Elaine P. Schatzline-Behr
EDUCATION
1978-80 Northwestern University, School of Speech, Evanston, IL
Full National Merit Scholarship Finalist
1980-83 Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
BFA, Acting, May 1983
1996-98 Northern Illinois University, School of Theatre and Dance, DeKalb, IL
MFA, Directing, August 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1984-85 Assistant Artistic Director, Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL
Duties included actor coaching all productions, teaching, season planning, press and public relations
1985-90 Founder, Artistic Director, Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
Duties included board development, season planning, budget development, directing, staff and artist hiring, actor coaching, teaching, design
1990-95 Director of Performing Arts Ministry, Call To Action, Chicago, IL
Duties included grant writing, donor programs and special fund raising, budget development, volunteer corps administration, staff and artist hiring, supervising marketing, product development, contract negotiations, overseeing travel and touring arrangements, directing
1996-98 Supervisor, Corner Theatre Series, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Duties included marketing and box office, facility scheduling, artistic oversight of all production elements, budget administration
Graduate Assistant, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Duties included teaching, assistant teaching, guest lecturing, actor coaching, directing, stage management
1998-2002 Assistant Professor of Theatre, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Duties included teaching all department acting performance courses, directing, supervision of student directors, actor coaching, shared supervision of Theatre FEST and High School Theatre Workshop, undergraduate academic advisement, student preparation for annual professional, graduate school, and competition auditions, departmental and college level committee work, student affairs service, creative project and thesis committees for graduate MA students
2002-07 Guest Teacher, Port Huron Area School District.
Duties include all regular teacher daily responsibilities plus lesson plans, grading, IEPC meetings/grade transfer evaluations, and staff meetings for the following long-term guest teacher positions:
Michigamme Elementary School
3rd Grade, April 2 through June 12, 2003
Edison Elementary School
Combined Pre-K/Lower Elementary H.I. April 4 through June 16, 2005
Fort Gratiot Middle School
Hearing Impaired, December 6, 2005 through June 14, 2006
2002-2008 Trainer, Magellan Health Services
Duties include preparing and presenting corporate training seminars for presentation through the clients’ Employee Assistant Program. Seminar topics include trainings ranging from “Coping with Holiday Related Stress” to “Recognizing, Responding to and Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” and “Effective, Assertive Communication Skills.”
2006-2009 Artistic Director, Enter Stage Right, Inc., Marysville, MI
Duties included board development, season planning, budget development, directing, staff and artist hiring, actor coaching, teaching, workshops, design
CREATIVE ARTISTRY: ACTING
1970 The Court of Miracles (Lisa)
Ensemble Theatre, Northwestern University, Lee Alan Morrow- director
1980 Impromptu (Laura)
Pegasus Players, Chicago, IL, Eric Feldman- director
1980 The Bald Soprano (Mrs. Smith)
Jameson Studios, Rutgers University, Mark Weinblatt- director
1981 The Imaginary Invalid (Louisa)
Jameson Studios, Rutgers University, Claudia Anderson- director
1982 The Apple Tree (Eve)
Douglass Cabaret, Rutgers University, Walter Born- director
1982 Rashomon (Kimune)
Levin Theatre, Rutgers University, Claudia Anderson- director
1982 As You Like It (Phebe)
Little Theatre, Rutgers University, Jack Bettenbender- director
1983 Talking With…. (Scraps)
Little Theatre, Rutgers University, Michael Nash- director
1983 St. Joan (Duchess La Tremouille)
