EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Theater
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1983)

Bachelor of Science in Communication
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1980)

TEACHING
Associate Professor of Theatre - Chair
Department of Fine Arts
Georgia Southwestern University (Present)
o Oversee and administer the operation of the Fine Arts Department, which includes
programs in visual arts, music, theatre and communication. Supervision includes budget,
curriculum, faculty, staff, students and programming.

Associate Professor - Director of Theatre
Department of Music and Performing Arts
University of Nebraska at Kearney (1990 - 1999)
Assistant Professor (1990-1995) NU Graduate Faculty (1994) Tenured (1995)
o Director of Theater (1994-1999)
o Artistic Director of the Great Platte River Playwrights Festival (1997- 1999)
o Director of Forensics - individual events program (1990-1996)

Adjunct Faculty
Department of Communications
Touro College, New York City, New York (1987-1990)
o Developed and instructed courses in the fundamentals of communication
and developmental speech (ESL)
o Curriculum included interpersonal, dyadic and nonverbal communication;
goal development; listening skills; group discussion; public address;
and phonetics/articulation

Graduate Assistant
School of Theater
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1982-1983)
o Taught Beginning and Intermediate Acting: technique, text analysis and scene study
o Assisted with Introduction to Theater (large lecture format), leading discussion sections
of 30 students, grading papers and testing

Summary of Demonstrated Teaching Competencies:
Theater Appreciation, Fundamentals of Acting, Scene Study and Auditioning, Advanced Acting-Technique, Advanced Acting-Period Styles, Voice and Articulation, Advanced Voice and Movement, Oral Interpretation, Performance Studies, Acting Shakespeare, Contemporary Acting Technique, Directing, Script Analysis, Performance Skills for Teachers, Business and Professional Speaking, Introduction to Speech Communication, Forensics - Individual Events

CREATIVE ACTIVITY - ACTING

New York Riverside Shakespeare Co.
SIREN TEARS Shakespeare dir. Ellen Nickles
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST Berowne dir. Cathleen Bishop
ROMEO AND JULIET Mercutio
Actor's Classical Troupe
ARMS AND THE MAN Sergius dir. Steve Ramey
TARTUFFE Tartuffe
WINTERS TALE Autolycus dir. Mary Guraldi
Thespian Lab Company
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Angelo (at Lincoln Center)

Regional
(LORT) Cleveland Play House
CANTERBURY TALES Gervase dir. Jim Corti
AMADEUS Viennese Citizen dir. Philip Kerr
w/Austin Pendleton
THREE MUSKETEERS D'Estrees fights, David Leong
THE TEMPEST Adrian dir. Toby Robertson
w/Charles Keating
Milwaukee Rep. Theater
MISS LULU BETT Bobby Larkin dir. John Dillon
WOMAN WITHOUT MEANS Sergei Sergeich (MRT Court Street)
WOLVES AND SHEEP Apollonius (MRT Court Street)
(Special Appearance)
ME AND BOBBY LEE Gen. G.A. Custer Great Platte River
O' PIONEERS Frank Shabata Playwrights Festival
w/ Darah Cloud and Kim Sherman
(Guest Artist) Rylander Theater
AND GRACE WILL World Communities Theater
LEAD ME HOME Seamus Mahan dir. Geoffrey Hitch

Artist in Residence U. of Nebraska/Kearney
TAMING OF THE SHREW Gremio
THRESHERS Aubrey Sanders (ACTF Regional Alternate, 1997)
ANTIGONE Teiresius
TURTLE ISLAND BLUES Caonabo (ACTF Regional Finalist, 1993)
KNIGHT OF THE
BURNING PESTLE Mr. Merrythought
GOOD Hitler
LOGSDON'S TIDE Creed Logsdon

Stock Monomoy Theater
WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY Philip Hill
HEDDA GABLER Ejlert Lovborg dir. Tunc Yalman
THE LIAR Ottavio
AS YOU LIKE IT Oliver dir. Malcolm Morrison
TONIGHT AT 8:30 Cmdr. Gilpin /Bert Bently
Ohio Valley Summer Theater
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM Narrator
ROMANTIC COMEDY Jason Carmichael
RICHARD RODGERS REVIEW Narrator
CALIFORNIA SUITE Sidney Nichols

CREATIVE ACTIVITY - DIRECTING
Regional Great Platte River Playwrights Festival
UNHALLOWED ARTS , THE BIRTH OF FRANKENSTEIN ('99 grand prize)
ONE ABIDING DEARTH ('98 grand prize)
BACKPACKER (w/Michael McGuire in residence) ('97 grand prize)
ME AND BOBBY LEE ('93 grand prize)
PRAIRIE CREEK ('91 grand prize)
THRESHERS (developmental staging)
LIFE BENEATH THE ROSES (developmental staging)

University
EACH IN HIS OWN WAY Georgia Southwestern
WIT (w/Margaret Edson in residence)
WIZARD OF OZ
EVERYMAN (developed adaptation)
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
TWELFTH NIGHT U. of Nebraska/Kearney
LOVES LABOURS LOST
TAMING OF THE SHREW
ARCADIA
LES BELLES SOEURS (ACTF Commendation)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
AS YOU LIKE IT
TARTUFFE
FAUST (developed adaptation from Swanwick translation)

