VITAE.
stillness | simplicity | nature | puppetry | visceral | poetry
EDUCATION
MASTER OF FINE ARTS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE |
EDUCATION
University of Montana Southern Utah University |
EDUCATION
Directing Acting |
TEACHING
University of San Diego Adjunct Professor | 2011-present Theatre in Education | 2021 Theatre and Society | 2011-present Acting II | 2011-present Acting I | 2013-present Producing and Directing | 2011-present Contemporary Theatre | Spring 2016 Mira Costa College Associate Faculty | 2008-present Introduction to Theatre Introduction to Acting Voice and Diction Spring | 2010 Directing for the Stage | Spring 2013 Study of Filmed Plays | 2011 Script Analysis for Design and Performance | Spring 2015-present Introduction to Performance | Spring 2017 Meisner/Chekhov Integrated Training Studio (MCIT) Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director | March 2013-present Meisner Technique Instructor The Old Globe USD MFA Acting Program Meisner Workshops | Spring and Fall 2019 New Village Arts Meisner Technique Instructor | 2008-2012 Actor’s Academy @Mira Costa College Faculty | 2008-present Track 2 Acting Instructor (Meisner Technique) Devised Project Leader/Director | 2012 |
TEACHING
San Diego City College Associate Faculty | 2009-present Introduction to Theatre California State University - San Marcos Adjunct Faculty | 2008-2010 Learning Through the Arts Grossmont College Associate Faculty | 2009-2011 Intermediate Acting Intro to Shakespeare Palomar College Associate Faculty | 2009 Introduction to Theatre University of California, San Diego Extension Acting Instructor | 2004-2008 Directing Instructor | 2006 University of California, San Diego Guest Director | 2007 Directed the undergraduate production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child. Mentoring of undergraduate assistant director and designers. Taught theatre techniques through the rehearsal process. University of Montana Acting Instructor | 1990-1993 Teaching Assistant | 1990-1991 Introduction to Theatre/Dramatic Literature |
DIRECTING
Birds of North America Ancient Red Bike How High The Moon Red Truck/Blue Truck (workshop) Reindeer Games (workshop) credible (World Premiere, Lily Padilla playwright) Calling Almost Maine The Moors Car Plays: We Wait Car Plays: We Wait Car Plays: Incident Row When It Comes (workshop) Ajax (co-direct) The Secret in the Wings Parlour Song Skelton Crew (reading) The Whale (reading) A Behanding in Spokane A Streetcar Named Desire The Collector Righteous Exploits Buried Child Simpatico The Gift Teller Eurydice Anatomy of Gray Twelfth Night Hamlet (co-direct) Cooperstown (reading) Government Census (devised) The House of Blue Leaves Anonymous Things We Want Killer Joe The Corpse Bride (reading) Student Readings Crimes of the Heart Miss Julie Handbag Ladies First Buried Child The Long Christmas Ride Home Pirates of Penzance Our Town Looking for Normal I Sit at the Café Islands of Repair Little Man Come Back... Jimmy Dean Laughing Wild The Real Thing (Assistant Director) Picnic The Boys Next Door The Woolgatherer Home Free The Year 2012 The Mystery of Polluted Water The Forbidden Crystal Carrendo The Liar Camorro is in Trouble The Tale of Two |
DIRECTING
Moxie Theatre Digital WOW Festival – La Jolla Playhouse Moxie Theatre WOW Festival – La Jolla Playhouse The Old Globe La Jolla Playhouse University of San Diego University of San Diego University of San Diego Diversionary Theatre WOW Festival – La Jolla Playhouse Moving Arts WOW Festival – La Jolla Playhouse The Old Globe The Old Globe USD Graduate Acting Program University of San Diego Backyard Renaissance The Old Globe La Jolla Playhouse Cygnet Theatre University of San Diego Animal Cracker Conspiracy So Say We All New Village Arts New Village Arts Scripps Ranch Theatre University of San Diego University of San Diego Summer Shakespeare Studio, The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Studio, The Old Globe Cygnet Theatre Mira Costa College Mira Costa College Envision Theatre New Village Arts Compass Theatre | (Patte Award) Stone Soup Theatre Playwright’s Project Festival Envision Theatre Stone Soup Theatre Cal State San Marcos Peace and Democracy Movement University of California San Diego Diversionary Theatre | (Patte Award) Lyric Opera Academy Steele Canyon Players Diversionary Theatre HERE New York Fringe Theater Festival Miranda Theatre Montana Players Young Repertory Theatre Montana Repertory Theatre University of Montana University of Montana University of Montana University of Montana Met Opera Guild Met Opera Guild Met Opera Guild Met Opera Guild Met Opera Guild Met Opera Guild |
DIRECTING
San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA Anaheim, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA National Tour San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA Oceanside, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY Missoula, MT Missoula, MT Missoula, MT Missoula, MT Missoula, MT Missoula, MT Missoula, MT New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY |
ACTING
PROFESSIONAL The Heidi Chronicles Women of Shakespeare Roquefort Corpse Bride Felt Rita & Inez Naomi and the Living Room Talking With The Green Show Costume Cavalcade REGIONAL Lie of the Mind Twelfth Night Brighton Beach Memoirs Crimes of the Heart To Gillian / 37th Birthday |
ACTING
PROFESSIONAL Susan Emilia / Lady Macbeth / Kate Doris Ephron (outstanding performance) Monica Rita Naomi Lurlene Wench Model Beth Maria Kate Lenny Esther |
ACTING
PROFESSIONAL Montana Rep (tour) Montana Rep (tour) AASD Festival | San Diego, CA AASD Festival | San Diego, CA AASD Festival | San Diego, CA Young Rep (tour) Young Rep | Missoula, MT Young Rep | Missoula, MT Utah Shakespeare Festival Utah Shakespeare Festival University of Montana University of Montana Southern Utah University Southern Utah University Southern Utah University |
PRODUCER
RITA & INEZ: The True Queens of Femininity Rose’s Turn | New York, NY Don’t Tell Mama | New York, NY WOW Café | New York, NY FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVALS RITA & INEZ: The True Queens of Femininity Edmonton, Canada Seattle, WA Women’s ITF | Denver, CO REGIONAL TOURS RITA & INEZ: The True Queens of Femininity Salt Lake City, UT Denver, CO Missoula, MT |
PLAYWRIGHT
Handbag A performance collage piece written in collaboration with 7 writers. Exploring the life that exists inside a woman’s handbag. RITA & INEZ: The True Queens of Femininity Co-wrote a five-point plan with a feminist perspective. This is an hour-long entertainment performed in the style of the Cabaret. The Women of Shakespeare Co-wrote an introduction to Shakespeare’s Women, written for the Montana Repertory Theatre’s Secondary Schools Outreach Program. Fifty minutes of Shakespeare’s text with a Saturday Night Live format. |