Levin Theatre, Rutgers University, with Avery Brooks and Loyd Williamson, Harold Scott- director
1984 Hand To Hand (Margie) World Premiere
Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL, Joseph Sauris- director
1985 Sisters: Some Theatrical Rituals about the Nunnery (Sarah) World Premiere
Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1986 Horsefeathers (Terry) World Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1986 The Luck of Jesse McCorker (Jesse) World Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1987 The Belle of Amherst (Emily Dickinson) Original Adaptation
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1988 Agnes of God (Dr. Martha Livingston)
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, Cas Recio.- director
1988 Mortal Risk (Johanna Spector) World Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, Peter Grahame- director
1989 Graceland (Rootie)
Quando Productions, Chicago, IL, Betsey Cassells- director
1990-99 All That I Am (Mrs. Simon-Peter, Mistress, Anne Donne, Hilde, Maria, Kay)
Call To Action, Chicago, IL; Merely Players, Pittsburgh, PA,
Dorothy Gregory- director
1991-93 A Question of Choice (Query)
Paint Box Theatre, Chicago, IL, Denise Berry-Hanna- director
1992-94 In Shakespeare’s Time (Hermia, Titania, Kate)
Paint Box Theatre, Chicago, IL, Denise Berry-Hanna- director
1993 The Tempest (Prospera)
Crawford Studios, for Chicago Cable Access, Chicago, IL,
Kym Crawford- director
1995 Off With Their Heads (Angela) World Premiere
Ursuline House, New Rochelle, NY, Bing Bills- director
1996 Earth Awakening (Westernia)
Merely Players, Hales Corners, WI, Dorothy Gregory- director
1999 All That I Am (Mistress, Anne Donne, Kay)
Merely Players, Illinois/Indiana Tour, Dorothy Gregory- director
2000 The Tavern (Violet)
Summer Stage, Terre Haute, IN, Lew Hackleman- director
2000 You Can’t Take It With You (Olga)
Summer Stage, Terre Haute, IN, Gary Stewart, director
2000 Take All Of Us With You (Henry, Favored Child- voiceovers)
Awake Productions, Chicago, IL, Bev Spangler- coach
2001 Breathe a Solo Performance Piece
Women’s Resource Center, Indiana Stage University, Catherine Jonet- director
2001 Tortilla Moon (Tia Choco)
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, Ric Averill- director
CREATIVE ARTISTRY: DIRECTING
1988 Donald Abramson’s Melissa, While She Sleeps World Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
1988 Jane Martin’s Talking With…. Original Adaptation
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
1989 Ron Mark’s The Wings of Mooney Fishbein World Premiere
Webster Circle Theatre, Chicago, IL Joseph Jefferson Citation
1989 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Motherless Child Midwest Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
1990 Ron Marks’ Joe Momma World Premiere
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
1990 Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road Original Adaptation
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL Joseph Jefferson Citation
1991 Paul Amandes’ Earth Awakening
Call To Action, Chicago, IL
1992 Elaine Behr’s Earth, Magic & Me
Call To Action, Chicago, IL
1992 Paul Amandes’ Between The Times
Call To Action, Chicago, IL
1993 Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
1993 Paul Amandes’ Peace*Works
Call To Action, Chicago, IL
1994 Robert McClory’s Haunted By God Video/Cable
CORPUS Video, New York, NY
1995 Irene Mahoney’s All That I Am Video/Cable
CORPUS Video, New York, NY
1996 Katherine Snodgrass’ Haiku
Corner Theatre, Studio Series, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1997 Jane Martin’s Keely and Du
Corner Theatre, Studio Series, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1997 Allen, Mamet, and May’s Death Defying Acts
Players Theatre, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1997 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Otherisms World Premiere
Merely Players, Hales Corners, WI
1998 Gardner McKay’s Sea Marks
