Arts

Before Lin Manuel Miranda created Hamilton, he made his name on Broadway with a musical about the largely Latino Washington Heights neighborhood in New York City. In the Heights was a smash hit and was eventually made into a feature film. Now, you can see the production locally as Bristol Riverside Theatre showcases the musical […]

Making promotional videos for McCarter Theatre always makes my work interesting, because I enjoy peeking under the hood, so to speak. Some of the videos I make for McCarter get to showcase the talented staff who work behind the scenes to make the theatre productions come to life. For McCarter’s most recent play, Legacy of […]

Many of my clients are theatre companies, so I see and shoot a lot of plays each year. I love this part of my job, because I enjoy seeing so many innovative and unique theatrical performances. Bristol Riverside Theatre’s latest production, Fires in the Mirror, is one of those productions that affected me on a […]

One of the things I love about my work is that I get to meet all kinds of people and hear about their work. For me it is educational, and it helps me expand my perspective. Recently, I worked with producer Jason Strother on a segment for State of the Arts called “Artists Creating Access.” […]

In Philadelphia, gun violence has long been a problem. Even though 2024 showed a 37% decrease in homicides and a 36% decrease in shootings, every single incident of gun violence causes trauma for individuals, families, and communities.  The Souls Shot Portrait Project, an organizations that aims to deal with that trauma, matches families and friends […]

Somehow I missed the cult classic film Empire Records in the 1990s — despite being a teenager when the film came out. It is the story of an independent record store in danger of getting turned into a corporate chain while it’s mostly teenage employees navigate life, relationships, and figuring out who they are. Things […]