Theatre is a collaborative art, but in the final analysis it is the actor who communicates the playwright’s story to the audience. I consider myself an actor’s director in that my job is to aid the actors in any way I can in telling the story clearly and effectively. I believe that directorial “concept” should take a back seat to clarity in presentation, specificity in characterization, and making certain that the story does not simply “impress” the audience – it affects them.
My directing experience encompasses professional and university theatre as well as theatre training programs. I am equally at home directing classics, modern works, and musical theatre.
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER – Clark University, Worcester MA – April 2014
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER – Metz, Whiteside, Maggie, Bert. Clark University, April 2014
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER – Lorraine, Whiteside. Clark University, April 2014.
BEOWULF – University of Exeter Drama Department, Dec. 2011
BEOWULF – Grendel wreaks havoc in Heorot. University of Exeter Drama Department, Dec. 2011
BEOWULF – Beowulf and the Dragon. University of Exeter Drama Department, Dec. 2011
FOOTLOOSE – UMass Lowell, April 2010.
FOOTLOOSE – “Learning to be Silent”. UMass Lowell, April 2010.
FOOTLOOSE – “Holding Out For A Hero”. UMass Lowell, April 2010.
THE WIZ – Addaperle and the Munchkins point Dorothy towards Oz. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2009
THE WIZ – Dorothy and friends meet The Wiz. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2009
THE WIZ – Evilene. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2009
THE WIZ – Dorothy kills Evilene. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2009
FOOTLOOSE – “On Any Sunday”. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2008.
FOOTLOOSE – “The Girl Gets Around”. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2008.
FOOTLOOSE – “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”. Bigfork Summer Playhouse (MT), 2008.