Community
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Sumter Players

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
National and Regional Conference Papers and Panels
Acting Shakespeare Like Shakespeare's Actors
American College Theatre Festival, Ames, Iowa, 1999

The Balkan Conflict in Film
Midwest Conference on World Affairs, Kearney, Nebraska, 1996

Family Interdependency Among Young and Old: A Performance Perspective
Speech Communication Association, Miami, Florida, 1993

Academic Assessment: The Role of Programmatic Evaluation in Theatre Programs
Speech Communication Association, Miami, Florida, 1993

Application of Actor Training Methods to Enhance the Performance Skills of Professionals
Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1992

Developing the Art of Presence in Leadership
Central States Communication Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1992

State and Campus Panels/Colloquia
Auditioning for University Theatre Programs, NSCTA, 1998
Locating and Selecting New Play Scripts, NSCTA, 1996

SERVICE

Georgia Southwestern State University
Chamber Concert Series Coordinator, 1999 - Present
Chair, Springfest Steering Committee, 2000 - 02
Governance Task Force, 2000-Present
Teacher Education Council, 1999 - Present
Graduation Services Committee, 1999 - Present
Leadership Gala Committee, 1999 - Present
Centennial advisory Committee, 2000 -05
Instructional Technology Committee, 2000-01
University Relations Committee, 2000 -01
VPAA's Tutoring Taskforce, 1999-00
Budget and Finance Committee, 1999-00

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Director of Theatre, 1994-1999 (Interim Chair 1997-1998)
Campus Coordinator, Nebraska LEAD Program, 1991-present
Faculty Senate, Fine Arts and Humanities Rep., 1991-93
Artists and Lectures Committee, Senate Rep., 1991-93
UNK Leadership Development Council, presenter, 1992

Departmental Committees, Speech Comm. and Theatre Arts
Committees Chaired, Documents Authored :
o Drafted Theatre response to CCHE Intensive Review, 1998
o Drafted Theatre sections of Department 5-Year Program Review, 1997
o Search Committee for Costumer, 1997
o Promotion and Tenure Review 1996
o Drafted Theatre Governance Document to meet NAST accreditation guidelines, 1995
o Drafted Department Peer Review Guidelines, 1995
o Activity Grants and Scholarships, 1990-present
o Search Committees for Dir. of Forensics, 1994, 1995 Tech. Director, 1992, 1999
o Evaluation of Department Chair, 1993

Outside Agencies and Organizations
American College Theatre Festival/Region V (1997-'99)
o Serve as respondent for associate productions
Nebraska Department of Education (1998)
o Served on Ad Hoc committee to revise Speech and Theatre
teacher certification requirements
Denver Center Theater (1996-Present)
o Serve on Higher Education Advisory Council
Nebraska Literature Festival
o Presented two Drama Workshops (1995)
o Critic and respondent for performances of non-dramatic texts. (1992)
Nebraska State Thespians
o Presented performance workshops at state festival (1996,1990)
Family Community Leadership Institute, (1993-95)
o Delivered workshops on presentation skills
Nebraska School Activities Association, (1990-1995)
o Served as certified judge for play production and forensic competitions
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Nebraska, 1991
o Recruited and trained Track Presenters for conference
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987-89
o Provided critiques for attorneys on courtroom presentation skills

AFFILIATIONS
Assoc. of Theater in Higher Education

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Theater Administration
Actor's Classical Troupe, New York, New York (1988-1990)
o Served as one of two actor/managers of this classical repertory theater company,
which mounted six productions in New York under agreement with Actor's Equity
o Collaborated on organizational development and administration, artistic direction,
producing, fund raising, and board development
o Theater company secured two grants from the New York State Council on the Arts,
in kind matching contributions from Johnson & Johnson and IBM,
as well as numerous individual contributions.

Program Specialist
Boys & Girls Clubs of America, New York, New York (1988-90)
o Contributed to the development and implementation of "Targeted Outreach,"
a national delinquency prevention program.
o Wrote and edited program materials, including reports to federal funding agency
o Organized/coordinated logistics for five regional training conferences,
negotiated conference center contracts, and served as a trainer
o Served as trainer out of national office for 11 three-day regional seminars,
working with adult professional staff of local organizations on implementation methods
o Tracked program implementation and provided technical assistance
to 50 organizations across the country
o Collaborated on the development of $1.36 million proposal
($1.2 million secured) for a national youth gang prevention and intervention initiative,
including the development of goals and objectives, three year time line for implementation,
budget, organization and evaluation of research materials

English Teacher/Drama Director
Jackson High School, Jackson, Ohio (1984-1986)
o Taught English (grammar, writing, literature) at 8-11th grade level,
both college prep and "at-risk" sections for Occupational Work Adjustment Program
o Developed a drama program, producing, directing and designing.
Established a chapter of National Thespian Society

Crisis Intervention Counselor
"Careline," Athens, Ohio (1976-1980)
o Served as a counselor on a telephone hot line, helping people cope with loneliness,
depression, suicide, problem pregnancy, rape, drug and alcohol abuse
Included 60 hours of training in crisis intervention techniques

Back to Top