Award-winning New York City-based director, choreographer, librettist, and Broadway co-producer known for championing multicultural storytelling. A versatile multi-hyphenate theater maker, her career spans over three decades of performance, choreography, advocacy, and education. 

 

Awards & Honors

• Drama Desk Award: Winner as a Broadway co-producer with Theatre Producers of Color

• Outer Critics Circle Award: Winner as a Broadway co-producer with TPOC

• Tony Award Nominations: Three-time nominee as a Broadway co-producer for Suffs, Cabaret, and Gypsy.

• Joe A. Callaway Award: Winner for Outstanding Choreography Off-Broadway

• Joseph Jefferson Award: Winner for Best Choreography

• The Legacy Robe: Recipient during her performing career

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Notable Work & Credits

• Bob Fosse Legacy: Spent six years working alongside Gwen Verdon, Chet Walker and later Ann Reinking to reconstruct nearly 70 Fosse numbers; served as Dance Reconstructor & Onstage Dance Captain for the Tony Award-winning musical Fosse.

• Creative Direction: Book writer and director for Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet the musical adaptation of Jamie Ford’s New York Times bestseller. 

• Broadway Performer: Six original casts

• Directing Highlights: Developed, produced, and directed 40 productions at venues such as TheatreWorks Hartford (Lizzie), Cherry Lane Theatre, Joyce Theater, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Neighborhood Playhouse, Theatre 71, Summer Stage, The Duplex

 

Advocacy & Leadership

• Rockettes of Color Alumnae: Co-founder and co-chair.

• Abingdon Theatre Company: Founder and chair of the Alvin Ing Scholarship Award.

• Industry Representation: Co-conceived and wrote the BCEFA (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) Red Bucket Follies opening honoring Asian Americans on Broadway.

• Serves on the choreography advisory board for the New York Theater Barn

 

Education & Academic Career

• University Faculty: Over 32 year teaching career, serving as an adjunct professor at institutions such as NYU Tisch and Pace University and guest director/choreographer and/or teaching artist at 20 universities. 

• Inclusive Training: Co-developed specialized curriculum at Dance Theatre Arts alongside Alex Sanchez, with extensive experience instructing students navigating physical and neurodivergent learning challenges (including ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, dyscalculia, and visual impairments).