Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications Summary
Professional Educator, Director, Actor, Administrator, and Playwright with over two decades of experience directing, producing, teaching, and designing theatrical curriculum at the academic and professional levels.
Teaching portfolio includes:
Performance, Directing (various levels), Acting and Scene Study (various levels), Audition Technique, Musical Theatre Performance, Techniques of Production, Theatre History, Theatre Appreciation, Theatre of Diversity, Comedy Studies, Teaching Theatre Performance, Fundamentals of Playwriting, Introduction to Theatre, Theatre for Youth, Improvisational Technique, Theory and Practice of Sketch Comedy.
The University of Alabama, 2013
Theatre (Directing)
M.F.A.
Education
B.A.
Florida State University, 2002
Humanities (Theatre)
Graduate Certificate
University of Connecticut, 2016
Arts Administration
Experience
Tallahassee Community College – Tallahassee, FL 2019 - Present
Adjunct Professor of Theatre
Professor for Introduction to Theatre for non-majors
The Artist's Workshop – Tallahassee, FL 2002 - Present
Managing Artistic Director
Develop business strategy, board structure, and artistic direction
Responsible for fiscal development, accounting, marketing, and fundraising
Responsible for grant applications and reporting
Designed 9-week college prep intensive for youth (9th -12th grade)
Produces and Directs several plays as part of the production season
Southern Shakespeare Company – Tallahassee, FL 2017 - 2018
Production Manager/Program Director
Assist in the tracking, assessment, and review of outreach programs
Develop program evaluation frameworks, forms, and rubrics to track, assess, and evaluate program outcomes
Manage grant deliverables
Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL 2015 - 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance
Professor of Performance for Performance courses
Developed and instructed the following courses: Sketch Comedy theory and practice, Fundamentals of playwriting, and Advanced Playwriting (DIS)
Ringling College of Art & Design – Sarasota, FL 2014 - 2015
Adjunct Faculty
Instructor of Acting Studio
Developed and implemented syllabi, assignments, and assessments
The University of Alabama Birmingham – Birmingham, AL 2013 Guest Director
Directed Spring Musical; Bat Boy: The Musical Taught Technique in Production
Assessed Rehearsal and Performance students
The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL 2010 - 2013
Instructor, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Teacher of Record for Beginning Acting and Teaching Theatre
Instructor of weekly seminars for Intro to Theatre (History, Performance, and Technical Theatre)
Guest Lecturer on Performance for Acting I-‐IV, Directing I and II, and Voice and Diction Guest Lecturer on History in Theatre History I and II
Guest Lecturer on Academic Theatre in Play Analysis, Literary Criticism, and Theatre of Diversity
Designed and implemented syllabi, assignments, and assessments
Tallahassee Community College – Tallahassee, FL 2010
Guest Director
Directed Mainstage Production of Blues for an Alabama Sky
Supervised/Instructed a team of professional and student practitioners
The Artist’s Workshop – Tallahassee, FL 2002 - 2010
Artistic Director, Education Chair, Director
Developed Business Strategy, Board Structure, and Artistic Direction
Responsible for Fiscal Development, Accounting, Marketing, and Fundraising Responsible for Grant applications and reporting
Obtained and maintained 501(c)(3) status
Designed 9-week college prep intensive for youth (9th -12th grade)
Produced and Directed several plays as part of the production season
Theatre Tallahassee – Tallahassee, FL 2007 - 2009
Director of Programs
Developed Theatrical programming for all ages (youth-‐senior groups)
Designed seminars, camps, showcases, and community outreach programs Instructor of Musical Theater, Audition Technique, and Fundamentals of Comedy
Served as Marketing Coordinator and Budget Administrator
Developed Community Partnerships and served as Community Liaison
Recruited, Cultivated, and supervised Volunteer base
Communities In Schools of Leon County – Tallahassee, FL 2007 - 2009
Drama Coordinator
Instructor for the 21st Century Program for North Florida region
Developed curriculum and Acting Programs for Title 1 Schools
Implemented Educational Outreach Programs
Atlantis Academy – Tallahassee, FL 2006 - 2007
Assistant Instructor
Assisted in the education of students K-‐12 Tutored ESL students
Served as full-time substitute for English, Math, History, and Geography
Served as classroom mentor for special needs and at-risk students
Young Actors Theatre – Tallahassee, FL 1998 - 2006
Instructor, Tour Director, Office Administrator
Instructor of Acting and Musical Theatre (K - 12) Designed curriculum, showcases, and camps
