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Directing as an MFA CandidateDuring my time in the graduate program at Minnesota State University I directed three fully mounted productions. In February, 2014, I staged Steven Dietz's Trust and in November, 2014, I staged Gabriel, by Moira Buffini. During the final year, I staged Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies. In addition, I wrote a new children's musical, Zeusical at Olympus, which performed in the winter of 2016 for the MNSU Kiddie Tour program. The video linked at left provides a few excerpts and images from those productions.
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Alternative Theories of TheatreMy work has included some exploration of alternative approaches to acting and performance. In particular, I have found that the concepts developed in the Indian Natyasastra can be useful. In this document, the Indian philosophical system of the Rasa provides a vocabulary for exploring the emotional load in performance. This system articulates eight foundational emotional states and considers the interaction which takes place between performer and audience in relation to emotional states. I have utilized and adapted a variety of exercises that were developed in workshops by Richard Schechner in the late twentieth century. This work helps actors to consider emotions more directly while working to express them genuinely.
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New Works and Devising
My work as a director and educator has included numerous projects that brought new work to the stage. This work includes leading collaborative devising projects, mentoring young playwrights, writing new musicals and plays, and directing and producing a new full length musical.
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Complete Directing Credits
Producing Companies include Forst Inn Arts Collective, University of Wisconsin Manitowoc, Maple Grove HS, Eat Street Players, RAHS Drama, Rosetown Playhouse, Minnesota State University Mankato, St Anthony Community Theatre, Kathie's Stage Door Pub, and independent productions in the MN Fringe Festival.
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Musicals
2024, Young Frankenstein, The Musical by Mel Brooks 2023, Rocky Horror Picture Show, by O'Brien (2018) 2023, Into the Woods, Sondheim (2005, 2013) 2023, Godspell, Tebelak and Schwartz (2008) 2023, A Musings Christmas Carol (2022) 2021, Mistletoe Musings (Holiday Cabaret) (2017-2024) 2021, Fun Home, Kron and Tesori 2020, Big Fish, Lippa and August 2019, 2018, Do Patent Leather Shoes Reflect Up, Quinn & Jans 2019, 2012, The Fantasticks by Jones and Schmidt 2018, 2024 Putnam County Spelling Bee, by Shenkin & Finn 2018, I Do, I Do, by Jones and Schmidt 2018, The Last Five Years, by Brown 2017, Spring Awakening, by Sater and Sheik 2017, Zombie Prom, by Dempsey and Rowe 2016, Mary Poppins, by Sherman and Fellows 2013, Awesome 80s Prom, by Ken Davenport 2012, The Fantasticks, by Jones and Schmidt 2012, The Music Man, by Meredith Wilson 2011, Thoroughly Modern Millie, by Morris, Scanlan and Tesori 2011, Urinetown, by Hollman and Kotis 2011, Quilters, by Newman and Damashek 2011, The Red Tureen, by Jim Lundy and Kevin Bowen 2011, The Sound of Music, by Rodgers and Hammerstein 2010, Fiddler on The Roof, by Stein, Harnick and Bock 2008, Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan 2008, Seussical, by Flaherty and Ahrens 2008, Chicago, by Kander and Ebb 2007, The Secret Garden, by Norman and Simon 2006, Les Miserables, by Boublil and Schoenberg 2006, Finian’s Rainbow, by Harburg, Sady and Lane 2005, Bye Bye Birdie, by Steward, Adams and Strouse 2003, Fame, by Margoshes, Levy and Fernandez |
Plays
