I am inspired to make and be in work that is fearless and tender: work that asks, what do I want to protect? Work that carries the urgency of if I only had an hour to speak to the world, what would I say? 

I am drawn to stories about the Mother Courages of the world. To quirky, eccentric personalities. To lives unfolding in under-represented spaces. I am interested in the subtleties of the everyday — interpersonal relationships, private rituals, traditions, in-between moments, and silence.

I am compelled to engage in international projects and explore performance across languages and cultures. I find language dissonance and being lost in translation exciting in its capacity to transcend conventional modes of connection, create beautiful confusion, and invite surprise.

My dad speaks Bergamasco; my aunt speaks Patois. One day, they had a conversation entirely in their own dialects — a kind of beautiful miscommunication where nothing and everything was understood. This inspired me greatly.

I am passionate by theater that is interactive and invites the audience into the world of the play. I draw inspiration from companies like Complicité, The Moment Work Institute, and The Handspring Puppet Company, as well as from artists such as Tiago Rodrigues and Anna Deavere Smith.

As a writer, I work in theatrical decoupage uniting mediums, forms, and voices. I enjoy weaving traditional, text-based storytelling with poetic theatrical forms, and setting contrast and contradiction side by side to uncover both absurdity and universality.