Assistant College
Resume:
Rosalie Purvis
New York, NY 10033
Putney, VT 05346
Ph 917-***-****
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Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Phd Theatre Studies, Cornell University, Candidate (degree expected, 2019)
MFA Theatre, Brooklyn College, December 2005
BA Languages/Literature and Drama/Dance, Bard College, June 1998
Honors and Awards:
The Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 2015
Presidential Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, Baruch College, 2012
Honors Program Teaching Appreciation Award, John Jay College, 2010
Distinguished Teaching Fellowship Award, Brooklyn College, 2001
Award for Academic Excellence, Brooklyn College, 2001
Anna Itelman Award for Theatre and Choreography, Bard College, 1998
Certified Wedding Officiant, New York State, February, 2012
TEACHING
Teach at Colleges, Graduate Programs, Conservatories and Summer Programs
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Facilitate and Design and Lead Applied Theatre Programs for Diverse
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Communities to Address Issues of Public Health, Environmental Issues, Language
and Accent Discrimination and Cross-Cultural Communication
Teach Creative Writing, Literature, Literary Translation, Critical Thinking,
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Language, Academic Writing (all levels) and Cultural/Gender/LGBT Studies
Teach, Directing Acting, Dramaturgy, Theatre Studies, Writing/Devising for
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Performance, Collaborative Models of Performance and Theatre Composition
Serve as Ongoing Mentor and Coach to Students and emerging artists/writers
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Write over 50 letters of recommendation per year
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Theatre Teaching:
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Guest Professor of Theatre (August 2014-Present)
• Teach “Devising Collaborative Models for Interdisciplinary Performance; a
course on making work from scratch and challenging conventional performance
hierarchies”
• Teach “Writing a Libretto; a tutorial on adapting fiction into opera”
• Teach “Advanced Directing and Dramaturgy Laboratory”
• Direct Theatre Department’s Fall main-stage production
• Host guest speakers and readers
• Lead and facilitate round table/panel on transgressive cross-racial casting
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
Professor of Theatre Directing (December, 2011 – Present)
• Develop theatre directing curriculum for theatre and film majors
• Teach Theatre 230 – Directing for Stage
• Co-design and coach independent study projects for Theatre Directing Majors
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Department of Applied Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center School of Professional
Studies
Coach/Guest Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor (June, 2013 – October, 2013)
• Co-teach Thesis Development Course
• Coach individual students on final thesis project development and writing
• Lead workshops on academic writing on theatre
Putney School Summer Program, Putney, Vermont
Co-Artistic Director Theatre Program (Summer, 2009-Present)
• Teach acting and movement intensive technique class
• Develop and lead workshops on directing plays, readings and performance pieces
• Teach Playwriting and direct student plays in 24-hour play festivals
• Teach theatre composition and multi-disciplinary improvisation class
• Direct and create student and community generated work
• Lead workshops on “Reading Plays Out Loud” to introduce students to new
works and script analysis techniques
• Coach students and faculty in creating site specific and multi-media performance
work
Freelance Workshops
Various Venues in the NYC area (September 2007-Present)
Develop and Teach:
• “Solo Scene Study” and “Painting the Space” and “Dialogue with Music”
workshops on the unique challenges and rewards of directing solo shows
“Honing a Vision” workshop on finding the voice of the individual director or
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theatre creator and how to transform this voice into vision that propels narrative
“Projecting onto the Space” a workshop for dancers and choreographers on sense
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memory
“Objectives” a workshop for performers and directors on how to find and embody
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a character’s over-arching objective and break this down into moment to moment
tactics
Lehman College, the Bronx, New York
Adjunct Lecturer of Theatre/Social Science (August, 2008-June, 2009)
• Taught Theatre 241 “The Art of Theatre” – Cross-listed with Social Sciences/
Cultural Studies as “Theatre and the City”
• Developed curriculum to introduce students to performance studies and theatre
