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Why are you here and what are you trying to accomplish here?: Director/Actor/Teacher - looking for paying directing projects in the entertainment industry

About Me:: EDUCATION:

M.F.A., Directing, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA Spring 2005
Major field of study: Elizabethan and Renaissance Staging
Thesis: Documented MFA thesis production of the first production in 400 years of the First Quarto of The Chronicle History of Henry V. Explored differences between F and Q1 of the play.

M.Litt., Elizabethan and Renaissance Literature in Performance, Mary Baldwin College Staunton, VA Spring 2005
Major Field: Directing
Thesis: The Cost of Honor. Traced the emotional and psychological roots of Henry V’s drive to conquer France using the theories of Dr. James Gilligan, noted prison psychologist, as basis for its argument.

B.A., State University of New York/Empire State College, New York, NY Spring 2003
Major: Theater

High School of Performing Arts, Drama Department, New York NY Spring 1981

TEACHING INTERESTS:

 Basic, intermediate and advanced acting. Synthesis of Stanislavski, Meisner, Shakespeare & Company, Strasberg and physical approach to actor training.
 Basic, intermediate, and advanced directing
 Shakespeare in Performance
 Style work; commedia dell’arte
 Voice and movement; Feldenkrais, Linklater

EXPERIENCE:
Drama Teacher, Patterson High School, Baltimore MD. Teaching six sections of Theater to inner-city Baltimore high school youth. September 2006 – Present

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, James Madison University Introduction to Theater. Fall Semester, 2005. Taught Introduction to Theater, three sections. Basic overview of Western theater from origins of Theater to present day.

Acting Teacher, Performance Workshop Theater, Baltimore MD Basic, intermediate and advanced acting. Synthesis of Stanislavski, Meisner, Shakespeare & Company, Strasberg and physical approach. Scene and monologue work combined with exercises and physical/vocal work. January 2006 to June 2006.

Acting Teacher, Spotlighters Theater, Baltimore MD. MD Basic, intermediate and advanced acting. Synthesis of Stanislavski, Meisner, Shakespeare & Company, Strasberg and physical approach. Scene and monologue work combined with exercises and physical/vocal work. Present.

Guest Lecturer, Shakespeare & Company NEA Teacher Workshop
Summer 2005. Presented a lecture on Phillip Henslowe, his Diary, and the Rose Playhouse in order to give high school teachers an appreciation of the role of business in Elizabethan theater.

Education Coordinator – Town Hall Lab, Town Hall, New York NY
Directed, administered and provided leadership for Arts-in-Education effort in NYC schools. Responsible for the development of School-to-Work arts-in-education initiative dedicated to servicing New York City at-risk youth. Was Resource Coordinator/Program Supervisor in addition to being Lead Teacher. Responsible for teacher training, quality control, communication and logistics.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Henslowe’s Diary
• The connection between F and Q1 of The Chronicle History of Henry V
• The relationship between the modern American musical and Elizabethan methods of theatrical rehearsal.

RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Current:
• Preparing an article discussing the differences between F and Q1 of The Chronicle History of Henry V and its relationship to the production of the modern American musical.

• Initial stages of book discussing the commoditization of honor as it relates to Shakespeare’s The Chronicle History of Henry V and King John

• Author of HENSLOWE!, one man show about Phillip Henslowe, Elizabethan entrepreneur

PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED:
Angels In America, Part II: Perestroika Spotlighters Theater, Baltimore MD
A Tuna Christmas Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg VA
The Chronicle History of Henry V Raised Spirits Theater Company, VA
(first staging of First Quarto in 400 years)
Hamlet Raised Spirits Theater Company, VA
Acts of Treason The Northeast Theater, La Plume PA
(original script about the death of Billy the Kid)
A Christmas Carol The Northeast Theater, La Plume PA
My Thoughts On The Matter Manhattan Class Company, NY NY
(original play based on the experience of 14 year old from NYC)
My Worst Party (original script) Manhattan Class Company, NY NY
A Medley of Christopher Durang One-Acts Love Creek Productions, NY NY
The Power and The Glory (original script) Love Creek Productions, NY NY
Remember When (Original Script) Love Creek Productions, NY NY
MOMENTS: A Collection of Original One Acts Love Creek Productions, NY NY
The Bear (by Anton Chekhov) Sanford Meisner Theater, NY NY
All Kinds of People (musical) Midtown Management Group, NY NY

