ACTING CLASSES FOR FILM - PORTLAND, OREGON
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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












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