and its applications
• Guided students as they wrote papers, created and analyzed site-specific,
community-oriented works, read and wrote plays, acted in scenes and explored
directing and design techniques from a practical and analytical point of view
North Carolina Governor’s School, Winston-Salem, NC
Co-Artistic Director of Drama Department (June-August, 2008)
• Taught 30 hours of theatre classes a week to a class of 25 diverse gifted high
school seniors
• Directed students in classic and contemporary plays
• Taught theatre composition, directing and documentary theatre
• Developed and directed material from scratch in collaboration with students
• Supervised students in the creation of site specific works, original story theatre
and adaptations
• Led workshops and lectures to introduce over 700 students to cutting edge theatre
Pace University Theatre Department, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer of Acting (August, 2007-June, 2008)
• Taught Acting 1 “Acting from Within” – Stanislavski-based acting technique class
• Taught Acting 2 “Creating a Character” - acting and movement technique class
using techniques of Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov
• Introduced students to Mask-work, Butoh, Laban, and basic Alexander technique
• Coached students on audition monologues and scene work
Brooklyn College Theatre Department, Brooklyn, NY
Adjunct Lecturer of Theatre (August 2001 - July 2002)
• Taught introductory theatre classes to college students
• Introduced students to Stanislavski, Meisner and Adler acting techniques
• Developed scenes and monologues tailored to students' needs
• Introduced students to theatre directing techniques
Provided an students with an overview of contemporary theatre and its
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applications and uses to various fields and environments
Assigned and graded papers on plays and the acting process
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Brooklyn College Teaching Artist Initiative Program
Teaching Artist (August, 2001 - July 2002)
• Instructed students in underserved high schools throughout Brooklyn
• Developed language arts through theatre curriculum
• Created classes to teach monologue writing based on Shakespearean monologues
• Led workshops to teach concepts of directing, design and stage craft
• Helped students start their own community-oriented theatre company
Rennert Bilingual, New York, NY
Acting in English Instructor (August 1998 - September 1999)
• Taught acting and English language courses for international actors
• Coached international student actors on American acting techniques and practices
• Explored cultural differences in body language and applied these observations to
the stage and screen
• Developed students' English language fluency through scene study
• Create international acting study guides on formal and informal speech and
regional slang
Community-Oriented and Applied Theatre Education:
Actors With Accents
Performance Series and Advocacy Initiative to Bring Diverse Accents to the Stage
Co-Founder
• Coach and Perform Original Work
• Co-curating Events
Writopia. New York, NY
Theatre/Playwriting Mentor (February, 2012 – December, 2013)
• Coach young student playwrights age 6-18
• Direct student material
Department of Public Health; Education/Outreach, New York, NY
Applied Theatre Consultant (September, 2009-January, 2012)
• Direct short theatre pieces conceived and written by public health advocates and
social workers to educate high-risk communities about Hepatitis B and C
Cello Farm Salon Series, New York, NY
Co-Host of Teen Arts Salon (April 2007 – June, 2009)
Co-host performing arts salons for young performing artists throughout New York
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City
Facilitate dialogue between diverse groups of young musicians, actors, and
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singers
Established cross-community, cross-generational artistic collaborations to unite
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diverse communities
Develop inter-disciplinary group improvisations and exercises to teach
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collaboration skills to young artists
Create assignments for individual performers and groups
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East Harlem Harbor Conservatory Theatre Department, New York, NY
Acting Instructor (October 2003 - May 2005)
• Taught movement and acting classes to students ages 7-17
• Directed and choreographed musicals and plays by and for children
• Created work with children to address issues facing the community of East
Harlem
• Wrote and adapted age appropriate monologues and scenes
• Coached both professional and non-professional child actors
Bensonhurst YMCA After-school Program, Brooklyn, NY
Dance/Movement Instructor (September 2003 - January 2004)
