Experience

Rochester University

• Rochester, Michigan, United States

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2020 - Present



InterACT Entertainment

• Operations Manager/Producer

  • Jan 2000 - Present

  Manage all facets of company operations for a theatre and music production company offering classes, camps, workshops, shows, and production of corporate and private events. Duties include scheduling, teaching, budgeting, producing, and implementing all aspects of interactive classes, workshops, and shows/events. Coordinate, administrate and implement all aspects of events including contracting, payroll, talent coordination, costumes, set construction, decorating, catering, and performing.Operations Management▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬✔Serve as the Music Director for the Off-Broadway interactive show Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. Lead band, write/arrange charts, run rehearsals, hire subs/understudies, and teach vocals.✔Director of the Bates Street Summer Theatre Camp. Hire and manage staff and develop standard operating policies. Write musicals for 3rd-12th graders. Design and implement acting, dance, music and theater camp activities and curriculum. Arrange for and implement guest speakers, field trips, and novelty educational activities.✔Music Director of the Village Youth Theatre overseeing ongoing Fall/Spring youth theatre productions.✔Music Director for Sara Smith Productions and The Community House for ongoing Fall/Spring youth theatre productions, 2001-2019.✔Music Director for De La Salle High School, 2019-present.✔Theater Director for University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, 2018-2019.✔Theater Director for University for Marian-Rice Productions High School, 2018.✔Director of theater and music summer camps including The Community House Camps, Cabaret Camps and Classes and Orlando Repertory Theater Camps.* continued below *

• Operations Manager/Producer

  • Jan 2000 - Present

  * continued from above *Event Production/Management▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬✔Select corporate project and events include Karmanos Cancer Institute Fundraiser, Fash Bash Fashion Convention, Continental Tire Corporation Convention, Southeastern Theatre Conference Clinician, Ford Rouge Explosion Concert, and North American National Auto Show Choir, as well as various educational and entertainment projects, shows, fundraisers, and events for youth and adults.✔Book bands, novelty acts, improvisational and sketch comedy, interactive actors, singers, and dancers.✔Motivational and educational speaker, lecturer and presenter for business, scholastic and corporate workshops and conventions.Training▬▬▬▬▬✔Private Voice, Acting and Improv Instructor. Teach private voice lessons, technique, ear training/sight singing, music theory, stage presence, acting, effective presenting, headshot/résumé prep, theatre history, improvisation skills, leadership, and business philosophies to youth and adults.Other▬▬▬▬✔Writer and Theatrical Producer for plays and short stories.✔Commercial writer of copy for radio, TV, film, and industrials.



University of Central Florida

• Adjunct Professor of Theater

  • 2006 - Jun 2008

  Taught undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in theater or fine arts. Classes included Theatre History/Dramatic Literature (undergraduate) and Theatre Voice, Repertoire, Style, and Pedagogy for Actors (graduate and undergraduate). Taught undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in theater or fine arts. Classes included Theatre History/Dramatic Literature (undergraduate) and Theatre Voice, Repertoire, Style, and Pedagogy for Actors (graduate and undergraduate).