Employment

Long Island University, Post Campus
Brookville, NY

2008-2022
Director of Theatre

2004-2022
Professor of Theater

2010
Interim Chair 

1999-2004
Associate Professor of Theater

1993-1999
Assistant Professor of Theater

State University of New York, Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

1992
Guest Artist and Lecturer

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

1987-1989
Resident Professional Theater Artist

University of California, San Diego

1985-1987
Teaching Assistant

Related Experience

1991-present
Master teacher

Teach hybrid form of Suzuki training to professional actors nationally and internationally.
Invited workshops and master classes and conferences and festivals nationally & internationally. 

2012-present
Audition Coach

Prepare high school students for college auditions.

2010-12
Guest Faculty

Summer Movement Intensive at the Actor’s Movement Studio, NYC

Awards

2019
David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence

2012, Re-Membering Antigone
Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival

Outstanding Director of a Classic Play 
Distinguished Lead Deviser/Director of a Devised Play
Best Classical Play
Best Devised Play

2001, The Iphigenia Defense (Director/Deviser)
Invited Production: American College Theater Festival Region 2

Books and Articles

Re-Purposing Suzuki: A Hybrid Approach to Actor Training.
Routledge, 2022

“Scoring the Unscorable” 
Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice: Perspectives for Activating the Actor.
Eds. Hillary Bucs, Valerie Pye. Routledge, 2019

“Pedagogy of the Body- Suzuki Method in Text Analysis.” 
Theatre Pedagogy: IUTA Publication of Papers from the 8th World Conference.
Eds. Jane Baldwin, Rob Brannen, Maria S. Horne, Christiane Page.
Montreal: International University Theater Association, 2012

“An Enlightened Woman’s Botox.”
The Magdalena Project @ 25: Legacy and Challenge.
Eds. Gilly Adams, Geddy Aniksdal, Maggie Gale, Jill Greenhalgh, Julia Varley.
Odin Teatret Forlag. 2011. 131-133

“Postcard from Santa Clara.”
The Open Page: Theatre/Women/Letters. Volume 13.
Eds. Gilly Adams, Geddy Aniksdal, Maggie Gale, Julia Varley.
Odin Teatret Forlag, 2008. 68-71

“The Space Inside: A work demonstration of a performance expanding
the vision of a life lived in the context of impending death”
(with Bonnie Eckard)
(in situ) Art, Body, Medicine: Subtle Technologies 2007.
Ed. Sachiko Hirosue, Jim Ruxton, Lorena Salmome, Camille Turner, Veronical Verkey, 2007

“Ennobling Nonna/Enabling Maria.” 
The Open Page: Theatre/Women/Practice. Volume 11.
Eds. Gilly Adams, Geddy Aniksdal, Maggie Gale, Julia Varley.
Odin Teatret Forlag. 2006. 55-60

Ensemble Creations

2016
“That Art Thou,” Director/Deviser
IUTA World Congress Manizales, Colombia

2015-14
“Sotto il letto, senz’ali –Under the Bed Without Wings,” Director 
(Solo performance written and performed by Chiara Vighetto)
Spazio Digital, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Teatro delle Radici, Lugano, Switzerland

2014
“Conditions of Love”
(A devised work with text by Shakespeare and
music by Stephen Sondheim) Co-director and Deviser
with David Hugo
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Festival Best Pick)

2013-12
“Dancing with Desire” Actor/Co-Author 
Transit Festival 7, Odin Teatret Denmark
Chapter Center for the Arts , Cardiff, Wales

2012
“Fragments of a Mantra” Director/Deviser 
Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY

2011
“Re-Membering Antigone” Director/Deviser
Post Theater Company, Long Island University
ACTF Region II Festival, Indiana PA 
Festival du Suroit- Valleyfield, Canada

2008-11
“The Space Inside”  Actor/Co-Author/Deviser (Bonnie Eckard, dir.)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London
Studio Theater, Theatre Row, NYC
Long Island Fringe Festival, Brookville, NY
Lyceum Theater, Arizona State University
Producers Club Theater, NYC

2007-8
“Third Child” Director/Deviser
Prague International Fringe Festival
New York Fringe Festival
IUTA World Congress, Urbino, Italy

2004-7
“Ennobling Nonna” Actor/Deviser (Thomas De Frantz, dir.)
Transit Festival IV -Women & Storytelling, Odin Teatret, Denmark
Perishable Theater, Providence, Rhode Island
Magdalena Festival, Providence, Rhode Island;
Slippage Theater at MIT, Cambridge Mass.; 
PSI Conference- Becoming Uncomfortable, Brown University

2003-04 
“Ventre delle Balena” Movement Consultant (Cristina Castrillo, dir.)
Teatro delle Radici, Lugano, Switzerland

2001
“The Iphigenia Defense” Director/Devisor
ACTF Region II Festival, Carnegie Mellon University
Festival du Suroit, Valleyfield, Canad

Presentations, Papers, Master Classes

2022
“Re-Purposing Suzuki: Workshop 1- Intro to Physical Scoring
Lucid Body Studio, New York, NY

2020
“Alchemical Acting” – Master Class
Lucid Body Studio, New York, NY

2019
“Alchemical Acting II”- Master Class
Real Live Theatre Co., Northampton, Mass

2019
“The Master’s Journey” – Work Demonstration
Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark

2018
“We Always Start from Where We Are” – Work Demonstration
‘The Masters- A Consortium,’ Lugano, Switzerland

2017
“Alchemical Acting” – Master Class
Real Live Theater Co., Northhampton, Mass.

