BFA, New York University Tisch School of the Arts. MFA, Yale University School of Drama. Extensive experience in Off Broadway and regional theatre, television, and commercials; artist-in-residence, Oberlin College. SLC, 1998–
Previous Courses
Actor’s Workshop: Acting Techniques
Open , Component—Year
This class meets twice a week.
This class will explore various techniques designed to free the actor physically, vocally, and imaginatively. Students will be encouraged to give themselves permission to play, emphasizing process rather than results. Students will be assigned monologues and scenes that challenge them to expand their range of expression and build the confidence to make bold and imaginative acting choices. Particular attention will be paid to learning to analyze a text in ways that lead to defining clear, specific, and playable actions and objectives.
Acting Shakespeare
Intermediate , Component—Year
This class meets twice a week.
Those actors rooted in the tradition of playing Shakespeare find themselves equipped with a skill set that enables them to successfully work on a wide range of texts and within an array of performance modalities. The objectives of this class are to learn to identify, personalize, and embody the structural elements of Shakespeare’s language as the primary means of bringing his characters to life. Students will study a representative arc of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as the sonnets, with the goal of bringing his characters to life. Class time will be divided among physical, vocal, and text work.
Acting Poetic Realism
Intermediate , Component—Year
This class meets twice a week.
The plays of Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson serve as the point of departure in our exploration of the craft of acting. In this class, students will be challenged to expand their range of expression and build their confidence to make bold and imaginative acting choices. Particular attention will be paid to learning to analyze the text in ways that lead to defining clear, specific, and playable actions and objectives. In tandem with their work on a given text, students will be guided through a progression of physical, vocal, sensory, and imaginative exercises designed to impart tangible skills that will enable them to create multidimensional characters.