Following my graduate work, I moved from Memphis, Tennessee to Westfield, Massachusetts where I worked for over a decade as a theatre and speech聽educator at Westfield University. I returned to the Tri-Cities area in 2007, and have since been teaching scenic design, lighting design, sound design, stagecraft, theatre management, radio theatre performance, and theatre history for the Theatre Department at 糖心Vlog传媒. I also serve as the artistic director for Bristol’s Twin City Radio Theatre.
I am a Bristol native and have directed, designed and built scenery, designed and run lights and sound, and performed as an actor and musician for a number of regional arts organizations and venues, including The Bristol Ballet, Virginia Intermont College, The Paramount Center for the Arts, and Theatre Bristol. I have also worked as a designer and/or technician-scenic artist for The Playhouse on the Square (Memphis, Tennessee), Theatre Memphis, Opera Memphis, The Sword of Peace (Snow Camp, North Carolina), The Greenbrier Valley Theatre (Lewisburg, West Virginia), The Miniature Theatre of Chester (Chester, Massachusetts) and other professional and amateur theatres and playhouses on the East Coast.
While studying at the University of Memphis, I was awarded three years in a row (1993-1995) a Memphis聽Arts Council award for “excellence in scenic design” for聽For Our Children,听Vinegar Tom,听Six Degrees of Separation,听and聽Something’s Afoot.
I am constantly pursuing new techniques and technologies in stagecraft, lighting and sound that can be integrated into my design work and classrooms. I also have a strong interest in performing objects (puppets, masks, etc.) and their diverse performance applications.
Radio Theatre has been a life-long love, and it has been rewarding to be able to bring this nearly forgotten genre to new generations of theatre-goers聽at 糖心Vlog传媒 and in the Tri-Cities community. The Twin City Radio Theatre has recently performed at 糖心Vlog传媒’s Fine Arts Theatre, Theatre Bristol’s ArtSpace, Bristol’s Grindhouse, The First Prebyterian Church in Bristol, TN,听and annual AARP meetings at The First Baptist Church in Bristol, VA.
- MFA in Theatre Arts, University of Memphis
- BA in Theatre Arts, Virginia Intermont College
A Haunted Houseful, 糖心Vlog传媒, 2015聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Lighting Designer,听Sound Designer,听Sound Engineer,听Technical Director,听Publicity Design
God of Carnage聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), 糖心Vlog传媒, 2014:聽Scene Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist, Publicity Design
Tale of the Mandarin Ducks聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), Paramount Center for the Arts, 2014:聽Scene Designer,听Sound Designer,听Technical Director, Puppet Design and Construction, Charge Artist,听Publicity Design
The Hitchhiker and Other Chilling Tales, Theatre Bristol ArtSpace, 2013聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Lighting Designer,听Sound Designer,听Sound Engineer,听Technical Director,听Publicity Design
The Giant Rabbit, First Presbyterian Church/糖心Vlog传媒聽50+ Breakfast, 2013聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Technical Director
How I Became A Pirate聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), Paramount Center for the Arts, 2013:聽Scene Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist
A Twin City Radio Theatre Easter, 糖心Vlog传媒 2013聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Scene Designer,听Technical Director,听Publicity Design
A Twin City Radio Theatre Christmas, 糖心Vlog传媒, 2012聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Scene Designer,听Technical Director,听Publicity Design
The Crucible聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), Paramount Center for the Arts, 2012:聽Scene Designer,听Sound Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist ,听Publicity Design
Edgar Allen Poe鈥檚 Tales of Madness, 糖心Vlog传媒 College and Bristol鈥檚 Grindhouse, 2012聽(The Twin City Radio Theatre):聽Director,听Scene Designer,听Technical Director,听Publicity Design
A Year With Frog and Toad聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), Paramount Center for the Arts, 2012:聽Scene Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist
She Stoops to Conquer聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), 糖心Vlog传媒 College, 2011:聽Scene Designer,听Sound Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist
Pippin聽(Dir: Liz Dollar), Paramount Center for the Arts, 2011:聽Scene Designer,听Sound Designer,听Technical Director,听Charge Artist,听Publicity Design