Amy Helms
Amy Helms is an intuitive, dynamic, and joyfully collaborative stage director from Cincinnati,Ohio. Her recent directing work spans educational outreach and cabaret programming with Opera in the Ozarks and Indianapolis Opera. At Opera in the Ozarks, this past summer she assistant directed Candide and Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi, while also directing the educational tour of Monkey See, Monkey Do! During the 2025–26 season, she served as Resident Assistant Director and Production Coordinator with Indianapolis Opera. She is returning this season to assistant direct La traviata, after assisting on Rigoletto, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Le nozze di Figaro last season. Previously, Amy served as an Apprentice Stage Director with Opera Neo, assisting on Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Haydn’s Armida.
Amy’s directing work also includes Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at Florida State University, her culminating thesis project for her Master of Music in Opera Production, as well as educational outreach productions of The Magic Flute and Abrazo de Oso. Across her work, she is passionate about creating generous, collaborative rehearsal rooms and vivid theatrical worlds that place character and storytelling at the center of opera.