DIRECTING RESUME
TODD OLSON
616 East 19th St., Chattanooga, TN, 727-224-3277, [email protected]
Producing Artistic Director, American Stage Theatre Company (LOA/SPT)
World Premieres:
CASA BLUE: THE LAST MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF FRIDA KAHLO (also co-creator), WAR OF THE WORLDS (also adaptor), and I LEFT MY HEART, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE SONGBOOK OF TONY BENNETT (also author), and LYSISTRATA (also co-creator)
Regional Premieres:
THE EXONERATED (with Sandy Duncan and Antonio Tarver), STONES IN HIS POCKETS, ANNA IN THE TROPICS, CROWNS, I AM MY OWN WIFE, Dennis Lehane’s CORONADO, DOUBT, THIS WONDERFUL LIFE, and THE SEAFARER.
Also A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, DINNER WITH FRIENDS, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, HAMLET, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, BETRAYAL, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, and THE VERY MERRY SCIENTOLOGY CHILDREN'S PAGAENT
Guest Director work:
MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA (also co-creator) at The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, BIG LOVE, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, and CARMEN, Opera Southwest (Albuquerque, New Mexico), COSI FAN TUTTE and MADAMA BUTTERFLY (St. Petersburg Opera), THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, Cape Cod), and DRACULA (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre).
Tennessee Repertory Theatre (LORT B/C/D)
Regional Premieres:
DINNER WITH FRIENDS, WIT (with Tandy Cronyn), BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, and HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Also THE MIRACLE WORKER, AN IDEAL HUSBAND, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (also adaptor).
Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard/American Repertory Theatre, 1996-1998:
THE WINTER'S TALE, THE SEAGULL, BETRAYAL, MARIE AND BRUCE, JUDGE OF THE DIVORCE COURT, THE INFORMER, IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES (Asst. Dir. to Robert Woodruff), WOYZECK (Asst. Dir. to Marcus Stern), THE INTERVIEW and BACCHAE (Asst. Dir. to Francois Rochaix), CORIOLANUS (Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club), ELIXIR OF LOVE (Lowell House Opera), THE POWER OF BABBLE (by Larry Gelbart), THE PAPARAZZI OF PLATO (by Steve Martin), ESQUE by Eric Bogosian (all World Premieres of 1 minute plays).
Other work 1988-1999:
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Seattle Opera, observer to Francesca Zambello), MOON OVER BUFFALO (Bucks County/Pocono Playhouse, PA), DEATH AND THE MAIDEN and MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (Todd's Hammer, Boston Center for the Arts), SEVEN DEADLY SINS (Boston University Opera Fringe Festival), THE GIFT OF THE MAGI (Artpark & Co.), A HAND OF BRIDGE (Boston University Opera Institute), HAMLET (Boston Theatre Works), SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN (Artpark and Co.) LOVE LETTERS (with Adrienne Barbeau & David Canary), CHAPTER TWO (with David Groh), THE FOREIGNER (with Charlie Dell) all at West Shore Community College; THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE (Asst. Dir., with Kevin Conway) Quaigh Theatre, NYC, THE PORTABLE ABYSS (Theatre ReGenisis, NYC); HONEYMOON AT DEALEY PLAZA (American Theatre for Actors & The Quaigh Theatre, NYC); PARADOX (Asst. Dir.) at 13th St. Rep, NYC; BURIED CHILD at Group 8:15, Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, HAMLET, MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, LEND ME A TENOR, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THE MIRACLE WORKER, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, and TINTYPES (West Shore Community College). THE SHADOW BOX, KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, WORKING, and TROUBLE IN TAHITI (Elon College). THE HOLLOW, SHADOW BOX, RUNIC RHYME: A LECTURE BY EDGAR ALLAN POE, SCAPINO (Interlochen Arts Camp), CHICAGO and I DO! I DO! (Red Barn, Saugatuck, MI).
Training/Related Experience
Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard/The American Repertory Theatre (Directing), 1998
Classes with Robert Brustein, Alvin Epstein, Marcus Stern, Robert Scanlan, Scott Zigler, Bonnie Raphael, and workshops with Anna Deveare Smith, Robert Woodruff, Bob McGrath, Brooke Adams, Tony Shalhoub, Paul Schmidt, Austin Pendleton, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Liz Diamond, and David Mamet.
