Gabe is an actor, tap dancer, and director, known for looking “like a leprechaun who got caught in a taffy machine.”

Growing up right outside Chicago with a father who was a visual artist and a mother who worked for arts & education non-profits, he was frequently taken to art galleries, museums, and theatre. One thing led to another, and he is now a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn with credits from a diverse range of mediums and genres. He is also passionate about arts accessibility and is a teaching artist with the neuroinclusive theatre company Epic Players. He has an Acting BFA from Syracuse University, has studied “Clown, Play, and Devising” with Fiasco Theatre, and modern dance with the Sokolow Dance/Theatre Ensemble. His tap dance training includes Derick Grant’s Ensemble Lab, MADD Rhythms, and the Chicago Human Rhythm Project.

Interested in the inspirational and profound, his belief is that theatre, music, and dance exist all around us and it is the purpose of formal performing arts to remind us this is so. He is drawn to work that reminds us of this, helping us pay attention to the natural beauty of the world, the roles we play in our own circumstances, and uses all the dimensions of human expression. He appreciates work with a strong relationship to tradition (whether venerational or subversive), embraces the ritual elements of performing, or helps erase unnecessary divisions between communities. His approach to collaborating is “accessibility-first” and non-prescriptive, built around understanding individual ability, experience, and need. Whether working in naturalistic or heightened forms, he strives to bring the same uncompromising commitment to sharing a truthful experience—in fact, the more paradoxically theatrical the better!

In addition to being creative, Gabe enjoys chess, earl grey tea, and taking long walks in Prospect Park.

As Malvolio in Twelfth Night with Arachne Theatre in Prospect Park. Photo by Sarah Jack.