| Niagara University: Director of Theatre, since July 2007. Taught THR 107 Acting I, fall 2008. Taught THR 108 Acting II, and THR 428 Playwriting, spring 2008. Taught THR 107 Acting I, and THR 428 Playwriting, fall 2007. |
| Wilkes University: For the MA/MFA Creative Writing Program, currently the largest low residency program in the US. Taught ENG 520 Playwriting--Rewrites and Revision, ENG 512 Preparing to Write a Play, ENG 514 Playwriting--the First Draft, fall of 2008. Taught ENG 512 Preparing to Write a Play, ENG 514 Playwriting--the First Draft, spring of 2008. Taught ENG 510R Oral Interp I, ENG 516R Oral Interp II, winter of 2007, 2008, and summer of 2008. For the Theatre Dept. Taught THE 211A Theatre History Part I, fall 2006. Taught THE 100A Approach to Acting, fall 2006. Taught THE 100B Approach to Theatre, fall 2006. |
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Taught 26-340 Script Writing, fall 2005. Taught 26-112 Fundamentals of Acting, fall 2005 & spring 2006. Taught 26-102 Introduction to Theatre Arts, spring 2006. Taught 26-321 Theatre & Stage Management, spring 2006. |
| Kennedy Center American College Theater
Festival: Have been adjudicating since 2004: Visiting respondent to Bard College, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown College, Franklin and Marshall College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lycoming College, Montclair State University of New Jersey, Niagara County Community College, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Penn State Altoona, Queensborough College, Raritan Valley Community College, Richard Stockton College, Siena College, State University of New York at Buffalo, Suffolk County Community College, SUNY Albany, University of the Arts, West Chester University, West Point U.S. Military Academy, Wilkes University, the 2005/2006/2007 regional festival in region # 2, and the 2007 regional festival in region # 6. Recipient of 2006 Regional Respondent of the Year Award (region # 2) |
| Adelphi University:
Taught the Stage Managing Mentor program, supervising student stage managers, spring 2005. |
| New York University: Mentored Student Playwrights, Tisch School of Arts, Dramatic Writing Program, fall 2004 and spring 2005. |
| Boston Academy of Arts:
Taught Introduction to Playwriting in the Visiting Scholars Program, fall 2003. |
| Boston University:
Taught EN202 Introduction to Creative Writing, spring 2004. Earned a MA in Playwriting, Creative Writing Division, English Department, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2003-2004. |
California State University at Northridge: Taught TH419 Stage Management, fall 2001. |
| New
York University: Director, Cantor Film Center & Information Center, 1997-1999. |
| Columbia University:
Earned a MFA in Directing, Hammerstein Theater Center, School of Arts, 1983-86. |
California State University at Northridge: Teenage Drama Workshop, a six-week summer school session: Taught Acting, Scene Study, and Movement, summers of 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987. Earned a BA in Theater Arts, 1978-82. |
Guest Speaking Engagements: Fall of 2007, Niagara University, 1) Playwriting, 2) Stage Management, 3) Vocal Auditions. Fall of 2006, University of Idaho in Moscow, invited by Jere Hodgin for his directing class and by Rob Caisley for his playwriting class. Fall of 2006, Washington State University at Pullman, invited by Ben Gonzales for his playwriting class and for his Theatre seminar class. Fall of 2005, C.W. Post University, invited by Debra Otte for two theatre management classes. Fall of 2005, Montclair State University of New Jersey, invited by Michael Allen for his stage management class. Spring of 2004, NYU, Tisch School of Arts, invited by Adrienne Thompson her dramatic writing festival class. |