Panels, Workshops, and Presentations

I have a background in stage dialects, voice and movement, fight choreography, playwriting, directing, mask work and the Commedia dell'Arte.  Many of the workshops below are available for presentation ranging in length from one to two hours to a weekend master class.  

2014
  • The Playwrights' Corner, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN

2013
  • Teaching Professional Protocols in Educational Theatre (co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Louisville, KY
  • Brief Encounters:  Short Works from a Big Head; Southeastern Theatre Conference, Louisville, KY


2012
  • Cut the Porter!  Cut the Opening!  Oswald’s now a Woman!:  Cutting the Works of Dead Playwrights and Rethinking the Bard (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN

2011
  • The Theatrical Stoplight:  The Arts as an Educational, Social, and Economic Cornerstone to the Community (Speaker) ; Provost’s Lecture Series, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
  • Stage Combat as Story not Safety Issue (Presenter); Tennessee High School Speech and Drama League, Clarksville, TN
  • So You Think You Want to Teach? (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • Writes vs. Wrights (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • The Shakespeare Mystery:  Using the Folio’s Clues When Acting Shakespeare (Presenter); Tennessee Thespian Festival, Cordova, TN
  • On Staging King Lear (Guest Lecturer); Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

2010
  • BONES AND BODIES: The Forensics of Play Construction, or Who Killed This Play? (Presenter); Perry County Arts Council, Linden, TN
  • Prepping for the Big Call (Presenter); Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
  • Sudden Drama: Variations on the Six-Line Scene as a Writing Exercise (Presenter);  Tennessee Thespian Festival, Cordova, TN
  • Scenic Design Chess (Presenter); Tennessee Thespian Festival, Cordova, TN

2009
  • Don’t Step on that Banana Peel:  The Science of the Pratfall (Presenter); Tennessee Theatre Association Fall Conference, Cookeville, TN
  • So You Think You Want to Teach?: a panel discussion on the pros and cons of theatre education (Co-presenter and panelist); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Birmingham, AL

2008
  • Outdoor Theatre Survival Skills (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN
  • Teaching an Old Script New Tricks (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN
  • “Yes and…”: Improvisation's Only Rule (Presenter); Tennessee Thespian Festival, Cordova, TN
  • Bang! Pow! Intro to the Comic Stage Fight (Presenter); Tennessee Theatre Association Fall Conference, Dickson, TN

2007
  • Yes!  Improvisation for the Theatre (Presenter); Tennessee Theatre Association Fall Conference, Jackson, TN
  • Basic Unarmed Stage Combat (Presenter); Jackson Theatre Guild open workshop, Jackson, TN

2005
  • Outdoor Survival Skills (Co-presenter); Southeastern Theatre Conference, Orlando, FL

2004
  • Commedia dell’Arte and Mask Work as Exploration (Presenter); Tennessee Theatre Association Fall Festival, Jackson, TN
  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Headshots and Resumes (Presenter);  Union University, Jackson, TN
  • Marketing Yourself in the Professional World (Presenter); Union University, Jackson, TN

2003
  • Auditioning at the Meat Market (Presenter); Union University, Jackson, TN
  • Surviving the Meat Market without being Butchered (Co-presenter);  Ft. Harrod Drama Productions company workshops, Ft. Harrod, KY

2002
  • Small Theatre Resources (Co-presenter);  Southeastern Theatre Conference, Washington, D.C.
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