Experience

CenterStage in Lake Forest - Community Theatre

• Director/Actor/Producer

  • Dec 1977 - Present

  • Working with and performing for "CenterStage" and it's parent "Group For…" since 1977. • Directed/developed Centerstage's Saturday morning children's program • Produced MIRACLE ON 34TH ST (RADIO SHOW). • Co-Directed OUR TOWN Fall of 2010. • Directed OLIVER! the summer of 2013. • Directed STEEL MAGNOLIAS the winter of 2014. • Performed in: THE CHALK CIRCLE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, variety shows: CAPERS, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (radio show), HONK and THE MUSIC MAN. Director of THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC) Summer of 2015. Show less



Citadel Theatre

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • 2010 - 2012

  • Produced Independence by Lee Blessing • Produced Jake’s Women by Neil Simon • Produced Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer • Produced Independence by Lee Blessing • Produced Jake’s Women by Neil Simon • Produced Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer



Libertyville District 70: Butterfiled School and Highland Middle School

• Theater teacher/director

  • Aug 1974 - 2009

  • Butterfield Elementary School Drama teacher for grades 1-8. Required subject for grades 1-4, elective for grades 5-8. • Directed the school musicals annually • Directed school talent show • Taught a variety of theater subjects from creative dance to Puppetry to Shakespeare. • Highland Middle school – 22 years teaching theatre/drama to 6 – 8 grade students • Highland: Directed over 40 plays and musicals • Highland: 6th grade focused on theatre history, basic acting/vocal skills, improvisation/story theatre • Highland: 7th grade focused on playwriting working with a theme. Students learned terms such as comedy, tragedy, protagonist, antagonist, exposition, and plot development. • Highland: 8th grade I offered three courses: Acting, Musical Theatre, Movies and making a video story. Show less



Grease Paints and Spotlights (private Drama School)

• Drama Teacher

  • Jan 1982 - May 1983

  Developed a class to give students an experience with Musical Theater. Wrote a play the students could perform. Taught singing, dancing, and acting skills. Developed a class to give students an experience with Musical Theater. Wrote a play the students could perform. Taught singing, dancing, and acting skills.



Bowie, Maryland

• Higher Education

• Bowie High School

  • 1973 - 1974

  Student taught: Drama/Acting skills, Advanced Acting, Remedial English, English Literature Directed the Fall production: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Student taught: Drama/Acting skills, Advanced Acting, Remedial English, English Literature Directed the Fall production: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE