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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

  • MOUNTAINTOP

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

  • BAAL, Bertolt Brecht

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

  • STAGE COMBAT


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)



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