No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Twyla Tharp
Affiliations:
Writers Guild Initiative - (mentor/instructor) - 2019 - Present
New York Rep - (associate artistic director) - 2021 - Present
The Tank Pilot Program Writer's Group - 2019-2020
LITCouncil Men of Color Playwright's Group - (co-facilitator) 2018-2023
Actor's Studio Playwright-Director Unit - member - 2014 to Present
Actor/Screenwriter SVA School of Visual Arts - 2015 to Present
LAByrinth Theatre Company member - 1993 to Present
AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
SAG (Screen Actors Guild)
AEA (Actors Equity Association)
Dramatist Guild
Training/Education:
La Familia Theatre Company - (1982-85)
Scene Study: Penelope Allen
Voice: Gilbert Price
Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop - (1981-82)
Scene Study: Gene Frankel
William Esper Studios - 1986-88
Scene Study/Sanford Meisner technique: William Esper
Script Analysis: Ed Stern
Voice & Body Movement: Lloyd Williamson
Private Study:
(1978-83) Scene Study/Sanford Meisner technique: Gus Fleming
(1983-85) Scene Study/Lee Strasberg Method: Penelope Allen
(1978-83) Voice/diction: Bettyann Leeseberg-Lang
LAByrinth Theatre Company Classics Workshop:
Shakespeare Text: Barry Edelstein
Voice: Andrea Haring
Scene Study: John Gould Rubin
Abingdon Theatre Company's Playwrighting Workshop: (2005-2006)
Instructor: Kim T. Sharp
LAByrinth Theatre Company Writing/Acting/Directing Workshops:
Instructors: David Deblinger, Padraic Lillis, Bob Glaudini, John Patrick Shanley,
Stephen Adly Guirges, Jose Rivera, David Grimm, Candido Tirado, Alice Tuan, Andrea Ciannavei, Scott Hudson, Brett C. Leonard, Shari-Lee Shalit
Bronx Arts Council
Augusto Boal Workshop: George Emilio Sanchez
The Center for Arts at Rutgers University/School Of Social Work:
Arts in Prevention Project: Various instructors
Community-Word Project (Advanced teaching-artist training)
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) - (Teaching Artist)
TATI (Teaching-Artist Training Institute)/Children with special needs
LEAP (Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program)
I.D.E.A.S. (interactive drama for education and awareness in schools)
Marquis Studios - Teaching Artist Workshop
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) - Teaching Artist Workshop
Actors Work Program (AWP) Sponsored Social Drama Workshop: Instructor - Nancy Sondag