CURRICULUM VITAE
| EDUCATION: | (current 6/6/2019) |
MFA (Acting) Yale School of Drama 1988
BFA Drama Speech-Ithaca College 1973
Other: Stella Adler 1977-82; Viola Spolin 1977; American Conservatory Theatre 1976/77; Shakespeare & Company, Summer Intensive, 2001
TEACHING:
| 2006-present | Stella Adler Academy- Los Angeles, faculty Chekhov and Shakespeare |
| Feb, 2000-present | Private Classes and Theatre Workshops, CHEKHOV SCENE STUDY, Los Angeles |
| Jan, 2000 | Andamio Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina Workshop, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller |
| Oct., 1999 | Williams College, guest lecturer, CHEKHOV SCENE STUDY |
| Jan, 1999 | Andamio Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chekhov Intensive |
| June, 1997 | Danish Actors’ Association (Copenhagen, Denmark) “Method Acting,” Aarhus |
| 1997-2000 | Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, NYC, faculty, NYU track |
| 1996-2000 | The Actors Center of NYC, Founding Faculty |
| May-June, 1996 | Danish Actors Association (Copenhagen, Denmark) Visiting instructor, “Method Acting” two weeks each in: Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense |
| January, 1996 | University of Scranton, Intersession Guest Lecturer Equity Guest Artist, MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Duke) |
| Spring 1995, 1996 | Circle Rep Theatre School, NYC, Faculty, CHEKHOV SCENE STUDY |
| Spring 1991 | Princeton University Visiting lecturer in Acting (Spring semester) |
| 1989- 1995 | Private Classes and Theatre Workshops, New York City |
| Summer 1989 | British American Drama Academy (BADA), Oxford, England Instructor, CHEKHOV |
| Spring 1989 | Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT Substitute Teacher, FIRST YEAR ACTING, MFA Program |
| Summer 1987, 1988 | British American Drama Academy (BADA), Oxford, England Assistant Instructor, CHEKHOV |
ACTING (partial list):
TV and Film: co-star or guest-star
GREY’S ANATOMY, CASTLE JUSTIFIED, CRIMINAL MINDS, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, LAW AND ORDER, NYPD BLUE, WITHOUT A TRACE, STRONG MEDICINE, STANDOFF, PROFILER, DRAGNET, JUDGING AMY; THE GUIDING LIGHT, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ALL MY CHILDREN;
LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN;
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, GRIDIRON GANG, FIFTH OF JULY, BATTLEFIELD AMERICA, THE TAVERN, BLACK RAIN;
Stage: NEW YORK (highlights)—
Roundabout Theatre, Tony Award Revival of CABARET, stand-by for Ron Rifkin as Herr Schultz
NY Shakespeare Festival OTHELLO w/ Raul Julia and Christopher Walken, Delacorte Theatre in Central Park
RICHARD III w/ Denzel Washington, Delacorte Theatre in Central Park
MERCHANT OF VENICE, u/s Shylock, Anspacher Theatre on Lafayette Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, Premiere Season
Manhattan Theatre Club SYLVIA w/ Sarah Jessica Parker
New York Theatre Workshop; EnGarde Arts; SoHo Rep; HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art; Cucaracha Warehouse
Theatre: Red Earth Ensemble, Lightening Strikes Theatre Company and Stonehill Theatre Project at Synchronicity Space;
Theatre Row Theatre; Adobe Theatre; Alice’s Fourth Floor; West Bank Café
LOS ANGELES— Mark Taper Forum; Pasadena Playhouse; Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Deaf West Theatre; Independent Shakespeare Company; Zephyr Theatre; Theatre West; The MET; NEO at the Hudson Theatre; Secret Rose Theatre; Tamarind Theatre, The Complex
REGIONAL— Yale Rep; New Jersey Shakespeare Festival; Asolo Theatre (Sarasota, Fla); Birmingham Theatre (Michigan); John Harms Theatre (New Jersey); Berkeley Shakespeare; Little Fox Theatre (San Francisco); Eureka Theatre (San Francisco)
DIRECTING
| Dec, 2016 | TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA by William Shakespeare | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| May, 2015 | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Dale Wasserman, from Ken Kesey’s novel | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| March, 2014 | WILD HONEY by Michael Frayn from Chekhov’s PLATONOV | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| March, 2013 | THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| August, 2009 | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| August, 2007 | CLOUD NINE by Caryl Churchill | Stella Adler Academy, LA |
| October, 2003 | KING LEAR by William Shakespeare | The MET Theatre, LA |
| February, 2003 | O SOLO NEO Various artists | Theatre NEO Hudson Theatre, LA |
| March-June, 2002 | UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov | Classical Theatre Lab at the Actors Gang Theatre, LA The MET Theatre, LA and Pacific Resident Theatre, Venice, CA |
| Aug., 1999 | ON THE VERGE by Eric Overmyer | Dirigible Productions Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| May, 1999 | THE WOOD DEMON by Anton Chekhov | Stella Adler Conservatory NYC |
| April, 1999 | ON THE VERGE by Eric Overmyer | Dirigible Productions The Center Stage, NYC |
| June, 1998 | MAIDEN VOY AGE (excerpt) by Tony Howarth | Playwrights Harbor Theatre Producers Club, NYC |
| May, 1998 | A WAY WITH WORDS by Frank D. Gilroy | Theatre of Yale Drama Alumni Yale Club of NYC |
| April, 1998 | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Dale Wasserman (reverse gender) | Stella Adler Conservatory NYC |
| May, 1995 | A TRIP TO THE CIRCUS by Kevin Meredith | Theatre of Yale Drama Alumni West Bank Cafe, NYC |
| Dec. 1993 | CONTRADICTIONS OF THE HEART by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. | Theatre of Yale Drama Alumni West Bank Cafe, NYC |
| March, 1993 | CHEKHOV IN YALTA by Driver & Hadlow | Lightening Strikes Synchronicity Space, NYC |
| Dec. 1991 | MOM AND THE RAZOR BLADES by Wendy Hammond | Alice’s Fourth Floor, NYC (Late Night Series) |
| Oct. 1991 | JULIE JOHNSON by Wendy Hammond | STONEHILL Theatre Project Synchronicity Space, NYC |
| May, 1990 | WATER TORTURE by Beverly Smith-Dawson | West Bank Cafe, NYC |
| April, 1990 | ST. JOAN OF AVENUE D by Daniel Reitz | HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC (Late Night Series) |
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
Producing Director of Theatre of Yale Drama Alumni (TYDA), NYC, five years;
Board of Advisors, Harbor Theatre, NYC
Founding Faculty, Actors Center, NYC
Associate Director, International Classical Acting Project (ICAP), Los Angeles
Guest Moderator, Classical Theatre Lab and Classical Theatre Project, Los Angeles