Experience

Charlotte Ballet

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Artist

  • Aug 2017 - Present



InsideOut Coaching

• Currently in Charlotte, NC and On Line

• Private Coach/Workshops

  • 1998 - Present

  Private sessions for the serious student to the professional - Weekly/Bi-Weekly coaching sessions of in-depth work in the Craft - Help in creating a strong diverse book of monologue work - Prepare the artist for auditions: plays, musicals, operas, Intensives, college, conservatories, competitions, etc... - Work/process with the artist in their cast roles for strong fully realized characters. - Acting workshops, Musical Theater workshops, Choreography, Acting the Song, Scene Study, Play Readings, Acting for Dancers. I coach out of my home as well as rent private space. Dance classes/workshops/Intensives available for hire for university, high school, private studio. Show less



Children's Theatre of Charlotte

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Choreographer, Dialect Coach

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2022

  Choreographed for CTC's Main Stage productions of Peter Pan the Musical in the 2019/20 Season andDragons Love Tacos in the 2021/22 Season Dialect Coach for Three Little Birds 2018/19 Season

• Resident Teaching Artist

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2020



Eagles' Wings Studio

• Performing Arts

• Teaching Artist

  • Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Acting and Dance Teacher for Senior Company students Director/Choreographer for 2021 production of Tuck Everlasting Acting and Dance Teacher for Senior Company students Director/Choreographer for 2021 production of Tuck Everlasting



Lee Street Theatre

• Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

• Choreographer

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

  Choreographer for Big Fish Choreographer for Big Fish



The Rock School for Dance Education

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ballet, Musical Theatre, Pilates/Stretch Teacher

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016



Walnut Street Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Musical Theatre Teaching Artist

  • Feb 2016 - May 2016

  Intermediate Class for Adults begins in February 2016. Acting through the Song, Chorus work, basic choreography styles Intermediate Class for Adults begins in February 2016. Acting through the Song, Chorus work, basic choreography styles



City Equity Theatre

• Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Choreographer

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Peter and the Starcatcher - Dir. Michael Flowers Peter and the Starcatcher - Dir. Michael Flowers



De La Dance Studio

• Cincinnati, Ohio

• Guest Teacher

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Guest Musical Theater/ intro. to Acting for Dance/Classical Pantomime/Mime for Summer Dance Intensives Guest Musical Theater/ intro. to Acting for Dance/Classical Pantomime/Mime for Summer Dance Intensives



Broadway to Hollywood and Full Monty Intensives

• Children's Dance Found., ASFA - Can travel to any open space with wood floor

• Director/Teacher

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Broadway to Hollywood is a 5 day 20 hour immersion into the history and work of 4 pioneers of American Musical Theater Choreography : Jack Cole, Gene Kelly, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse. For Actors/Singers/Dancers from Advanced Beginner to Pre-professional levels. The students learned the original choreography from Broadway shows and MGM musicals ie: Broadway Rhythm from Singin' in the Rain; Cool, Dance at the Gym from West Side Story; the Aloof/Rich Man's Frug from Sweet Charity, and the Opening Number from A Chorus Line by Michael Bennett - taught by Musical Veteran, Liz McCarthy- French. Full Monty Acting Intensive brings the 3 essentials in the Actor's Toolbox together: Movement,Voice, and Character/Scene work. 5 days of in-depth work within each discipline: Movement includes Pilates/Yoga, Visualization, Mime, Alexander Technique,Improvisation. Voice includes Diction work, vocal strengthening, breath work, Dialects. Character includes silent scene, simple dialogue,line justification, script/character analysis,monologue/line breakdown, etc... Show less



Samford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MUSICAL THEATER AND BALLET ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2015



ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS - ASFA

• Birmingham, Alabama Area

• ACTING AND MOVEMENT TEACHER

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2015



University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Audition Prep. Intensive (CAPI) Theatre. Dance Instructor

  • Jun 2015 - 2015

  Taught Dance audition techniques, basic Music Theatre Styles, flash memory combinations, character work, mock audition, culminating in a showcase "audition" with songs, monologues, and dance combinations. Students received feedback from a panel of professionals and a video of their audition pieces to use for college auditions. Taught Dance audition techniques, basic Music Theatre Styles, flash memory combinations, character work, mock audition, culminating in a showcase "audition" with songs, monologues, and dance combinations. Students received feedback from a panel of professionals and a video of their audition pieces to use for college auditions.



The Dance Foundation

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theater Intensive Director

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2014

  Headed the Theater Explorations 2 week intensive camp for 6th - 9th graders. Focus on the comparison of work from the "Honest" acting approach vs. Presentational" . Intro. To Stanislavsky and Commedia del Arte were the vehicles in the teaching approach. The students also had classes in Voice/Diction, Radio/t.V. Voice over workshop, Movement, and Mask Making. The final day culminated in a Lecture Demo. of all the disciplines learned including performances of Goldie Locks and the 3 Bears done in the Honest style and then in the Commedia style. I wrote the play and directed the first version. I gave the Commedia cast a "skeleton" plot for their Stock characters and the students improvised the Commedia version. Show less



Birmingham Music Club

• Birmingham, AL

• Choreographer

  • May 2013 - May 2013

  Choreographer for production of The Merry Widow operetta Choreographer for production of The Merry Widow operetta



The Dance Foundation

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Musical Theater Teaching Artist

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013



Alabama Shakespeare Festival

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher/Choreographer/Mentor

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  5 day intensive camp : learning/performing experience for high schoolers - acting and dance classes; choreograph showcase; co- direct showcase 5 day intensive camp : learning/performing experience for high schoolers - acting and dance classes; choreograph showcase; co- direct showcase



Southern Art Works - Co-op

• Acting and Musical Theater Teacher

  • Sep 2011 - May 2012

  Teaching a Character development class and a choreography for Musical Theater class for a wonderful home school co-op. Teaching a Character development class and a choreography for Musical Theater class for a wonderful home school co-op.



The 5th Avenue Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• performer

  • 1991 - 2000