WORK HISTORY: LITERARY AND RELATED
July, 1984: Technical Staff, National Playwrights Conference, O'Neill Theatre Center.
August, 1984 to May, 1985: Assistant to Artistic Director, National Theatre Institute, O'Neill Theatre Center (undergraduate, conservatory program.)
May, 1985 to June, 1989: Literary Manager/Production Dramaturg,
TheatreVirginia (LORT-C, Terry Burgler, Artistic Director.)
Supervision of new-play manuscript evaluation, approximately 100 manuscripts
per season.
Production Dramaturg for mainstage seasons.
November, 1986: A Wireless Christmas produced by TheatreVirginia (LORT-C; Steve Liebman, music and lyrics)
December, 1986: Approved for Active Membership, The Dramatists Guild
Spring, 1987: Adjunct Faculty, University of Virginia. Lecturer on subject of Ethnic Humor.
April, 1988:
Arts Alive! produced by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
in association with Children's
Festival of Richmond (production revived, 1989.)
July, 1988:
Winner, The Virginia Prize for Playwriting for The More Familiar
Beast.
($2,000 cash prize, fellowship to Shenanadoah Playwrights' Retreat, workshop
production. )
September, 1988
to present: Virginia
Commission for the Arts Guest Artist/Writer in Residence.
Approximately 1,400 hours of lecture/workshops in Playwriting for Henrico
County,
Buckingham County, Hanover County, City of Richmond, Arlington County and
other
municipalities and private organizations.
July, 1989: Staff Dramaturg, Shenandoah Playwrights' Retreat (primary dramaturg, 4 scripts.)
June, 1990: Winner, The Production Company's "New Plays in Process"
award ($1,000 cash prize)
for Manly Men-- An Evening Chockfull
of Lies and Testosterone.
July, 1990: Manly Menproduced
by The Production Company at Shafer Street Playhouse (run extended to
accommodate public demand; production revived for tour, June, 1991.)
May, 1991: Invitee Playwright, The New Harmony Project, for professional development of full-length drama, Spinners.
Summers, 1990 to present: Instructor of Playwriting, The
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
Three-week summer terms (75 hours instruction each) of undergraduate-level
instruction .
July, 1992: Spinners produced by The Red Barn Theatre, Pittsburgh
August, 1992: Discovering Columbus commissioned
by Theatre IV (historical drama for young audiences.)
Produced and toured, autumn, 1992 by Theatre IV for over one hundred performances.
February, 1993: Better Safe Than Sally commissioned
by Theatre IV (accident prevention play for grades K-5.)
Produced and toured, spring, 1993, by Theatre IV for over one hundred performances;
production revived, spring, 1994.
Spring and Fall Semesters, 1993: Instructor of Playwriting for
the Theatre department of
The Governor's Magnet School for the Arts, Norfolk, Virginia.
April, 1994: A Parson's Cause commissioned by Barksdale
Theatre (historical drama) ;
produced, May 1994; revived, May, 1995; May, 1996; April, 1997
February, 1995: Arthur and Merlin commissioned by Theatre IV; produced October through December, 1995.
June, 1995: Boy-Girl-Boy-Girl produced by the Red Barn Theatre, Pittsburgh.
August, 1995: The Emperor's Nightingale commissioned by Theatre IV; produced in 1996-97; revived, 1999-2000
Spring, 1996 to present: Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Center for Aging,
for Elder Hostel courses on Playwriting and Musical Theatre.
August, 1996: At the End of the Wire commissioned by The
Science Museum of Virginia
(historical drama recounting events at Chicago World's fair;
produced in spring of 1997, revived 1999, 2000, 2001)
November, 1996: Mr. Dickens' Carol produced, Encore Theatre Company.
March, 1997: Manly Men
produced by The Second Story Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia. Production
extended
five weeks beyond original schedule to accommodate audience demand.
April, 1997: Listen Close produced by Theatre IV as part of "Theatre Gym" series.
October, 1997: The George Washington Carver Story
commissioned by Theatre IV
Play produced by Theatre IV and Science Museum of Virginia, February, 1998
December, 1997: Letter to My
Daughter commissioned by ShenanArts (teen abstinence play).
Play produced and toured throughout central Virginia, 1998-99 school year,
revived and toured, March-May, 2000.
October, 1998: Manly Men produced by ActorsNET, Trenton, New Jersey.
February, 2000: Listen Close produced by ActorsNET, Trenton, New Jersey.
First Landing commissioned by Commonwealth of Virginia
(historical drama commemorating the events leading up to
The Virginia Company's 1607 landing at Cape Henry; scheduled for production
during the summer, 2003.)
March, 2000: War Storyselected for U.S. West Theatre Fest 2000, at Denver Center Theatre Company
Murder at the Commissary commissioned by the Cloak &
Dagger Theatre (Pittsburgh)
(produced October, 2000 through February, 2001)
April, 2000: War Story selected
for New Voices in the Heartland new play festival at the
New American Theatre Company, Rockford, Illinois
May, 2000: First Prize Winner, Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition
for War Story
($1,000 prize plus workshop production.)
June, 2000: Here's Pi in Your Eye
commissioned by Science Museum of Virginia
(comic piece about the number pi; produced, September, 2000
January, 2001: Workshop Production of War Story, Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, Virginia.
April, 2001: Workshop, War Story, Boarshead Theatre, Lansing, Michigan.
May, 2001: The Solar Showroom commissioned by Science Museum of Virginia (audio play for planetarium)
June, 2001: Three Pieces of Picommissioned by Science Museum of Virginia (expansion of earlier piece.)
Trouble
at the Triple Bar commissioned by Cloak and Dagger Theatre
(produced September, 2001 through March 2002)
January, 2002: The Emperor's Nightingale, Theatre IV, revival
War Story, World Premiere, Barksdale Theatre, Richmond, Virginia
March, 2002, First Runner-up for Firehouse Theatre Project's National
New Play Competition,
for My Uncle's Business (cash prize and workshop production)
Autumn, 2002 through Spring, 2003: Dead Men Don't
Watch Soaps, a soap-opera parody,
commissioned by the Cloak and Dagger Dinner Theatre
February, 2003: Space Rocks!, audio play commissioned by the Science Museum of Virginia
September, 2003: Mars Rovers audio play commissioned by the Science Museum of Virginia
February, 2004, Black Holes, audio play commmissioned by the Science Museum of Virginia
October, 2004: Selected as Flournoy Playwright for 2004, Washington and Lee University
Gas Giants, audio play commissioned by Science Musuem of Virginia
May, 2005 Rat Basketball! short play commissioned by the Scence Museum of Virginia
July, 2005: The Evolution of Stars, audio play commissioned by Science Museum of Virginia
August, 2005: Outside the Box (short play) chosen as winner
of 30th Annual Samuel French
Off-Off-Broadway festival
November, 2005: Manly Men published by Algonquin Press
Winter, 2005-2006: Outside the Box published by Samuel French
Other Activities:
Scripts for corporate/training films-- representative organizations
include U. S. Department of Veterans' Affairs,
ITC, Edge, Coastal Training Technologies-- over three dozen films and
interactive CD-ROMs in safety and
human resources areas; winner of Platinum Best of Show Aurora
Award for Love 'Em or Lose 'Em
and of CINE Golden Eagle Award for Smart Goals. Script
samples are available upon request.
Professional AEA stage manager, with over 55 LORT productions. Resumé available.
Professional voice talent, over 700 broadcast ads, including national campaigns. Demo reels available.
Education and Professional Associations:
BA in Theatre Arts from Virginia Tech.
Graduate, National Theatre Institute.
1984 Graduate Master Classes, National Theatre Institute.
Member, Actors' Equity Association.
Active Member, The Dramatists Guild.
References and samples are available.
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