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Curriculum Vitae

Instruction

Lecturer of Theatre College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA

Teaching Introduction to Theatre (THEA200), Playwriting (THEA 317), Directing (THEA 407), Acting (THEA 201) and Stage Combat (THEA 211) 9 credits per semester

Instructor/Supervisor for “Premiere” festival of original student plays

Service to the College

Directed original student written play for second stage

Presenter at Career Day, representing Performing Arts

Advised 6 pre-major students and 4 major students

Served on 2 honors panel

Advisor for student capstone directing project

Instructed 8 Independent Studies

July 2014-July 2016

Lecturer of Theatre College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA

Teaching Playwriting, Acting and Stage Combat, 9 credits per semester

Instructor/Supervisor for “Premiere” festival of original student plays

July 2013- July 2014


Co-Sponsor of Student/Alumni Networking Trip to Washington, DC

Presenter at Career Day, representing Performing Arts


Instructor Goddard College Plainsfield, VT Teaching a 1.5 hour workshop on Dramaturgy viewed through the lens of the Law of Entropy to MFA Writing students

January 2014

Visiting Instructor of Theatre College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA

Teaching Playwriting, Acting, Introduction to Theatre and Directing 6-9 credits per semester

July 2012- July 2013


Two workshops on Improvisation for incoming MBA students, 2012

Sponsored visiting lecturer playwright Deborah Brevoort for workshop on MFA writing programs

Interim Producing Artistic Director, The Virginia Shakespeare Festival


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Instruction cont.

Adjunct Instructor of Theatre College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA

Teaching Playwriting and Acting, 6-9 credits per semester, also substituting for Stage Combat.

September, 2009– 2012


Sponsor of Premier student playwrights festival, 2012

Co-sponsor, student field trip to Arena Stage, Washington DC, 2012

Instructor

Gloucester County Public High School Gloucester, VA

A two-hour workshop on the Business of Being an Actor

2011

Instructor

York County School for the Arts Williamsburg, VA

A two-hour workshop on Playwriting

2010

Instructor

Center for Lifelong Learning Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA

Three part series on new play development “From the Page to the Stage”

2008

Instructor Christopher Wren Association for Lifelong Learning College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA


2006, 2007, 2008

Lecturer Bay School Community Arts Center Mathews, VA


2008

Instructor Eastern Virginia School of the Performing Arts Williamsburg, VA

Continuing Course, Advanced Professional Acting

2005–2006

Lecturer College of William and Mary, Dept. of Theatre

1 hour lecture on Professional Acting

December, 2005

Lecturer Chesapeake Bay Writers Club Gloucester, VA

1 hour lecture on Playwriting

March, 2003


Instruction cont.

Lecturer Virginia Pen Women Yorktown, VA

1 hour lecture on Playwriting

November, 2002

Instructor Anne Arundel College Annapolis, MD

Teaching one-day workshop in stage combat basics

March, 2002

Guest Instructor Mathews High School Mathews, Virginia

2001–2005

Teaching on-going acting workshops

Instructor The Bay School Cultural Arts Center Mathews, Virginia

September, 2001–2009

Teaching Adult Drama, Playwriting, Acting for Business Situations and ACT OUT! (an after–school program for K–12 children-at-risk integrating performing and visual arts)

Adjunct Professor of Theatre C.W. Post/Long Island University Brookville, NY

1999-2000

Created stage combat program – Teaching movement theory, basic hand-to-hand and sword combat, and physical fitness to graduate and undergraduate students and directing fights for a number of productions

Instructor Swords For Hire New York, NY

July, 1996-Present

Founded company that specializes in theatrical weapons rental, stage combat choreography and instruction. Instructing over 100 hours of stage combat to theater professionals

Instructor West Side Dance Project New York, NY

Teaching private classes in Stage Combat to theatre professionals

2000–2001

Instructor/ Guest Artist Nassau County Board of Education Nassau County, New York

October, 2000

Teaching workshops in basic stage combat to middle and high school students

Instructor New York Theater Educators Association New York University New York, NY

September, 2000

Teaching workshops to high school and college teachers on how to teach basic stage combat and theatrical movement theory to their students


Instruction cont.

