Gabrielle holds an M.F.A. in directing from The California Institute of the Arts and has worked as a director since 1988. In that time, she focused on educational theater -­ teaching and directing in Oregon high schools, Lewis & Clark College, and (in California) ­ Bakersfield College, College of the Canyons, and American Academy of Dramatic Art. Gabrielle’s theater experience includes dramaturgy, playwriting/adaptation, and co-administrating the Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre.