IN LOS ANGELES
CATTYWAMPUS—also playwright—REDCAT and Son of Semele Theater, 2011
MOTHER TONGUE by Jillian Lauren—Steve Allen Theater, 2011
POUR LA PAIX by Iannis Xenakis—World Premiere at REDCAT, January 29, 2010
AT CALARTS, VALENCIA, CA
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare—CalArts, LA, 2010 [watch it here!]
HELLZAPOPPIN’—also playwright — CalArts, 2009 [watch it here!]
HIT by Alice Tuan—staged reading — CalArts, 2009
COCKS CROW by Alice Tuan — reading — CalArts and Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, 2010
WITH ACME ACTING LAB, NYC
CARPENTER'S GOLD — also playwright — Axis Theater, NYC, 2008
CONFIDENCE, WOMEN! — also playwright — Axis Theater, NYC, 2007
WITH HANGDOG THEATER
SPEED FREAKS — also playwright — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1999
THE STICKY BANISTER — also playwright — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1997
THE WOMEN by Clare Booth Luce — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1996
BE EMPHATIC! — adapted from musical I Had a Ball — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1996 [watch it here!]
RICH WHITE FARMERS — adapted from Harper’s Magazine article — Ontological Theater & Soho Think Tank, NYC, 1995
UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVES OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY by Richard Foreman — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1995
PARLOUR PROBLEMS — also playwright — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1994
MAN OH MAN RAY — adapted from transcripts of Surrealists — Ontological Theater & Soho Arts Festival, NYC, 1994
I HATE WOMEN — also playwright — Ontological Theater, NYC, 1993
LOVE CLUMP — also playwright — Ontological Theater & American Living Room at HERE, NYC, 1993
[watch clips of many of these shows here!]
WITH ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE (company member since 1997)
GATZ — “Tom Buchanan” — Public Theater, Performing Garage (NYC) & 13 worldwide tours, 2006-10
ROOM TONE — “Uncle Boy” — Ohio Theater (NYC) & three national tours
TOTAL FICTIONAL LIE — “Bible Salesman” — PS122 (NYC) & national and international tours
WITH ONTOLOGICAL-HYSTERIC THEATER/RICHARD FOREMAN
PANIC! (HOW TO BE HAPPY!) — dir. Richard Foreman — NYC, Vienna and Zurich
PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE — dir. Richard Foreman — NYC, London
MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER — dir. Richard Foreman — NYC
WITH AXIS COMPANY
LISTEN HOUDINI — “Houdini” — dir. Randy Sharp — Axis Theater, 2001
HOSPITAL 1999 — “Doctor #1” — dir. Randy Sharp — Axis Theater, 1999
WITH HANGDOG THEATER
SPEED FREAKS — “Ivan” — dir. Robert Cucuzza — Ontological Theater, 1999
THE FABULOUS JOHNNY CASH SHOW — “Johnny Cash” — dir. D.J. Mendel — Ontological Theater, 1998
RICH WHITE FARMERS — “Ralph Reed” — dir. Robert Cucuzza — Soho Think Tank @ Ohio Theater, 1995
OTHER PERFORMANCE
PLAN B — understudy for Paul Lazar — Big Dance Theater — APAP Conference, 2003
ADIRONDACK — Hockey Announcer/Dancer — choreographer, David Neumann — PS122, 1997
FILM DIRECTING WORK
THE ARMED MAN — also screenwriter/editor — commission from Rackham Symphony Choir — 70 mins., 2010
SPEED FREAKS — also screenwriter/editor — Great Zambini Prods. — 85 mins., 2008 [watch it here!]
THE BLUE HORIZON — also screenwriter/editor — ACME Acting Lab — 45 mins., 2008 [watch it here!]
THE INVINCIBLE ECKSTEINS — also screenwriter/editor — ACME Acting Lab — 56 mins., 2007 [watch it here!]
FILM ACTING WORK
SPEED FREAKS — “Ivan” (lead) — dir. Robert Cucuzza — 2008
THE STRANGE CASE OF MARIE FRANCE — “Robert Berger” (lead) — dir. Till Neumann — 2007
Awards: Best Short Film awards at Newport International and Rhode Island International Film Festivals
CHARLIE — “Eugene” (supporting) — dir. Salvatore Interlandi — 2007
MEMOIRS OF MY NERVOUS ILLNESS — “Flechsig” (lead) — dir. Julian Hobbs — 2006
TIGER: HIS FALL & RISE — “Martin DeNova” (supporting) — dir. Reid Rosefelt — 2004
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS (CALARTS)
Adjunct Faculty, BFA Acting and Institute Directing — 2009-2011
ACME ACTING LAB
Founder and Acting Lab Instructor — 2006-08
NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
Acting for Film instructor/Director of Acting for Film program, NYC and Princeton University Summer Camps — 2005-08
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ACME ACTING LAB (founder) — in residence at Axis Theater, NYC 2006-08
HANGDOG THEATER COMPANY (founder) — in-residence at Ontological Theater, NYC — 1992-99
AWARDS
2010-11 recipient of a Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts
1990-91 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 10-month independent study of theater in Europe. Workshops and master classes with Jerzy Grotowski, Ludwig Flaszen, Peter Stein, Philippe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux
EDUCATION
2011 MFA in DIRECTING, THEATER, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA—Travis Preston, Mentor
1990 BFA in LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES, MINOR IN THEATER, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Instructors: Barbara MacKenzie-Wood,Tony McKay, Victoria Santa Cruz, Lis Orion, Jorge Guerra, Robert Parks