Instructor State University of New York Field Studies Program New York, NY

May, 2000

Teaching workshops in basic sword fighting techniques to visiting college students

Instructor Long Island Theater Education Association Hicksville, NY

November, 1999

Teaching workshops in basic stage combat to high and middle school students

Instructor John Jay College New York, NY

October, 1999

Teaching workshops in basic stage combat techniques

Instructor The Creative Arts Studio Brooklyn, NY

October, 1999

Teaching stage combat blade techniques

Instructor Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

November, 1998

Teaching workshops in basic hand-to-hand combat and theatrical movement

Instructor C.W. Post/Long Island University Festival of the Arts

Brookville, NY

Teaching workshops in basic swordplay to graduate and undergraduate students

November 1996

Instructor Metropolitan Playhouse of New York New York, NY

November 1997-February, 1998

Teaching basic stage combat to resident ensemble of theater professionals

Instructor C.W. Post/Long Island University Brookville, NY

Fall, 1995

Teaching workshops in basic stage combat techniques

Instructor St. Agnes School Brooklyn, NY

Fall, 1994

Teaching drama to students grades K-6 which lead to original production


Instruction cont.

Instructor College of William and Mary Virginia Shakespeare Festival Williamsburg, VA

July, 1986

Teaching one-day workshop on stage combat principles and techniques to general public

Instructor Blackbeard’s Revenge Swansboro, NC

June-August, 1985

Teaching stage combat, from beginning to advanced, to resident ensemble of theater professionals

Publications

Over 150 Articles and Interviews with Money Managers, Financial Analysts and CEOs. The Wall Street Transcript, 1989-1998. Print.

Wrote and edited articles and interviews on management covering over 52 industries.

A Chesapeake Celebration co-authored with Robert P. Arthur and Bob Zentz. San Francisco Bay Press, 2004. Print. ISBN 0-9763114-0-2

A full length multi-media, dramatic musical featuring video, ballet, music, slides, drama and poetry with contributions from over 60 visual and literary artists about life in and around the Chesapeake Bay.

Ba-baah and the Windigo music by Mike Peed. Prosody Creative Services, 2006. Audio CD.

A one-act, children’s musical/drama featuring human and animal characters about the founding of the Jamestown Colony. Produced for America’s 400

th Anniversary.

Gloucester County Encounters in History with James Robinson. East River Films, 2007. DVD.

A one-hour video documentary about Gloucester County, Virginia’s place in American History.

America’s 400th

Anniversary Television Special. CBS, 2007. TV. Team writer for a one-hour television special that featured the history and events of the founding of the Jamestown Colony and America’s 400

th Anniversary celebration events.

Broadcast on 58 CBS affiliates nationwide.

What Aristotle Knew about Cars, Thermodynamics, and Drama but Didn’t Tell You. “Howlround.org”, Emerson College, December 4, 2016. Web. http://howlround.com/what-aristotle-knew-about-cars-thermodynamics-and-drama-but-didn-t-tell-you

A blog article on dramaturgy viewed through the lens of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics.


THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT

Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Williamsburg, VA

(2012-2013) Interim Producing Artistic Director

* Managing all budgets, contracts, interviewing, hiring etc.

* Lead the drive that had the Virginia Legislature designate VSF as the State Festival of Virginia

* Presiding over 3 show summer season in 750 seat house

* Managing summer Shakespeare camp for middle and high school students

* Managing production staff of seven

* Oversight of marketing, PR, program ad sales etc.

* Oversight of all Artistic matters for 35th Anniversary Season

* Primary casting

* Producing on a $250K budget

* Managing 20+ college interns and 70 company members

* Responsible for season selection

Robert Ruffin Productions, Mathews, VA

(2011-Current) Founder, Proprietor

* Formed for-profit company

* Produced 3 workshops in schools

* Produced three world premiere productions in 99 seat house

* Secured $42K in foundation support

* Negotiated contracts, managed budgets, PR & Marketing

* One touring production in November of 2012

American PlayWorks, formerly Virginia Premiere Theatre, Williamsburg, VA

(2002 – 2011) Founder, Producing Artistic Director

* Authored 501c3, By Laws etc.