2024, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Stephens 2024, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Edward Albee 2024, The Play That Goes Wrong, Lewis, Sayer and Shields 2023, Waiting for Godot, Beckett 2022, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare (2007) 2022, Anatomy of Grey, Jim Leonard (2009) 2022, Barefoot in the Park, Simon 2022, Yankee Tavern, Stephen Dietz 2021, Same Time Next Year, by Bernard Slade 2020, Dixie Swim Club, by Wooten, Jones & Hope 2020, Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom 2019, Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire 2019, Tony and Tina's Wedding, by AI Comedy (2017, 2016) 2019, Death Of A Salesman, by Arthur Miller 2019, The Shape of Things, by Neil LaBute 2019, November, by David Mamet 2018, The 39 Steps, by Patrick Barlow 2018, Dinner With Friends, by Paul Margulies 2018, The Odd Couple (female version), by Neil Simon 2021, The Smell of the Kill, by Michele Lowe (2017, 2015) 2017, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams 2017, Mass Appeal, by Bill Davis 2016, boom, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb 2016, Silence, by Moira Buffini 2015, Time Stands Still, by Donald Margolies 2014, Gabriel, by Moira Buffini 2014, Trust, by Stephen Dietz 2011, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller 2010, The Tavern, by George M. Cohen 2010, The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufman 2009, Noises Off, by Michael Frayn 2007, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard 2005, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder 2003, Vacancy in Paradise, by John Kirkpatrick 2002, Stage Door, by George S. Kaufman 2001, Inherit The Wind, by Lawrence and Lee |
Short Plays and One Acts
2023, The Actor's Nightmare, Durang
2019, The Wisconsin Bunraku Project, Puppetry Storytelling
2018, Three original Wisconsin One Acts
2016, The Non-Producers, by Kevin Bowen, MN Fringe Festival
2016, Zeusical at Olympus, by Michael Sheeks and Maureen O'Malley, MNSU
2014, Some Drivel for the NSA, by Matt David; Minnesota Shorts Play Festival
2014, Hearing God Laugh, by Jordan Wolfe, MNSU
2014, Robbing Death, by Mark Deel, MNSU
2013, The Street Project, by Sheeks, Tanner and Ormseth; Eat Street Players
2012, A Blank Space, by Samuel J. Tanner; Eat Street Players
2012, Assisted Living, by Jeffrey Neuman; Eat Street Players
2012, Broken Hill, by Jim Lundy; MN Fringe Festival, Eat Street Players
2011, Nineteen Cows Leaving Beirut, by Samuel J. Tanner; Eat Street Players
2009, Voyages, by Sheeks and Thompson; MN Fringe Festival, New Plymouth Players
2007, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, by Christopher Durang; New Plymouth Players
2007, Everyman, adapted by Michael Sheeks; New Plymouth Players
2006, Booby Trap, by Ed Monk; Desire, Desire, Desire, by Christopher Durang; Law and Order: Fairytale Unit, by Jonathon Rand: RAHS Drama
2006, Reverse Transcription, by Tony Kushner; RAHS Drama
2005, Student Written Selections: Amontillado Noire; Lenore; Leave That for Later; Annabel Lee: RAHS Drama
2004, Student Written Selections: Chess: A History of War; The Things We Do For War; In Limbo at Asphodel; Still Bleeding in Buenos Aires: RAHS Drama
1985, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, by Tom Stoppard; The Public Eye, by Peter Shaffer; Bartok as Dog, by Patrick Tovat: Non-Aligned Players
2023, The Actor's Nightmare, Durang
2019, The Wisconsin Bunraku Project, Puppetry Storytelling
2018, Three original Wisconsin One Acts
2016, The Non-Producers, by Kevin Bowen, MN Fringe Festival
2016, Zeusical at Olympus, by Michael Sheeks and Maureen O'Malley, MNSU
2014, Some Drivel for the NSA, by Matt David; Minnesota Shorts Play Festival
2014, Hearing God Laugh, by Jordan Wolfe, MNSU
2014, Robbing Death, by Mark Deel, MNSU
2013, The Street Project, by Sheeks, Tanner and Ormseth; Eat Street Players
2012, A Blank Space, by Samuel J. Tanner; Eat Street Players
2012, Assisted Living, by Jeffrey Neuman; Eat Street Players
2012, Broken Hill, by Jim Lundy; MN Fringe Festival, Eat Street Players
2011, Nineteen Cows Leaving Beirut, by Samuel J. Tanner; Eat Street Players
2009, Voyages, by Sheeks and Thompson; MN Fringe Festival, New Plymouth Players
2007, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, by Christopher Durang; New Plymouth Players
2007, Everyman, adapted by Michael Sheeks; New Plymouth Players
2006, Booby Trap, by Ed Monk; Desire, Desire, Desire, by Christopher Durang; Law and Order: Fairytale Unit, by Jonathon Rand: RAHS Drama
2006, Reverse Transcription, by Tony Kushner; RAHS Drama
2005, Student Written Selections: Amontillado Noire; Lenore; Leave That for Later; Annabel Lee: RAHS Drama
2004, Student Written Selections: Chess: A History of War; The Things We Do For War; In Limbo at Asphodel; Still Bleeding in Buenos Aires: RAHS Drama
1985, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, by Tom Stoppard; The Public Eye, by Peter Shaffer; Bartok as Dog, by Patrick Tovat: Non-Aligned Players