TELEVISION
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE
First Staff Writer for Gabby’s Dollhouse, the hit kids’ show from DreamWorks — streaming on Netflix. This was an absolutely a-meow-zing time (if you watched the show, you’d get that joke). My first episodes are “Music Festival” and “Silly Kitty Cubes,” just released with Season 9 on Netflix. In this clip, build a DIY craft and listen to an original song I wrote for “Music Festival.”
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
Segment Writer & On-Air Talent, wrote this musical comedy song with the prompt “I Bought an Off-Brand Rapid Test” and performed in front of the live studio audience as a part of the Battle of the Instant Songwriters segment. It was a blast just to participate… but spoiler alert: I won.
SESAME STREET
(UNILEVER HBCC)
WINNER:
Global Good Awards
(2021)
Writer, Editor & Writing Coordinator for comprehensive short form content series
Headed format development, writing and editing for “Raya’s Treasure Hunt” animated series
SESAME STREET
(AHLAN SIMSIM)
NOMINEE:
International Emmy Awards (2021)
Writer, Editor & Writing Coordinator for Sesame Workshop’s $100m+ show for refugee people, broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa
Develop and edit all content for the show. It’s not subtitled, but check out the YouTube channel here
COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS
WINNER:
National College Emmys
(2019)
Creator of Northwestern's "Weekend Update"
*Watch this clip from the College Television Awards to see our team announced as the 2019 winners of the Variety category!*
COMEDY
BIG GAME HOME VIDEO
BGHV signed a development deal with Adult Swim in 2020. We’ve been making absurdist sketch comedy ever since.
ObsessED WITH US
Co-Creator, Actor & Producer
Obsessed With Us is a monthly improv comedy show at Brooklyn Comedy Collective. We’ve headlined New York’s largest improv festival (Fun & Dumb Festival), and we’ve been featured in the New York Comedy Festival.
STORY PIRATES
Writer, director & actor for top Kids and Family podcast in the U.S.
Listen on Spotify:
The Dancing Artichoke
The Ultimate Cheese Event
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
THIS PART IS MOSTLY FOR MY PARENTS
THe Blackout
Host of
Northwestern's Late Night Talk Show
"The Blackout" is Northwestern's popular late night talk / variety show. When I was selected to host, I was humbled and honored. For a year, I directed, wrote, starred in and generally created three shows worth of content, with a particular focus on optimizing everything for social media and digital channels, specifically within our Northwestern audience. What came out of it is definitely some of the work I'm most proud of — running the writers' room, we had an opportunity to bring disparate corners of our college community together, as well as make commentary on the school that we all attend. It was an incredible product of passion and solidarity, and I had a blast serving as host.
NORTHWESTERN SKETCH TELEVISION
Northwestern Sketch Television (NSTV) is a huge operation, with an awesome budget and massive crew. However, the actual core of the creative team is small and mighty. I was thrilled to be cast as an actor for three years.
THUNK A CAPPELLA
NU's oldest a cappella group
I had the pleasure of performing with THUNK all four years of college, from venues on campus to those in Cape Town, South Africa. My solos and arrangements were featured in national publications like "Live for Live Music" (here) and "College A Cappella" (here).
"MY DEAR LAURENS"
I'm not a big "Hamilton" buff, but I took a class on the musical in the context of its actual history at Northwestern and one of the final assignments was a creative one, to write the musical's missing track. Most students wrote poems or raps, but I decided to really run with it. When I posted it to YouTube to share with the class, it took off, and has since collected nearly 100,000 views. It’s even got its own Genius lyrics page and it’s been translated into multiple languages.