* Founded not-for-profit corporation

* Created original business plans, marketing materials, recruited Board of Directors

* Fully professional (AEA, SSDC, USA contracts)

* Produced twelve productions for 99 seat houses

* Created in-schools educational program and touring program to dozens of Virginia schools and

Universities

* Oversaw Marketing and Public Relations

* Produced 14 world premiere productions (17 total productions) at the 410 seat Kimball Theatre,

Williamsburg, Virginia, The Dr. Mary T. Christian Auditorium(500+ seats), Hampton, Virginia and the

Yoder Barn Theatre (395 seats), Newport News, Virginia

* Shared General Management duties

* Shared Grant Writing and Fundraising duties

* Produced on a $500k+season budget

* Company was a member of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)

* Company was recognized as an “Arts Builds Community Company” by Virginians for the Arts Featured

to State Legislature

* Personally secured over $1m in Corporate and Foundation sponsorships; over $100k grant funding

* Personally secured over $150k in large individual donations

Paradise Found Productions, Mathews, VA

(2001–2002): Co-proprietor, Producer, Founder

* Produced and directed four productions for 99 seat house * Produced world premiere of revised “Joanna’s Husband and David’s Wife” by best-selling author

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey at 410 seat Kimball Theater in Williamsburg, VA


THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT cont.

The Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Mathews Virginias

(2001–2002) Director, Founder of Performing Arts Program

* Created Performing Arts curriculum

* First Semester offerings include 10 classes in theatre, dance and music * Created after–school program for k–12 children at risk * Producing a continuing lecture / discussion series featuring performing artists in all disciplines * Produced two full-length theatre productions * Produced one full-length orchestral performance * Produced a Christmas sing-along for the developmentally disabled * Formulated original business and marketing plans

* Producing original marketing and press materials

* Managing Friday Night Film Series in partnership with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Diaspora Productions/ Broadway, (2000-2001)

(2000-2001) Producer, The Gathering by Arje Shaw, starring Hal Linden, Court Theatre, April 2001

* Assisted in raising $500K towards $1.5m capitalization

* Consulted on staging, casting, design, marketing etc.

* Acted as dramaturge/advisor through production

Diaspora Productions/ Off-Broadway, Playhouse 91 (5/99-10/99)

(1998-2000) Producer, The Gathering by Arje Shaw, starring Theodore Bikel/ Production moved to the

Coconut Grove Playhouse in 1999 and opened on Broadway at the Court Theater in April of 2001 starring

Hal Linden

* Raised $50K towards $185,000 capitalization

* Formulated original business and marketing plans

* Produced original marketing and press materials

* Produced and managed 5 backer’s readings

* Engaged all designers

* Oversight of original budget and expenditures

* Consulted on rewrites, staging, casting, design etc.

* Presided over pre-production meetings

* Acted as dramaturge/advisor through Broadway script development

* Produced backers readings and showcase production

Theater Without Borders/ Lithuanian Tour (6/98-8/98)

(1998) Co-Producer/General Manager/Company Manager/Artistic Director

* Initiated project with Lithuanian Co-Producer

* Formulated original concept for No Words For Love, a production of two American one-acts

* Hired director, performers, designers

* Co-Produced five-city Lithuanian tour/ Managed on-road tour

* Created original marketing and press materials

Diaspora Productions/ John Houseman Studio Theatre, NYC

(1997) General Manager/ Company Manager/Artistic Director, The Gathering by Arje Shaw

* Promoted original concept from staged reading to two-week showcase production

* Hired performers, designers, technicians, front-of-house staff/ Negotiated all contracts

* Negotiated theatre contract, equipment rentals, rehearsal space rentals, etc.

* Created and managed budget

* Consulted on script development, design concepts, casting, staging etc.