Corner Theatre, Studio Series, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1998 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Standing In The Shadows British Premiere
University of Hertfordshire, England
1998 John Guare’s The New York Actor, Tony Kushner’s Reverse Transcription
and Daniel Meltzer’s Intermission
Idyllwild Arts Academy, Summer Theatre, Idyllwild, CA
1999 William Mastrosimone’s Shivaree
Summer Stage, Terre Haute, IN
1999 William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2000 Robert McClory’s Haunted By God
Women’s Studies Colloquium, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2000 Allen, Mamet, and May’s Death Defying Acts
Summer Stage, Terre Haute, IN
2000 Beverly Spangler’s Take All Of Us With You World Premiere
Awake Productions at Straw Dog Theatre, Chicago, IL
2000 Kathleen Tolan’s A Weekend Near Madison
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2001 Russell McGee’s Tutankhamen
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2001 Irene Mahoney and Sharon Ammen’s Out Of the Shadows
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
2004 E P S Behr’s The Big Not Bad Wolf at the Door
Marysville Recreation Program, Marysville, MI
2005 E P S Behr’s 360 Degrees of Family
Marysville Recreation Program, Marysville, MI
2006 William Shakespeare’s A Midsommer Nights Dreame
Marysville Recreation Program, Marysville, MI
2006 Kathryn Schultz Miller’s Pan and the Lost Kids
Marysville Recreation Program, Marysville, MI
2006 Joy Kurtz and Wayne Simpson’s The Saga of Dead Dog Gulch
Thomas Edison Elementary School, Fort Gratiot, MI
2007 Craig Sodaro and Stephen Murray’s Boogie-Woogie Bugle Girls
Fort Gratiot Middle School, Fort Gratiot, MI
2007 Regina Spain’s Wicked/Oz
Enter Stage Right, Marysville, MI
2008 Craig Sodaro’s Liberty Street
Fort Gratiot Middle School, Fort Gratiot, MI
2008 Regina Spain’s Wicked/Oz
Michigan Waterways Girl Scout Council & Enter Stage Right, Port Huron, MI
2008 Elaine Behr’s Holiday Lights
Enter Stage Right, Inc., Port Huron, MI
2009 Cynthia Mercati’s Flyin’
Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City, MI
2009 Claudia Haas’ The Haunting of Will Shakespeare
Enter Stage Right, Inc., Smiths Creek, MI
CREATIVE ARTISTRY: DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, & COACHING
1977 Ring ‘Round the Moon, Costume Design
Frankly Theatre, Detroit, MI, Martha Franks- director
1980 Impromptu, Costumer
Pegasus Players, Chicago, IL, Eric Feldman- director
1980 La Cenerentola, Props Master
Opera Midwest, Evanston, IL
1983 Broadway Dreamers, Choreographer
St. Mary’s High School, Paramus, NJ, Adele Mongioi- director
1984 Hand To Hand, Properties Design
Empyrean Production, Chicago, IL, Joseph Sauris- director
1985 Call Me Juliet, Costumer
Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL, Ken Prestininzi- director
1985 Sisters, Costume Design
Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1986 Horsefeathers, Properties Design
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1987 Bedroom Farce, Costume and Properties Design
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1987 Key Exchange, Costume and Properties Design
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, David Gurdian- director
1988 Lovers, Set Design
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, David Gurdian- director
1989 The Wings of Mooney Fishbein, Sound Design
Webster Circle Theatre, Chicago, IL, Ron Mark- director
1989 Tartuffe, Costume Design
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, Buffy Lee- director
1995 Off With Their Heads, Costume Design
Ursuline House, New Rochelle, NY, Bing Bills- director
1996 Haiku, Sound Design
Corner Theatre, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, EPS Behr- director
1997 Keely and Du, Sound Design
Corner Theatre, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, EPS Behr- director
1998 Idyllwild Arts Festival, Sound Design and Fight Choreography
Junior Players Theatre, Idyllwild, CA, Jude Levin- artistic director
