Thirty years as a professional actor, director and educator. Most recently, expanding international work in Croatia and areas throughout the United States. Continuing extensive work in a broad range of projects in business.
DIRECTOR
Partners Unlimited Art Car [project] at 5 sites. Directing and developing the scripts.
[curently in process -- '07]
Review panel for Partners Unlimited to bring in needed visual artist for [07]
Director for Wild Girls on two works: one a group play about what the struggles are that they are facing this year and some possible solutions and the other a video diary for the girls entering high school this year to help them face the challenges that hopefully will keep them in school and on to college. [06]
Director 'Anton in Showbusiness' at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA [06]
Created and executed an interactive evening at Lake Robbins Ballroom in IA. [06]
Guest Director for Kazaliste-tresnja, 'Mum's the Word' in Zagreb, Croatia [06]
Guest Director and script development for The Wild Girls in Des Moines, IA and Chicago, IL
[04-05]
Guest artist/teaching for The Woman's Project, New York City, IS33 School, outreach project
[03-04]
Teaching Artist, Cypress Hills Local Development Corp. New York City, IS [03-04]
Guest Director for The Creative Arts Team at New York University on The Times of Our Lives [03]
Teaching artist for the Manhattan Theatre Club 's roster training workshop [02]
Hosting School Assistant for Bravo! Network weekend camp at Des Moines, Roosevelt HS October [02]
Director for Iowa Writer's Association Evening of One Acts [02]
Guest artistic director for Grinnell Productions staging of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown [02]
Directed, acted, managed and toured productions for 25 years in the Midwest ['77-02]
Pray for Rain, IA City Cedar Rapids, IA [Nov 02]
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Grinnell, IA [02]
HOPE! Touring Troupe [annually create new play] [92-02]
Acting Coach: Roosevelt High School [97-02]
Before and After: September 11,2001 Remembered [original script] [Nov 01]
Teaching assistant and demonstrator, Strausberg Method as taught by Loriane Hull, L.A. [85-87]
Fort Dodge Men's Correctional Facility: Pilot Theatre Project [00]
T'INK: Know Nothing's Impossible Theatre Owner/Developer [98-Present]
Free-lance Director [77-Present]
American Consultant: to original American tour of Croatian Moven Theatre's production of Munchhausen, [99]
Regional AACT Festival First Runner Up for From the Window: The World of Ann Frank,
director, [99]