With “exceptional stratospheric ease and timbral sweetness” (Financial Times), Thea performed the role of Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia with Chicago Opera Theater and Opera Festival of New Jersey. She was “a lively embodiment of La Musica, who also looks and moves well onstage” (The New York Times) in Orfeo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Thea also sang the role of Jenny in Phil Hagemann’s Roman Fever at Lincoln Center, The Assistant in Richard Wilson’s Æthelred the Unready at New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall, and the title role in Seymour Barab’s The Betrothal of Becky Brown at The Actors Institute of New York. Other operatic roles include Poppea in The Coronation of Poppea, Mademoiselle Silberklang in The Impressario, and Flora in The Turn of the Screw. Equally at home in operetta, Thea has portrayed the role of Josephine in HMS Pinafore and the title role in Patience, for which she was declared “a voice that should be heard again and again” (Classical Voice of North Carolina). 

Thea has been a featured soloist in a number of major oratorio works, including Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Schubert’s Mass in G, Rutter’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. She has sung Bach cantatas with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under the baton of Dr. Mary Greer and was part of Jonathan Miller’s staged version of St. Matthew Passion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. A lauded interpreter of art song, Thea has been heard in recital at the Aspen Music Festival and in salon recitals offered by opera companies across the country, including Central City Opera and Chicago Opera Theater. As one of ten singers selected from around the world, she joined the distinguished soprano Elly Ameling and pianist Rudolf Jansen in an intensive master course at the Académie musicale de Villecroze in Provence, and was invited to sing at the Ravinia Festival as part of the prestigious Steans Institute for Young Artists. Her linguistic skills and interpretive sensitivity were showcased when renowned lyric diction coach Nico Castel invited her to be a part of MusAcom.com, a website designed to demonstrate the principles of diction in art song. Thea’s recordings for this project were packaged with Mr. Castel’s diction tracks, creating a “PracticePak” to help singers of all levels prepare song repertoire.        

Thea’s passion for poetry and song led her to create Baltimore Musicales, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the art of the song recital. As executive director, she has curated and produced over 100 programs of art song, opera, musical theater and vocal chamber music throughout Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. Now in its tenth season, Baltimore Musicales provides performance opportunities for outstanding regional artists and builds community through shared musical experiences.

Thea serves as the music director for Husky Drama at Silver Creek Middle School and enjoys sharing her love of musical theater with aspiring young artists. She also maintains a private voice studio in Chevy Chase. A native of Chicago, Thea graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College and received her Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.