| PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED: |
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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of
Fleet Street |
Spotlighters Theater,
Baltimore
MD |
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Finding Fossils |
Fells Point Corner Theater,
Baltimore
MD
(Winner “Best Production” BPF Annual Awards) |
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The Who’s Tommy |
Winters Lane Productions,
Baltimore
MD |
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Angels in
America,
Part II: Perestroika
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Spotlighters Theater,
Baltimore
MD
(Winner Broadwayworld.com “Best Drama for 2007 in
Baltimore”) |
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A Tuna Christmas |
Court Square Theater,
Harrisonburg
VA |
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The Chronicle History of Henry V
(first staging of First Quarto in 400 years) |
Raised Spirits Theater Company, VA |
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Hamlet
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Raised Spirits Theater Company, VA |
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Acts of Treason
(original script about the death of Billy the Kid) |
The Northeast Theater, La Plume PA |
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A Christmas Carol
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The Northeast Theater, La Plume PA |
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My Thoughts On The Matter
(original play based on the experience of 14 year
old from NYC) |
Manhattan Class Company, NY NY |
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My Worst Party (original script) |
Manhattan Class Company,
NY
NY |
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A Medley of Christopher Durang One-Acts |
Love Creek Productions, NY NY |
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The Power and The Glory (original script)
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Love Creek Productions,
NY
NY |
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Remember When (Original Script) |
Love Creek Productions, NY NY |
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MOMENTS: A Collection of Original One Acts |
Love Creek Productions, NY NY |
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The Bear (by Anton Chekhov) |
Sanford
Meisner Theater, NY NY |
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All Kinds of People (musical) |
Midtown Management Group,
NY
NY |
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YOUTH THEATER DIRECTED: |
Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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Macbeth
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Patterson High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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Fairy Tales in the ‘Hood |
Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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Momma’s Ring (student-written)
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Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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When Everything Falls Apart (student-written) |
Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD |
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The Wizard of Oz (student-written) |
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| TEACHING INTERESTS: |
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Basic, intermediate and advanced
acting.
Synthesis of Stanislavski,
Meisner, Shakespeare & Company, Strasberg and physical
approach to actor training. |
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Basic, intermediate, and advanced directing |
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Shakespeare in Performance |
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Style work; commedia dell’arte |
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Voice and movement; Feldenkrais, Linklater |
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE: |
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Drama Teacher,
Patterson
High School,
Baltimore
MD.
Teaching six sections of Theater to inner-city
Baltimore high school youth.
September 2006 – Present
Guest Lecturer
– Department of Theater, Catholic University
Washington
DC
Taught audition technique to
undergraduate BA students
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.
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| EDUCATION: |
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M.F.A., Directing,
Mary
Baldwin
College,
Staunton,
VA
Spring 2005
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M.Litt., Elizabethan and Renaissance Literature in Performance,
Mary
Baldwin
College
Staunton,
VA
Spring 2005
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B.A.,
State
University
of
New York/Empire
State College,
New York,
NY
Spring 2003
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Major: Theater
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High School
of
Performing Arts,
Drama Department,
New York
NY Spring 1981
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OTHER: |
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Artistic Director, Raised
Spirits Theatre Company
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Private Acting Teacher,
Performance Workshop Theater,
Baltimore
MD
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Taught Shakespeare to
Teens, Fells Point Corner Theater
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Taught Actors Intensive,
Spotlighters Theater,
Baltimore
MD
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| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: |
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Actors Equity Association (AEA) |
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International
Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local #1 (I.A.T.S.E. #1) |
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Associate Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
(SSDC) |
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| REFERENCES: |
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Ralph Alan Cohen, Ph.D.
ralphalancohen@aol.com
Founding Executive Director
American
Shakespeare
Center
Staunton,
VA
(540) 885-5588 or (540) 887-7000
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Frank Southerington, D.Phil. Chair
fsouther@mbc.edu
(540) 887-7000
M.Litt./MFA Program in Elizabethan and
Renaissance Literature in Performance
Mary Baldwin College |
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Leslie Satin, Ph.D.
leslie.satin@esc.edu
State University of New York/Empire State College
(212) 647-7800
New York, NY |
Tina Packer
tina@shakespeare.org
Artistic Director Shakespeare & Company
Lenox, MA
(413) 637-1199 |
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Kevin Coleman
kevincoleman@shakespeare.org
Head of Education Shakespeare & Company
Lenox, MA
(413) 637-1199 |
Robert Carey, Ph.D.
robert.carey@esc.edu
State University of New York/Empire State College
New York, NY
(718) 667-6835 |
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James Roark
hairbearmd@aol.com
Executive Director
Spotlighters Theater |
Additional references available upon
request. |
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