Directing

• The Shakespeare Institute, (Univ of Birmingham), Stratford-Upon-Avon – MA in Shakespeare & Creativity 

• Boston University, Boston, MA – BS in Journalism / Italian

• Shakespeare & Company: Month-Long Acting Intensive + Short Workshops on Folio, Text, Clown… Kevin Coleman, Tina Packer, Dennis Krausnick, Dave Demke, etc.

• “Voice, Body, Shakespeare” – Linklater Center, NYC, Andrea Haring, Kristin Linklater, Merry Conway, Louis Colaianni

• “Shakespeare’s Clowns,” NYC – with Fiasco Theatre company, Andy Grotelueschen and Zachary Fine

• Center for Montessori Teacher Education, New Rochelle, NY – Teacher Certification

• Portfolio Center for Art & Design, Atlanta, GA – Associates Degree in Commercial Photography

2024: 

• Tenth Night, Or What Will Would Not      The Shakespeare Institute Cohort
• Twelfth Night  The Shakespeare Institute Players

2023:

• Merry Wives of Windsor (the Western!)  The Strange Bedfellows

2019:

• Othello  Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• Henry VI, Parts 2 & 3  Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• Richard III  The Strange Bedfellows

2018:

• Hopper Stories 2018  The Edward Hopper House, Nyack
• ARTWALK 2018, Curious Characters From Hudson Valley History  
• The Winter’s Tale    Children's Shakespeare Theatre

2017:

• Romeo & Juliet  (70 minute touring show, 10 actors)  Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• The Merchant of Venice  Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• Hopper Stories 2017    The Edward Hopper House, Nyack
• Twelfth Night Redux  (90-minute, mounted in 2 weeks) CST Summer Sessions
• Queen Lear  (re-gendered Shakespeare with teen cast)  Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

                         -- performed also at the NYC Allstars, 42nd St, NYC

• Equivocation  by Bill Cain  The Strange Bedfellows

2016:

• The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin  (commedia dell-arte style)  CST
• Comedy of Errors  (cross-gender casting)  The Strange Bedfellows
• Merry Wives of Windsor    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Coriolanus (Star Wars themed!)  The Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• As You Like It, the musical  The Children's Shakespeare Theatre - this production went to The World Festival of Children's Theatre in 2016

2015:

• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead    The Children's Shakespeare Theatre
• Pericles  The Children's Shakespeare Theatre

2014:

• Hamlet   The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre  
• The Muse’s Song    New York Shakespeare Exchange, NYC
• The Tempest  (multi-generational cast, cross-gender casting)  The Strange Bedfellows+
• All’s Well That Ends Well    assisting Joanne Zipay of Judith Shakespeare Company  
• The Bloody Business of William Shakespeare    The Strange Bedfellows
• Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Tale of Queen Margaret  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2013:

• The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin  (my own translation/adaptation)  CST
• Measure for Measure  The Strange Bedfellows
• Richard II   assisted Dan Hanchrow   The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Love’s Labor’s Lost    assisted Joanne Zipay of Judith Shakespeare Company
• Romeo & Juliet  (immersive outdoor performance at private home) The Strange Bedfellows
• Troilus + Cressida       The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Twelfth Night  The Strange Bedfellows
• Sonnet 121  directed a short film for SonnetProjectNYC  New York Shakespeare Exchange, NYC

2012:

• Winter’s Tale  The Strange Bedfellows
• Two Gentlemen of Verona  (cross-gender casting)  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Macbeth   (90-minute adaptation)  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream  The Strange Bedfellows

2011:

• Hamlet  (split casting with 1 male and 1 female Hamlet)  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Romeo & Juliet  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Much Ado About Nothing    The Strange Bedfellows
• Merry Wives of Windsor  (female Falstaff)    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged  (with 20 actors)  The Strange Bedfellows

2010:

• Macbeth    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• King Lear    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Twelfth Night  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2009:

• A Midwinter Night’s Dream  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• As You Like It Or Not  (adaptation)  The Strange Bedfellows
• Much Ado About Nothing    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Richard III    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Othello  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2008:

• Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• All’s Well That Ends Well    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• The Taming of the Shrew    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre & The Hudson Valley Mayfaire
• Scene and Not Heard  evening of scenes with parents and their children  The Strange Bedfellows

2007:

• The Merchant of Venice  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre & The Hudson Valley Mayfaire
• Cymbeline    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Measure for Measure  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Lovers and Madmen  (adaptation)  The Strange Bedfellows

2006:

• Comedy of Errors    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• As You Like It  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• The Winter’s Tale     The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre - this production toured schools in Fort Worth, TX at the invitation of Imagination Celebration (Ginger Head, director)
• Wild and Whirling Wordplay   The Strange Bedfellows

2005:

• The Tempest  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Henry V  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Hamlet   (female Hamlet)      The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2004: 

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Henry IV, Pt. 1  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2003:

• The Merry Wives of Windsor  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Richard III  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Lovers & Madmen  evening of scenes   The Strange Bedfellows

2002:

• Twelfth Night  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Romeo & Juliet  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• As You Like It Or Not  evening of scenes   The Strange Bedfellows

2001:

• Much Ado About Nothing    The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
• Macbeth  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

2000:

• As You Like It  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

1999:

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream  The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

• Workshop Presenter at Britgrad 2024 Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon
• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 from The Arts Council of Rockland
• Recipient of Distinguished Service Award 2019 from the Rockland County Legislature
• Recipient of  Leadership in the Arts award 2019 from the Village Board of Nyack, NY
• The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre was chosen to represent the USA at the World Festival of Children’s Theatre – Stratford, Ontario – June 2016    wfct.org
• Shakespeare Teacher of the Year Award, 2015 from The Shakespeare Standard
• Judge, National Shakespeare Competition, The English-Speaking Union, 2014 - 2023
• Recipient of Distinguished Person Award 2007 Rockland County, NY

Speak French and Italian; armed and unarmed stage combat training; costume design and construction - have made almost all the costumes for all the shows listed above; solo singing with jazz ensembles and various rock bands as well as harmonizing in 3-part with Who’s On Top and various madrigal groups; dance training (historical, ballet); yoga; have US passport & driver’s license; Tae Kwon Do; painting; gardening; carpentry (built a tiny house out of a school bus!); well-traveled; excellent baker and cook.