“What would I do if I were in that situation?”

The moral or ethical dilemma. We face them every day. Some are more momentous than others, but the age old question always arises: “Do what is right, or do what is easy?”

Through my work, I explore and resonate with characters facing these moral or ethical dilemmas, especially if it involves self-sacrifice.

Coming to NYC from a small Pennsylvania town where sports reigned supreme (I played three of them) and men don’t show emotion, I might as well have come from a different planet. As a shy and sheltered kid who never even considered acting until  my twenties, I stepped into my first acting class and saw these incredible artists do things that absolutely blew my unsuspecting mind. It was dangerous, unencumbered, primal, and to me, utterly terrifying. Subconsciously, I knew that if it scared me that much, it was exactly what I needed. I knew it would be hard, but I didn't have a choice, because I needed to be an actor. And within a few short months, I got the police called on the class for what a well-meaning passerby mistook as a domestic disturbance.

True Story.

I’m not a prodigy. I didn’t grow up in the arts. But I fell deeply in love with the craft and the exploration of humanity, and I got to work because I needed to. And because just like the characters so close to my heart, I’m not one to take the easy way out.