RESUME:
Objectives
Film and television acting: features, series, advertising/commercials
Film Acting Experience
"Lucid", dir. Dean Mermell — Principal in short film
San Francisco Stage Acting
"Galápagos", novel by K. Vonnegut — 4 roles, including Kilgore Trout
"History Lesson", 365 Plays/Days — Clown War Profiteer
Twilight Zone Series 3, "Escape Clause" — Doctor, Prison Guard
"The Gong Show" — The Unknown Comic
Twilight Zone Series 2, "Steel" — Paul the Mechanic
"Emperor Norton: The Musical" — Sam Tetlow, Butt Riley
Twilight Zone Series 1 — Rod Serling
"Clue: The Play" — Motorist, Cop, Jehova's Witness, FBI Agent
Stagecraft
"Zippy the Pinhead: Fun, The Concept" — Writer, Co-director
"Lovesick, The Cat Allergy Musical" — Director
Twilight Zone Series 1, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" — Director
"Outing Wittgenstein" — Director of fully staged reading
"The Tempest" — Stage Manager
Training & Special Skills
Theatre Improvisation: "The Harold" with Charna Halpern, and Bay Area Theatre Sports
Clown: "The Red Nose" with Giovanni Fusetti, and Avner (the Eccentric) Eisenberg
Body: Contact improvisation dance, Action Theatre, Dunham technique and Jazz at Alvin Ailey NYC
Drums: Brazilian folkloric and samba hand drums and kit, Latin bell and congas
Athletics: Northern Shaolin Gung-fu, ran SF marathon, multiple sports, tall bike stunts
Motorcycle driver's license & love of speed
20 years experience working in US/New York advertising and branding industry: excellent skills in script/text analysis, creative process, and written/verbal communication
Writing teacher
Adventures in Micro-fiction is a 10-week post-graduate course in story and improvisational narrative writing, with exercises adapted from Keith Johnstone, informed by Viola Spolin’s approach to coaching creative process, and structured like a Harold. Offered at the Miami Ad School (San Francisco), and as a 3-hour workshop at many conferences.
Hobbies
Self-portraits of scary, bow-tie wearing clowns
Making wine at home, cooking