• Taught movement technique classes to students ages 5-12
• Choreographed educational dance theatre pieces featuring over 100 students
• Created original songs and student generated sound pieces for shows
• Taught choreography skills to students ages 9-11
Wildlife Theatre at the Central Park and Bronx Zoo, New York, NY
Actor and Educator (May - October 2002)
• Performed on site as an interactive character
• Acted in plays about animal wildlife conservation
• Wrote original educational songs and skits for children and adults
• Compiled extensive research on animal wildlife
Assistant Theatre Teaching:
Cello Farm Salon Series, New York, NY
Assistant Host for Professional Salons (February 2007 - Present)
• Assist salon host with open performance/workshop sessions for professional
artists
• Provide individual coaching for actors and singers
• Lead participants in improvisations and collaborative exercises
• Recruit diverse professionals to participate in salons
Organize and direct readings of plays and operas
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Michael Howard Studios, New York, NY
Assistant to Scene Study Instructor (October 2005 - July 2006)
• Assisted students with class work and rehearsal
• Provided administrative an in-class support to Master Teacher
• Led in-class movement warm-ups
• Provided individual coaching sessions for students for beginning students of
acting
Stella Adler Conservatory, New York, NY
Assistant Mask-work Instructor (June - August 2003)
• Coached students on mask-work and movement technique
• Led movement warm-ups
• Assisted instructor with classroom management
• Provided instructor with supplementary evaluations of students' progress
Literacy, Language Speech and Literature Teaching:
Mercy College, the Bronx and Dobbs Ferry, NY
Literature and Creative Writing Instructor (September, 2012 – Present)
• Teach English 217 “Creative Writing; Fiction Workshop”
• Teach English 220 “Literature; the International Short Story”
• Teach English 220 “Creative Writing; Poetry Workshop”
Writopia, New York, NY
Creative Writing Instructor (February, 2012 – Present)
• Teach multi-genre writing workshops to students age 6-18
Baruch College, Department of English, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer (August, 2010-Present)
• Teach English Writing 2150 “Writing and Analysis”
• Devise and tailored Course theme: “Identity; Going Undercover”
• Teach English 2700 “Great Works of Literature; the Epic”
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, First Year Experience Office, New York, NY
Academic Engagement Coordinator (June, 2010-January, 2012)
• Created extracurricular events to further engage students in the college experience
• Mentored first year students
• Trained Peer Mentors to serve first year students
• Devised and taught workshops on first year student success:
“How to Get Noticed by Your Professors (In a good way)”
“Making College Work for You”
“Network Like You Mean It (And Mean It)”
New York City Department of Health, New York, NY
Co-Founder and Writing Coach for Hepatitis Advocacy Group (September, 2010 –
Present)
• Co-founded Advocacy Group to nurture development of patient stories
• Lead members in workshops to develop stories about their experience with
hepatitis B and C
• Plan bi-weekly focus topics for writing including: when and how to disclose your
status, where did your story begin, what do hepatitis patients need most
Putney School Summer Program, Putney, Vermont
Co-Director Creative Writing Intensive Department (June-August, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• Teach multi-genre creative writing intensive workshop to diverse student body
• Guide student writing in performance work
• Host weekly readings of student and faculty work
• Develop a range of multi-disciplinary creative writing techniques
• Work in collaboration with multi-media arts faculty to create cross-disciplinary
writing projects
Pace University English Department, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer (August, 2007-August, 2012)
• Teach English 201 “Writing Across the Disciplines”
• Teach English 110 “Analytical Writing – Research Methods and Critical
Thinking”
• Course themes include:
“Identity – From who you are to what you think”
“Mythology and Magic Realism in Multi-Cultural Modern Drama”
“Documenting Today; Journalism and Photo-journalism”
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, English Department, New York, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor (August, 2007–Present)
• Teach English 101 “Writing and Research Methods”
• Teach English 201 “Writing Across the Disciplines”
• Teach Learning Community Speech/Writing for first year students
• Develop theme-based curriculum on:
a. “Going Undercover –Altering Identity in Life and Literature”
b. “Yiddish, Spanglish and Ebonics; Diasporic Language Identity in Writing
and Performance”
c. “What is your Calling?”