* Oversaw house management, box office management

* Created all marketing and press materials

* Responsible for all press, public and business relations

* Managed load-in and load-out

* Closed production and recommended beginning Off-Broadway commercial production


THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT cont.

The Metropolitan Playhouse Of New York

(1995-1996) Artistic Director (presided over first financially profitable season)

* Doubled size of resident company/ Added and filled 4 new board seats/ Created and accommodated

positions for resident designers and playwrights

* AEA Tier III Mainstage Productions: Joanna's Husband, David's Wife by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

(NY premiere), Round Trip by Oliver Hailey (World premiere), The Streets of New York by Dion

Boucicoult, The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon

* 2 "New Works" AEA Tier III Productions

* 2 Guest Artist Mainstage Productions, Mirages and The Last Night of Love, by The

Vaidilos Ainai Teatras of Vilnius, Lithuania

* 1 Arts-in-Education production by high school interns

* 8 publicly staged readings of new works/ 6 fundraising galas

* Casting, hiring, managing repertory company of 50 plus members

* Oversight of Arts-in-Education program with local high school

* Marketing/ PR/ Budget (80K + prod. budget)/ Facilities management

* Created company workshop program (classes in Suzuki technique, period movement, NY history,

Stage combat)

(1991-95) Associate Artistic Director

(1991-96) Trustee

(1991-92) President

(1991-96) Member of Artistic Board

(1991) Co-founder

Swords For Hire - A For-Profit Theatrical Weapons Renter And Retailer

(1995-Present) Co-founder and Co-proprietor

* Clients include: Law & Order, New York Undercover, Rutgers University, Arcadia University, University

of Montana, Pittsburgh Light Opera, The Public Theater, Philadelphia Shakespeare, Pennsylvania

Shakespeare, Temple University etc.


Playwriting/Screenwriting

The Pocahontas Diaries [working title] A children’s musical about the life of Pocahontas.

Commissioned by the Cook Foundation, to premiere in 2016.

Kiss My Little Girls – 1862: The Healing Child A full-length, two-act play based on the historical Civil War letters of Richard and Mary Watkins.

Commissioned by the Cook Foundation, premiered in Gloucester, VA, December 2012.

Kiss My Little Girls – 1861: Coming Home A full-length, two-act play based on the historical Civil War letters of Richard and Mary Watkins.

Commissioned by the Cook Foundation, premiered October, 2011 at Gloucester Arts on Main for 8 sold out performances. Eight performance in November 2012 at Yorktown, VA; presented by the York County Sesquicentennial Committee.

The Gift of the Magi A full length dramatic adaptation of O. Henry’s classic short story

Premiered at Virginia Premiere Theatre, Kimball Theatre, Williamsburg, VA and The Dr. Mary T. Christian Auditorium, Hampton, VA in 2007 for 29 performances. Reopened on November 28, 2008 for 29 performance run at The Kimball Theatre and The Yoder Barn Theatre in Newport News, VA.

Produced by Overshadowed Productions outside of Chicago, December, 2008

Currently represented by the Graham Agency, NY, NY

Voices of Democracy A one-hour drama about Democracy and Citizenship

Commissioned by Prosody Creative Services, NYC for the Jamestown 2007 organization as part of America’s 400

th Anniversary Celebration, performed

during Anniversary Weekend for audiences of up to 45,000 and numerous international dignitaries including President George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II of England.

Great Moments in American Innovation A ten minute video for a museum-style presentation


th Anniversary Celebration

Gloucester County Encounters in History co-authored with James Robinson

A video documentary about the history of Gloucester County, VA

Funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and produced by East River Films in 2007. Published on DVD by East River Films, 2007

America’s Final Victory, 1781 co-authored with James Robinson A video documentary about the history of Gloucester County, VA during the American Revolution

Produced by East River Films in 2009. Telly Award Winner, 2010.

MeetThePresidents.com A one-hour drama about history and citizenship


th Anniversary Celebration

Winning Liberty Land (Music by John Tracy) A full-length musical comedy celebrating the events of the founding of America

Commissioned by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg as part of America’s 400

th

Anniversary Celebration April –September, 2006 for 25 performances


Playwriting/Screenwriting cont.