Managed, coordinated, and directed touring productions
Implemented educational outreach programs in county schools and community centers
Managed office and processed subscriptions and enrollment documents
Developed marketing materials and served as point of contact for the community
Leon High School – Tallahassee, FL 2000 - 2005
Instructor and Director
Taught volunteer guest lectures on Acting and Directing
Served as Guest Director and Assistant Director on several productions and one-‐acts
Seattle Children’s Theatre – Seattle, WA 1998
Instructor
Instructor of Beginning Dance classes (9-‐12)
Assistant Instructor in Acting, Music, and Dance (K-‐12)
Selected Directing Credits
Writing Credits
Brookwood School – Thomasville, GA
The Little Mermaid 2020
Peter Pan, the Musical 2019
Theatre Tallahassee - Tallahassee, FL
Becky’s New Car 2020
HAIR 2019
August: Osage County 2018
The Artist’s Workshop - Tallahassee, FL
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 2019
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 2016
Tallahassee Community College – Tallahassee, FL
Young Frankenstein 2016
New Stage Theatreworks – Tallahassee, FL
Murder Ballad 2016
Stageworks Theatre – Tampa, FL
Handle with Care 2014
Pennies 2014
Sinking 2014
University of Alabama Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
Bat Boy: The Musical 2013
University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL
Design for Living 2013
A New Brain 2012
Wonder of the World 2011
Purgatorio 2011
Big River (Assistant Director) 2010
The Rose Tattoo (Assistant Director)
Tallahassee Community College – Tallahassee, FL
Blues for an Alabama Sky 2010
Theatre Tallahassee – Tallahassee, FL
Company, the Musical 2009
The Graduate 2008
Once On This Island Jr. 2008
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 2008
Lend Me A Tenor 2007
What the Butler Saw 2006
O’Jerusalem 2005
Quincy Music Theatre – Quincy, FL
Big, the Musical 2007
The Artist’s Workshop – Tallahassee, FL
Riff Raff 2009
Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Assistant Director) 2009
Boy’s Life 2008
The Santaland Diaries 2008
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Assistant Director) 2008
Bash 2008
Murder, Stage Right 2007
Never the Sinner
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Young Actor’s Theatre – Tallahassee, FL
Snoopy (Tour) 2006
Our Town 2005
Step on a Crack (Tour) 2000
2001
2000
Video Diary
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Published by UA Press, 2015
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Segment from Inside the Tornado (Anthology)
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Produced at Shelton State Community College
Cat’s Eye
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Staged Reading at the University of Alabama
Far from Fantasy
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Staged Reading at the University of Alabama
A Bacchic Opening
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Staged Reading at the University of Alabama
Once Upon a Mess
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Original play for young audience
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Produced by Young Actor’s Theatre
Out of Power
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Original play for young audience
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Produced by Young Actor’s Theatre
Five Actors with Nowhere to Go
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Original play for young audience
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Produced by Young Actor’s Theatre
Storyteller’s Delight
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Original play for young audience
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Produced by Young Actor’s Theatre
Skills and Training
Acting Training
Fred Chappell
George Judy
Sarah Finch
Dennis Reid
Musical Theatre Training
Jeffrey Dunn, Performance
Joan Lindstrom, Voice
Jack Allison, Performance
Harry Woolever, Movement
Directing Training
Ed Williams
Fred Chappell
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahasse, FL
London, England
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tallahassee, FL
Professional Training and Development
Michael Chekhov Technique Intensive, Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium
Musical Theatre Master Class, Marnie Nixon
Acting Workshop/ Performance, Tony Hale
Moliere Master Class, Rod Mclucas
Acting Workshop, Cheryl Hines
Acting Intensive, Theatre Complicité (London)
Shakespeare Intensive, The Globe Theatre (London)
Acting Master Class, Mark Rylance
Shakespeare Master Class, Vanessa Redgrave
Acting Workshop, Fiona Shaw
Theatre Education Intensive, Eric Booth
2013
2013
2011
2010
2002
2001
2001
2001
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