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 During my years at Harvard, and later in New York City, I worked as an actor, and as a production stage manager with:
• The New York Shakespeare Festival
• The Robert Joffrey Ballet
• The Circle-in-the Square Theater
as well as
• Many other individual New York productions, and national tours
• Three seasons of musical summer stock (tents and theaters)
and
• Two seasons of straight plays in summer stock
Just before moving to Minnesota as production stage manager for the Guthrie Theater, I worked with Circle-in-the-Square, ran the Circle-in-the Square Theater School, and wrote my first play … which won a national competition.
In Minnesota, I made the transition from being a production stage manager to a career as a playwright, and:
• Wrote 20 plays or musicals, which have had 70 productions in 17 states.
• Was playwright-in-residence at the St. Paul History Theater
• Received 7 grants or awards
While working as a playwright, I have also written 6 screenplays, 5 have been produced on cable TV, and one was awarded a:
• GOLD MEDAL, counseling International Film & Video Festival San
Francisco
• SILVER MEDAL Aids Education National Educational Film & Video
Festival
and was a
• Finalist, Aids Education category, American Film & Video Festival.
In Minnesota, I also began teaching theater, playwriting, filmmaking and English for the:
- Minneapolis and St. Paul school systems
- Minnesota Conservatory of Performing Art
- Children’s Theater Conservatory School
- The University of St. Thomas
- The Playwrights’ Center
- The University of Minnesota
and am currently teaching screenwriting and playwriting at - Hamline University•
I also ran over 40 residency/workshops with:
• COMPAS writers in the schools, the State Arts Board,
• Wisconsin Theater Association
and
• For many school systems throughout the five state area
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