Teaching/Administrative Experience

q       Assistant Professor of Theater, University of Virginia at Wise- Wise, VA.  8/02-Present.

~ Direction of a small curricular & co-curricular program in theater serving 50-60 students a year.

~ Operational Supervision over theatrical programs and facilities: administering budgets, staffing, scheduling,

    equipment maintenance, technical support provisions, building and renovations.

~ Curricular Instruction: acting, directing, movement, voice, aesthetics, design, improvisation and puppetry.

~ Institutional Service: Honor Court Advisor, Academic Enhancement Committee, Admissions/Recruiting,

    Fine Arts Building Design Committee, Major Academic Advising.

~ Produce, direct, and/or design productions within co-curricular program.

~ Hiring and oversight of full time, part-time, and adjunct theater faculty and staff.

~ Facilitation of curricular development and program review within theater major.

q       Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University- Pittsburgh, PA.    8/01-5/02

~ Developed and taught introductory classes in acting: foundations of movement, voice and scene study.

q       Chair, Performing Arts Department, Roland Park Country School for Girls- Baltimore, MD.  9/96-7/00

~ Supervision of staff of 8 teachers, administering the development and implementation of a K-12

    curricular and extra-curricular arts program for girls in dance, music and theater.

~ Operational supervision over ($6 million) theatrical facilities administering budgets, scheduling,

    equipment maintenance, technical support provisions, and renovations.

~ Curricular Instruction: Public Speaking, Theater Appreciation, Movement, Voice, Improvisation and

    Scene-Study, Advanced Acting, Puppetry, Clowning, technical theater, and theatrical design.

~ Direction and Design of 2 full-scale performances and one studio project each year.

~ Coordination of Artists in Residency program: artists including Anna Devere Smith and Kristen Linklater.

~ Advising: 9 students per year in academic, co-curricular, and emotional concerns. 

~ Developed and instituted technical theater programs and student-directed productions.

~ Lead summer student tours of France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, England, and Wales.

q       Chair, Performing Arts Department, Storm King School- Cornwall, NY.  9/94-5/96

~ Supervision of staff of  3 teachers, administering the development and implementation of a 9-12

    curricular and extra-curricular arts program in dance, music and theater.

~ Created, produced, and implemented developmental and educational programming.

~ Managed Walter Reade Jr. Theater administering schedules, contracts, maintenance, and technical renovations.

~ Curricular Instruction: Public Speaking, Acting (I & II), English II, and Humanities.

~ Produced, directed, & designed full scale theatrical performances.

~ Instituted a Forensics team and student-directed productions.

~ Assisted Outdoor Education Program: team-building exercises for faculty/student training.

q       Resident Director,  Mount Ida College: Housing & Residence Life- Newton, MA.  8/93-6/94

            ~ Managed the administration of residential housing facility for college students.     

            ~ Provided primary & crisis counseling; implemented emergency protocol in urgent situations.

~ Implemented & enforced school and community policies; conciliated disciplinary infractions. 

            ~ Administered the management, training and development of a student staff.               

            ~ Restructured and managed work-study program for over 50 students.

 Additional Teaching Experience

q           Acting Instructor, Triple Threat Studios-  Stevensville, MD.  10/98-8/01

q           Acting Instructor, Silver Penny Theater Camp- Towson, MD.  6/01-7/01

q           Mime/Puppetry Inst., Creative Arts Camp- CCBC, Essex Campus.  8/00

q           Magic Instructor, College Academy: Fenn Campus- Boston, MA. 6/96-8/96

q           Magic Instructor, Gifted Students Inst. Hope College- Holland, MI. 7/89-8/89

q           Documentary Film Making, Virginia Governor’s School: UVA-Wise-Wise, VA. 7/04

q           Upward Bound Instructor: University of Virginia at Wise- Wise, VA. 6/04

 Professional Artistic Experience  (Representative Work)

q       Direction & Design

q       Performance

q       Lighting Design

q       Scenic Design

q       Voice Coaching                                                  

~ Red Noses                                  Towson University,  Baltimore, MD

q       Solo Performance                                        

~ Performed professionally for over 10 years as a free-lance magician, clown, and storyteller.                               

~ Clientele including Busch Gardens Tampa, FAO Schwartz, Harvard Business School, Cooper Productions (Boston),

    The Jelly Belly Candy Company, Bay Banks (Boston), The City of Boston, The Rainforest Cafe.

 Professional Activities

q       Professional Associations and Membership

~ Educational Theater Association.

~ Theater Communications Group.

~ American Alliance for Theater Education.

~ Board of Directors, Pro Art Association.

~ Virginia Theater Association.

~ Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

q       Conferences /Training Programs

~ Educational Theater Association annual conventions—1997-1999.

~ Association Independent Maryland Schools annual conference—1996-1999.

~ Mount Ida College.  Play in Educational Development—1993.

~ Hazelden Cork Foundation.   Peer Counseling Training Program—1989.

~ Windward School.   Writing curriculum development—1994-1995.

~ Virginia Theatre Association annual conventions—2003, 2004.

~ South Eastern Theatre Conference annual conventions—2004.

q         Publications

~ “This little light of mine.”  Jimson Weed, Volume 21, Number 1, Fall ’02—Pg. 67.

~ “Stages.”  Down the Mountain, Volume14, Number 2, Spring ’95—Pg. 4.

q       Presentations

~ “Vibrant Connections.”  Mount Ida College: Newton Center, MA—1993.

~ “Fooling Around Art.”  Strom King Art Center: Mountainville, NY—1995.

~ “Moving through Art.”  Storm King Art Center: Mountainville, NY—1996. 

~ “Wondering about Art.”  Storm King Art Center: Mountainville, NY—1997.

~ “Movement & Stillness from DiSuvero to LeCoq.”  Storm King Art Center: Mountainville, NY—1998.

            ~ “Play Acting.”  Triple Threat Studios:  Stevensville, MD—2001.

            ~ “Needing Direction.” Virginia Theater Association annual conference—2003.

            ~ “How not to loose your voice.”  Virginia Theater Association annual conference—2003.

 Skills

q       Computer Applications:   Turbocad, Lightshop, Soft Plot, Photoshop, Illustrator, Office, Dreamweaver.

q       Team-building/training:   Facilitation and development of educational training programs.

q       Outdoor Education:         Backpacking, climbing, camping, canoeing, high/low ropes facilitation. 

q       Performance:                    Directing, acting, magic, juggling, mime, clowning, puppetry, singing.

q       Electronic Media              Television and Video directing and editing, Audio recording.   

q       Technical Theater:           Scenic and lighting design, molding and casting, foam carving and sculpture,

                                                                sound engineering, puppetry, special effects, arc welding, mask making.

 Education & Training

q       Master of Fine Arts , Directing.   Carnegie Mellon University—May 2002.

~ Thesis:  Macbeth.

~ Gregory Lehane, Mladin Keiselov, Milan Stitt, Cletus Anderson, Brian Johnson.

q       Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting.   Emerson College—May  1993.    

~ Minor: Aesthetics. 

q       Extended Training                                                     

~ Voice with Kristen Linklater- 3 Yrs.                                   

~ Viewpoints- 1 Yr.                                                    

~ Alexander work- 2 Yrs.                                                       

~ Ballet- 3 Yrs.

q       Workshops and Master Classes

Anne Bogart	Robert Woodruff	Tadashi Suzuki
Peter Sellars	Marcel Marceau	F. Murray Abraham
Ellen Lauren