1999 Not Not Darling, Voice, Speech and Dialect Coach
Brown County Playhouse, Nashville, IN, Bruce Burgun- director
1999 Don’t Drink the Water, The Miser, Having Our Say, Acting Coach
Summer Stage, Terre Haute, Lew Hackleman- artistic director
2000 Take All Of Us With You, Costume, Sound & Properties Design
Awake Productions, Chicago, IL, Beverly Spangler- producer
2001 Side Man, Acting Coach
Theatre on the Square, Indianapolis, IN, Chris Goldfarb- director
2001 Say Uncle, Uncle Silas, Stage Combat Choreographer
Greencastle High School, Greencastle, IN, Vickie Parker- director
2002 A Midsommer Night’s Dreame, Language Coach
Greencastle High School, Greencastle, IN, Vickie Parker- director
CREATIVE ARTISTRY: STAGE MANAGEMENT
1978 You Can’t Take It With You
Frankly Theatre, Detroit, MI, Martha Franks- director
1979 The Circle Game
Prince John Players, Detroit, MI, John Puchalski- director
1984 Blocks
Empyrean Productions, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1986 Ludlow Fair
Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1990-92 Haunted By God
Call To Action, Road Manager (Chicago, IL), Dorothy Gregory- director
1993 A Question of Choice
Paint Box Theatre, Road Manager (Chicago, IL), Denise Berry-Hanna- director
1996 Godspell
Centerlight Theatre, Northbrook, IL, Joe Huber- director
1996 Godspell
Griffin Theatre, Chicago, IL, Joe Huber- director
1996 Waiting for Godot
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, John Bettenbender, Jr.- director
1997 Death Defying Acts
Summer NITE, Chicago, IL, David Zack- director
1997 A Streetcar Named Desire
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Gene Terruso- director
ARTS ADMINISTRATION: PRODUCING
1985 Lanford Wilson’s Ludlow Fair, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1985 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Horsefeathers, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1985 Myrna Lamb’s I Lost a Pair of Gloves Yesterday, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1986 Ron Mark’s The Luck of Jesse McCorker, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1987 William Luce’s The Belle of Amherst, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1987 Kevin Wade’s Key Exchange, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1987 Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1988 John Peilmeier’s Agnes of God, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1988 Ron Mark’s Mortal Risk, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1988 Brian Friel’s Lovers, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1989 Donald Abramson’s Melissa While She Sleeps, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1989 Ron Mark’s The Wings of Mooney Fishbein, Webster Circle Theatre
1989 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Motherless Child, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1990 Ron Mark’s Joe Momma, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1990 Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road, Chicago Cooperative Stage
1997 Rosemary McLaughlin’s Standing in the Shadows, Northern Illinois University
2007 Regina Spain’s Wicked/Oz, Enter Stage Right
2008 Elaine Behr’s Holiday Lights, Enter Stage Right
2009 Claudia Haas’ The Haunting of Will Shakespeare, Enter Stage Right
SCHOOL RESIDENCIES
1990-91 St. Gregory Elementary School, Chicago, IL Second Grade
1994-95 Passow Elementary School, Franklin Park, IL First Grade
1996-98 Illinois Arts Council, Arts in Education, Roster Artist
Specialty Focus: Teacher Education (Using the arts in the primary and secondary classroom as the delivery vehicle for the curricular content.)
PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES
1985-90 Board of Directors, Chicago Cooperative Stage, Chicago, IL
1985-92 Script development consultant to Ron Mark, playwright and teacher for Wisdom Bridge Theatre, St. Xavier College, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL
