Jonathan is a creative producer, educator, and director working at the intersection of emerging technology (XR, AI, robotics) and live performance.  At the University of Maryland, he is a faculty member in the Immersive Media Design (IMD) program, founding Program Manager of the New Works Incubator, and a Co-PI for several interdisciplinary research projects translating cutting-edge science for general audiences.

Jonathan is the Co-Artistic Director of Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative (SMC), an award-winning, non-profit production company that creates original works for theater, VR/XR, and the web around socially relevant themes.  SMC’s work has been presented at arts festivals and institutions across the US, South Africa, Germany, and the UK.

He is also a pioneer in VR performance technique as a part of the groundbreaking studios Ferryman Collective and Double Eye Studios and was a puppeteer in the original Broadway casts of War Horse and Life of Pi.