MFA in directing, University of Pittsburgh, 1986
BA in drama and English, Saint Michael’s College, 1983
Areas of Expertise:
Theater directing and costume design
Courses I Teach:
- Acting – 2 levels
- Chief Patterns of Western Theatre II
- Directed Studies - Costume Design, Costume Construction, Stage Management, Directing and Dramaturgy
- Directing - 2 levels
- First Year Seminar: Defining Self and Community (1996, 1997)
- First Year Seminar: Peace and Justice (2001, 2002)
- Introduction to Theatre
- Oral Interpretation of Literature
- Principles of Speech
- Principles of Stage Costuming
- Senior Seminar in Fine Arts
- 20th Century Fine Arts
Research Interests:
Theater directing and costume design
Recent work (scholarship and creative):
Playwrights Horizons, NYC: Fabulation (assistant to Lynn Nottage)
Actors Theatre of Louisville: Amadeus (assistant to Kate Whoriskey)
Directing (professional):
Saint Michael's Playhouse: the Boys Next Door; Lend Me a Tenor; Grease; the Mystery of Irma Vep; the Fantasticks; Beau Jest; the Unexpected Guest; I Hate Hamlet.
Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh, PA.: Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet (U. S. Premiere)
Directing (academic):
Saint Michael's College, Fine Arts Department: Woyzeck (11/05); JB; Museum; And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Tartuffe; Top Girls; Hamlet; the Illusion*; Mad Forest; Company; Execution of Justice
*Alternate for American College Theatre Festival
Costume Design:
Over 50 productions in professional and academic venues. Some recent designs include Blithe Spirit, Once on this Island, the Bacchae, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
Co-Author:
Introduction to Performance (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing), currently in its third edition.
A Standing Offer:
I would be happy to give any prospective theater student a tour of the McCarthy Arts Center, have you sit in on my classes or rehearsals, see a show, and introduce you to Saint Michael's College students who can answer your questions.
Favorite Quote:
"We become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions." - Aristotle