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                                                                RESUME

                                                                                                    Grants & Honors  (e pluribus)

            U.S. National Endowment for the Arts: Solo Performer Award, 1988 &1989

            NY State Council on the Arts: 1981-1991, support to tour my works, solo & ensemble

            CA Arts Council: 1994-1996: Artist in Residence Grantee

            Wolftrap International Festival (1985): NY's representative performer

            Jump Start Pub. Art Grant (2005-2006): Mask Make/Street Perf., Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County

            ArtsSonoma Grant (2010): Street Performances of Whitman, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County

+ grants from Xerox, Kodak, Gannett, & numerous foundations for new works

(In the CAC project teens in the juvenile court system created mask works based on fairy tales for K-3 audiences!)

Performances of New Works (Sample Venues)

The Marsh (San Francisco CA)                                          Actors Theater (Santa Rosa CA)

The National Theater (Washington DC)                              Cornell University (Ithaca NY)

Cleveland Public Theater Festival                                        German Consulate (NYC)

CA Academy of Science                                                    International Mime Festival (Elkins WV)

Eastman Theater (Rochester NY)                                       HALLWALLS (Buffalo NY)

Naropa Institute (Halifax NS)                                             Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago IL)

Luther Burbank Center (Santa Rosa CA)                            Vancouver Fringe Festival (Vancouver, BC)

San Francisco Discovery Museum                                      San Jose Discovery Museum

Project Artaud: Studio Eremos (San Francisco CA)            Humboldt State University (Arcata CA)

Original plays: Aleph's Legs produced by Santa Rosa JC, and Adventures of Bonzo & Lala  by Loading Zone
Exhibit of Masks at A'Roma  (Santa Rosa CA); Public Maskmaking/Perf Project: Jump Start Public Art

Acting Roles, Traditional Theater

Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Santa Rosa Players
Joseph, My Three Angels, Pacific Alliance Stage
Scrooge, Scrooge, Santa Rosa Junior College
Drake, Drake's Drum, Main St Thtr, Sebastopol

Teaching

Adjunct Professor, Mvmt. & Improv, Theater Dept., Santa Rosa Jr. College (ongoing, since 1992)
Movement Instructor, Resident Artist, at Dell'Arte School (Blue Lake CA) 1984-85
Movement Coach, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music Opera Dept. (1987-89)
Director, theMIMEworkshop, based in Rochester NY, ongoing, since 1979
Teaching Artist, LEAP Program via CAC & Sonoma Cty. Arts Cncl.

Video Experience

Featured on PBS, Assignment the World

Wrote & directed BABYMAMA, a mask drama about child abuse prevention

Featured in in-house video for KODAK as creativity consultant for team-building (& other corp. projects)

Publications

Contributing Ed., TRICYCLE; Short fiction in WHOLE EARTH REVIEW, ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION AGE, OHIO REVIEW, AMAZING, etc.  Also anthologized in 1995 & 2000 YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION (St. Martin's Press).  Perrennial Year's Recommended Lists (LOCUS Magazine).  Nominee for Campbell, Sturgeon, Nebula Awards.  Novels (Random House): Breakfast with the Ones You Love (2007), Volare