MFA in Acting/Directing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (3.89 GPA) 1986
BFA in Musical Theatre, Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO (cum laude-3.5 GPA), 1984
1999-2002, Associate Artistic Director, Tennessee Repertory Theatre
1991-1996, Managing Director of Cultural and Performing Arts, West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI
TODD OLSON
616 East 19th St., Chattanooga, TN, 727-224-3277, [email protected]
Producing Artistic Director, American Stage Theatre Company (LOA/SPT)
World Premieres:
CASA BLUE: THE LAST MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF FRIDA KAHLO (also co-creator), WAR OF THE WORLDS (also adaptor), and I LEFT MY HEART, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE SONGBOOK OF TONY BENNETT (also author), and LYSISTRATA (also co-creator)
Regional Premieres:
THE EXONERATED (with Sandy Duncan and Antonio Tarver), STONES IN HIS POCKETS, ANNA IN THE TROPICS, CROWNS, I AM MY OWN WIFE, Dennis Lehane’s CORONADO, DOUBT, THIS WONDERFUL LIFE, and THE SEAFARER.
Also A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, DINNER WITH FRIENDS, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, HAMLET, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, BETRAYAL, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, and THE VERY MERRY SCIENTOLOGY CHILDREN'S PAGAENT
Guest Director work:
MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA (also co-creator) at The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, BIG LOVE, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, and CARMEN, Opera Southwest (Albuquerque, New Mexico), COSI FAN TUTTE and MADAMA BUTTERFLY (St. Petersburg Opera), THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, Cape Cod), and DRACULA (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre).
Tennessee Repertory Theatre (LORT B/C/D)
Regional Premieres:
DINNER WITH FRIENDS, WIT (with Tandy Cronyn), BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, and HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Also THE MIRACLE WORKER, AN IDEAL HUSBAND, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (also adaptor).
Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard/American Repertory Theatre, 1996-1998:
THE WINTER'S TALE, THE SEAGULL, BETRAYAL, MARIE AND BRUCE, JUDGE OF THE DIVORCE COURT, THE INFORMER, IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES (Asst. Dir. to Robert Woodruff), WOYZECK (Asst. Dir. to Marcus Stern), THE INTERVIEW and BACCHAE (Asst. Dir. to Francois Rochaix), CORIOLANUS (Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club), ELIXIR OF LOVE (Lowell House Opera), THE POWER OF BABBLE (by Larry Gelbart), THE PAPARAZZI OF PLATO (by Steve Martin), ESQUE by Eric Bogosian (all World Premieres of 1 minute plays).
Other work 1988-1999:
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Seattle Opera, observer to Francesca Zambello), MOON OVER BUFFALO (Bucks County/Pocono Playhouse, PA), DEATH AND THE MAIDEN and MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (Todd's Hammer, Boston Center for the Arts), SEVEN DEADLY SINS (Boston University Opera Fringe Festival), THE GIFT OF THE MAGI (Artpark & Co.), A HAND OF BRIDGE (Boston University Opera Institute), HAMLET (Boston Theatre Works), SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN (Artpark and Co.) LOVE LETTERS (with Adrienne Barbeau & David Canary), CHAPTER TWO (with David Groh), THE FOREIGNER (with Charlie Dell) all at West Shore Community College; THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE (Asst. Dir., with Kevin Conway) Quaigh Theatre, NYC, THE PORTABLE ABYSS (Theatre ReGenisis, NYC); HONEYMOON AT DEALEY PLAZA (American Theatre for Actors & The Quaigh Theatre, NYC); PARADOX (Asst. Dir.) at 13th St. Rep, NYC; BURIED CHILD at Group 8:15, Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, HAMLET, MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, LEND ME A TENOR, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THE MIRACLE WORKER, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, and TINTYPES (West Shore Community College). THE SHADOW BOX, KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, WORKING, and TROUBLE IN TAHITI (Elon College). THE HOLLOW, SHADOW BOX, RUNIC RHYME: A LECTURE BY EDGAR ALLAN POE, SCAPINO (Interlochen Arts Camp), CHICAGO and I DO! I DO! (Red Barn, Saugatuck, MI).
