MFA, Acting: SUNY, Binghamton Gene Lesser, Head of Program
BA, Vocal Performance: Converse College, Spartanburg, SC (John Richards McCrae, Perry Daniels, Jane Rolondi)
Actor's Center (Private): Lloyd Richards (Yale), Ron Van Lieu (Tisch/Yale)
Educator Resume
Education
Teaching Experience
Project Director
Juilliard Drama Division
2016 to Present
- Director: For five years I have worked with the first, second, and fourth year actors as a director. The goal being to guide the actors to transition the learned classroom tools to the stage performance.
- Productions: NORA, BUS STOP, STOP KISS, PIPELINE, UNCLE VANYA, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, BLUE WINDOW
Guest Director
Acting Instructor
Acting Instructor
NYU Tisch Graduate Acting
2015-2020
- Teach contemporary Scene Study class for first year MFA actors
- Created Set, Light, and Costume design process with 2nd and 3rd year MFA designers
- Direct 2nd and 3rd year actors to manifest the transition of the craft from classroom studies to stage performance
- Productions: ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN, LUCK OF THE IRISH, JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
Adjunct Professor
Hunter College, Theatre
2001 to Present
- Basic Acting – Focus on relaxation, body, movement self-awareness, fundamental of scene analysis, theater exposure
- Acting Two – Focus on scene study using Contemporary and American Classic Realism
- Acting Three – Focus on scene study using Period plays such as Chekhov and Ibsen
- Audition Technique – Focus on choosing the right monologue, preparing and performing an audition -monologues, theatre scenes, film scenes on camera, and cold readings
- Directing I – Focused on the fundamentals of the director's process
- Directed: THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis, ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN by Charles Fuller, IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS by Euripides, INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage
Adjunct Professor
City College of New York, NY
2013-2020
- Acting One - Focus on the Fundamentals of acting technique including voice, relaxation, actor preparation, personalization and analysis
- Auditions and Presentation – Teaching the actor the professional expectations of auditioning, booking, and performing as a Professional actor.
- Actor Transition Workshop – Preparing students to meet professionals from the Theatre/Film industry and giving them the opportunity to audition and receive feedback.
Assistant Professor
Guest Director
Guest Director
Marymount Manhattan College
1994-2019
- Acting One – Full year course covering the fundamentals of acting technique including breathing, movement, relaxation, scene analysis, and contemporary scene work.
- Acting Two – Full year scene study course covering researching a role, emotional commitment, physical expression of a period play, American and European classic realism scene work - from Williams and Odets to Chekov and Lorca
- Voice and Speech – Full year course covering IPA (Edith Skinner) and vocal production (Berry)
- Audition Technique – One semester course scoring monologues, preparing audition monologues and scenes; also included actor presentation and business protocol
- Advised – 40 students per semester through BA and BFA Programs
- Recruitment – Recruitment tour to Arts Schools in Texas – auditioning and interviewing potential students
- Directed: ANTIGONE by Sophocles, THE COLORED MUSEUM by George C. Wolfe
- Guest Director: ELECTRA by Euripides
Plays and Publishing
- TENNESSEE WALTZ, a one act play produced Off Broadway at HERE and Chashama performance spaces.
- SHE PRESISTED: 30 NEW 10 MINUTE PLAYS BY WOMEN OVER 40, Will be published February of 2021 by Applause Books