Credits

Writing

“Puppet Masters” – First performed in 2017
“Family Meetings” – First performed in 2017
“Brain Center” – First performed in 2016
“Monster School IV: The Legend of Pirate Gold” – First performed in 2015
“Monster School III: Happy Birthday Anchorage” – First performed in 2015
“Monster School II: Monsters Go West” – First performed in 2013
“Monster School Time Tunnel Adventure” – First performed in 2012, Lyrics and music by Justin Birchell
“Dr. Fortean’s Klondike Gold Elixir and Wild Big Alaska Show” – First performed in 2009, Contains original music and lyrics
“Upwardly Mobile” – First performed in 2005, Contains original lyrics
“Hear Me Roar” – First performed in 2004
“Die Another Day Again With Love” – First performed in 2003
Adaptation of Wm. Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor” – First performed in 2003
“Mood Indigo” – First performed in 2003
Adaptation of Wm. Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” – First performed in 2002
“An Evening With the Bard” – First performed in 1999
“Group Therapy” – First performed in 1999
“If Women Played Cards Like Men” – First performed in 1997

Production

(* indicates musical or light musical)

  1. Let Nothing You Dismay” – Director 2017 (ACT)
  2. Red Rabbit White Rabbit” – Director 2017 (MST)
  3. Silver Thaw” – Sound Design 2017 (ACT)
  4. Serial Bowl” – Director / Producer 2017 (MST)
  5. *“The Klondike Gold and Wild Big Alaska Show” – Director 2017 (MST)
  6. Murther Von Shakespeare’s Alaska Shakespearience” – Director 2017 (MST)
  7. The Dock Brief” – Director 2017 (MST)
  8. Merry Wives of Windsor” – Director 2017 (TBA)
  9. Hamlet” – Role: English Ambassador 2017 (TBA)
  10. The Best of Everything” – Sound Design 2017 (ACT)
  11. *“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” – Director 2017 (WHS)
  12. *“World Famous First Ever Hide Get Together” – Director 2017 (Fur Rendezvous)
  13. Tis the Season” – Director 2016 (MST)
  14. The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe” – Director 2016 (ACT)
  15. The Frogs” – Director 2016 (ATY)
  16. Baskerville!” – Role: Actor 1 / Director 2016 (MST)
  17. Pyrates” – Director 2016 (WHS)
  18. *“Little Mermaid” – Director 2016 (WHS)
  19. *“Pirates Vs. Miners” – Director 2016 (Fur Rendezvous)
  20. The Secret Garden” – Director 2015 (ACT)
  21. *“Monster School IV: The Legend of Pirate Gold” – Director 2015 (WHS)
  22. *“Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” – Director 2015 (WHS)
  23. *“Western Civilization the Complete Musical Abridged” – Director 2015 (MST)
  24. A Trip to Bountiful” – Director 2015 (ACT)
  25. *“Shrek” – Director 2015 (WHS)
  26. *“Monster School III: Happy Birthday Anchorage” – Director 2015 (WHS)
  27. *“Brundibar” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  28. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” – Role: Mr. Gloop 2014 (TBA)
  29. MacBeth” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  30. Our Town” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  31. *”The Fantasticks” – Director 2014 (UAA)
  32. *”Musical of Musicals the Musical” – Director 2014 (MST)
  33. Sebastian’s Vigil” – Role: John of Malta 2014 (Last Frontier Theatre Conference)
