EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Music / Drama Instructor Senior High School, Dongying, Shandong Province, China, 2016.09 – Present
Producing and directing a production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet as part of an extensive music / drama curriculum for International Class students at the high school level.
Teaching standard speech, diction, foreign accent reduction, speaking and singing skills as part of an extensive voice curriculum for all current International Class students.
Preparing all current International Class students for International English Language Testing System (IELTS) testing, interviews and placement in foreign study abroad programs.
Director of Theatre Camp Lakota, Wurtsboro, New York, 2016.06 – Present
Produced and directed large cast (75 – 100 students) productions of The Wizard of Oz and Broadway Showstoppers (an evening of top Broadway hits past and present).
Produced and directed staff and student talent shows / competitions and other music / drama activities throughout the summer season including professional performing guests.
Music / Drama Instructor Feng Hui Foreign Language School, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China, 2014.03 – 2016.06
Produced and directed two productions of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (including choreographed stage combat scenes) with middle and high school students ages 11 – 16.
Taught standard speech, diction, foreign accent reduction, and public speaking skills as part of an extensive music and drama curriculum based on public performance.
Taught Chinese teachers standard speech, diction, foreign accent reduction and public speaking skills as part of a course on using music and drama in the regular classroom.
Prepared advanced adult students in public speaking for interviews and placement in foreign study abroad programs and numerous national and international corporations.
Assistant Professor Wonkwang University, Department of Liberal Arts and Teacher Education, Iksan, South Korea, 2011.03 – 2014.02
Produced and directed my stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant for a summer course at the Wonkwang University Center for Continuing Education.
Taught standard speech, diction, foreign accent reduction, public speaking and job interview skills as part of the Advanced English curriculum.
Prepared advanced students for public speaking in interviews and placement in foreign study abroad programs and numerous national and international corporations.
Artistic Director KEEAA (Korean Educational English Artistic Association), Seoul, South Korea, 2007.09 – 2011.02
Produced, directed and choreographed the new musical Princess Pyung-gang and General Ondaal (based on the Korean folk tale) with a bilingual (Korean / English) cast at the Chung Mu Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, South Korea.
Produced and directed my stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant.
Worked with elementary school teachers in South Korea to create a workbook of theatre games and drama exercises as a supplement to the national curriculum program in Elementary School English for the South Korean Ministry of Education.
Created and taught a theatre teaching methods course for K-12 teachers at the Seobu Women’s Development Center in South Korea.
Producing Artistic Director Theatre Workshop Entertainment, New York, 2001.01 – 2007.08
Worked with the Board of Directors of Theatre Workshop Productions to apply for non-profit status and file grant applications for funds from local arts councils.
Worked with the Board of Directors of Theatre Workshop Entertainment to secure their non-profit status and subsequent funding from the Long Island Arts Council.
Produced and directed Theatre Workshop productions of Peter Pan, The Frog Prince, The Magic Basket, Putting It Together, West Side Story, Godspell and Oklahoma!
Produced and directed the premiere of The Magic Basket, a new children’s musical with music, lyrics and book by Theatre Workshop and IJK (It’s Just Kids) Club founder Barbara Schaap.
President BLC Productions, Incorporated; New York, 1998.01 – 2000.12
Produced and directed Stiffs, the film version of Daniel Haben Clark’s Off-Off-Broadway La Mama ETC (Experimental Theatre Company) hit comedy Tiny Tim and the Size Queen starring Peter Bonilla, screen play by Daniel Haben Clark.
Produced, directed, choreographed and played the role of The Director in the new multi-media musical Just Another Star in New York City (music and lyrics by Sue Doherty, book by Rosa Caparros) at the Village Gate, New York.
Producing Artistic Director Developmental Stages, New York, 1993.06 – 1997.12
Produced, directed and starred in the premiere of the musical drama One Day Longer with music, lyrics and book by James Elbee at The Actor’s Institute, New York.
Produced and directed the premiere of the “teen angst” drama Evening Primrose in Ohio by Robin Rice Lichtig at UNDER St. Mark’s, New York. The play was subsequently published by Baker’s Plays.
Produced and directed the premiere of The Advantage, the “madcap” comedy by Alan D. Perkins, starring Stanley Hathaway, at UNDER St. Mark’s, New York.
Produced and directed the premiere of Storm Clouds, the “rainy night” drama by Mad magazine writer Barry Liebmann at UNDER St. Mark’s, New York.
Music / Drama Instructor The Archdiocese of New York, Dominican Academy (high school), New York, 1989.09 – 1991.06
Produced and directed productions of Phantom of the Opera and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court featuring Obie Award winner Nilaja Sun (No Child).
Taught senior Communication Arts and required Music and Drama courses for the sophomore and freshman classes.
Director of the annual One-Act Play Festival for the sophomore and freshman classes, judged by New York theatre professionals.
Faculty Advisor for the Dominican Academy Drama Club and the school chapter of the International Thespian Society.
Faculty Advisor, with Robert Weil (“Bobo” the waiter in Moonstruck, starring Cher) as a judge, for students competing in the ESU (English-Speaking Union) National Shakespeare Competition.
Conductor of the Dominican Academy Glee Club.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Educational Theatre, New York University, 1991.09 – 1993.06
-Teaching Fellow: Acting (Musical Theatre), Musical Theatre History, Acting
-New York State Public School Teacher Certificate: Performing Arts – Drama
-New York University Study Abroad Program (London)
Holborn Center for the Performing Arts
The Greenwich Young Peoples Theatre
-Master Class in Directing with Jerzy Grotowski
-Master Class in Broadway choreography with Patti D’Beck
-Wrote teacher resource guides for classroom instruction
Peter Rabbit and Me by Aurand Harris
The Birds by Aristophanes
Master of Arts Music Education, Columbia University, Teachers College, 1987.09 – 1989.06
-Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society)
-Professional Development Incentive Award
-PAIS (Performing Artists in the Schools)
-Teaching Assistant, Columbia University Business School
Taught course in Public Speaking
Wrote “The Business of Voice”
Bachelor of Arts Theatre / Communication Arts, Gannon University, 1979.09 – 1983.06
-ETAI (Erie Theatre Arts Institute) Scholarship
-Alpha Psi Omega, President, Kappa Beta chapter
-Senior Thesis: Patronage for the Arts
-Publicity Intern, Arts Council of Erie
Edited weekly arts page in the Erie Times News
Wrote “This Week in the Arts” newspaper column
Wrote “Youth in the Arts” feature articles
-Theatre Manager, Gannon University Theatre
Supervised students in all day-to-day theatre operations
Supervised, taught and graded student practicum courses.
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