d. “Texts of Crime, Punishment and Rehabilitation
New York Institute of Technology English Department, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer (August, 2008–June, 2011)
• Taught English 100; Remedial academic and personal writing
• Taught English 101; Introduction to academic reading and writing and critical
thinking
• Taught English 151; Introduction to literature of all genres
• Tutored students in the writing center
• Course themes include:
“Literature of Race and Identity”
“Crossing Disciplines; Visual Themes in Literature/the Graphic Novel and
Architecture”
“Speaking Out and Up; Controversial Plays and Poetry for Performance”
North Carolina Governor’s School, Winston-Salem, NC
Language and Expression/Area 3 Instructor (June-July, 2008)
• Taught Cultural Studies/Self-Expression/Critical Thinking classes to diverse
gifted high school seniors
• Developed exercises to challenge students to express complex and controversial
ideas/emotions in writing, art and discussion
• Created curriculum to develop self-expression and critical thinking skills
• Led group discussions on controversial topics such as race, religion and politics,
navigating diverse communities, personal and communal responsibility, freedom
of speech and education
• Created forums to discuss and write about campus wide events and lectures
ASA Institute (Community College), New York, NY
English, Literacy and Literature Lecturer (June 2006–July, 2007)
• Taught weekly writing and speech courses to refugees and immigrants
• Developed and taught "Fundamentals of American Literature", a comprehensive
introduction to American literature for advanced-level students of English
language
• Designed and executed poetry translation project for intermediate to advanced
international students and recent immigrants to bridge cultural and language
barriers
• Organized readings and performance of student writing
• Taught primary reading and writing skills to students at pre-literacy level
American Internship Program for Korean Students, New York, NY
Instructor of Applied English Language (September 2006 – July, 2008)
• Taught intermediate and advanced English writing classes to Korean college
students
• Taught weekly classes on navigating diversity in American society
• Created and taught lecture/seminars on academic and business writing
Led interactive workshops on American workplace conventions and practices
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Created dynamic role-play activities to develop English conversation skills
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Served on Non-Profit Job-Placement Committee to place interns in non-profit
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organizations
Manhattan Language, New York, NY
English as a Second Language/Speech Instructor (July 2004 - September 2006)
• Taught academic writing to international undergraduate and graduate students
• Created and executed curriculum for dynamic classes in speech, pronunciation and
oral communication including “American Diversity” and cross-cultural
communication classes
• Led monthly workshops for teachers on creative, integrated grammar teaching
techniques
Rennert Bilingual, New York, NY
English as a Second Language Instructor/Dutch Instructor (December 1998 - June
2005)
• Taught integrated skills English language classes at all levels from basic to high-
advanced and business
• Developed and taught courses in Dutch language and literature
Berlitz Language School, New York, NY
English as a Second Language Instructor/Dutch Instructor (July - December 1998)
• Wrote and developed original teaching materials, developed ESOL immersion
curriculum for children
• Taught basic-high advanced English language classes to diverse groups of students of
all ages
• Taught lessons in basic Dutch
THEATRE
Direct Plays, Movement Work and Experimental Theatre
Specialize in New Play and Solo Show Development, Poly-Glott, Applied Theatre and
Multi-Disciplinary Work
Create and Perform Experimental, Multi-Media and Dance-Theatre
Coach and Choreograph for Diverse Companies and Productions
Act and Perform in a Range of Theatre Works
Excellent Reviews and References
Theatre Directing:
“Melancholy Play”
By Sarah Ruhl
Whittemore Theatre, Marlboro College (December, 2014
“Tu Estas Confudido; a multi-lingual coming out story”
Written and Performed by Eduardo Leneaz