Training/Related Experience
Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard/The American Repertory Theatre (Directing), 1998
Classes with Robert Brustein, Alvin Epstein, Marcus Stern, Robert Scanlan, Scott Zigler, Bonnie Raphael, and workshops with Anna Deveare Smith, Robert Woodruff, Bob McGrath, Brooke Adams, Tony Shalhoub, Paul Schmidt, Austin Pendleton, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Liz Diamond, and David Mamet.
MFA in Acting/Directing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (3.89 GPA) 1986
BFA in Musical Theatre, Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO (cum laude-3.5 GPA), 1984
1999-2002, Associate Artistic Director, Tennessee Repertory Theatre
1991-1996, Managing Director of Cultural and Performing Arts, West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI
9900 132nd St., Seminole, FL 33776, 727-224-3277, [email protected]
ACADEMIC RESUME
TODD OLSON
616 East 19th St., Chattanooga, TN, 727-224-3277, [email protected]
Education
Leadership Howard County, class of 2016
Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Program, 2006-2007 Certificate in Stage Directing, Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, MFA
Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO, BFA
May, 2022 to present: Executive Director, The Joy of Music School, Knoxville, TN
Duties
Act as School’s chief operating and development officer and serve as the School’s primary spokesperson to constituents, media, and general public. Manage budget of $700,000 and oversee a staff of six, including music education program director, building operations, development, marketing, and outreach. Raise about $500,000 annually to provide quality music education and musical instruments for financially disadvantaged, at-risk youth.
2020 to April, 2022: Supervisor, Historic Palace Theatre, Crossville, TN
Duties
Responsible for programming all film and music events in restored 1938 art deco theatre with a budget of $280,000. Supervised staff of five. Lead in marketing, budget development, box office, facility maintenance, and revenue generation. Oversaw all rental events and income.
Programming
100+ concert/rental events, including John Conlee, Gene Watson, Malpass Brothers, James Gregory, Henry Cho, Aaron Tippin, Paul Overstreet, Confederate Railroad, Mo Pitney, The Cleverlys, Emi Sunshine, LOVE LETTERS, and many more.
2017-2020: Executive Director, Chattanooga Theatre Centre
Duties
Responsible for programming and administering programs and productions in a 44,000 sq. ft. facility with two theatres, two shops, three rehearsal halls, and a staff of 13. Lead in budget development, strategic planning, and revenue generation. Oversaw marketing, fundraising, programming, box office, and technical staff. Increased subscriptions by 80%, and increased grant funding by 60%. Diversified programming, staff, and Board. Committed to producing the 10-play August Wilson Cycle.
Producing/Directing
THE GLASS MENAGERIE, A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS, and LOVE, LOSS, & WHAT I WORE. Produced PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, THE WIZ, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, BOEING-BOEING, HELLO, DOLLY! NEWSIES, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FENCES, AVENUE Q, MURDER ON THE NILE, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, MATILDA, MARY POPPINS, and three seasons of Youth Theatre productions.
2014-2016: Executive Director, Columbia Festival of the Arts, Columbia, MD
Duties
Responsible for general operations, budget development, strategic planning, general administration, revenue generation, and community partnerships. Oversaw staff working in such areas as marketing, fundraising, programming, box office, and technical. Increased awareness of CFA brand, including its’ cultural value and historical importance to the region. Built relationships with local and regional constituencies, including local school district leadership, and City and County officials.
Producing
AMISH PROJECT national tour (later run off-Broadway), Opera Delaware, DC Opera on Tap, Hub Opera Ensemble’s TURN OF THE SCREW, Blind Boys of Alabama, Pilobolus, Second City Comedy, PigPen Theatre, The Skivvies, Gerald Dickens’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Sundance Films, Portland Cello Project, as well as other classical, theatrical, jazz, educational and community events. Commissioned original play based on the founding of Columbia.
2003-present: Producing Artistic Director
American Stage Theatre Company, St. Petersburg, FL
Duties
Serve Tampa Bay’s premiere professional AEA theatre (LORT/SPT) as custodian of artistic and financial causes. Lead in all aspects of hiring and programming. Maintain overall artistic and fiscal health of the theatre. Create and oversee annual operating budget of $1.76 million. Responsible for overseeing and assisting development team toward setting and achieving all fundraising goals. Increased endowment by 250%, artistic programming by 116%, educational department by 53%, overall attendance by 42%, and subscriber-ship by 40%. Oversaw $2.5 million capital campaign for a new theatre. Worked with Board to revamp governance policies, became paperless, created a monthly quality control “Dashboard” measuring 43 areas within the organization, including planning, financial reporting, management, operations, and artistic programming. Developed and implemented short and long-range plans, as well as new organizational model. Doubled number of performances per year. Direct three to four productions per season.