1985 Script development consultant to Rosemary McLaughlin for Horsefeathers, published in Intimate Acts, 1997.
1987-89 Artistic advisor to Webster Circle Theatre, Chicago, IL
1987 Board development consultant to Webster Circle Theatre, Chicago, IL
1987 Founder and coordinator of the Bucktown Theatre Fest for off-loop Chicago theatres, the first festival of its kind
1988 Co-coordinator of the Bucktown Theatre Fest
1988 Assistant Director of the Ebenezer Lutheran summer arts camp for children ages 3-18, Chicago, IL
1989 Script development consultant to Rosemary McLaughlin for Motherless Child, produced Off-Broadway in 1995
1989 Director of the Ebenezer Lutheran summer arts camp for children ages 3-18
1989 Co-coordinator of Chicago’s Rhinoceros Theatre Festival
1990 Board Development consultant to Call To Action’s Performing Arts Ministry, Chicago, IL
1990-92 High School Forensics judge for the Northern Illinois region
1990-92 Script development consultant to Paul Amandes, winner of the Cardinal Bernardin leadership award for peace and social justice
1992 Script development consultant to Irene Mahoney, a three time playwriting awardee of the Lily Foundation
1993 Board development consultant for Paint Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
1997 Script development consultant for Rosemary McLaughlin’s Otherisms/Them
1999 Grant Review Panel for the Indiana Arts Commission, Arts Illiana Region
1999 Fourth Adjudicator, South Eastern Theatre Conference, Lexington, KY
1999 Director, Sally Carpenter’s Star Collector, Arts Alliana’s Crossroads Arts Fest, Word Stage, Terre Haute, IN
1999 Reader (Hodl), Adult Education Committee, United Hebrew Congregation, Terre Haute, IN
1999 Reader (Margaret), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Arts Illiana’s Crossroads Arts Fest, Word Stage, Terre Haute, IN
1999-2000 American College Theatre Festival, Region III, Associate Production Respondent
2000 Indiana Thespian Conference, Indianapolis, IN, scholarship and performance competition judge
2000 Reader, Sally Carpenter’s Common Ground, American College Theatre Festival, Playwriting Competition
2001 Indiana Theatre Association Convention, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, Audition Respondent and Reader, Kathy Speigner’s Behind The Curtain for the ITA Works playwriting competition
2000-01 American College Theatre Festival, Region III, Associate Production Respondent
2001-02 American College Theatre Festival, Region III, Associate Production Respondent
2001-02 Treasurer, Executive Board, Indiana Theatre Association
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
1997 “Producing Something Other Than Another Waiting for Godot”
Illinois Theatre Association’s Undergraduate Theatre Festival, Northern Illinois University
1997 “Meisner Table Work for Non-Meisner Actors”
Illinois Theatre Association 25th Anniversary Convention, Southern Illinois University
1997 “Stage Management: Behind the Scenes with A Streetcar Named Desire”
School of Theatre Arts’ High School Theatre Workshop, Northern Illinois University
1998 “Morning Warm-Ups”, “Audition Techniques”, “Stage Management”, Period Costume & Movement for Actors”
High School Theatre Workshop, Indiana State University
1999 “Non-Verbal Communication: The Behavioral Dimension of Effective Teaching”
WinterFest Conference, Center for Teaching and Learning, Indiana State University
1999 “Tuning Up The Artist”, “Audition: Selling Yourself in Under Two Minutes”, “Conquering Your Fear of Shakespeare”, “Auditioning- Musical Theatre”, “Improv Workshop”
High School Theatre Workshop, Indiana State University
1999 “Feminist Revisioning of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew”
Women’s Studies and Department of Theatre Colloquium, Indiana State University
2000 “Meisner Table Work: A Key for Unlocking the Text”
Director- Doug Bedwell’s The Veranda for the Original Student One-Act Competition of The Works
Indiana Theatre Association Conference, DePauw University
2000 “Fighting Our Way through Shakespeare”
Stage Combat Workshop and Performance
Arts Illiana’s Crossroads Arts Fest- Mainstage, Terre Haute, IN
2000 Invited Presenter: National Communication Association Convention,
Seattle Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
Panel: “Stage Direction and Feminist Theatre Practice: Diverse Strategies for
Discussion”
Presentation: “Deconstructing the Canon- Taming The Taming of the Shrew”
Performance: I Have Lived Through the Long Night, Latin American
performance art and social justice
Panel: “Performing for the Earth: Artists Set the Stage for Mother Nature”
Presentation: “Building the Earth Community through the Performing Arts”
2001 “The Meisner Mystery, The Meisner Mystery, The Meisner….”
