DIRECTOR
X (workshop of my new play)
a needtheater presentation @ Fake Art Gallery, Hollywood
March 2008
Also presented at the Arlington West Vets For Peace Iraq Memorial
Santa Monica Pier, April 2008
Panelist for the War Plays Project @ moving Arts
Month 1: Writing About the War
**The War Plays Project is a year-long exploration of the ways in which Los Angeles theatre artists are talking about the Iraq War in their work. It is presented by playwright EM Lewis, in conjunction with Moving Arts Theater Company. Presentations will include play readings, panel discussions and writing workshops.**
Voices From Chornobyl
Key Note Speaker at 2008 Remember Chernobyl Conference in Manchester, UK
see the demo
New Voices Festival at The Empty Stage
Edgefest
Open Fist Theatre, LA
Based on the book by Svetlena Alexievich
Adaptation by C. Jenkins
Boy Gets Girl
Attic Theatre Ensemble
Assassins
Sight Unseen Theatre
Foe Pa Holiday Show
Foe Pa
Love is An Apt. in Brooklyn
Eclectic Company Theatre
By David Holstein
On The Front Lines….
Serial Killers @ Sacred Fools
2006 Shushy Award Nominee, Best Dance (Kickline) & Most Avante Garde
Father’s Day
Eclectic Theater, North Hollywood
By Jeff Folshinsky
Philoktetes
Open Fist Theatre, LA
By Sophocles
Missing Something
p.i.e/Sande Shurin Theater, NYC
By Stephen A. Fulchino
Othello
p.i.e./Kraine Theater, NYC
Dirty Laundry
Mundo Latino, Inc., NYC
By Deborah Louise Ortiz
Game Show
CUNY, Brooklyn
The Last Hour
Galapagos, Brooklyn
World Premiere, By Donald Breckenridge
Two Gun
Slamdance on Stage Reading Series/Syzygy Theatre
EDUCATION
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
BFA in Drama Direction
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht
The Bald Soprano
Eugene Ionesco
The Great Nebula in Orion
Lanford Wilson
Monologue
Harold Pinter
ASST. DIRECTOR
To Karin Coonrod: Hamlet at Cal Shakes (San Francisco)
Everything That Rises Must Converge at New York Theatre Workshop (NYC)
Café Cantante: Lorca’s Poet in New York at NYU
To Emma Griffin: Stage Door at NYC Int’l Fringe Festival & HERE Arts Center, 2000& 2001
The Cherry Orchard (Locations Varied) 2003
DRAMATURG
Julius Caesar
Dir, by Karesa McElheny
2007
Venice: The Musical
By G.F. Mlely, Los Angeles
2006-2007
Everything & Nothing
By Stephen A. Fulchino, Boston
2006
Neoptolemus
By Stephen A. Fulchino, Los Angeles 2004
Antony & Cleopatra
Odyssey Theater, Brooklyn 2003
Café Cantante: Lorca’s Poet in New York 2001
Pacific Overtures NYU 2000
WRITER
WOMEN IN THEATRE
http://womenintheatre.com/witvoices/
L.A. CULTURAL REVIEWS
http://lasnark.blogspot.com/
L.A. THEATRE REVIEWS
http://uktheatre.net
PROCESS OF ADAPTING & DIRECTING
http://voicesfromchornobyl.com/blog
PLAYWRIGHT
The Greek Cycle Movement 1: The One True Gods
Find the true origin of the Jesus Myth.
Voices From Chornobyl
Based on the book by Svetlena Alexievich, Adaptation by C. Jenkins
Bareface
Based on Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (Rights pending)
C.S. Lewis Society of Southern California, January 2003
Bookshop Theater @ Open Court, May 2006
King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table
Saugus Union M.S.
Trojan Women Based on True War Stories from the W.O.T.A.
Blue Stockings Bookstore, NYC
March 2001
Theater TEACHING
Safe Moves Theater Coordinator Los Angeles, CA Present
Speak To Me – P.L.A.Y Center Theater Group Los Angeles, CA 2004 & 2005
*Stage Manager & Mentor for high school students
*Simultaneously Stage Managing 30+ student actors & crew
*Taught AEA Rules and Principles through practice in rehearsal
*Created a Curriculum from scratch for students based in rehearsal procedures
*Trained Student in ASM & SM Duties
*Emphasized Professionalism, Teamwork & Organization
*Weekly Progress Reports
*Coordinated the Stage Manager Students to observe the show I was Managing at that time
Bedford Summer Children’s Camp Bedford, MA 2001
*Created Curriculum for ages 7-13
*Implemented Curriculum
*Adapted Curriculum for a Student with Moderate Autism
*Created a professional environment through Sacred Space, Open Expression, and above all Consistency in the Space
*Adapted text of Aesop’s Fables to ensure equality in roles
*Co-Director of Aesop’s Fables
*Taught Acting, Costume Design (and Execution), Set Design, etc
*Worked one-on-one with students for scene study, characterization & preparing a role for the stage
Bedford Scriptwriting Intensive Bedford, MA 2002
*Taught Playwriting Techniques. For ages 9-13
*Students brainstormed, wrote, cast & directed their own plays in one week
*Created & Implemented Curriculum
*Had stock of 25+ Activities & Theater Exercises to implement in any given situation
*Presented plays for community at the end of the week
Saugus Union Middle School After School Program Saugus, Ca 2003
*Taught Acting Fundamentals to ages 7-9 & 10-12
*Taught Theatre History through Practice (See Attached Curriculum)
*Brought students through the process of creating short plays
*Chose King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table as the story they wanted to adapt
*Adapted the story to ensure equality in roles
*Broke down design concepts and process into simple steps
*Guided students through each step
