Teaching CV 

EDUCATION
2013-2016:                     MFA in Directing, Boston University, Artistic Director track
                                              Master’s Certificate in Arts Administration, Boston University
1999-2002:                     MFA in Acting at Florida State’s Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
1996-1999:                     BFA in Theatre Arts, Emporia State University, KS
1992-1996:                     BS in Journalism (Creative Advertising), Theatre Minor
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Salem State University (Fall 2016-present)
  • Voice for Performance I (Linklater and Roy Hart)
  • Acting III
  • Directing I
  • Applied Movement (300-level)
  • Dramatic Theory & Criticism
  • Dialects
  • Oral Communications: Personal and Professional
  • Oral Communications for Business

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (2017-present)
  • Associate Artistic Director and Director of the CSC Academy
  • Co-creator of Co-Lab, an acting intensive for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, taught exclusively by BIPOC artists
  • Primary Teacher of Apprentice Program  (Shakespeare's Text, Acting & Scene Study for early-career actors) both in-person and online
  • Apprentice Showcase Director: Henry IV, Part 1 (2017), Henry VI part 2 (2018) and A Midsummer Night's Dream ​(2019)

Boston Conservatory (2015-present)
Recurring Guest Lecturer in Improvisation for Eli Epstein’s course, “The Creative Musician”
 
Boston University (Fall 2013-Spring 2016)
  • Acting and Performance 1 (Scene work, monologues, improvisation, movement)
  • Modern Drama 1850-1950 (Dramatic Literature/lecture & discussion class)
  • Voice and Speech 1, 2 and Sound & Movement (Directed Study/TA of Linklater with Paula Langton)
  • Acting 2 (Teacher’s Assistant to Judy Braha)
  • Directing 1 and 2 (Teacher’s Assistant to Clay Hopper and Sid Friedman)
  • Intro to Dramatic Literature and Aesthetics (Teacher’s Assistant to Ilana Brownstein, 3 semesters)
  • Modern Drama (Teacher’s Assistant to Ilana Brownstein, 1 semester)
 
Boston University Summer Theatre Intensive (BUSTI 2015)
Acting (Taught high school juniors and seniors in a conservatory-prep setting)
 
Stephens College, Columbia, MO (2012)
Shakespeare Cold-Reading & Audition Techniques Workshop
 
RELATED WORK/SKILLS OF INTEREST
Artistic Director of Anthem Theatre Company
  • Resident Company at Boston Center for the Arts (three-year residency, 2016-2019)
  • Anthem is a self-producing theatre ensemble in Boston, creating low-frills work that focuses on actor and director craftsmanship and fun
  • Our mission is to do excellent work that compels audiences to seek out more theatrical experiences
Hooray for Everything! Improv Troupe (NYC)
  • Performed in NYC at Caroline’s on Broadway (sold out shows), The Tank, The Zipper Factory, The Knitting Factory (LA) etc. and resident troupe at Ha! Comedy Club.
  • Hooray for Everything! the promo video was an Official Selection at Hollywood Film Festival  for Comedy Short (2005).  
  • Education outreach: taught short-form improv to 8-13 year olds.
Pinchbottom Burlesque (NYC)
  • Wrote parody songs and performed as soubrette, Naughtia Nice, in 24 scripted vaudeville shows (2006-2010)
  • Member of a singing comedy duo with Bastard Keith (Broadway's Abe Goldfarb)
  • Collaborated on Pinchbottom scripts and directed physical & wordplay comedy bits
Co-creator of The Dare Project (NYC)
  • Co-created taxdeductible theatre’s The Dare Project, a festival of 10-minute plays based on audience dares
  • Now in its 30th installment in NYC, with one installment of The Dare Project: Boston in 2016 produced by Anthem Theatre Company
  • Responsible for all aspects of production, with emphasis on workshopping 75+ new short plays and directing
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Voice

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Movement

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