PRODUCTIONS ACTED IN:

OFF-BROADWAY:
The Madwoman of Chaillot, by Girardoux Mirror Repertory Company, NY NY
(W/Geraldine Page & F. Murray Abraham,
directed by Stephen Porter)
The Time of Your Life, by William Saroyan Mirror Repertory Company, NY NY
(W/Mason Adams)
Vivat! Vivat! Regina!, by Robert Bolt Mirror Repertory Company, NY NY
(W/Geraldine Page, directed by John Strasberg)
Clarence, by Booth Tarkington Mirror Repertory Company, NY NY
(W/Geraldine Page, directed by Arthur Storch)
Children of the Sun, by Maxim Gorky Mirror Repertory Company, NY NY
(W/Michael Moriarty & Tovah Feldshuh)

REGIONAL:
King John, by William Shakespeare University Wits Theater Company, Staunton, VA
FALSTAFF (conflation of 1 & 2Henry IV) Shenandoah Shakespeare
Staunton, VA
The Play’s The Thing, by Ferenc Molnar Chain Lightning Theater Company
Spring Lake, NJ

Light Up the Sky, by Moss Hart Chain Lightning Theater Company
Spring Lake, NJ

DINNER THEATER
Medieval Times Medieval Times LLC
Anne Arundel Mills Mall, Maryland

OFF-OFF BROADWAY:
Andorra, by Max Frisch Chain Lightning Theater Company
NY, NY
Miss Julie, by August Strindburg Chain Lightning Theater Company
NY, NY
Richard III, by William Shakespeare Chain Lightning Theater Company
NY, NY

The Water Engine, by David Mamet Chain Lightning Theater Company
NY, NY
The Apollo of Bellac, by Girardoux Chain Lightning Theater Company
NY, NY
Strippa (new play) New Federal Theater
Dark Lady of the Sonnets Riverside Shakespeare Company
(compendium of Shakespearean sonnets)

OTHER:
• Artistic Director, Raised Spirits Theatre Company
• Private Acting Teacher, Performance Workshop Theater, Baltimore MD
• Taught Shakespeare to Teens, Fells Point Corner Theater

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
BROADWAY:
Beauty and The Beast ASM (Sub)
2002-2003
Lunt-Fontanne

Smokey Joe's Cafe ASM (Sub)
1996-1997
Virginia Theatre

Showboat ASM (Sub)
1995-1996
Gershwin Theatre

OFF-BROADWAY:
September 1994-June 1995
American Jewish Theater
PSM
Shabbatai (Original musical )
Miami Stories
Have You Spoken To Any Jews Lately?
September 1993-June 1994

September-December 1993
Litchfield Productions
PSM
Make Someone Happy; The Jule Styne Revue
The Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center
January 1993-September 1993

ASM
Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding
142 Waverly Place
December 1992

PSM
The Actors Studio
The Winds of God
Life In A Northern Town
An Evening of Readings With Stephen Rea, Lee Grant, Anne Jackson & Eli Wallach

ASM
Manhattan Class Company
Good As New
September 1992-December 1992

REGIONAL:
Marry Me A Little
PSM
Queens Theater In the Park

WORKSHOP
Rita Hayworth --- Hollywood Goddess
PSM
John Houseman Theater

BACKERS AUDITIONS & STAGED READINGS:
Little Lord Fauntleroy
PSM
890 Studios
Kudzu
PSM
890 Studios

TYA:
Down Hearted Blues: Bessie Smith PSM Broadway Arts
Westbeth Theater Center

The Broken Jug
PSM/Advance Man
Lincoln Center Institute

OTHER:
Resident Stage Manager/Production Manager - Town Hall
One Day Events; Load-ins, Load-outs
Production management, etc. Over 350 events in 5 years 1996-2002

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
• Actors Equity Association (AEA)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local #1 (I.A.T.S.E. #1)
• Associate Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC)

Interests: Weightlifting, tai chi

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