Curriculum Vitae 

 

International

Institut Seni Indonesia

Denpasar, Bali 

  • Produced and directed ISI university students in As You Like It (Bali World Arts Festival ), Two Gentlemen of Verona (2013), Macbeth (2011) 

  • Collaborated with music, dance, Wayang Kulit masters for Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth

  • Supervised, assisted in the translation and revision of Balinese version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona , Macbeth , As You Like It  

  • Interviewed by Bali National Television 

  • Taught ISI university students fundamentals and acting methods of Shakespearean and Western theatre 

Helsinki, Finland

  • Consultant for J Petolk Shakespeare Project 

  • Developed monologue projects, implemented/studied ritualistic theatre

Regional

Personal coach for stage and film

US, UK, Bali

  • Coaches adults and college/high school students

  • Specialist in college auditions  and film work 

Shakespeare Institute of Nevada

Summerlin 

  • Directed and produced Four Queens – A One Woman Show 

A Taste of Shakespeare

Las Vegas, NV 

  • Directed Macbeth, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet 

HOLLYWOOD, INC

Las Vegas, NV

  • Theatre, film, and TV teacher

The Wandering Players

US, UK, Bali 

  • Co-founded a theatre project for The Wandering Players. I presented the project in front of the governor, and presented again in front of the king.

  • Directed, recruited, and executed the project with multi-national cast and crew. 

Southwest Shakespeare Company

Phoenix, AZ 

  • Directed and administered Education Outreach 2007-2008 for 50 schools 

  • Recruited schools and students for Shakespearean workshops 

  • Directed, hired and supervised actors for workshops; Led workshops and post show discussions 

  • Developed students’ understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare 

  • Directed workshops and adjudicated drama competitions on the state level 

ELIZABETH SAVAGE TALENT AGENCY

Scottsdale, AZ

  • On camera workshops

  • Worked with ages 4-17

DEBORAH MADDOX TALENT AGENCY

Scottsdale, AZ

  • On camera workshops

  • Worked with ages 4-17

East Valley Tobacco Coalition

Queen Creek, AZ 

  • Wrote script for anti-smoking campaign production: Seven Seconds 

  • Auditioned, directed, toured students in production of this script 

Educational Directing

CHANDLER sCHOOL DISTRICT

Gilbert AZ

  • Acting Teacher and director

  • Online Instruction

  • Directed: The Trojan Women, A Week in the Life  (An Online Episodic)

  • Coached students for Utah Shakespeare Festival

  • Coached students for Utah Shakespeare Festival

  • Prepared students for Central Arizona State Thespian Festival/monologues and scenes

San Diego County School District 

San Diego, CA 

  • Acting Teacher and director

  • Senior Portfolio

  • Developed curriculum for Acting Program

  • Taught Spoken Word workshops

  • Established Drama Club and ITS

  • Directed: 448 Psychosis, Charlie Foster, Attempts on Her Life, Lorca in A Green Dress, The Crucible 2018, Stephon Clark - a devised work,  Inside the Private Prison - a devised work 

Clark County School District 

Las Vegas, NV 

  • Taught theatre, film, intro to tech 

  • Pretty People with Problems - original written

  • Suessical the Musical 

  • Antigone, a devised work 

  • Hamlet

  • Children of Syria, a devised work

Veritas Preparatory Academy 

Phoenix, AZ

  • Created and implemented a drama program

  • Worked with accelerated college bound students

  • Taught classical theatre with juniors and seniors 

  • Directed four theatre productions annually

    • Medea

    • Antigone

    • Hamlet

    • Romeo and Juliet

    • Midsummer Night’s Dream

    • Cherry Orchard, a radio show

    • Crucible

    • A Festival of Commedia d’ ell Arte

  • Coached college students

Classics and Four Arts Academy

Scottsdale, AZ 

  • Directed 

    • Romeo and Juliet

    • Twelfth Night

    • Tartuffe

    • A Very Special Murder

  • Established a theatre program for school of 100 students

  • Built a black box theatre 

  • Established Drama Club and ITS

  • Created curriculum: beginning to advanced theatre classes 

  • Established a costume building class and a costume/props room 

  • Coached high school and college groups/ individuals for Arizona and Utah drama competitions 

  • Mentored, coached ESL students 

Life School College Preparatory

Mesa/Tempe, AZ 

Directed:

    • A Shayna Maidel

    • The Maids

    • The Sonnets,  a devised work

    • The Teen Years (monologues), a devised work

    • Antigone

    • Romeo and Juliet

  • Directed student monologue and small scene productions 

  • Developed and worked with students in a one year program in Normandy, France

Winnacunnet High School

Hampton, NH 

Directed state competition plays: 

