CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Record of success in directing, producing, developing, dramaturging, managing theatrical endeavors, teaching, including: literary manager, director of artistic development, dramaturg, interim executive director, playwright, producer, director of new play development, assistant professor, associate artistic director.  

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL THEATRE

 

Director of New Play Development, The NOLA Project , New Orleans, LA (August, 2016--Present)

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• ​ Facilitate Rough Draught Reading Series (a monthly new play reading at the Nola Brewery)

•  Assist the Artistic Director with season selection

•  Direct a full production in TNP season (see résumé)

•  Company Member

•  Company liaison to the Executive Board including co-chairing Strategic Planning Committee and serving on Development Committee

•  Create and maintain relationships with local and national playwrights

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Adjunct Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (August, 2016--Present)

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•   Teach Acting 1 

•   Teach Audition Techniques

•   Teach Playwriting Workshop

•   Direct full productions (see résumé)

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Director of New Play Development, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Orlando, FL (August, 2012—August, 2015)

 

• Select 6 plays (from 400+ initial submissions), identify keynote speaker, choose directors and casts, and all other producing responsibilities for PlayFest

• Direct two full productions in OST season (Signature Series, TYA Series, New Play Series)

• Direct various readings

• Create, execute and maintain the PlayFest Budget

• Work with the Artistic Director and Staff toward season selection, particularly new play selection

• Direct various special events such as The Mock Trial

• Participate in local and national casting held in Orlando and New York for the upcoming season

 

 Assistant Professor, Theatre, University of Central Florida,Orlando, FL (August, 2012—August, 2015)

 

• Teach at UCF on a rotating 3/4 and 4/3 unit system.

• Direct a full production at Theatre UCF in their season.

• Teach Directing, Advanced Directing, and Acting for MFA, BFA, and BA students

• Oversee Graduate Thesis projects, Research projects, and Independent Studies including student run full productions, and original plays by student playwrights.

• Advise class of Theatre BA students

• Serve on committees such at the Professional Advisory Board

• Create a tenure book (was up for tenure in 2016/17)

 

 Associate Director of New Play Development, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Orlando, FL (August, 2011—May, 2012)

 

• Select plays, choose directors and casts, and produce the Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays, PlayFest!

• Direct a Signature Series mainstage production and a Theatre for Young Audiences mainstage production

• Work with Artistic Director and staff toward season selection

• Advise Artistic Director on new play selection, workshop, and production

• Work directly with Director of New Play Development (now Associate Artistic Director)

• Teach beginning and advanced directing as Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida as a part of OST in Partnership with UCF

 

 Associate Artistic Director, Southern Rep, New Orleans, LA (May, 2010—May, 2011)

 

• Produce, program, budget and direct for a new collaboration with Le Chat Noir called Southern Rep @ Le Chat Noir 

• Program, direct, and oversee Wednesday Night Series at Le Chat Noir including 6x6 (script-in-hand staged readings of 6 ten minute plays by 6 local playwrights written in a week based on a monthly theme) and Debauchery! (a live soap opera by Pat Bourgeois)

• Direct two mainstage productions

• Run Playlab, a new play reading workshop at Southern Rep

 

 Vice President, Executive Committee, National New Play Network, New Orleans, LA (June, 2010- July, 2011)

 

• Assist Executive Director with membership

• Attend Annual Meeting and Annual Showcase and two midterm EC meetings

• Help create, strategize, and implement standing and new programs 

 

 Artistic Associate, Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA (October, 2009—March, 2010)

 

• Solicit plays for the submission process through academic, literary, theatre, and other local, regional, and national channels.

• Oversee process of annual script submission and review

• Run the selection process for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, including creating the Selection Committee, scheduling meetings, running meetings, and making final recommendations to the AD

 

 Artistic Associate, Z Space, San Francisco, CA (October, 2009—March, 2010)

 

• Read plays and make recommendations to the AD

• Schedule and cast cold readings of selected plays for the staff and AD

 

 Literary Advisor, Curious Theatre, Denver, CO (November, 2009—December, 2010)

 

• Read plays and give evaluations to the AD

• Work beside the AD toward season selection

 

 Interim Executive Director, National New Play Network, San Francisco, CA (December, 2008-March, 2009)

 

• Oversee National Showcase of New Plays (Different Host Theatres)

• Create templates covering responsibilities for theatres to host NSNP (above), Annual Meeting, and University Playwrights Workshop

• Facilitate communications between NNPN and member theatres for all elements of NNPN programming

• Create and Maintain relationships with playwrights and their agents

• Facilitate and track all Continued Life of New Play Fund projects

• Create and maintain an NNPN annual calendar with all pertinent events and deadlines

• Facilitate communications with Board and the Board Executive Committee

• Create and maintain pertinent and up-to-date databases

• Maintain and improve member section of the website.

