Artistic Director, The Artful Conspirators, New York, NY, 2007-Present

Founder of theater collective dedicated to including the audience in the theatre-making process.  Innovative new works include 30 ideas, 3 of them good, in which the audience voted on the 3 best and 1 worst theatrical idea.  The winner, Leaving IKEA, became a full production in 2012. For more about The Artful Conspirators.

Director of Education, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY, 2006-2008

Lead the $1.1 million program, 6 full time staff and roster of 40 professional teaching artists to provide New York City schools with highest quality theater education across all areas of the core curriculum

Collaborated with Roundabout staff to ensure that subscribers, students and teachers are engaged in the work

As Education Program Manager 2006-07 upgraded communication systems and operating protocols

Artistic Director, CityKids Repertory Company, New York, NY, 2005-2006

Revived an ailing company through management of Musical Director, Coordinator & young performers

Helmed the creation of original dramatic pieces, dances & songs and collaborated with guest artists

Cast, rehearsed and executed performances in NYC, PA, CT at Tribeca Film Festival, Grand Central Station, Arthur Ashe Kids Day at US Open, Soho Playhouse and other high profile venues

Associate Artistic Director & Education Associate, Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ, 2002-2006

Collaborated with Hoboken Historical Museum to create theater workshops for the public and local schools

Devised education materials and facilitated for MST’s Othello

Created running order, coordinated artist communication & sound design for “7th Inning Stretch”

Maintained company website and devised marketing strategies & outreach for the company

Director of Education Outreach, Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1996-2000

Developed & taught workshop and residencies to Pre-K to 12^th,  college level,  teachers, and docents

Mentored a staff of 30 Teaching Artists and program Coordinator, collaborated with more staff of 30+

Accomplishments: Reached 18,000 students at 400 sites—public and private schools, art museums,  universities, theatres, community centers—in 75 cities, quadrupling in size and scope in a five-year span

TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH AGES 4 to 18

Teaching Artist, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY 2009 to Present

Theatre Mash Up for ages 12-16,
Acting and Theatre-making Classes for ages 5-10,
Acting and Playwriting Classes for Teens

Teaching Artist, Arts Horizons, Englewood, NJ, 2004-2006

Macbeth: Putting History Into a Frame Residency, IS 77, Queens, NYC

Romeo & Juliet Residency: Shakespeare & Modernization, IS 129, Bronx, NYC

Original Play Residency at PS 2, Bronx, NY 15-session playwriting residency

Hamlet Residency at White Plains High School, White Plains, NY

Midsummer Night’s Dream/Elizabethan England: Putting History into a Frame, PS 46, Bronx, NY

Teaching Artist, Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1996-2003

Drama School 

Specialty Classes for grades 7-12: Improvisation, Shakespeare, Dialects, Play Development

Acting for grades 3-12: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

Creative Drama for grades PreK-2: Exploring Shakespeare Treasure Trunk Theatre, Dramatic Imagination

Education & Outreach

Individual Workshops: Creative Drama, acting, Shakespeare, mask work, mainstage production

Visual arts based: Ancient Egypt, Leonardo da Vinci, Marc Chagall, Kurdistan

Residencies: Words of MLK, Jr., Shakespeare, Playwriting, History of Theatre

Educator training: Pacific Lutheran University courses, Monroe and Seattle School Districts

Docent training: Bellevue Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum

Teaching Artist, Wingspan Arts, New York, NY, 2004-2005

PS 192 After-School Drama Club, 4th & 5th grade students, 2004-05
Millennium High School After-School Drama Club, Guest Teacher, 2004

Teaching Artist, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, 2003

The Divas and Gentle Men Project Residency at Paul Robeson Middle School.  Spoken word performance on the topic of what is means to be a young man.

Teaching Artist, McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, 2003

Acting Sampler Class, grades 4 through 9

Teaching Artist, Algonquin Arts, Manasquan, NJ, 2003

Midsummer Night’s Dream Workshop, 7^th graders, Matawan, NJ

Improvisation Workshop, At-risk teens, Asbury Park, NJ  

Acting Workshop, assisted living tenants, East Brunswick, NJ

Teaching Artist, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1998-2000

Bringing Theatre into the Classroom professional development workshop series developed with SRT Education Director Andrea Allen designed to teach classroom teachers how to better use theatre and drama in their classroom curriculum, teachers of grades 4^th to 12th

Teaching Artist, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1995-96

Intermediate Level Acting Class, Theatre Training Program, 5th to 9th graders

Advanced Acting Class (co-taught), 5th to 9th graders