Teaching
For Portland State University
Screenwriting
For The Art Institute of Portland
Fundamentals of Acting Class
Adv. Acting for Camera
Directing for film and television
Fundamentals in Screenwriting
For Mt. Hood Community College
Screenwriting
For Portland Actors Conservatory
Film acting
Audition Technique
Advanced Stage Acting
· For Clark College
Acting for Film and Television
Acting for Stage
· For Northwest Children’s Theatre
Theatre instructor, director of PlayLabs
· For MarylhurstUniversity
Speech Anxiety Class: Acting based relaxation and concentration for release of anxiety
· For Young Musicians and Artists Performing Arts Camp
Theatre Program Director - Voice, acting script/text analysis instructor
· For Lakewood Theatre
Acting instructor for Grammar School, High School and Adult students
Acting & Directing
FILM Director:
DARK DIVIDE Co-Star Tom Putnam
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES Co-Star Tom Vaughan
POPULATION 2 Starring Gil Luna
THE MUSIC WITHIN Co-Star Steven Sawalich
THE STANDARD Co-Star Jordan Albertsen
LIE DETECTOR Co-Star Scott Forslund
MEAN CREEK Featured Jacob Aaron Estes
THE SKIN HORSE Featured Karen Goodman.
STICKS AND STONES Featured Neil Tolkin
WHO’S THAT GIRL? Featured James Foley
WINDROSE Starring Don MacDonald
TELEVISION Director:
LIFE AFTER FIRST FAILURE Professor Vallo Tripp Reed
UNDER BRIDGETOWN Guest Star Tim Rhys
GRIMM Co-Star Darnell Martin
BRAIN TRUST Pilot - recurring Dean Devlin
PORTLANDIA Co-Star Jonathan Krisel
LEVERAGE Co-Star Johnathan Frakes
THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUGH Featured Craig Baxley
THE FUGITIVE Recurring Jeff Bleckner
THE CLOSER Guest Star Alan Rifkin
LOIS & CLARK Guest Star
GETTING BY Co-Star Judy Askins
SINATRA (Role: Joey Bishop) Co-Star James Sadwith
LA LAW Co-Star
HEAT WAVE Co-Star Kevin Hooks
EQUAL JUSTICE Co-Star
THEATRE
As Actor
COLLAPSE Third Rail Repertory Theatre Scott Yarbrough
THIEF RIVER Profile Theatre Pat Patton
THE CLEAN HOUSE Artist Repertory Theatre Allen Nause
SISTERS ROSENSWEIG Profile Theatre Jane Unger
BLUE/ORANGE Artists Repertory Theatre Pat Patton
VITRIOL & VIOLETS – TALES FROM THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE – Cygnet Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT Tygres Heart Shakespeare Co. Jim Cox
THE PRICE The Profile Theatre Jane Unger
GROSS INDECENCY Artist Repertory Theatre Michael Lasswell
LADY WINDEMERE'S FAN Cygnet Theatre Jon Kretzu
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE 3 Seasons
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS New Mexico Repertory Theatre Phil Killian
GEMINI Victory Theatre Don Petrie
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL/TAMING OF THE SHREW Command Perf. for Royal Family
WEST COAST ENSEMBLE Founding member Director & Actor
As Director:
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CYGNET THEATRE
NIGHT SCHOOL & THE COLLECTION Cygnet Theatre
THE SETUP Cygnet Theatre
VALENTINES AND KILLER CHILI Dramalogue Award for Best Director
CLOSING TIME, COMEDY OF ERRORS, POTSDAM QAURTET West Coast Ensemble
TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY Stella Adler Academy
EFFECT OF GAMMA RAY ON MAN IN THE MOON MARIGOLDS - College of Marin
AWARDS AND GRANTS
* 2012 Drammy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "Collapse" for Third Rail Repertory Theatre
* 2011 Drammy Award for ensemble acting in "Thief River" for Profile Theatre
* 2006 Nominee for Book Award Winner/Angus Bowmer Award for Drama for “Sylver Beaches”
* 2004 Oregon Book Award Winner/Angus Bowmer Award for Drama for “Vitriol and Violets – Tales from the Algonquin Round Table” (Author)
* 2004 RACC Artist Focus Grant for development of the play “Sylver Beaches” (Author)
* 2004 Literary Arts Fellowships for development of the play “Sylver Beaches” (Author)
* RACC Project Grant for Cygnet Theatre’s production of “The Trial” – (Co-Producer)
* Dramalogue award for Best Director – West Coast Ensemble – “Valentines and Killer Chili”
TRAINING
U.S.I.U. School of the Performing Arts, San Diego - College of Marin - The Melrose Theatre
Paul Richards (Acting Coach) - Tepper-Gellagos Commercial Workshop - Paul Willson (Comedy Improv)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects (proficient in all), Voice Characterizations, Mime, Guitar