Directing
World Premieres: CASA BLUE: THE LAST MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF FRIDA KAHLO (also co-creator), WAR OF THE WORLDS (also adaptor), and I LEFT MY HEART, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE SONGBOOK OF TONY BENNETT (also author), and LYSISTRATA (also co-creator). Regional Premieres: THE EXONERATED (with Sandy Duncan and Antonio Tarver), STONES IN HIS POCKETS, ANNA IN THE TROPICS, CROWNS, I AM MY OWN WIFE, Dennis Lehane’s CORONADO, DOUBT, THIS WONDERFUL LIFE, and THE SEAFARER. Also A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, DINNER WITH FRIENDS, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, HAMLET, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and BETRAYAL. Guest Director work: MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA (also co-creator) at The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, BIG LOVE, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, and CARMEN, Opera Southwest (Albuquerque, New Mexico), COSI FAN TUTTE (St. Petersburg Opera), THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, Cape Cod), and DRACULA (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre). Only SPT AEA theatre in the country to commit to producing all 10 plays in August Wilson’s “Century Cycle” (2007-2017).
Education/Outreach
Adjunct Faculty, University of South Florida. Grew the American Stage Education Department to attract over $150,000 in contributed support, 12 Teaching Artists-in-Residence, and 20 areas of focus including internships, student matinees, vacation camps, playwriting residencies in six schools, “Theatre Clubs" in five schools, and partnerships with the children's museum, The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Pinellas Association of Retarded Citizens, the Juvenile Welfare system, and the YWCA (teen mother program).
Awards/distinctions
Voted "Best Theatre Company" by both Tampa Bay Magazine and The Weekly Planet every year from 2003-2008. Awards for “Top-10 Productions of the Year” and/or “Best Director” for STONES IN HIS POCKETS, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ANNA IN THE TROPICS. Won Bank of America’s 2006 “Neighborhood Builders Award” ($200,000), one of 82 non-profit Executive Directors nationwide to attend a two-year Leadership Training Program.
1999-2002: Associate Artistic Director
Director of Education
Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville, TN
Duties
Led and assisted in all aspects of running a LORT B/C/D theatre, the largest in the state of Tennessee, with an annual operating budget of over $3 million. Led in all aspects of programming, hiring, casting, and dramaturgy. Initiated and oversaw all aspects of education and outreach. Assisted in areas of grant writing, marketing, development, and fundraising. Wrote and served as Editor of newsletter. Directed 3-4 productions per season.
Directing
AN IDEAL HUSBAND, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, WIT (starring Tandy Cronyn), BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, THE MIRACLE WORKER, DINNER WITH FRIENDS, FRANCIS OF GUERNICA, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (all at Tennessee Rep). VANESSA (Asst. Dir., Des Moines Metro Opera), TOSCA (Asst. Dir., Opera Southwest), CARMEN (Opera Southwest), and MY WAY (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville).
Courses Taught
Vanderbilt University (Introduction to Theatre), TN Rep (Acting; Practical Aesthetics, Audition Techniques, Shakespeare for Teens, Acting Chekhov, Viewpoints), Des Moines Metro Opera Summer Young Artist Program (Stage Director)
Awards
Winner, Tennessean award for "Best Director," and "Best Production" in Nashville, 1999, 2000, and 2001
1996-1998: Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard
The American Repertory Theatre
Graduate Student in Directing/Teaching Fellow
Teaching Fellowships
Acting Shakespeare (with Jeremy Geidt), Introduction to Directing (with Marcus Stern), Introduction to Theatre and Drama (with Scott Zigler), Acting 17th Century Literature (with Francois Rochaix and Scott Zigler), Acting for 20th Century American Dramatic Literature (with Marcus Stern), Beginning and Intermediate Acting (with Brania Wheeler)
Coursework
Robert Brustein (Rep Ideal, Post-Modern Literature), Robert Scanlan (dramaturgy), Marcus Stern, Scott Zigler (directing), Bonnie Raphael, Alvin Epstein (Shakespeare), Francois Rochaix (directing), Arthur Holmberg (dramaturgy and history), Anna Deveare Smith, David Mamet, Bob McGrath, Tony Shalhoub, Brooke Adams, Paul Schmidt, Austin Pendleton, Peter Sellars, Andre Serban, Andrei Belgrader, Robert Woodruff, Brian Jucha, and Liz Diamond
Honors/Awards
Certificate for Distinction in Teaching, Harvard, Office of Dean of Undergraduate Education, acknowledging "Excellence of your work with students and the strength of your commitment to teaching."