Indiana Theatre Association Convention, DePauw University
2002 “Audition Clinic”
Indiana Theatre Association Conference, Masonic Temple, Indianapolis, IN
2008 “Let’s Do Theatre”
Michigan Waterways Girl Scouts Council, Port Huron, MI
2008 “Uniquely Me-Behind The Scenes”
Acting, Stage Combat, Shakespeare Workshops
In partnership with the Dove Foundation Grants Program to the Michigan Waterways Girl Scouts Council, Port Huron, MI
2009 Acting Techniques Survey
8 week introductory acting methods survey
The Thespis Group, Port Huron, MI
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1978 National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Full Four Year Scholarship Award
1989 Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Citation for Ron Mark’s The Wings of Mooney Fishbein
1990 Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Citation for Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road
1990 Sisters of Saint Agnes Foundation Award Grant for All That I Am
1991 Springfield Dominican Creative Arts Grant for Earth Awakening
1992 Sacred Heart Fathers Arts Grant for Earth, Magic & Me
1992 Sisters of Saint Agnes Foundation Award Grant for Earth, Magic & Me
1993 Sacred Heart Fathers Arts Grant for operating support, Call To Action Performing Arts Ministry
1999 Honoree, Friends of Cunningham Library, Annual Artists and Authors Reception, for the British Premiere of Rosemary McLaughlin’s Standing in the Shadows
2000 Indiana Arts Commission, Individual Artist Grant Awarded for continuing study in Williamson Movement Technique Teacher Training
UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Northern Illinois University
1996-97 Assistant Director and acting coach for Arms and the Man
Artistic Supervisor for Studio Series productions of Cloud Tectonics, The Only Game In Town, Haiku, and the Summer Nite readings Series
Acting Coach for Waiting for Godot, Calm Down Mother, The Actor’s Nightmare, Extremities, and A Photograph
Artistic Supervisor for the Studio Series productions of Calm Down Mother, The Actor’s Nightmare, Extremities, A Photograph, and Keely and Du
Guest Lecturer on directing for Introduction to Theatre (THEA 203)
1997-98 Artistic Supervisor for the Studio Series productions of Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Real Inspector Hound, The Summer Nite Reading series, and Jack and Jill
Guest Lecturer on stage management for THEA 203
Guest Lecturer on Actor’s Equity contracts, guidelines, rules, and responsibilities of stage managing for Stage Management (THEA 313)
Guest Lecturer on Actor’s Equity contracts, guidelines, rules, and responsibilities of stage managing for Advanced Stage Management (THEA 513)
Acting Coach for The House of Bernarda Alba, The Real Inspector Hound, Jack and Jill, To be Young, Gifted and Black, Blood Knot, and The Elephant Man
Artistic Supervisor for the Studio Series productions of To Be Young, Gifted and Black, Sea Marks, Blood Knot, and The Elephant Man
UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Indiana State University
1998-99 Supervisor, Grease Medley, TheatreFest
Supervisor, Studio Production, Alice in Wonderland
Audition Coach for students attending, Southeastern Theatre Conference, University and Regional Theatre Association, Midwest, Indiana Theatre Association, and professional/graduate program auditions. (33 auditions)
Competition Coach for six students participating in the American College Theatre Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition
Competition Coach for Jennifer Cox- National Society of Arts and Letters Competition for Drama (Acting)- third place, Indiana Chapter
Review and revision of all performance courses, credit hours, tracking, prerequisites, ad catalog course descriptions
Acting Coach for Picasso At The Lapin Agile, Alice in Wonderland, A Dybuuk, The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks, Death, Merrily We Roll Along, Flyin’ West
