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Bio

I believe that the arts and the collaborative nature of the creative process are essential to the human experience.  We are creatures of our environment, biological origins and a collective experience - I believe that the arts are what give us a voice, a platform for expression of our deepest emotions, hopes and dreams.  

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Education
Humboldt State University California, Arcata, CA
Master of Arts, Honors Theater Arts – Theater Management / Directing
 
California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
Bachelor of Arts  Theatre Arts  Honors 
Areas of Concentration:  Acting, Children's Theater, Directing

Children's Theatre Certification,  CSUSB. San Bernardino

 

Sanctuary Stage:  www.sanctuarystage.com

Co-Founder, Director/Actor
 
Specialized training and Affliations
• Michael Chekhov Acting Technique,  MICHA. New York, NY
• Canadian Voice Intensive,  Canada's National Voice Intensive, David Smukler
• Cornerstone Theater Co, Los Angeles  Observorship Award, SSDC Foundation

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Oregon State University, Performing Arts Department

Adjunct Faculty and Guest Director    

 

Linn-Benton Community College, Performing Arts Department

Adjunct Faculty                                       

 

Humboldt State University California, Department of Theater, Film and Dance

Adjunct Faculty                                       

 

College of the Redwoods, Performing Arts Department

Lecturer – Summer Upward Bound Division             

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Sanctuary Stage, Eureka, CA

Co-Founder, Artistic Director                                                             

Designed and implemented Sanctuary Stage as a nonprofit performing arts program of The Ink People Center for the Arts:   www.sanctuarystage.com .  Develop and foster community partnerships with the objective of creating a viable venue for concert, film and theatre performances.  Coordinate all performances and contract negotiation.  Maintain volunteer training and recruitment. Facilitate all advertising, promotion, ticket sales; radio, news and media coverage of events and interviews; oversee the development of special projects and activities.  Submit recommendations to the board of ensemble members for implementation of marketing, grant writing, performing artists and audience development.  Direct the creation and staging of original plays. Represent Sanctuary Stage at city meetings for arts programming and development.  Produce commedia dell’arte and experimental theatre performances for touring. Oversee grant writing, sponsorship and donors.  Host visiting artists and theater companies for workshop and performance events.  Produce fundraising performance events to benefit local nonprofit organizations.  Classes in Mask Making: ‘life cast’, positive/negative molds, sculpting, mask construction; Children’s Theater and Teen Theater Workshops.  Teach master workshops in the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique

 

Cornerstone Theater Company, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Director                                                                              

Assistant Director original script SOMEDAY, SSDC Observorship Award. Assistant to Artistic Director, Michael John Garces; develop the staging of commissioned play and installment to the Justice Cycle series. Training in the ‘community-playmaking’ methodology.  Provide scene transitions, rehearsal scheduling, script updates; Scene coach, diction and voice Stage and set coordination with ensemble members.

Community Liaison and Advisor, 2009 Summer Arts Institute-Cornerstone

Creating theater and exploring strategies for community engagement while living with and within a small, diverse community. Students and community members acquired skills in community playmaking both through classroom training and hands-on creation of community-specific productions.

 

 

DELL’ARTE, International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake, CA

Teacher ETA Program                                                                               

Children’s Theater artist and instructor provide support for the Education Through Art (ETA) program: Develop & execute curriculum based arts programming and creative drama lessons for local schools, K-8.  Provide theatre arts opportunities for underrepresented and ‘at risk youth as well as after school enrichment programs.  Provided instruction on theatre skills and performance styles for ten county schools: mask, pantomime, improvisation, drama development and diction.  Consult and make recommendations to teaching staff regarding arts programming & arts curriculum.  Direct and supervise student project activities, performances, and plays.

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