  34. Mood Indigo” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  35. Tom Sawyer” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  36. *”The AlaskAvengers vs. Dr. Despicable” – Director 2014 (Alaska Sound Celebration / Fur Rendezvous)
  37. *”Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” – Director 2014 (WHS)
  38. *”Amahl and the Night Visitors” – Director 2013 (WHS & Anchorage Opera)
  39. *”Monster School II” – Writer / Director 2013 (WHS)
  40. And Then There Were None” – Role: William Henry Blore 2013 (ACT)
  41. *”Mulan Jr.” – Director 2013 (WHS)
  42. *“The Marvelous Wonderettes” – Director 2013 (MST)
  43. Twelfth Night” – Director 2013 (WHS)
  44. *”Zombie Prom” – Director 2013 (WHS)
  45. *“Monster School Time Tunnel Adventure” – Writer / Director 2012 (WHS)
  46. MacBeth” – Role: Thane of Ross 2012 (TBA)
  47. *“Constance And Sinestra” – Director (United States Premier) 2012 (WHS)
  48. Alaska Overnighter 2012 (AO)
  49. Hamlet II” – Director 2012 (MST)
  50. Of Mice and Men” – Director 2012 (WHS)
  51. Emma” – Director 2012 (WHS)
  52. God of Carnage” – Asst. Lighting Designer / Electrician 2011 (Manoa Valley Theatre, HI)
  53. *”Legally Blonde The Musical” – Director (High School Premier) 2011 (WHS)
  54. *“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” – Director 2011 (WHS)
  55. MacBeth” – Director 2011 (TBA)
  56. The 39 Steps” – Director 2011 (MST)
  57. *“Seussical Jr.” – Director (In Anchorage and Edinburgh Fringe) 2011 (WHS)
  58. Midsummer Night’s Dream” – Director 2011 (WHS)
  59. The Lion The Witch And the Wardrobe” – Director 2011 (WHS)
  60. Alaska Overnighter” 2011 (AO)
  61. *“Hairspray” – Director 2010 (WHS)
  62. *“Cinderella Kids” – Director 2010 (WHS)
  63. Alaska Overnighter” 2010 (AO)
  64. Fourth Wall” – Director 2010 (MST)
  65. Dr. Fortean’s Klondike Gold Elixir and Wild Big Alaska Show” – Writer/Director 2010 (TBA)
  66. Sly Fox” – Director 2010 (WHS)
  67. *“Ruthless” – Director 2010 (WHS)
  68. The Little Magic Snowman” – Role: Old Man Winter 2009 (TBA)
  69. Arabian Nights” – Director 2009 (TBA)
  70. *“Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr.” – Director 2009 (WHS)
  71. Upwardly Mobile” – Director / Writer 2009 (APU)
  72. The Tamer Tamed” – Director 2009 (WHS)
  73. Romeo and Juliet” – Role: Lord Capulet 2009 (TBA)
  74. *”Return to the Forbidden Planet” – Director 2009 (WHS)
  75. *”Improvapalooza” – Director 2008 (APU)
  76. *“Disney’s Jungle Book Kids” – Director 2008 (WHS)
  77. Cockroach’s Countdown” – Director 2008 (AO)
  78. Drama and Debate Coach (1st place State Champion in 10 of 13 seasons) 2008 – 1995 (ASD)
  79. *“Hello Dolly” – Director 2008 (WHS)
  80. Arsenic and Olde Lace” – Director 2008 (WHS)
  81. Charlotte’s Web” – Director 2007 (WHS)
  82. Frogs” – Co-Director 2007 (TBA)
  83. *“Moby Dick! The Musical” – Director (in Anchorage and at Edinburgh Fringe) 2007 (WHS)
  84. Much Ado About Nothing” – Director 2007 (WHS)
  85. *“Annie” – Director 2007 (WHS)
  86. To Kill A Mockingbird” – Director 2006 (WHS)
  87. The Three Musketeers” – Director 2006 (WHS)
  88. She Stoops to Conquer” – Director 2006 (TBA)
  89. *“Aladdin Jr.” – Director 2006 (WHS)
  90. Frankenstein” – Director 2005 (WHS)
  91. State Fair Commercial – Actor 2005 Northwest Strategies