America’s 400th Anniversary Television Special (Team writer)

A CBS Television Special

Commissioned by Prosody Creative Services, NYC. Ran on 58 CBS affiliates nationwide

1781: An American Symphony A multi-media, symphonic pageant for the 225

th

Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Yorktown


th Anniversary Celebration performed

for over 8,000 people, October 2007 including the American and French Ministers of Defense.

Ba-baaah and the Windigo (Music by Mike Peed) A one-act historical children’s musical/drama about the founding of the Jamestown Colony

Commissioned by Prosody Creative Services, NYC for a national tour, 2006-2007 for the Jamestown 2007 organization as part of America’s 400

th

Anniversary Celebration, performed for audiences of aprox. 450,000 on the East Coast in 2006-2007. Published on CD by Prosody Creative Services, 2006

A Chesapeake Celebration co-authored with Robert P. Arthur and Bob Zentz

A full length multi-media dramatic musical featuring video, ballet, live music, slideshows, drama and poetry with contributions from over 60 artists

Premiered at The Kimball Theatre, Williamsburg, VA November, 2004. Published by San Francisco Bay Press; 2004, ISBN 0-9763114-0-2

The Great American Poets A two-act dramatic poetry show with narrative

Premiered at The Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Mathews, VA February, 2003, toured to dozens of schools in Virginia.

The Great English Poets A two-act dramatic poetry show with narrative

Premiered at The Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Mathews, VA November, 2002, toured to dozens of schools in Virginia

A Day in the Life of Pop Tart A one person clown show in the European Style

Premiered at The Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Mathews, VA November, 2002

The Quest for the Golden Albatross co-authored with Ian Rose

A one-act comedy

Played in historical sites throughout the East Coast, featured at the Philadelphia Seaport Museum and Historical Downtown Philadelphia since 1997

The Valentine’s Day Waltz An historical full-length interactive comedy/drama set in 1880’s New York

Commissioned and Produced by The New York Bar Association, NYC 1997

Untitled Edwardian A full-length, one-act, comedic, existential drama set in Edwardian England

Premiered by the Metropolitan Playhouse of New York, NYC 1996

We Rise A full length one-act in poetry featuring two languages, song, dance and mime

Premiered by Theater Without Borders in Association (a joint Lithuanian/American project) with The Metropolitan Playhouse of New York, NYC 1996 and subsequently at the Vaidilos Ainai, Teatras, Vilnius Lithuania 1997

Resident Playwright Worked with American and Lithuanian theater-professionals scripting and developing a unique acting style in two languages based on universal human behavior

Theater Without Borders (a joint Lithuanian/American project) Vilnius, Lithuania 1995


Playwriting/Screenwriting cont.

Pirate’s Blood A five-act comedy set in the 1930’s on a film set

Premiered at the Metropolitan Playhouse of New York, NYC 1995

The Morality of Death: A Grotesque Burlesque A one-act, full length comedic grotesque, staged in a burlesque style, featuring song, dance and mime

Premiered at the Metropolitan Playhouse of New York, NYC 1994

The Tale of the Reluctant Raj A one-act, comedic fairy tale for children

Commissioned by and Produced for St. Agnes Academy Brooklyn, NY 1994

The Lifeblood of Justin Faith Book & Lyrics A full-length blues musical with composer John Tracy

In Progress

Love & Liberty Book & Lyrics A full-length musical with British Grammy Winning Composers David McKay and Ken Ashby

In Progress

Child’s Play A one act drama with no words

Not yet produced

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock A two act drama

In Progress

Being Brandi A full-length site-specific, audience-interactive, multi-media, environmental drama

Not yet produced

Leonardo’s Grape A two-act comedy

In Progress


THEATRICAL DIRECTION College of William and Mary, VA – Premeditated Perfection (an original student play) (director)

Opera Omaha, NE – Carmen (fight director)

Virginia Shakespeare Festival, VA – Turn of the Screw (director)

American PlayWorks, VA – Waiting for Godot (director)

