Associate Professor
Artistic Director / Theatre: Performance
Education
- M.F.A. Performance; University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009
- B.F.A. Acting; Stephen F. Austin State University, 1996
Courses Taught
- Acting I
- Advanced Acting
- Periods and Styles
- Voice/Movement
- Playwriting
- Theatre History I & II
- Theatre Appreciation
- Theatre Capstone
Academic Interests
- Gender and Racial Disparity in the Theatre
- Stage Movement
- Sound Design
- Traditional Japanese Theatre Forms
- Psychology of the Actor
- Commedia dell’arte
- Theatre History
Scholarly Activity
- Annually direct Theatre Northwest Mainstage production(s) – Past NW productions include: Legally Blonde – The Musical (2016), Reckless (2015), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015)
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Chicago, IL. Paper presentation: “Oleanna and Title IX: The Spectacular Labor of Regulating Sexual Harassment in Academia” (2016)
Student Group Advisement
- University Players
- KC/ACTF
Other Professional Experiences
- Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) – 1998-present
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- Professional regional theatre credits include Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Next Act Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, New American Theatre, and The Shakespeare Project
- Regional commercial and voiceover experience includes:
- Madison’s CW, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, American Family Insurance, Midwest Family Broadcasting, Raven Software, TDS Video/Tilt Media, and Blame Society Productions
- New Play Development
- Wisconsin Wrights 2007-2009 (Normal Human Beings, Choke Cherry Corners Tavern)
- Milwaukee Repertory Theater 1994-1995 (Six Characters in Search of an Author)
- Madison Repertory Young Playwrights Program 2008-2009 (Teaching Artist)
- Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, TX – Assistant Professor of Voice and Performance
- PEOPLE Program, Madison, WI – Theatre and Drama Internship Instructor
- kidsActing, Austin, TX – Instructor/Director
- PACE Center for Girls, Jacksonville, FL – Drama, English and Journalism Teacher