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ACTING HIGHLIGHTS – Theatre
How Now, Dow Jones – September, 1968 – June, 1969 – Lunt Fontanne Theatre – Broadway – George Abbott, director
The Lunch Girls – December, 1977 – Long Wharf Theatre – New Haven, CT – Arvin Brown, director
Hedda Gabler – September, 1981 – Hartman Theatre, Stanford, CT – Ed Sherin, director
Madonna of the Power Room – January, 1983 – Portland Stage Co., Barbara Rosoff, director
‘Night, Mother – December, 1985 – Actors’ Theatre of Louisville – Louisville, KY – Kathy Bates, director
Stitchers and Starlight Talkers – November, 1986 – Yale Repertory – New Haven, CT – Bill Partlan, director
52nd Street Project – 1988 – 1991 – Company Member – performing and writing with children – Off Off Broadway
Wow Café – 1989 – 1991 – Company Member – performance art – Off and Off Off Broadway
Taken in Marriage – October, 1990 – Pearl Theatre – Off Broadway – Elinor Renfield, director
Walking the Blonde – 1991 – Circle Repertory Theatre – Off Broadway – Paul Benedict, director
Romeo and Juliet – March, 1993 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Hollywood Actor’s Theatre – Hollywood – Lisa Wolpe, director
Muse of Fire – October, 1993 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Coronet Theatre – Los Angeles – Lisa Wolpe, director –
Othello – June, 1994 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Odyssey Theatre – Los Angeles – Lisa Wolpe, director
Fragile Fire – December, 1994 – Bing Theatre – Los Angeles – Paul Winfield, director
The Dybbuk – November, 1996 – Wilton Project – Gascon Theatre – Los Angeles – Charlie Stratton, director
Measure for Measure – May, 1997 – LA Women’s Shakespeare Co. – Gascon Theatre – Los Angeles – Tina Packer, director
ACTING HIGHLIGHTS – Film and Television
1970 to present – countless television commercials
Adam’s Rib – 1974 – Peter Hunt, director
A Little Sex – 1976 – Bruce Paltrow, director
I Never Promised You a Rosegarden – 1977 – Anthony Paige, director
Reds – 1981 – Warren Beatty, director
St. Elsewhere – 1984 – Mark Tinker, director
Homefront – 1992 – Lorraine Ferrara, director
LA Law – 1992 – Mike Fresco, director
Indictment: The McMartin Trial – 1995 – Mick Jackson, director
Once and Again – 2000 – Dan Lerner, director
Judging Amy – 2002 – James Frawley, director
West Wing – 2002 – Chris Misiano, director
Romy and Michele: Behind the Velvet Rope – 2003 – Robin Schiff, director
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Full Length Plays
The Lunch Girls – Nov. 17, 1977 – World Premiere Production – Long Wharf Theatre – Arvin Brown, director – 1978 – Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Award – 1978 – Published by Samuel French – July, 1982 – West Coast Premiere – Ensemble Studio Theatre – Los Angeles – Donald Petrie, director – October, 1984 – Grove Street Theatre – New York City – Stuart Ross, director
Alterations – December 4, 1981 – World Premiere Production – Portland Stage Co., Portland, ME – Barbara Rosoff, director – January 3, 1984 – Whole Theatre Company – Montclair, NJ – Olympia Dukakis and Tom Brennan, directors – October 15, 1986 – WPA Theatre – New York City – Austin Pendleton, director – 1987 – Published by Samuel French
Walking the Blonde – March 30, 1989 – World Premiere Production – Circle Repertory Theatre – New York City – Paul Benedict, director – April 6, 1981 – The Barrow Group – La Mama – New York City – Leonard Foglia, director – September 7, 1995 – West Coast Premiere – Theatre Geo – Los Angeles – Linda Carlson, director
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – One-Acts
Useful Trash – August, 1989 – Ensemble Studio Theatre – New York City – Paul McCrane, director – July, 1992 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director
Michele Hammer, Girl Detective – August, 1990 – Ensemble Studio Theatre – New York City – Leigh Curran, director
The Red Thing That Pumps – November, 1991 – Samuel Beckett Theatre – New York City – Leigh Curran, director
Connecting the Dots – April, 1992 – Highways Performance Space – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director
Pressed Against Strangers – August, 1993 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director – September, 1994 – Highways Performance Space – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director – June, 1997 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director – October, 2002 – Miles Playhouse – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director – March, 2004 – Bergamot Station – Santa Monica – Leigh Curran, director
Red Lipstick – August, 1996 – UCLA’s Little Theatre – Los Angeles – Leigh Curran, director
When Things Were Good Again, July, 2012 – Rosenthal Theatre – Los Angeles – Jayne Amelia Larson, director
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Television
The Paper Chase – 1982 or so – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – 20th Century Fox
St. Elsewhere – 1983 or so – Remission – MTM Entertainment
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Novels
Going Nowhere Sideways – May, 1999 – published by Fithian Press
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS – Poetry
The Grapevine – November, 1996 – chapbook published by Wine Press
Accidental Seedlings – March, 1997 – chapbook published by Wine Press
Solitary Madness – June, 1997
All You Can Eat – December, 1997 – chapbook published by Wine Press
Slant: A Journal for Poetry, Onthebus, Rattle, The Bark & Spillway Magazines – 1997 – 2000 – all magazines published individual poems
The Junkyard –May 1, ’00 – an on-line e-zine that published individual poems
Spark Off Rose – 2012-2013 – Regular contributor to popular story telling series
Member of LA Poets and Writers Collective -1996 to present
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Virginia Avenue Project – 1991 to 2013 – Founder/Artistic Director
The Virginia Avenue Project is a nonprofit that uses the performing arts to help young people think creatively, critically and confidently about what they want to do with their lives.
Experience in fundraising, theatre production, teaching playwriting, poetry and creative dramatics, working with children, organizing volunteers, communicating with parents and schools, hiring and interacting with staff and generally growing the organization.
Board Member 1992–1999 and 2001 to present
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Playwriting Award for The Lunch Girls – June, 1978
Sister Celebration Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children in Los Angeles Community – July, 2001
Virginia Avenue Project Community Outreach Award – October, 2002
Community Bridge Award from Cornerstone Theatre Company – May, 2007
Local Hero Award from Agape International Spiritual Center – March, 2008