• Coordinate, facilitate and participate in all meetings of the Executive Committee

• Manage all paperwork associated with the CLNPF and insure member compliance with all requirements of the fund

• Oversee progress of current commissions, insure member compliance with all requirements of the program, and manage all program-related paperwork

• Facilitate all activities involved in creating new commissions

• Facilitate all activities involved in member recruitment of new program participants of Emerging Playwrights Program

 

 Literary Chair, Executive Committee, National New Play Network, San Francisco, CA (January, 2007-June, 2010)

 

• Create and head Selection Committees for National Showcase of New Plays and University Playwrights Workshop

• Facilitate monthly online meetings with Literary Managers

• Facilitate pitch meeting breakouts at NSNP and Annual Meeting

• Report to and participate in all Executive Committee meetings

• Facilitate script exchange between member theatres

• Keep website updates with latest drafts of all Showcase submissions, Smith Prize winner, chosen Showcase plays, Emerging Playwrights plays, Commissioned Plays

• Suggest potential CLNPF projects to various member theatres

• Create and maintain relationships with playwrights and their agents

 

 Director of Artistic Development, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA (August, 2007-August, 2008)

 

• Direct a mainstage production each year

• Participate closely with the Artistic Director in season selection

• Oversee Irvine Foundation regranting commission for New Works Initiative: $300,000/3 years

• Oversee all workshop and reading programs including New Voices West

• Create Literary Committee and run bi-monthly meetings

• Create and maintain relationships with playwrights and their agents

• Work closely with the AD to choose plays and directors for all development workshops and readings

• Direct Sloan Initiative Program (further description of program responsibilities below)

• Facilitate communications with the NNPN

• Run Artistic Department including Literary Manager, Casting Director, and Literary Associate

• Quality control and support of the production process (i.e. rehearsals and production meetings)

• Identify new works and playwrights of interest to the organization

• Coordination of literary commissions and new play development

• Participate in developing strategy and vision for the organization

• Participate as needed in fundraising activities

 

 Sloan Initiative Program Director, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA (November, 2003-August, 2008)

 

•  Oversee $26000/yr. commissioning program for plays exploring the worlds of science and technology.

•  Oversee West Coast Partnership Commissions with Denver Center, San Diego Rep, and Portland Center

              Stage $6,000/yr./each.

•  Run $143,000/yr. grant from the Sloan foundation

•  Help select the Sloan Initiative mainstage play

•  Select plays for and produce the annual Science on Stage reading series

•  Select plays for and produce the annual Sloan Slam reading series

•  Select excerpts for and direct theme-oriented opening presentation for BioAgenda Conference

• Choose theme for and invite presenting scientific experts to annual colloquium usually based on Sloan mainstage production

 

 Literary Manager, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA (November, 2002-August, 2007)

 

•  Oversee all script submissions (approximately 700/yr.)

•  Make suggestions to and help the AD with season selection

•  Run a Literary Committee of a dozen volunteer readers

•  Help choose plays for New Voices West workshop series

•  Direct one New Voices West workshop play

•  Help choose plays for Commonwealth Club reading series

•  Direct one Commonwealth Club play

•  Establish and maintain relationships with playwrights and their agents

•  Run Literary Office with 2 Literary Associates and 3 Interns

 

 Artistic Director, Mettle Theatre, Aspen, Burlington, VT, Chicago, San Francisco (1989-1999)

 

•  Oversee all artistic and producing decisions

•  Direct and/or write mainstage productions

•  Hire and oversee staffing and artistic teams for each production

•  Grant writing

•  Marketing

•  Fundraising

•  Develop relationships with various theatre artists

•  Publicity

•  Budgeting

•  Literary

 

 RELATED EXPERIENCE 

 

 Acting Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (September, 2010—December, 2010)

• Taught Acting 1 to incoming Theatre Majors

 

 Acting Professor, University High School, San Francisco, CA (March, 2009—April, 2009)

• Replaced the acting teacher, taught freshman acting, mentored senior projects

 

 Playwriting Teacher, Private, San Francisco, CA (January, 2007—July, 2009)

• Taught playwriting to 5 mid-career writers  

 

 Page to Stage Class, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA (Spring 2005—Spring 2007)

• Taught current play being done at the Magic Theatre, script analysis, production technique, dramaturgy, brought class to the production, wrap-up for plays by David Mamet, Edna O’Brien, among others

 

 

 

 EDUCATION  

 

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY          New York, NY                    MFA Dramatic Writing           1991

 

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT    Burlington, VT                    BA English                                 1985