ARTISTIC / ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP / TEACHING
Adjunct Professor, Visual & Performing Arts - Worcester State University (MA) 2023
Creative Arts Text Analysis (Shakespeare)
Adjunct Professor, Dramatic Arts - University of Connecticut 2022 - 2023
3rd Year MFA:
Naturalism Scene Study
Acting Showcase (assistance with finding scenes, directing scenes)
Team-Taught Collaboration with Film Production Class
Graduate Design Seminar:
Guest director
Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance – Washington College (MD) 2013 - 2021
Wrote & produced world premiere adaptation of YA novel The Eyre Affair
Faculty liaison to Board of Visitors & Governors
Produced productions with budgets of $15,000+
Assistant Professor, Graduate Acting – Asolo Repertory Theatre / FSU (FL) 2011 - 2013
Focused on classical acting techniques, directed regional premieres of work by
award-winning Annie Baker & Kenneth Lonergan
Consultant – L.A. Theatre Works 2008 - 2011
Responsible for directing, casting, script evaluation, tour production
Created first sustainable, systematic structure for national touring in 30+ year history
Associate Producer – L.A. Theatre Works 2005 - 2008
Producer and director of nationally broadcast radio plays for National Public Radio
Director of first-ever national tour in 30 year history, traveled to over 20 cities
Proceeded to direct two additional national tours (over 60 cities in three years)
Oversight for season selection
Line-producer of ten-play season including:
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Annual budgeting
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Casting (over 40 productions for LA and nationally)
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Hiring of artistic personnel
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Producing and overseeing 7 national tours
Development: Donor cultivation and fundraising
Public Relations: Represented LATW in community (radio talk shows, public readings, etc.)
Education: spearheaded working with L.A. Museum of Natural History on adult & child outreach
Literary: Script evaluation, script developmental and negotiating performance rights
Associate Artistic Director – The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA 1998 - 2005
Director of one to two main stage productions per year
Oversaw development of new plays from readings into full production
Assisted Artistic Director with season selection, designer selection
Line-produced newly-expanded season of 14 shows in three distinct spaces
Organized with Development Dept. first-ever multiple “date nights”, including pre-show drinks and talks by artists,
encouraging patrons under 40 to attend productions
Worked with Development Dept. on donor cultivation and significant “asks” and donations
Line-produced, cast (and directed in its 2nd year) world-premiere of How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Organized first-ever San Diego-wide “Casting Forums” and “Artistic Forums” including artistic and casting
representatives from all major theaters in city to gather and address issues and questions from community
Oversight of literary and casting departments including:
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Annual budgeting
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Casting for nearly 100 productions
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Script evaluation
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Maintained relationships with literary agents and managers
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Personally initiated reading series for new play development, many of which subsequently produced
in following season
Participation in education outreach programs including:
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Teaching various audition technique workshops and classical acting classes for adults
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Teaching performance classes for children
Artistic Director – The Eclipse Theatre, Chicago, IL 1996 - 1998
First A.D. in ten-year history to re-organize structure of company, including increased membership
and more aggressive fundraising
First A.D. to create model of rotating producers of productions from within company
Created yearly “gala” and “bowling ball” fundraisers
Line-producer of three-play season including:
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Annual budgeting with Managing Director
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Casting (both within the Eclipse ensemble and outside of it)
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Hiring of artistic personnel
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Producing and overseeing gala events and other fundraisers
Development: Donor cultivation and fundraising
Public Relations: Represented Eclipse in community
Literary: Script evaluation, script developmental and negotiating performance rights
REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (with Billy Campbell & Dana Delany) (2005)
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (5 years) (2000 – 2005)
SKY GIRLS (West Coast Premiere) (1999)
REGIONAL (select list):
A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW Connecticut Rep
BASKERVILLE Cape Playhouse
THE WINTER'S TALE Prague Shakespeare Company
BLITHE SPIRIT Peninsula Players
JUDITH (workshop) Brickbox Theatre
LUCY LOVES DESI (National Tour) LA Theatre Works
A DANGER TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS (reading) Gulfshore Playhouse
JAMES OF NAZARETH (reading) Gulfshore Playhouse
HENRY VI PART 3 (2022) Prague Shakespeare Company
A HIDDEN CORNER (2019 - reading) Theatre J
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2019) Delaware Theatre Company
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2019) American Stage
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (2019) Prague Shakespeare Company
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (2018) Colorado Shakespeare Festival
BASKERVILLE (2018) Long Wharf Theatre
RELATIVELY SPEAKING (2017) Dog Days Theater
BASKERVILLE (2017) Cleveland Playhouse & Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
ALABAMA STORY (2016) Peninsula Players
THE PITMEN PAINTERS (2016) American Stage
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (2015) Playmakers Repertory Theatre
FALLEN ANGELS (2015) Theatre at Monmouth
REBORNING (2015) Urbanite Theatre
OPUS Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
COMPLEX Portland Center Stage, JAW Festival
SHIPWRECKED! Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
OPUS Portland Center Stage
THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS (2011) Pasadena Playhouse
ANGELS IN AMERICA (PARTS ONE AND TWO) (2011) Playmakers Rep
OPUS Playmakers Rep
ARMS AND THE MAN (2001) Alabama Shakespeare Festival
RICHARD II (Jeff Award Nominee) Writers Theatre
AS YOU LIKE IT Weston Playhouse
THE PRINCESS AND THE BLACK-EYED PEA Ravinia Festival
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2000) Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival
THE ROVER (1999) Antaeus Theatre Company
THE GREAT TENNESSEE MONKEY TRIAL (National Tour w/ Ed Asner) L.A. Theatre Works
PRIVATE LIVES (National Tour) L.A. Theatre Works
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW Two River Theatre Company
AN ACADEMY SALUTE TO NOEL COWARD (w/ Stephen Fry) Noel Coward Society
VERA LAUGHED (workshop) New Harmony Project
THE RUBY SUNRISE (with Henry Winkler) L.A. Theatre Works
ARMS AND THE MAN (with Anne Heche, Jeremy Sisto, Teri Garr) L.A. Theatre Works
TRAINING / UNDERGRAD / GRADUATE PROGRAMS (select list):
THE ALIENS (2011) & LOBBY HERO (2012) FSU / Asolo Repertory
MAJOR BARBARA (2017) Washington College
SIR PATIENT FANCY The Juilliard School, Univ. of San Diego, Univ. of Northern Colorado
ADD’L. TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EXPERIENCE
Adjunct, 3rd year MFA (2022-23) University of Connecticut
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Naturalism scene study
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Showcase scene selection and guidance
Instructor, Shakespeare Analysis (2007-08) Theatricum Botanicum
Guest Instructor (2006 – 09) Antaeus Theatre Company
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Shakespeare Basics Class
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Classical Styles Class
Creator / Instructor (2006 – 2010) The Shakespeare Gym
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Shakespeare monologues and scene work for professional actors
RECOGNITION / SERVICE
Panelist
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National Endowment
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Princess Grace Awards
New Works Festival Participant
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JAW New Play Festival
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New Harmony Project
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Asolo New Play Festival
Adjudicator
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SDCF Charles Abbott Fellowship 2018
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Mark Twain Scholarship in Comic Performance
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Student Directing Initiative, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
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National Irene Ryan Competition, Kennedy Center
Presenter – Shakespeare Tablework, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Award Recipient
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Robert and Margaret Boyer Distinguished Guest Award – Playmakers Repertory Theatre
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Marianne Murphy Award – UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television
SDC Member
Eagle Scout
EDUCATION
MFA, Directing – UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Los Angeles
BS, Performance Studies – Northwestern University