Virginia Premiere Theatre, VA – A Chesapeake Celebration (director), Pen Pals (director), The Gift of the Magi (fight

director)

Ten Years on Independent National Tour – The Belle of Amherst (director)

The Bay School Cultural Arts Center – A Day in the Life of Pop Tart (director)

Playwrights Premiere Theatre, VA – The Waiting Room (fight director)

The Northeast Theatre, PA – Suppa Del Giorno (fight director)

Virginia Opera, Norfolk, VA – Die Walkure (2002), Die Walkure (2011) (fight director)

Cuny/Queensborough College, NY – Suena (Life is a Dream), Romeo & Juliet (fight director)

Riverside Stage Company, NYC - Carrin Beginning (fight director)

C.W. Post/Long Island University, NY – Henry IV, I *Sled, Marisol, *Suburbia, Twelfth Night, *The Husband (also

Commedia Movement & Lozze) (fight director)

Hofstra University, NY - Taming of the Shrew (fight director)

John Jay College/SUNY, NYC - De Donde (fight director)

The Metropolitan Playhouse Of New York, NYC – Untitled Edwardian (director), Streets of New York, Butterfingers

Angel, Romeo & Juliet, The American Clock, Madwoman of Chaillot, Round Trip, Dark Sun (fight director)

Theatre Of The Modern Myth, NYC Tour - Romeo & Juliet (fight director)

Manhasset Public Schools – Oliver, Midsummer Night’s Dream (fight director)

Operaworks, NYC–Cavallero Rusticana (fight director)

Here Theatre, NYC - Saturn's Children (fight director)

Courtyard Playhouse, NYC – Othello (fight director)

Bath Productions Outdoor Drama, NC - Blackbeard (also Firearms Coordinator) (fight director)

McNeill Productions Outdoor Drama, NC - Blackbeard's Revenge (also Firearms Coordinator) (fight director)

Hudson Guild Theater, NYC - The Husband (fight director)

Pulse Ensemble Theatre, NYC - Hostage, Three Women in Hell (fight director)

Arts Club Theater, NYC - Doomsday (also Firearms Coordinator) (fight director)

Actor's Factory, NYC - Bar Pink Flamingo, Zugzwang (fight director)

Riverside Shakespeare, Playhouse 91, NYC - Macbeth with Stephen MacHattie (Asst. Fight Director, Fight Captain,

Firearms Coordinator), Richard III with Austin Pendleton (Asst. Fight Director, Fight Captain, Pendleton's Trainer)

Survivor Productions, NYC - Ivanhoe (Fight Trainer & Consultant)

Candid Productions, NYC - The McGregors (Fight Trainer & Consultant)

*Winners of the Kennedy Center ACTF Meritorious Achievement Award


Acting (Member of Actors Equity Association, SAGAFTRA Eligible)

New York City Acting

Richard II Northumberland Riverside Shakespeare King John (with Geoffrey Owens) Falconbridge Riverside Shakespeare Macbeth (w/Stephen Machattie, Jennifer Harmon) The Murderer Riverside Shakespeare Richard III (w/Austin Pendleton, Penny Allen) Ratcliff Riverside Shakespeare Twelfth Night (dir. Stuart Vaughan) Captain/Officer Riverside Shakespeare Othello Montano Grove Street Playhouse Washington Irving Sketchbook Washington Irving Metropolitan Playhouse The American Clock (dir. Rebecca Taylor) Lee Metropolitan Playhouse Wenceslas Square Narrator/Czech Men Metropolitan Playhouse The Madwoman of Chaillot (dir. Rebecca Taylor) Prospector Metropolitan Playhouse Spring Fling Hero Metropolitan Playhouse Tartuffe Tartuffe Actors Factory Zugzwang White King Actors Factory Bar Pink Flamingo Humphrey Bogart Actors Factory Limb of Snow Jim Arts Club Theater Doomsday Father Arts Club Theater Etched in Amber Weirdo La Mamma etc. Phantom Sword’s Revenge Grayales Brooklyn Playworks Regional Acting

