CONTACT INFORMATION
5430 E. Carita Street, Long Beach, CA 90808
(562) 429-1294 Home
(562) 985-4097 Office
[email protected]EDUCATION
M.F.A., Acting, 2004, California State University, Long Beach, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Outstanding Graduate, 2004, College of the Arts, CSULB
• Multiple listings in Who's Who Among America's Teachers & Who's Who in America
• LA Emmy (writing/performance) - "TNRC PRESENTS" (KCET)
PUBLICATIONS
• “TOMORROW’S AMERICA” The Sondheim Review
WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
• “The Necssity of Theatre” October 2010, Southern California Educational Theatre Assn.
• “Breaking the Fifth Wall” May 2009, Camp Bravo Drama Educators Retreat
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Assistant Professor, Theatre Generalist 2006-present
• Theatre for the 21st Century (non-majors)
• Theatre History I & II
• Theatre Today (Honors)
• Theatre and Cinema
• Writing for the Theatre
• Theatre as Process (Commissioned by/for the University Honors Program)
Full-time Lecturer 2004-2006
• Introduction to Acting (non-majors)
• Fundamentals of Acting
• Appreciation of Theatre (non-majors)
• Theatre History I & II
• Beginning Directing
• Rehearsal and Performance
• Theatre Today
• Theatre and Film
• Theatre as Process (University Honors Program)
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2001-2004
South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
Education Director 1994-1997
Instructor 1978-1990
• Scene Study (adults)
• Movement (teens)
• Voice (teens)
• Performance (teens)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, CA and Paris, FRANCE
Senior Concepteur / Redacteur 1990-1994
Show Writer 1988-1990
• Directed nomenclature and scripting effort for Disneyland Paris theme park
(Senior Writer)
• Formulated language policy for Disney and French govt.
• Wrote and directed audio/video media
• Wrote or approved all French/English show copy
(menus, graphics, operational signage)
• Created nomenclature for architects (Frank Gehry, Michael Graves)
• Formulated and produced style guide
• Senior editor for guidebooks and miscellaneous printed media
• Editor for WDEye (Imagineering in-house publication)
Alchemy II, Chatsworth, CA
Staff Writer / Product Developer 1986-1988
• Conceptualized and developed toys, books, and family entertainment
• Authored scripts for The California Raisins and The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