  92. *“Upwardly Mobile” – Director / Writer 2005 (TFYP)
  93. The Tempest” – Director / Writer 2005 (WHS)
  94. Pyrates” – Role: Hoon Ha 2005 (TFYP)
  95. *“Shitty Haircut” – Director, Role:Guitarist 2004 (AO)
  96. Inherit The Wind” – Director 2004 (WHS)
  97. Fast Tracks” – Director, Role: Mr. Holmgren 2004 (AO)
  98. *“Hear Me Roar” – Director / Writer 2004 (TFYP)
  99. The Hobbit” – Director / Writer 2004 (TFYP)
  100. Black Comedy” – Director 2004 (WHS)
  101. Merry Wives of Windsor” – Director 2003 (WHS)
  102. Mood Indigo” – Director / Writer 2003 (ATY)
  103. *“Les Miserables” – Lighting and Scenic Designer 2003 (WHS)
  104. “The Tempest” – Director 2002 (ATY)
  105. “Otogibanashi” – Director 2002 (ATY)
  106. “Northanger Abbey” – Asst. Director, Stage Manager 2002 (ATY)
  107. Lip Synch – Director 2002, 2001 & 2000 (WHS)
  108. “Alicia in Wonder Tierra” – Lighting Designer, Role: Father 2001 (RMS)
  109. “K2” – Asst. Director, Dramaturg 2001 (UAA)
  110. “The Nerd” – Director 2001 & 1994 (WHS)
  111. *”42nd Street”- Lighting Designer 2001 (WHS)
  112. “Evening with the Bard” – Director / Writer 2003, 2001 & 1999 (WHS)
  113. “Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged” – Lighting Crew 2001 (KTC)
  114. “Grapes of Wrath” – Lighting Crew 2000 (UAA)
  115. “The Three Musketeers” – Role: Buckingham, d’Artagnon’s Father, The Stranger 2000 (UAA)
  116. “Streetcar Named Desire” – Lighting Crew 2000 (KTC)
  117. *”Into The Woods”- Lighting Designer 2000 (WHS)
  118. “Project 10” – Creator, Director 1999 (WHS)
  119. “Broadway Bound” – Electrician 1999 (UAA)
  120. “King Lear” – Master Electrician 1999 (UAA)
  121. “Eagle’s Dare” Improv Show – Creator, Director, Role: Chip Glitzy. 2008, 2003-2005, 1998 – 1993 (WHS)
  122. “The Great Cross Country Race” – Sound Technician, Asst. Director 1998 (WHS)
  123. “Love’s Labours Lost” – Master Electrician 1996 (UAA)
  124. “Dancing at Lughnasa” – Master Electrician 1996 (VPA)
  125. *”You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” – Asst. Director 1995 (WHS)
  126. “Rossum’s Universal Robots” – Director 1994 (WHS)
  127. “Richard III” – Lightboard Op., Asst Lighting Designer 1994 (UAA)
  128. *”The Death of Baron Von Richthofen as Witnessed From Earth” – Flyman 1993 (UAA)
  129. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” – Asst. Director 1990 (WHS)
  130. “Sherlock Holmes” – Asst. Director 1990 (WHS)
  131. “Man and Superman” – Role: Roebuck Ramsden 1982 (WSU)
  132. “Blithe Spirit” – Asst. Stage Mgr, Props 1982 (WHS)
  133. “Peter Pan” – Asst. Flyman under Peter Foy, Role: Pirate 1981 (ACT)
  134. *”Kismet” – Lighting Crew 1979 (JDLT)
  135. *”Guys and Dolls” – Lighting Crew 1978 (JDLT)
  136. “MacBeth” – Role: Fleance 1978 (JDLT)

Theatre Companies

MST = Midnight Sun Theatre
ACT = Anchorage Community Theatre
ASD = Anchorage School District
ATY = Alaska Theatre of Youth
JDLT = Juneau-Douglas Little Theatre
KTC = Kokopelli Theatre Company
VPA = Valley Performing Arts
UAA = University of Alaska Theatre
RMS = Romig Middle School
WHS = West Anchorage High School
WSU = Washington State University
TFYP = UAA’s Theatre For Young People
AO = Alaska Overnighters
TBA = TBA Theatre
APU = Alaska Pacific University