2016
“Suzuki Method in Practice” – Lecture/Master Class
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

2014
“The Suzuki Method and Musical Theater”; (with David Hugo); Work Demonstration
International University Theater Association 10th World Congress, Liege, Belgium

2014
“Pedagogy and Repertory- A Symbiotic Relationship”; Paper Presentation
International University Theater Association 10th World Congress, Liege, Belgium

2014
“Suzuki and Physical Scoring” – Master Class
Residui Teatro, Madrid, Spain

2013
“Alchemical Acting” - Master Class 
TRANSIT 7 , Odin Teatret, Denmark
‘A Solas – Women in Performance’, Madrid, Spain

2013
“Revisiting the Empty Room”; Work Demonstration 
‘A Solas – Women in Performance’, Madrid, Spain

2013
“It’s Always Personal”; Work Demonstration
Teatro delle Radici, Switzerland

2011
“Suzuki in Composition”; Master Class
CHAPTER Arts Center, Cardiff, Wales

2011
“Crafting Public Memory”; Work Demonstration
The ART of Public Memory, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

2011
“Staging Death”; Work Demonstration
Carnival of Death – Perceptions of Death in Europe and Latin America University of London, England

2010
“Space Inside- Annotated Performance”; Work Demonstration
Mid Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, Alexandria, VA

2010
“From Training to Creation: the Role of Devising Performance in Pedagogy – a Lecture Demonstration”; 
International University Theatre Association 8th World Congress
IUTA Conference Performance Pedagogies; Leicester, England

2010
“Pedagogy of the Body- Suzuki Method in Text Analysis” – Paper Presentation
International University Theatre Association 8th World Congress
IUTA Conference Performance Pedagogies; Leicester, England

2010
“Making Space: An Interactive Performance”
Performance Studies International 16, Toronto, Canada

2010
“Perceiving the Performing Body- a Work Demonstration”
Watching Dance: Kinesthetic Empathy Concepts and Contexts , Manchester, England

2009
“The Space Inside: A work demonstration of a performance exploring
importance of integration of mind, body, and spirit at the end of life.”
Across the Threshold; Duke University

2009
“Developing Physical Theater Work: Documenting the Process for The Space Inside”
M.O.V.E. Conference, Arizona State University

2008
“Suzuki Method in Devising Performance”; Master Class
International Festival of Making Theater, Athens, Greece

2008
“Writing with the Body”; Master Class
Studio Teatral, Santa Clara, Cuba

2009-04 
“Encounters with an Empty Room - A Work Demonstration”
Studio Teatral, Santa Clara, Cuba
Teatro Yuyachkani, Lima, Peru
Teatro delle Radici, Lugano,Switzerland 
ACTF Region II Festival, SUNY New Paltz

2007
“Semillas de la Magadalena”; Master Class
Lima, Urabamba, Comas, Peru (Sponsored by the US Cultural Ambassador to Peru)

2006
“Practices in Perfection”; Master Class
Perishable Theater, Providence, Rhode Island

2006
“Creating Performance Pedagogy with Actors”; Work Demonstration 
International University Theater Association World Congress, Urbino, Italy

2006-00
“Introduction to The Suzuki Method”; Master class 
Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, Lima, Peru; 
ACTF Region II Conference, SUNY New Paltz;
ACTF Region II Conference, Carnegie Mellon 
Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, Texas
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
College de Valleyfield, Valleyfield, Canada

2005
“I is the We of Us”- Work Demonstration
Ventures in Research, Long Island, NY; 
International Theater Colloquium, Lugano, Switzerland

2003
“Materiality of Myth – Generating Performance Using Ancient Texts”; Paper Presentation
ATHE Conference, New York, NY

2003
“Charting a Course Through an Emotional Landscape”; Paper Presentation
Ventures in Research, Long Island University

2001
“Generating Texts- Behind ‘Iphigenia Defense’”; Master Class
ACTF Region II Festival, Carnegie Mellon University

Affiliations (past & present)

ATHE

Actor’s Equity Association

International University Theater Association

Teatro delle Radici

Magdalena Project International

Education

MFA Acting
University of California, San Diego

BA Drama
University of California, San Diego

Acting
Carnegie-Mellon University

Additional Training

Theatrical Intimacy Education (Core Curriculum)

Mental Health First Aid 

Meisner Certification Program @ True Acting Institute (Larry Silverberg)

Super Scenes (Jane Brody)

Original Shakespeare Company (Patrick Tucker)

Odin Teatret- Odin Week (Julia Varley, Roberta Carrieri, Eugenio Barba) 

International Laboratory-Teatro delle Radici (Cristina Castrillo)

SCOT Company of Toga-mura (Tadashi Suzuki and Company)

Pan Theater/Roy Hart Voicework (Linda Weiss)

Linklater Center, NYC (Andrea Hardig)