The Tragedy of King Richard III King Richard Virginia Shakespeare Festival Kiss My Little Girls 1862 Richard Robert Ruffin Productions Kiss My Little Girls 1861 Richard Robert Ruffin Productions Cry Witch Storytelling Tours The Waiting Room

Bailiff Samuel Odell Hoggleton

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Playwright’s Premiere Theatre

Joanna’s Husband and David’s Wife David Playwright’s Premiere Theatre Peter Pan Christmas Carol

Captain Hook Jacob Marley

Suffolk Center For the Arts Virginia Stage Company

Treasure Island Dr. Livesey Virginia Stage Company No Words For Love Leading Man/ Clown Int’l Tour, Lithuania Romeo & Juliet Tybalt Virginia Shakespeare Henry IV,i Hotspur Virginia Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew Sly/Tailor Int’l Theater Fest., Stoneybrook Love’s Labours Lost Dull Virginia Shakespeare Wenceslas Square Narrator/Czech Men Vaidilos Teatras, Lithuania & PA Tour Joe Layton’s Lost Colony George Howe NC Historical Association Cinderella, Cinderella Duke Joe Layton Productions The Dining Room Multiple Roles Catskill Mountain Playhouse Blackbeard Narrator Bath County Productions Blackbeard’s Revenge Israel Hands McNeill Productions Peter Pan Captain Hook Suffolk Center for the Arts Rising Splendor* *Royal Command Performance

Gov. Tryon NC Historical Association

Film & TV Acting

Lincoln (feature film) Wicked Attraction Ep. 11 (tv) Interpol Investigates Ep. 6 (tv) Apocolypse (independent feature film) Haunting in Connecticut (tv, movie of the week) Haynes Furniture Kingsdown (commercial)

Major Thompson Eckert(principal)

Detective Brosnen (principal) Pierre Koehnen (lead) Vince/Satan (star) Man in Suit (lead) Spokesman

DreamWorks (Steven Spielberg Dir.) M2 Productions (Discovery Channel) New Dominion Pictures (Discovery Channel) Red Eye Productions New Dominion Pictures (Discovery Channel) Haynes Furniture

New Detectives (tv) Lead Detective (lead) New Dominion Pictures (Discovery Channel)

Corporate Compliance Policy (industrial) Rivalry (film)

Technician (featured) Dmitri (lead)

Circuit City Redhand Productions


The Country Wife (film)

Film & TV Acting cont. Mr. Fidgit

Insight Media

Excaliber (film) King Arthur (lead) NYU Shorts Tom Jones (commercial) Bar patron A&E Harris’ Supermarket (commercial) Pilgrim (principal) Harris’ Supermarket Blackbeard’s Revenge (commercial) Pirate (principal) Blackbeard’s Revenge Carolina Today (tv) Guest Host Carolina Television Productions

Voiceover

The Country Wife (film) Narrator Insight Media The Gathering on Broadway (TV com’l) Spokesman NYC Regional Market Virginia Premiere Theatre KofD (radio) Spokesman Tidewater VA Regional Market Virginia Premiere Theatre Magi (radio) Spokesman Tidewater VA Regional Market Virginia Premiere Theatre Nixon’s (radio) Spokesman Tidewater VA Regional Market Virginia Premiere Theatre Liberty (radio) Spokesman Tidewater VA Regional Market America’s 400

th Anniversary Windigo (Theatre) Captain America’s 400

th Anniversary

Gloucester County Encounters in History (video) Narrator East River Films Gloucester County Adult Ed. (radio) Spokesperson/Darth Vader WXGN Radio America’s Final Victory (video) Narrator East River Films Vibraline Instructional Series (Industrial) Narrator Vibraline Corporation Langley Speedway Hampton Heat (TV com’l) Narrator Tidewater VA Regional Market


