EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Acting
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
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Rutgers University
Professional Actor Training Program
New Brunswick, NJ - 1990
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL - 1987
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INSTITUTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY
Cornell University
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Atlantic Theatre Company School
Rutgers University
Monmouth College, IL
Stagedoor Manor
SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Terminal degree (MFA) in Acting.
- Wide range of possible teaching assignments in actor training,
dramatic writing and general theatre.
- Performed over 100 roles covering wide range of acting demands
and styles.
- A working actor and director in and around New York City for
the past decade.
- Artistic Associate/Company Member of The Present Company in
New York.
- Cast member of "Americana Absurdum" -- Fringe First
Award Winner, Edinburgh Fringe 2000.
- Script Analyst for Big Beach Films (Little Miss Sunshine), Filbert Steps (Two Family House) and Script Launch, a screenplay analysis company.
- Narrator, Recorded Books, NYC.
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ACTING: Beginning through Advanced - Meisner Orientation -
Moment to Moment Work - Improvisation / Text Analysis - Scene
Scoring / Comedic Acting / Period Acting Styles / Acting Shakespeare
MOVEMENT: Movement for Actors / Laban Technique / Williamson
Technique / Expressive and Neutral Mask Work / Basic Hand-to-Hand
Stage Combat
VOICE & SPEECH: Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater / American
Stage Standard / IPA Notation / Dialects: Standard British, Cockney,
Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish, Russian, American Southern, American
Midwestern
AUDITION TECHNIQUES: Material Choice - Creating a Monoloque
Arsenal - Choosing Contrasting Pieces / The Audition: Coming in
the Door, Using the Space, Working with a Reader, Working with
Another Actor, Cold Readings / Commercial Audition Techniques
- Basic On Camera / The Business of the Business: Acting Resumes,
Headshots, Career Development
DRAMATIC WRITING: Screenwriting / Writing Short Films /
Comedy Writing / Developing Original Audition Pieces / Writer-Director
Relationships / Mounting New Works
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