| CURRENT 
                  TEACHING POSITIONS | 
               
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                |  | THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND, New York | 
              
                |  | Senior Teaching Artist  1996 - present | 
              
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                |  | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY  Faculty Member 2005 - present Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development  Program in Educational Theatre PrograSyeinhardt School of Education  | 
               
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                |  | MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB, New York Co-Artistic Director of The Stargate Theatre Company 2013 - present   |  | 
              
                |  | NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION |  | 
              
                |  | Theatre Consultant and Professlional Development Facilitator  2000- present |  | 
              
                |  | Theatre Studio Director of Summer Arts Institute 2013 - present | 
              
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                | CITY CENTER “ENCORES”, New York | 
               
                |  | Senior Teaching Artist 1995 - present | 
              
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                |  | THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE, New York | 
              
                |  | Teaching Artist  1995- present | 
               
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                | STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Ontario, Canada | 
               
                |  | Workshop Director 1999 - present   ARTS CONNECTION, New York Teaching Artist  2011 - present | 
               
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                | PREVIOUS 
                  TEACHING EXPERIENCE | 
              
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                | MCC THEATER, New York Artistic Director of the MCC Theater Youth Company 1999 - 2010   YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC. New York  Teaching Artist 1995-2000 | 
              
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                | THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | 
              
                | Workshop Director, 2010 - 2013 | 
              
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                | THE OLD VIC THEATRE , London | 
              
                | Workshop Facilitator   2011 | 
              
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                | YOUNG 
                PEOPLE’S THEATRE OF TORONTO | 
              
                | Workshop 
                Director 1999 - 2005 | 
              
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                | HENNEPIN COUNTY HOME SCHOOL FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS, Minneapolis, MN | 
              
                | Theatre Workshop Artistic Director 1992 -2010                   Directed workshops in playwrighting and theatre for incarcerated                   juvenile offenders who created original plays for performance.   | 
              
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                | THE PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION, Minneapolis
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                | Director 
                of Advanced Theatre Studies 1991 - 1993 | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        and implemented curriculum in advanced theatre studies 
                        for a specialized residential arts high school grounded 
                        in outcome based ducation, interdisciplinary studies and 
                        whole brain learning strategies. Subject areas: directing, 
                        playwrighting, acting and dramatic literature. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT’S PROGRAM OF THE PLAYWRIGHT’S CENTER, 
                  Minneapolis MN | 
               
                |  | Co-founder 
                  and instructor 1984 - 1990 | 
               
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                      | Developed 
                        and taught in a program for high school and college students 
                        in playwrighting and production. Supervised the production 
                        of festivals of student writing. |  | 
               
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                | MACALESTER 
                  COLLEGE, St. Paul MN | 
               
                |  | Guest 
                  speaker and instructor in Department of Dramatic Arts 1990 -1995 | 
               
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                      | Lectured 
                        and taught undergraduate course in dramatic literature, 
                        Chekhov, Beckett, Stanislavsky, experimental theatre and 
                        American Realism. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CENTER FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
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                |  | Instructor 
                  and Consultant 1986 - 1992 | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        and implemented graduate and post-graduate courses in 
                        arts in education learning strategies, interdisciplinary 
                        methods and outcome based education. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTER, Minneapolis 
                  MN | 
               
                |  | Instructor 
                  and Consultant 1986 - 1990 | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        and implemented courses for elementary and secondary teachers 
                        in using theatre as a teaching tool in the social sciences, 
                        conflict resolution and global education. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis MN | 
               
                |  | Instructor 
                  / Workshop Director 1983-87 | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        and taught classes for teacher training program in arts 
                        in education learning strategies and interdisciplinary 
                        studies and programs for youth. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Minneapolis MN | 
               
                |  | Instructor 
                  / Workshop Director 1987-1993 | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        training workshops for teachers in arts in education learning 
                        strategies. |  | 
               
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                | HAMLINE 
                  UNIVERSITY, St. Paul MN | 
               
                |  | GuestSpeaker 
                  in Department of Theatre, College of Liberal Arts 1988 -1994 | 
               
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                | THE 
                  MINNESOTA CONSERVATORY OF PERFORMING ARTS, St. Paul MN
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                |  | Instructor 
                  1990 - 1991 |  | 
               
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                      | Taught 
                        courses in advanced acting and directing for secondary 
                        students in a private arts high school. |  | 
               
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                | THE 
                  TWIN CITIES INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH, St. Paul MN | 
               
                |  | Instructor 
                  1990 |  | 
               
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                      | Designed 
                        and implemented a summer institute course in improvisational 
                        theatre. |  | 
               
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                | MINNESOTA 
                  STATE ARTS BOARD RESIDENCY ARTIST | 
               
                |  | Artist-in-the-Schools 
                  residency artist 1980 - 1995 | 
               
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