EDUCATION

MA in Performance – Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England.       Taught by Rudi Shelly and Nat Brenner.

BA in Theatre – Indiana University.  Taught by Howard Jensen.

 

TEACHING

1986-1996       New York University (Playwrights Horizons Theatre School)

Acting Instructor for 3^rd and 4^th year Practicum.  Speech/text teacher for 3^rd and 4^th year Practicum.  Specialty – Shakespeare.  Also taught The Greeks, Jacobean Tragedy, Restoration Comedy, Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg.

The Practicum was initially created by myself and four other colleagues.  It stemmed out of a production of HAMLET that was produced at NYU.  The five of us (director, dramaturg, choreographer, vocal coach and text/speech coach) worked on the production in collaboration during the rehearsal period.  As a result of this production, a division of NYU’s BFA program, Playwrights Horizons Theatre School,  hired us as a team and we created the Practicum.  Designed for 3^rd and 4^th year students – each one of us taught a different discipline, but worked on the same or similar texts as a point of focus.  A conservatory-like structure, but a special collaboration and cohesiveness existed since an understanding and respect of each other’s aesthetic was present.

 

1985 – 1988           Harvard University

Acting Instructor for summer school.

 

OTHER TEACHING

2017     –  Northwestern University Law School, Chicago  –  Mock Trials – role playing for Ethics 101 students in order to experience different client behavior and situations.

 

2017     –   Improv Playhouse – Adult Voice-over Classes at RBJ Studios in Vernon Hills, IL.

 

2016/2017   –  Newberry Library, Chicago  SHAKESPEARE ALIVE! – Workshop with Chicago high school students.

 

2000 – 2010 – Utah Shakespearean Festival – Various youth and Camp Shakespeare seminars and workshops.

When part of a large Shakespeare acting company, one is often asked to participate in educational programs.  These seminars and workshops involved directing, one on one work, and text study with acting students, drama teachers, and other interested patrons of the festival for learning experience and, in some cases, presentation.

1994 – Oregon Shakespeare Festival – Various youth and elder hostel seminars and workshops.

 

Ongoing –

Private coaching for auditions, voice-over, acting technique both in person and online.   Contact me for further information.

 

Continue to teach a workshop for classical training based on the teachings of Rudi Shelly of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.