Casting: US Federal Penitentiary, Hostage Negotiation Team Training, Warden Harley Lappin
1999-2000 Member, College of Arts and Sciences, Academic Affairs Committee, Joyce Wilson, Chair
Member, Performing Arts Advisory Council, First Year Initiative Program, Office of Residential Life
Volunteer, New Faculty Mentoring Program, College of Arts and Sciences
Volunteer, New Student Academic Advisement and Registration Program, Academic Opportunity Students, College of Arts and Sciences
Member, Grant Committee, Department of Theatre
Member, Teacher Education Committee, Department of Theatre
Member, Musical Theatre Degree Revision Joint Committee, Department of Theatre Representative
Supervisor, Cycle of Destruction, Theatre FEST
Acting Coach for Don’t Drink the Water, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cinderella, Cyclops, Pippin, Break Away
Faculty Supervisor for Cinderella and Cyclops
Faculty Supervisor for the Stage Combat Workshop, Spring Semester
Audition Coach for students attending, Southeastern Theatre Conference, University and Regional Theatre Association, Midwest, Indiana Theatre Association, and professional/graduate program auditions. (25 auditions)
Competition Coach for six students participating in the American College Theatre Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition
Casting: Radio, TV, Film Screenwriting Class (Susan Kray)
School of Nursing Teaching Video (Dale Ann O’Neal)
ISU Public Relations Fall TV Spots (William Randall Agency)
American Red Cross Three County Disaster Simulation (Lisa Cook)
US Federal Penitentiary Hostage Negotiation Team Training (Warden Harley Lappin)
Coaching: Musical Theatre Workshop Class Performance (Colleen Davis)
Reader: Doug Bedwell’s In the Fall, Theatre @4
Gary Stewart’s Girl Tales, Theatre @4
Sally Carpenter’s Common Ground, Department of English Creative Writing Competition, winner (Playwriting)
2000-01 College of Arts and Sciences, Academic Affairs Committee, Chairperson
College of Arts and Sciences, Teacher Education Committee, Theatre Department Liaison
Member, Performing Arts Advisory Council, First Year Initiative Program, Office of Residential Life
Volunteer, Faculty Liaison Program, Office of Residential Life
Member, Faculty Teaching Partnership Program, Center for Teaching and Learning
Member, Musical theatre Degree Revision Joint Committee, Department of Theatre Representative
Library Representative, Department of Theatre
Supervisor, Take Five, Theatre FEST
Reader: Ashes To Ashes, Take Back The Night, Women’s Studies Program
Audition Coach for students attending, Southeastern Theatre Conference, University and Regional Theatre Association, Midwest, Indiana Theatre Association, and professional/graduate program auditions. (25 auditions)
Competition Coach for six students participating in the American College Theatre Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition
Director: The Life of Dorothy Day for the Women’s Studies Colloquium on Sex and Gender in Higher Education
Acting Coach for Death Defying Acts, Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine, The Daughters of Edward D’Boit, The Woodman and the Goblins, The Actor’s Nightmare, The Mikado
2001-02 Vice Chairperson, Academic Affairs Committee, College of Arts and Sciences
Supervisor, Stage Combat Scenarios, Theatre FEST, Department of Theatre, Dede Plaza
Supervisor, The Vagina Monologues, College Campaign at Indiana State University
Supervisor, Free to Be, You and Me, Stage Workshops and Indiana State University, co-producers
Acting Coach for Free to Be, You and Me, The Vagina Monologues, Everyman, Akhenaten and Nefertiti, El Grande de Coca Cola
Audition Coach for students attending, Southeastern Theatre Conference, University and Regional Theatre Association, Midwest, Indiana Theatre Association, and professional/graduate program auditions.
