B.F.A. - Acting, Hofstra University

M.F.A. - Directing, Penn State

SITI Company: Viewpoints

Singing, Dancing, Dialects (Many!), Stage Combat (SAFD Certified), Improvisation, Speak French, Athletic, Juggling, Production Skills, Animated Character Voices, Christopher Walken Impression

BERKELEY PLAYHOUSE – Berkeley, CA 

(2009 - 10) Musical Theatre

• Taught intensive courses in musical theatre performance for adults, focused on text/music analysis, character development, and acting techniques.

• Led residency workshop at Half Moon Bay High School on performing Shakespeare’s text, concentrating on performing scenes from The Taming of the Shrew with 120 students.

ACTING ABROAD – Normandy, France (2008) 

Scene Study & Movement

• Taught acting technique and movement, with an emphasis on the Viewpoints and on creating collaborative work, at this international program for exceptional student actors.  Led workshops on theatre history, stage combat, and 20^th century playwrights.

CUSTOM MADE THEATRE – San Francisco, CA (2007 - 2008)

• Taught classes on auditioning and acting.

THEATREWORKS – Palo Alto, CA (2008)

• Taught acting classes to children ages 5 – 18 as part of the Children’s Hope Project.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – New York, NY (2007) School of Continuing and Professional Studies

• Co-Taught M.S. Thesis course in animated filmmaking. Critiqued structure, story, character, direction, design and development of final animation projects.

PARSON’S SCHOOL OF DESIGN – New York, NY (2004 - 2007) MFA Design & Technology Program

• Workshop/Lecturer: “Acting & Directing Techniques for Animators.”   Understanding performance language and process, performing and directing live action and voiceovers, history of acting, improvisation techniques, text analysis, creating tableaux and dramatic events.
• Mask Workshop: Designing, building, and working with masks in performance Lecturer & Critic: “Final Project Story, Style and Structure.”  Critiqued structure, story, design, rhythm and overall achievement of final animation projects.       

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS– New York, NY (2004 - 2006) Accelerated 3D Animation Group

• Workshop/Lecturer: “Acting & Directing Techniques for Animators.”   Understanding performance language and process, performing and directing live action and voiceovers, history of acting, improvisation techniques, text analysis, creating tableaux and dramatic events.
• Mask Workshop: Designing, building, and working with masks in performance
• Lecturer & Critic: “Final Project Story, Style and Structure.”  Critiqued structure, story, design, rhythm and overall achievement of final animation projects.

THE NEW SCHOOL – New York, NY (2003 – 2006) MFA Major Animation Studio

• Lecturer: “Acting & Directing Techniques for Animators.”   Understanding performance language and process, performing and directing live action and voiceovers, history of acting, text analysis.
• Lecturer & Critic: “Final Project Story and Structure.”  Critiqued two phases of final animation projects on structure, story, design, rhythm and overall achievement.

OXBRIDGE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS – Cambridge, UK (2004) Drama Teacher

•  Taught acting technique, movement, mask, voice and speech with an emphasis on Shakespearean performance at this international program for exceptional young student actors.  Conceived and directed a final site-specific performance at Trinity Hall, Cambridge entitled Strange Desire.

THE STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION – New York, NY (2003 – 2005) Directors & Choreographers Network

• Guest Panelist: “Generating New Work.”  Spoke on the challenges of bringing new material to the stage, with an emphasis on avant-garde productions. 

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – University Park, PA

Theatre 100: Introduction to Theatre (1996 - 1999)

• Teaching Assistant:  Directed scenes and plays from a wide variety of periods and styles of world drama for a 400 seat proscenium thrust auditorium.  Managed and cast a company of actors for three seasons.  Conducted class discussions. Organized presentations.
• Lecturer:  "Anton Chekhov and the Moscow Art Theatre."  Presented the history, themes, and significance of Anton Chekhov's life, writing, and theatrical activities.
•  Lecturer:  "The Director's Concept."  Presented a concept for William Shakespeare's Macbeth, and demonstrated how the process is realized from idea to execution. 
• Lecturer:  "The Directing Process."  Discussed and demonstrated text analysis, rehearsal methods and the actor/director relationship.

• Workshop: " Chekhovian Acting." Discussed approaches to character development and rehearsal methods in Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters.

Theatre 101:  Theatre Seminar (1997) 

• Lecturer: "Dramaturgy for A Servant of Two Masters."  Presented a dramaturgical approach to Carlo Goldoni's commedia classic.