OTHER PROFESSIONAL

THE US CENSUS BUREAU – 2010 Cenus (April 2010-September 2010) Crew Leader for Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, VA * Managing Census Count for two Virginia Counties * Providing logistical and field support for team of 20+ Enumerators * Oversight of field operations, verification of data, managing payroll reporting * Personnel management (March-April 2010) Enumerator, Group Quarters Enumeration * Member of a select team counting residents of Prisons, Nursing Homes, Healthcare Facilities, College Dorms

etc. in 6 Counties in Virginia (March-June 2009) Enumerator, Address Canvasing * Mapping houses and roads in 6 Counties in Virginia for pre-Census phase

THE WALL STREET TRANSCRIPT - A Weekly Financial Newspaper

(1998-9/99) Licensing and Reprints Sales Department Manager

* Created department from amalgam of other departments after company was acquired * Increased sales from $20k/mo. to $100+k/mo. * Hiring/ Personnel management * Responsible for product development, marketing & materials, PR, customer service * Supervised creation of computer systems, departmental policies, sales policies * Created pricing, budgets, accounting systems etc. * Oversight of operations * Strategic planning/ Growth management

(1989-1998) Journalist * Conducted telephone and in-person interviews with the Nation's top CEOs, financial analysts and money

managers for a weekly column, writer and editor

EDUCATION

East Carolina University B.F.A. Theatre Arts, June, 1986 - Cum Laude (Acting concentration, English minor)

Goddard College MFAW in Playwriting, June, 2014

Creative Thesis and concentrated critical studies in: Performance Theory, Dramatic Literature, Noh Drama, Interactive Theatre, Avant Garde Theatre, African Dramatic Literature,

AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS

* Outstanding Graduate in Theater Arts, East Carolina University 1986 * BB&T Leadership Program 1985-1986 * Amanda Loessin Scholarship for Acting Excellence, East Carolina University ‘82,’84,’85 * Royal Command Performance for British Monarchy, 1985 * Meritorious Achievement Award, The Kennedy Center ACTF, 1995 * Telly Award for Video, 2010 * Actors Equity Association * SAGAFTRA Eligible * Dramatist Guild of America * Communication Workers of America * Theatre Communications Guild * Association of Theatre Movement Educators * Virginia Poetry Society * Lifetime Member Monticello Association * Treasurer West Mathews Community League 2007 * Treasurer Friends of Lewis B. Puller Center 2007 (authored By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation & 501c3) * Director Virginia Premiere Theatre/American Playworks 2007-2011 * Director, (Development Chair 2008) the ARC of the Peninsula 2007-2012 * Mathews Film Society (authored By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation & 501c3) * The First Frame (authored By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation & 501c3)


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Maria Porter Suzuki movement Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC Isabelle Anderson Masque , Clown Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC Yolante Maestaeka Ballroom Dancing Fred Astaire Studios, NYC Linda Lavin & Kip Niven Acting Joe Layton’s PTW, NC Jeffrey Holder and Carmen Delavelade Acting Joe Layton’s PTW, NC Arthur Joseph Singing Joe Layton’s PTW, NC Gregory Hines Dance Joe Layton’s PTW, NC Pete Peterson Combat Joe Layton’s PTW, NC David Leong, S.A.F.D Combat Joe Layton’s PTW, NC Dr. Robin McFarquhar, S.A.F.D Combat Virginia Shakespeare Festival Ian Rose, S.A.F.D., FDC Combat STEEL, NYC Ron Peretti, S.A.F.D. Combat Brooklyn Playworks

SOFTWARE SKILLS

PC: Windows XP and 8; Microsoft Office 2007, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer 2007; Adobe Photoshop (basic); Microsoft FrontPage (basic), Firefox

REFERENCES

David Zarko – Artistic Director Electric Theatre Company, Scranton, PA; Founder of the Metropolitan Playhouse of New York (570) 558-1520, [email protected]

Mark Lerman – Former Artistic Director Perishable Theatre; Adjunct Theatre Faculty College of William and Mary, 757-784-5337, [email protected]

Joan Gavaler – Former Chair Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance College of William and Mary, 757-221-2785, [email protected]

Christopher Owens – Chair Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance College of William and Mary; Producing Artistic Director Virginia Shakespeare Festival; 757-221-2683, [email protected]

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