The Fresh Fruit Festival (July, 2013)
The One Festival, Teatro LaTea (April, 2012)
Atlantic Theatre Second Stage (March, 2012)
New Entrée
A short play By Nico Miller
Writopia Theatre Festival
59 East 59 (May, 2012)
The Mistress of Wholesome
By Jacob M. Appel
Down Under St. Marks (April-May, 2012
Girlmeat
Written and Performed by Victoria Libertore
BAX artist and residency program, second year project
Dance New Amsterdam, New York, NY (February, 2011)
Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY (Various performances 2009-2010)
Conversation
Written and Performed by Alexis Clements
Ethical Culture Society, Philadelphia, PA (November, 2009)
Brookyn Arts Exchange, New York, NY (October, 2009)
Melancholy Play
By Sarah Ruhl
Adapted for the Putney Community/Site Specific
Calder Hall, Putney, Vermont, August, 2009
Domestic Service
Written and Directed in Collaboration with Cast based on studies of local farming
community
Site Specific Location (Farm), Putney, Vermont, July, 2009
My Journey of Decay
Written and Performed by Victoria Libertore
BAX artist and residency program, first year project
Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, New York (April, 2009)
The Winged Man
By Jose Rivera
Adapted in collaboration with cast to take place in Appalachian Mountains
Connecting urban and rural communities – Spanglish and Appalachian language
New Drama Workshop, Salem College, North Carolina (June, 2008)
Mountain Language
By Harold Pinter
Adapted in collaboration with cast and local community to Appalachian speech patterns
“Shape Notes” sound design and live music created in collaboration with cast
New Drama Workshop, Salem College, North Carolina (July, 2008)
The Life of Pi
Adapted in collaboration with the company from the book by Yann Martell
Created to serve diverse, religious community and address local, current religious
conflict and controversy
Hanes Theatre, Salem College, Salem, North Carolina (July, 2008)
Straight on Till Morning
By Trish Harniteaux
78th Street Theatre Lab, New York, NY (May 2008)
In Dog Years
One act play written for a couple of any gender combination
By T.D. Mitchel
Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY (September, 2007)
Everybody Dies in February
By Vanessa Bombardieri
Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York, NY (May 2007)
Dad's Day and Another One Darling
Two short plays by Alec Miller
New Works Playground Series
Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY (December 2006)
Catching Flight
By Lila Rose Kaplan
Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York, NY (November 2006)
The Monotone Poncho Spatula
By Mya Kagan
Estrogenius Festival
Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY (October 2006)
Untitled Portrait
By Jason Napoli Brooks
G.O.T. Festival
The Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA (September 2006)
In the Floodplain
By Jacob Appel
Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York, NY (July 2006)
Good Person of Setzuan
By Bertolt Brecht/ Original translation by: Rosalie Purvis and Roxane Heinze
Created for diverse community of Brooklyn-based acting students
Music created by the cast based on local gospel music – Set uses images from advertising
campaigns targeting local low-income neighborhoods
New Workshop Theatre, Brooklyn, New York (May 2002)
Charlie the Chicken
By Jonathan Levy
New Workshop Theatre, Brooklyn, New York (May 2001)
Down the Well
Writer/Director
New Play Series
Bard Performing Arts Center, Annandale, NY (May 1998)
“Shplilzhe Mir Ketsele”
Polyglot Piece in Dutch, English, Yiddish, Ladino and German
Writer/Director
Vrije Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (June 1995)
New Play Development and Readings:
The Affair of Agnes Miller
By Amir Said
Writopia Reading Series, 59 Easr 59 (May, 2012)
Nectar
By Katherine Baldwin
Interart Theatre, New York, NY (June, 2009)
Rot-wood
By Matthew Swan
New Readings, New Blood Series
Theatre for the New City, New York, NY (April, 2009)
Grown Up Lies
By Eric Molinsky
Horse Trade Theatre (October, 2008)
Pollen Thesis Tangerine
By Mya Kagan
New Dramatists, New York, NY (March 2007)
Thirds
By Jacob M. Appel
Atlantic Theater, New York, NY (December 2006)
Biography of a Constellation
By Lila Rose Kaplan
The Culture Project, New York, NY (November 2006)
The Doorman Play
By Lila Rose Kaplan
The Culture Project, New York, NY (November 2006)
Is That All There Is?