    • Taming of the Shrew

    • These Wonderful Years

    • Now We Know

    • Images, a devised work

Graduate School

East 15 Acting School

Loughton, UK 

Directed: 

  • 3rd year East 15 BA acting students in British contemporary drama – You Can See the Hills by Matthew Dunster (used a series of exercises culminating in performance, the work included; Miesner, Stanislavsky, Actioning) 

  • London Royal Academy of Music 2nd year opera students, in The Marriage of Figaro (used not only opera technique but a mix of American Acting Methods) 

  • 2nd year acting students from Central school of Speech and Drama in Grey Gardens (used American Acting methods 

  • integrated with actioning) 

  • 3rd year TV and Film acting students on Brecht, culminating in The Visions of Simone Marchard 

  • East15 BA actors in Shakespeare culminating in Arden of Feversham (used American Acting methods) 

  • Balinese college students, puppetry students, mask (dance) culminating in Macbeth ( the work had to be translated into 

  • Indonesian, Balinese and Ancient Javanese through collaboration before it could be performed) 

Assistant directed: 

  • La Ronde with Janette Smith for 3rd year BA East15 show performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. Duties included directing scenes, reworking blocking, period work. 

  • Oh What a Lovely War, for Margaret Cauldaron, for the 50 Year Gala for East 15 Acting School; worked with World 

  • Performance students. Duties included, living history work with students. 


 

Education

  • University of Birmingham MA: Shakespeare and Education

  • East 15 Acting School/University of Essex MFA Theatre Directing

  • University of New Hampshire Graduate work in theatre: Directing,

  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts

  • London Toast Theatre Training Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Bow Street Theatre Training Portsmouth, NH

Awards & Accolades

  • Member of Actors’ Equity Association 

  • Advised, coached students who have gone on to attend prestigious American and international drama 

    schools including; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, California Institute for the Arts, LAMDA, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, East 15 Acting School, among others. 

  • Directed winners of first place prizes in the Utah Shakespearian Festival Monologue competition and second place in the 

  • English Speaking Union Shakespeare Festival in Phoenix, AZ. 

  • Coached students who have gone on to be professional actors 

  • Received Arizona “Zoni” award for best actress (Actor’s Theatre, best actress in a comedy (Desert Foothills Theatre) 

Licenses

  • Subject Matter Expert Standard Teaching, 6-12: Drama/Theatre; Arizona

  • Substitute, PreK; Arizona

  • HOUSSE Arizona 

  • STAGE & THEATRE License for Educational Personel, Nevada

  • CTET License for Theatre, California

Skills and Special Training

  • Suzuki Training Momentum Stage

  • Strong Shakespeare background as director, actor, teacher

  • Trained in Meisner, Stanislavsy, Grotowski, Chekhov, Linklater, Strasberg method 

  • Workshops with: Tom Stoppard, Stephan Jeffreys, David McVicar, Harriet Walter, Dominic Dromgoole, Timothy   Sheader, Tilda Swinton, Simon Usher

  • Actioning with Max Stafford Clark 

  • Shakespeare training with David Richmond, Karen Hensel 

  • Dance/Alexander Technique with David MacGee, Dana Langly, 

  • Voice/Speech with Nan Sykes 

  • Meisner Technique with Janet Powell 

  • Trained in both British and American education classical and modern theatre 

  • Incorporates Theatre for Social Change in my curriculum

  • Former Outreach Education Director with Southwest Shakespeare Company 

  • Skilled at working with multi-cultural, global actors and unique venues

  • Uses teaching tools: Interactive Whiteboard, Infinite Campus, Achieve2000, Google Teaching Platforms, Google Classroom,

    Zoom, Gradebook

  • Proficient with Mac and Windows 

  • Adaptable, creative, fearless in front of challenging texts and sets 

  • Adept at cutting/revising texts for specific casts or productions 

  • Able to work closely with stage manager and technical director 

  • Collaborative skills include working with music and dance choreographers 

  • Goal oriented, team/ensemble director and actress 

  • Film and TV camera workshops:  work with all ages

Travel

  • Europe: France, UK, Germany, Italy 

  • Indonesia: Bali, Thailand, Cambodia…. flights stops via India and Oman 

  • US: Coast to coast…….driving cross country multiple times for pleasure and home/field studies 

Adjudicated: 

  • New Hampshire State Drama and Debate Team Competition 

  • New Hampshire International Thespian Society Festivals 

  • Arizona State Debate and Drama Competitions 

  • Arizona State International Thespian Society Festivals 

  • English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition