Comedy

Films, series, writing, and research shaped by performance, status, timing, and social behavior.

Performance + direction

I began as a dancer and actor and started performing stand-up at thirteen. That experience still shapes how I think about timing, blocking, vulnerability, and what an audience notices.

I am interested in the private logic that makes a character's behavior reasonable to them. Comedy can reveal the hierarchy in a room, the rules everyone understands, and the moment somebody stops following them.

Directing practice

Comedy on screen

Hot Minute

A six-episode crime comedy. Writer / Director / Producer. In post-production.

Project

The Tenth Circle

A dark-comedy short. Director / Cinematographer / Producer. In post-production.

Project

#millcore

A two-season comedy web series. Director / Co-writer / Executive producer / Co-editor / Actor. Released.

Project

god's favorite angels

A dark-comedy feature in development, with a 2025 proof-of-concept short in post-production.

Project

Good Sport, Old Chap

Sketch comedy is another part of my comedy work.

Behind the Laughter

My book Behind the Laughter: History, Writing, and the Production of American Comedy was published by Kendall Hunt in 2025. It connects comedy history, joke and sketch writing, production, and cultural analysis.

Teaching + research

My teaching has included comedy writing, comedy production, television, web series, and media industries. My research considers digital humor, class, regional identity, platform culture, and audience circulation.