By Ben Schaffer
New Play Development Series
Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre, New York, NY (December 2001)
Jelly Glass
By Sean O’Ryan
New Play Development Series
Abingdon Theatre, New York, NY (December 2000)
Original Movement Theatre Choreography/Performance Art:
Come Back To Us, Eliana Salgado
Creator/Performer
Actors With Accents Series
Calder Hall, July, 2014
Teatro Circulo, April, 2014
Persephone’s Banquet
Creator/Performer
Movement Piece/Performance Art
TinyDANGEROUSfun experimental theatre festival, November, 2011
Excerpts from “Talking Normal”
In process 2-act solo show about dialect and language discrimination
Writer/Performer
Putney School Summer Program Artist in Resident Reading Series, August, 2011
Dixon Place Variety, November, 2009
Swans Mate for Life
Created in collaboration with ice-sculptor
Dixon Place Variety Program, New York, NY (May, 2009)
That Old Black Magic
Choreographer/Solo Performer
Dixon Place Variety Program, New York, NY (May, 2009)
5; Topography of a Terrible Thirst
Performance piece to address the audience arousing the performer, rather than the reverse
Choreographer/Solo Performer
Prospect Dark Nights Series, New York, NY (March, 2009)
Mind Your Step
A performance piece about diaspora and exile, mapping the pattern of the endless
farewell
Choreographer/Performer
West End Theatre, New York, NY (September 2008)
Shostakovich Fantasies
A dance-theatre piece created in collaboration with pianist Kimball Huijgens
Choreographer/Solo Performer
Duke Romijn Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May 2006)
THIS IS NOT A BURLESQUE: a Surrealist Burlesque
A performance piece developed in response to Salvador Dali’s installation “Dream of
Venus” presenting the world of that piece from the point of view of the female burlesque
performers used as part of the set
Choreographer/Performer
The Brick Theater, Brooklyn, NY (June 2005)
Eurydice's Abandon
Choreographer/Performer
The Brick Theater, Brooklyn, New York (July - August 2004)
Reverse Rotunde
Choreographer/Performer
CUNY Lunchtime Theatre, Brooklyn, NY (June 2002)
Tales of Seasoned Love
A series of dance-theatre pieces depicting unconventional couples in conventional
situations of love; pushing the boundaries of sentimentality
Choreographer
New York Fringe Festival, New York, NY (July - August 2001)
Sand Sharks on the A-train
Choreographer/Performer
Dancespace Showcase, New York, NY (July 2000)
Choreography, Coaching and Puppetry for Plays/Film:
Ana Isabel Keilson and Dancers
Acting Coach for Dancers
Putney Arts Residency, Putney, Vermont (Summer, 2009)
The Disappearing Postcards
Stop-animation video piece movement and acting coach
By Megan Savage
Savage Productions, Portland, Oregon, (August, 2009)
Billy and The Alternative Lifestyle Fair
Multi-media puppet performance
Created puppets and coached actors in movement techniques
By Tom X Chao
The Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, New York, NY (May, 2008)
Mina
A play about the life of futurist painter Mina Loy
By Leslie Lee
Directed by Cyndy Marion
LaMama ETC, New York, NY (November 2007)
Svetlana’s World
Television Pilot
Written and Directed by Carolyn and Andy London
London Productions, New York, NY (March 2006)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
By Ntozake Shange
Directed by Edwin Lee Gibson
Harbor Junior Company, Harbor Theatre, New York, NY (February 2005)
Twister with An Octopus
By Ben Hur Carmona
Directed by Cyndy Marion
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, New York, NY (April 2004)
States of Shock
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Cyndy Marion
White Horse Theater
Abingdon Theatre, New York, NY (February 2004)
House of Bernarda Alba
By Frederico Garcia Lorca
Directed by Cara Reichel
Prospect Theater Company
Frederick Loewe Theatre, New York, NY (January 2004)
The Dying Vaudeville
Written and directed by Juliet O’Brien
Present Company Theatorium, New York, NY (May 2001)
Don Giovanni
By W.A. Mozart
Directed by Jeffery Sichel
Bard College Theatre, Annandale, NY (April 1998)
Acting:
Reverend Ben’s Dream Concession
Voice Actor
Audio Broadcast
Student Quote of the Day: Live Onstage!
Writer/Performer
Touring, Summer, 2013
Radio Documentary: The Nutcracker
Written and Produced By: James David Jacobs
Narrator and various voice-over characters including Tchaikovsky, Hoffman and Dumas
WGBH New England Classical Radio (Aired December, 2011/Currently available online
as a podcast.)