Directing
WINTER'S TALE, THE SEAGULL, MARIE AND BRUCE, JUDGE OF THE DIVORCE COURT, THE INFORMER, BETRAYAL, THE VIRTUOUS BURGLAR (IATT at Harvard), CORIOLANUS (HRDC, Loeb mainstage), THE ELIXIR OF LOVE (Lowell House Opera), WOYZECK (ART, Asst. to Marcus Stern), THE INTERVIEW and THE BACCHAE (ART, Asst. to Francois Rochaix), IN THE JUNGLE OF CITIES (ART, Asst. to Robert Woodruff), SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN (Artpark, Lewiston, NY)
Publications
Critic for Bay Windows, Theatre Mirror, Worcester Telegram Gazette
1991-1996: Managing Director of Cultural & Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Theatre
West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI
Duties
Single-handedly managed and executed all aspects of cultural arts and theatre series from programming to volunteer training, with an annual budget of $120,000+. Directed three to four productions per year, produced student-directed productions, and acted as Artistic Director of Summer Theatre program. Increased series attendance by 30%. Designed and oversaw the completion of all publicity and public relations efforts, and oversaw all series hiring. Awarded tenure in March, 1994.
Courses Taught
Intro to Shakespeare, Intro to Theatre, 20th Century Theatre, Intro to Stage Directing, Fundamentals of Acting, Principles of Speech, History of American Musical Theatre, Stagecraft, Theatre Make-up and Special Effects, The Life and Films of Laurence Olivier, and Great Women in Film. Doubled the humanities curriculum in three years.
Conferences/Workshops
Prince Edward Sound Community College Theatre Festival in Valdez, Alaska featuring Lanford Wilson and Edward Albee (delivered paper); Directing Workshop with Marshall Mason; People to People American Delegation member to People's Republic of China (October, 1993); 32 hours of Alexander training at the Stratford Festival in Ontario with Janine Pearson and Kelly McEvenue; 1992-1993 Liberal Arts Network for Development (L.A.N.D.) Conference (presenter and host).
WSCC Committees/Advisory Work
Academic Council, North Central Accreditation Steering Committee, Marketing Task Force, Gender Equity Committee, Mason County AIDS Prevention Council, Staff Development Committee, Five Faculty Search committees
Directing
LOVE LETTERS (starring Adrienne Barbeau and David Canary), CHAPTER TWO (starring David Groh), THE FOREIGNER (starring Charlie Dell), MIRACLE WORKER, LEND ME A TENOR, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, HAMLET, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ANNIE, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, MACBETH, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, THE TAFFETAS (all at WSCC); TINTYPES (Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee, MI); CEMETERY CLUB (LFPA, Ludington, MI)
Producing
The Drifters, The Coasters, Bill Haley's Comets, Mitch Ryder, Rare Earth, Badfinger, Debby Boone, T.G. Sheppard, Second City National Touring Co., Michigan Opera Theatre, Up With People, The Tamburitzans, John Conlee, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Platters, 1993-1995 Western Michigan High School Theatre Festivals, and others.
Publications
"A Cultural Nation Emerges: An American in China," feature story for the Ludington Daily News, February, 1994; bi-weekly op-ed column for the Ludington Daily News, "Xer's Guide to Reality," 1994-1996.
Awards
Phi Theta Kappa "Instructor of the Month" Award for "dedication to the students and academic standards of WSCC”
OTHER EXPERIENCE, pre-1991
*) 1989-1990: Theatre for a New Audience, NYC, Playwright in Residence, Wingate High School, Brooklyn
*) Fall, 1988: Joszef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, Guest Artist, directed Sam Shepard's BURIED CHILD (Hungarian premiere, performed in
Hungarian) with the 8:15 Theatre Group.
*) 1986-1988: Elon College, Elon College, NC, Department Head, Instructor of Fine Arts
