SELECTED DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
- SALT/CITY/BLUES, Kyle Bass
- MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS, Athol Fugard
SU Drama, Syracuse, NY
- BARBECUE,
Robert O'Hara
- WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT..., Jackie Sibblies Drury
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, AR
- THE CALL, Tanya Barfield
- JAR THE FLOOR, Cheryl L. West
- THE WHIPPING MAN, Matthew Lopez
- GEE’S BEND, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
- FROST/NIXON, Peter Morgan
- LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT’S SHOULDER, James Still
- FENCES, August Wilson
- A SOLDIER’S PLAY, Charles Fuller
- THE PIANO LESSON, August Wilson
Majestic Theater, West Springfield, MA
New Century Theatre, Northampton, MA
- JAR THE FLOOR, Cheryl L. West
- THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Tennessee Williams
Junebug Productions, New Orleans, LA (Touring)
- TRYING TO FIND MY WAY BACK HOME, John O’Neal
Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA
- JAR THE FLOOR, Cheryl L. West
UMASS Theater, Amherst, MA
- SWEAT, Lynn Nottage
- HELL IN HIGH WATER, Marcus Gardley
- AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI, Marcus Gardley
- ARMS & THE MAN, George Bernard Shaw
- CROSSING JOHN AT THE CROSSROADS, Gilbert McCauley
- POLAROID STORIES, Naomi Iizuka
The National Theater of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE, August Wilson
American Conservatory Theater (Conservatory Production), San Francisco, CA
The Performance Network, Ann Arbor, MI
- GOODNIGHT IRENE, Ari Roth
Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington, DE
- WAKE UP LOU RISER, Kia Corthron
Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.
- HOLIDAY HEART, Cheryl L. West
Playwrights Horizons, New York
- LIFE BY ASPHYXIATION, Kia Corthron
- COVER, Beverly Smith-Robinson
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA
- PUDDIN ‘N PETE, Cheryl L. West
Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Oakland, CA
- FLYIN’ WEST, Pearl Cleage
- THE MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF PRETTY PEARL, Kim Hines
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland, OR
- JAR THE FLOOR, Cheryl L. West
Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL
- PUDDIN ‘N PETE, Cheryl L. West
SELECTED ACTING EXPERIENCE
New Century Theatre, Northampton, MA
- THE SUNSET LIMITED (Black), Cormac McCarthy, Sheila Siragusa(Dir.)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
- OTHELLO (Othello), William Shakespeare, Sheila Siragusa(Dir.)
KO Festival/New WORLD Theater, Amherst, MA
- BELLY INCANTATION (Lou), Connie Congdon, Manu Mukasa(Dir.)
Rites & Reason Theatre, Providence, RI
- MULEBONE (Narrator), Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston, George Bass(Dir.)
- TON BEAU CAPITAIN (Wilnor), Simone Schwarz-Bart, George Bass(Dir)
Illinois Summer Theatre, Champaign, IL
- A LESSON FROM ALOES (Steve), Athol Fugard, Karma Ibsen-Riley(Dir.)
- THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Launce), William Shakespeare, Bill Brown(Dir.)
- GODSPELL (Jeffrey), Stephen Schwartz, Karma Ibsen-Riley(Dir.)
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- THE THREE PENNY OPERA (Jake), Bertolt Brecht, Wallace Chappell(Dir.)
- A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Ensemble), Charles Dickens, Wallace Chappell(Dir.)
- MISSOURI TALES (Ensemble), Traditional, Ron Nakahara(Dir.)
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
- DIRECTING STUDIO
- DIRECTING 1 & 2
- DIRECTING THEORY
- ACTOR DIRECTOR COLLABORATION
- BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP
- AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Visiting Professorship)
- DIRECTING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE (Lecture Series)
University of California, Berkeley, CA
- RESEARCH-TO-PERFORMANCE LAB
- BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP
California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
- INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE, FILM & TELELVISION
- AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
- THEATRE HISTORY
- SCRIPT ANALYSIS
- INTODUCTION TO THEATRE
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
- FUNDAMENTALS OF DIRECTING
- THEATRE HISTORY
Trinity Repertory Conservatory, Providence, RI
RELATED THEATRE WORK
Artistic Associate, New WORLD Theater (2000-2010)
Program Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Programs(’97-’99)
Visiting Director, National Theatre of Ghana (’97-’98)
Producing Artistic Director, Oakland Ensemble Theatre (’94-’95)
Chair, Laney College Theater Department (’94-’95)
Resident Director & Dramaturg, Rites & Reason Theatre (’86-’90)
WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS
B. HOBGOOD DIRECTOR’S COLLOQUIUM (w/ JoAnne Akalaitis, Ron Daniels, John Hirsch, Jon Jory, Mark Lamos, George Lengl, Venizio Scaparro, and Stan Wojewodski)
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FIGHT DIRECTORS NATIONAL WORKSHOP (w/ Joseph Martinez, Drew Fracher, J. Allen Suddeth, David Boushey, J.R. Beardsley and Patty Crane)
THE DRAMA LEAGUE DIRECTORS PROJECT (w/ Daniel Sullivan and Garland Wright)
PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE (w/ Neil Freeman and Charles Shattuck)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Directing, University of Illinois, Champaign (’85)
B.A., Cum Laude, Theatre, Oklahoma City University (’81)