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Director

Othello  

Texas Shakespeare Festival (5/07)

The School for Husbands

Texas Shakespeare Festival

A Christmas Carol

Children’s Theatre of Madison

To Kill A Mockingbird

Children’s Theatre of Madison

The Smell of the Kill

Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, Maine

The Voice of the Prairie

Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee (AEA SPT)

Bravo, Caruso!

Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee

A Crooked Man (World Premiere)

University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh

Crimes of the Heart

University of Wisconsin – Whitewater

The Busy World Is Hushed (by Keith Bunin, staged reading)

Madison Repertory Theatre

Changing (staged reading)

Madison Repertory Theatre (AEA SPT)

Makin’ Mambo (also co-conceiver; one-woman show)

UW-Madison Summer Theatre

Much Ado About Nothing

Strollers Theatre, Madison

Romeo & Juliet

Edgewood College, Madison

The Memory Of Water

Madison Theatre Guild

Of Mice and Men

Madison Theatre Guild

The Playboy of the Western World (Staged Reading)

Renaissance Theatre, Milwaukee

Hannah Free

Stage Q, Madison, WI

Gertrude Stein and a Companion

Stage Q, Madison, WI

Stop Kiss

Mercury Players, Madison, WI

Getting Out

UW Center - Fond du Lac

Dark Of The Moon

Lincoln University of Missouri

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Lincoln University of Missouri

Ladyhouse Blues

Virginia Commonwealth University

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Co-Director)

American Players Theatre (Anne Occhiogrosso, co-dir)

 

Assistant Director

The Tempest

American Players Theatre (David Frank, dir)

Machinal

Missouri Repertory Theatre (Risa Brainin, dir)

The Government Inspector

American Players Theatre (Risa Brainin, dir)

 

Associate Artistic Director - American Players Theatre

Spring Green, WI (1996-2003)
Also Line Producer (1988-1995)
Responsibilities included: Casting, Season Planning,
Line Producing, Budgeting, Infrastructure Expansion
& Theatre renovation planning

David Frank, Artistic Director

5-show rotating classical rep; AEA LORT-C Special; 28-member resident acting company; 1100 seat amphitheatre, 3.4M budget

 

Producer

Producing Director (2006-present)

Children’s Theatre of Madison

Produce mainstage productions; hire artistic and production staff, develop and manage budgets, cast & direct productions, oversee marketing, assist with grantwriting and fundraising.

 

 

 

Madison New Play Festival (2004, 2005)

Madison Repertory Theatre

Hiring, Casting & Contracting playwrights, actors & directors; Develop schedules, Manage Budget, Supervise staff & volunteers; Direct festival events and manage artists.

Richard Corley, Artistic Director

 

Teaching

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Acting, Shakespeare, Auditioning (9/01-12/04)

Edgewood College - Madison

Shakespeare in Performance

University of Wisconsin Center - Fond du Lac

Acting, Stagecraft, Public Speaking

Lincoln University of Missouri

Interpersonal Communication, Public Speaking

 

Production Stage Manager

American Players Theatre, WI (AEA Lort-C Special):

 

Twelfth Night

Fred Ollerman & Sandra Ernst, dir.

The Comedy of Errors

Ted Swetz, dir.

The Seagull

Ted Swetz, dir.

The Proposal, Etc.!

John Wyatt, dir.

Hamlet [ASM]

Ted Swetz & Anne Occhiogrosso, dir.

Tartuffe [touring prod.]

Randall Duk Kim & Sandra Ernst, dir.

 

Madison Repertory Theatre, WI (AEA- SPT):

 

‘Night, Mother

Joe Hanreddy, dir.

Voice of the Prairie

Andrew Traister, dir.

Holy Ghosts

Joe Hanreddy, dir.

Amadeus

Joan Brooks, dir.

 

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

MFA -- Directing

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

BA - Theatre & Russian Studies

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