Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley, CA) (currently Artistic Director of Expanded Programs)
MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard
Six Bay Area Critics Circle Award Nominations
LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS by John Strand
LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS by John Strand
ANIMAL VS. ANIMAL: an Aesop's Fables mashup by Steve Yockey (school tour)
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by CS Lewis, adapted by le Clanché du Rand (school tour)
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson, adapted by Lauren Gunderson (school tour)
Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
The Marsh (San Francisco, CA)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Original Script and Solo Performance
SF Bay Guardian Solo Performance Award
The Crucible (industrial arts center, Oakland CA)
ROMEO & JULIET: THE FIRE BALLET (premiere)
KOCE-TV: Storefront Theatre Live (Orange County’s PBS affiliate, broadcasts throughout Los Angeles County and the OC)
THE ROVER by Aphra Behn (new adaptation) (Chance Theater production; live television broadcast)
Shakespeare-by-the-Sea (Los Angeles, CA)
HAMLET by William Shakespeare (outdoor production performing in parks around LA and the OC)
THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur (indoor production at the Little Fish Theater, San Pedro, CA)
The Met Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
The Chance Theater Repertory Company (Orange County, CA)
THE ROVER by Aphra Behn, adapted by Josh Costello (premiere)
OC Weekly Theatre Award nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Direction
THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES by Jeff Goode
OC Weekly Theater Award for Best Ensemble; nominated for Best Production
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Goodrich, Hackett, Kesselman
Roar of the Crowd Award
BackStage West Critic’s Pick
The Ethnic Cultural Theatre (Seattle, WA)
MARISOL by José Rivera
The Bay Shakespeare Marathon 2000 (at The Marsh, for Impact Theatre)
HENRY IV, PART ONE
Impact Theatre (Berkeley, CA) (sample listing)
THE WAKE-UP CREW by Zay Amsbury (premiere)
winner of SF Bay Guardian award for fight choreography
COMMEDIA 2000: SOCCER MOM VS. MONSTER BUD (premiere)
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet
New York Fringe Festival (New York, NY), Divine Intervention (Chicago, IL), Inspiration Conspiracy (NY, NY)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
Mira Theatre Guild (Vallejo, CA)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Sample listing of shows directed for training programs with student actors:
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
AS YOU LIKE IT
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
HENRY THE FOURTH, PART ONE
JULIUS CAESAR
ROMEO AND JULIET
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
THE WINTER’S TALE
THE FORCED MARRIAGE by Moliere
GALILEO by Brecht
TEACHING
UC Riverside
A.C.T.
Cal Shakes
South Coast Rep
SF Shakes
CSU Long Beach
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Stephen Wadsworth at Berkeley Rep
Valerie Curtis-Newton at NorthWest Asian American Theatre
Steve Pearson at University of Washington
James Bohnen at Boston University
TRAINING
MFA in Directing: University of Washington School of Drama (extensive one-on-one training with Jon Jory)
BFA in Stage Direction and Theatre Education: Boston University School of Theatre Arts
Directors’ Lab West 2004 participant
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by CS Lewis, adapted by le Clanché du Rand (school tour)
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson, adapted by Lauren Gunderson (school tour)
Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
The Marsh (San Francisco, CA)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Original Script and Solo Performance
SF Bay Guardian Solo Performance Award
The Crucible (industrial arts center, Oakland CA)
ROMEO & JULIET: THE FIRE BALLET (premiere)
KOCE-TV: Storefront Theatre Live (Orange County’s PBS affiliate, broadcasts throughout Los Angeles County and the OC)
THE ROVER by Aphra Behn (new adaptation) (Chance Theater production; live television broadcast)
Shakespeare-by-the-Sea (Los Angeles, CA)
HAMLET by William Shakespeare (outdoor production performing in parks around LA and the OC)
THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur (indoor production at the Little Fish Theater, San Pedro, CA)
The Met Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
The Chance Theater Repertory Company (Orange County, CA)
THE ROVER by Aphra Behn, adapted by Josh Costello (premiere)
OC Weekly Theatre Award nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Direction
THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES by Jeff Goode
OC Weekly Theater Award for Best Ensemble; nominated for Best Production
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Goodrich, Hackett, Kesselman
Roar of the Crowd Award
BackStage West Critic’s Pick
The Ethnic Cultural Theatre (Seattle, WA)
MARISOL by José Rivera
The Bay Shakespeare Marathon 2000 (at The Marsh, for Impact Theatre)
HENRY IV, PART ONE
Impact Theatre (Berkeley, CA) (sample listing)
THE WAKE-UP CREW by Zay Amsbury (premiere)
winner of SF Bay Guardian award for fight choreography
COMMEDIA 2000: SOCCER MOM VS. MONSTER BUD (premiere)
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet
New York Fringe Festival (New York, NY), Divine Intervention (Chicago, IL), Inspiration Conspiracy (NY, NY)
HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
Mira Theatre Guild (Vallejo, CA)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Sample listing of shows directed for training programs with student actors:
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
AS YOU LIKE IT
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
HENRY THE FOURTH, PART ONE
JULIUS CAESAR
ROMEO AND JULIET
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
THE WINTER’S TALE
THE FORCED MARRIAGE by Moliere
GALILEO by Brecht
TEACHING
UC Riverside
A.C.T.
Cal Shakes
South Coast Rep
SF Shakes
CSU Long Beach
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Stephen Wadsworth at Berkeley Rep
Valerie Curtis-Newton at NorthWest Asian American Theatre
Steve Pearson at University of Washington
James Bohnen at Boston University
TRAINING
MFA in Directing: University of Washington School of Drama (extensive one-on-one training with Jon Jory)
BFA in Stage Direction and Theatre Education: Boston University School of Theatre Arts
Directors’ Lab West 2004 participant