Dir. Rachel Chavkin + David Bengali
Water for Elephants| 1st AD | Experiential | Dir. Jessica Stone + David Bengali
Hey!1st AD | Narrative Short | Dir. Caitlin Rose Edwards
The Sun Runs| 1st AD | Narrative Short | Dir. Michael Beuttler + Wayland Bell
Dropbox: “You Good?” |1st AD | Industrial | Dir. Jon Fusco
THEATER - STAGE DIRECTING (PRODUCED):
TENTS | By Sean David Demers / The Tank / NYC
WINK | By Jen Silverman / Brooklyn Center for Theater Research / The Reiter Group / NYC (staged reading)
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY | By Jonathan O’Neill / The Tank / NYC
ROCKS WATER ALGAE STARS | By Jonathan O’Neill / The Navigators / NYC
TURING TEST |By Dominick DeGaetano / NYC Fringe / NYC
OVER + OUT | By Maggie Lee / The Navigators / NYC
AMONG OTHER THINGS… | By Michael Tisdale / Iowa New Play Fest / IA
THE GIRL WHO CAME OUT THE WRONG WAY | By Caitlin Rose Edwards / Iowa New Play Fest / IA
RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, LABS
2026 - Oberhausen International Film Festival Seminar Fellow- lead by Linda Chiu-han Lai
2024 - Mercury Store Directing Lab – Advised by Rubén Polendo
2022 - Mercury Store Directing Lab – Advised by Leigh Silverman & Aya Ogawa
2019 - New Dramatists - Bernard B. Jacobs Educational Internship
2018 - Sundance New Voices Lab – Semi-Finalist
2017 - Williamstown Theater Festival - Educational Internship
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025 - NYSCA / NYFA Artists Fellowship | Screenwriting | Semifinalist
2024 - Juilliard Career and Project Grant | w/ Leela Bassuk for development of You Really Like Me!
2017 - Marcia Thayer Scholarship | Full tuition scholarship in theater and dance | University of Iowa
2014 - Stanley Awards for International Research | American Institute of Indian Studies | Jaipur, India
EDUCATION & TRAINING
B.A. Theatre Arts (Acting & Directing) – University of Iowa
B.A. Cinema & Comparative Literature (Film Theory) – University of Iowa
Minor: Asian Languages + Literature - Hindi
AFFILIATIONS
United Scenic Artists Local 829 (USA 829)