Callous Cad (Multi-Media Performance)
Written By Tom X Chao
Directed by John Harlacher
Aida Funderberg (lead)
Artist and Residency at Dixon Place
Dixon Place, New York, NY (Workshop; May, 2009, Full Run December, 2009)
The Exonerated
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jenson
Directed by Bryan Close
Sandra
Salem College Theatre, Salem, North Carolina (July, 2008)
Peculiar Utterance of the Day; Live Onstage
By Tom X. Chao
Madame Zamaladchikova
The Red Room, New York, NY (March 2007)
Kinetic Fortress
By JoAnne Mafia
Woman (solo lead)
78th Street Theatre Lab, New York, NY (February 2007)
Svetlana’s World (Television Pilot)
By Carolyn and Andy London
Amanda London Productions, New York, NY (March 2006)
The Waterhen
By Stanislaw Witcacy
Tadzio (lead)
Directed By Jeff Lewonzcyk
Present Company Theatorium, New York, NY (April 2003)
New York, NewYorku (Japanese film)
Written and Directed by Junichi Shimura
Tessa
Midori-des Productions, Tokyo, Japan (released August 2002)
Dance (Performance):
Mock Philip Glass Dance
Choreographed by Shayne Lebron
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, New York, NY (November, 2006)
I Want You, I Need You
Choreographed by Albert Reid
Olin Hall, Annandale, NY (April 1998)
The Meaning of Life with Bucket
Choreographed by Suzanne Schulz
Avery Arts Center, Annandale, NY (November 1996)
Volunteer Work/Community Service:
Free Arts for Abused Children, New York, NY
Volunteer Acting Teacher (December 1999 - May 2000)
• Taught theatre classes to women and children in domestic violence shelters
• Assisted with large scale arts events for homeless families
• Co-taught ongoing dance class in a group home for teenage girls
Kindertelefoon Hotline, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Volunteer Telephone and Outreach Counselor (September 1992 - August 1994)
• Counseled children and teenagers on a broad range of subjects
• Conducted workshops on teenage suicide, child abuse and bullying
• Led meetings, training sessions and theatre-based teen outreach program
LITERARY
Translate Dutch/German English
Studies in Diasporic Languages and Dialects (Yiddish, Ebonics, Spanglish and others)
Co-translated ‘Good Person of Setzuan” by Bertolt Brecht, including songs
(Translation under consideration for publication, rights pending)
Translation of Poetry and Abstract Language
Host Readings, Edit Publications and Anthologies
Publications:
Black Fiddler, “Sounds Crazy, No?”; How Transgressive Cross-Racial and Cross-
Cultural Casting in a Local School Spanned the Black-Jewish Divide in Brownsville,
Brooklyn
Peer English, Pending, Spring, 2015
Translations of Poetry from Dutch, German and Flemish
Loquus Loquiter, Annandale, NY, 1998
Jana’s Nachtreis (children’s book)
Kimio Uitgeverij, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1993
“The Evolution of the Awkward Turtle” and “From a Place Not Yet Created”
Co-Editor of two student creative writing anthologies
Vermont (Summer, 2009)
Rennert Bilingual
Inlingua Translation Services
Berlitz Translations
Translator and Proofreader
New York, NY (1998-2000)
Bard Papers
Faculty and Student Literary and cross-disciplinary Publication
Editorial Staff Member
Bard College (1997-1998)
Studies
Scene Study: Naomi Thornton (Michael Howard Studios )
Brooke & Mary’s On-Camera Commercial Class: House Productions and Casting
Voice: Annette Bloem, Stephan Popovich, James David Jacobs
Laban Analysis/Labannotation: Juliet O’Brien, Jean Churchill
Theatre Composition/Directing: Aileen Passloff, Tom Bullard, Mary B. Robinson
Puppetry: Devin Ludlow, Marianne van den Bergh
Butoh: Ian Wen, Susan Osberg
Alexander technique: Belinda Mello
Improvisation and Maskwork: Rose Bonczek and Shelley Wyant
Acting/Movement: Ruth Malaczech and Sharon Fogarty
African, Modern and Classical Dance: Leslie Boyce, Albert Reid, Pat Hall
Dramaturgy/Educational Theatre: Lynn Thomson, Donna Linderman
Mime: Venus van Akkeren at G&G Academy (The Netherlands)
Language Skills
Fluent in Dutch, Research Proficiency in German, Some French and Yiddish
Accents and Dialects
References and Demo Provided on Request
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