Competition Coach for eight students participating in the American College Theatre Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition
Guest artist with the University Schick Lecturer John Kavanagh (IT Sligo, Ireland), performing “Bella Donna” and Other Incarnations
Performer, “Theatre Sings: a Cabaret from the American Musical Theatre”, Theatre @4, Department of Theatre
GRADUATE COMMITTEES
Kevin Ward, MA- Communication (Theatre), The End of Silence, Creative Project Committee Member, February 19, 1999
Lisa Meyer, MA- Communication (Theatre), Tricked, Creative Project Committee Member, May 10, 1999
Sally Carpenter, MA- Communication (Theatre), Jesse Lord, Creative Project Committee Member, April 27, 2000
Mark Bertram, MS- Communication (Theatre), Committee Member, June 27, 2000
Kathy Speigner, MA- Communication (Theatre), For Daisies To Bloom, Thesis Committee Member, November 15, 2000
Molly Comer, MA- Communication (Theatre), Creon, Creative Project Committee Member, April 29, 2001
Reginald Vaughn, MA- Communication (Theatre), Creon, Creative Project Committee Member, April 30, 2001
COURSES TAUGHT: Northern Illinois University
Fundamentals of Acting Theatre 110 (3 credits) Instructor
A Practical Handbook for the Actor, Bruder, et al
Introduction To Theatre Theatre 203 (3 credits) Instructor
The Essential Theatre, 5th Ed, Brockett
Types of Drama, 6th Ed, Berman
Acting Technique: Truth on Stage Theatre 310C (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
The Fervent Years, Clurman
Acting Technique: Emotional Preparation Theatre 310D (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
On Acting, Meisner
Legacy, Stanislavski
Text Analysis: Poetic Realism Theatre 407A (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
Spoon River Anthology, Masters
Clarity and Character Theatre 410E (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
My Life In Art, Stanislavski
Directing II Theatre 412 (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
Play Directing, 4th Ed, Hodge
Text Analysis: Poetic Realism Theatre 507A (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
Spoon River Anthology, Masters
Acting Techniques Theatre 508 (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
Stanislavski in Rehearsal, Toporkov
Actors Talk About Acting
Advanced Acting: Clarity & Character Theatre 510B (3 credits) Ass’t Instructor
Mother Goose Anthology
COURSES TAUGHT: Indiana State University
Beginning Acting THEA 150 (3 hours) Instructor
The Practical Handbook for the Working Actor, Bruder
Stanislavski in Rehearsal: The Final Years, Torporkov
Script Analysis THEA 191 (3 hours) Instructor
Four Major Plays, Ibsen
Death Trap, Levin
Richard III, Shakespeare (First Folio)
Tape, Belber
Murderer of the Women’s Hope, Kokoschka
Script Analysis, Grote
Acting Practicum- Analysis THEA 200 (2 hours) Instructor
Impromptu, Mosel
Acting Practicum- Analysis THEA 200 (1 hour) Instructor
The Stepmother, Bennett
Acting Practicum- Analysis THEA 200 (1 hour) Instructor
Haiku, Snodgrass
Acting Techniques THEA 250 (3 hours) Instructor
Respect For Acting, Hagen
Voice for the Stage THEA 387 (3 hours) Instructor
The Use and Training of the Human Voice, Lessac
Voice for the Stage THEA 387 (2 hours) Instructor
Freeing the Natural Voice, Linklater
Movement for Actors THEA 388 (2 hours) Instructor
The Breathing Book, Farhi
Dialect Workshop THEA 400 (1 hour) Instructor
Russian Dialect Tape, Lane-Plescia
Acting With An Accent: Russian, Stern
Acting Practicum THEA 400 (2 hours) Instructor
George, Bond
Acting Practicum- Analysis THEA 400 (2 hours) Instructor
Pomp and Circumstance, Martin
Acting Practicum- Audition Techniques THEA 400 (2 hours) Instructor
Audition, Shurtleff
Audition Techniques THEA 456 (2 hours) Instructor
Audition, Shurtleff
Acting On Camera THEA 464 (3 hours) Co-Instructor
In collaboration with the English Department’s Screen Writing Course
Meisner Technique- 3rd Semester THEA 464 (3 hours) Instructor
Spoon River Anthology, Masters
Advanced Acting I THEA 484/584 (3 hours) Instructor
The Fervent Years, Clurman
Advanced Acting II THEA 485/585 Instructor
Spoon River Anthology, Masters
20th Century Actor Training, Hodge
Advanced Acting III THEA 486/586 (3 hours) Instructor
An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski
The Complete Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Graduate Acting Practicum- Character COMM 601B (3 hours) Instructor
Middle Aged White Guys, Martin
Graduate Independent Study COMM 664 (3 hours) Instructor
Research and Analysis in Character
*THEA 200, THEA 400, and THEA 464 are directed study course numbers, the content of which is designed one semester at a time to respond to student need and interest.
