Theatre Artist and Educator
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Summary
Hello. I am an actor, director, and a Dueling Arts International certified Full Instructor of stage combat, Advanced Actor Combatant, and fight director. In addition, I have 15 years of experience teaching in higher education, including at the University of Miami in Miami, FL. I am interested in expanding into academic and/or artistic leadership positions, such as assistant/associate artistic director, department chair, or assistant/associate dean positions.
Education
Terminal Degree: MFA Theatre Performance (May 2010)
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
BA Theatre Performance (Dec. 2005)
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
AA Secondary Education (Dec. 1999)
Polk Community College (Now Polk State College), Winter Haven, FL
Experience
University of Miami
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice (2025-Present)
Assistant Professor of Movement and Stage Combat (2019-2024)
Lecturer of Movement (2018-2019)
Courses:
THA 113 & 114: Movement I
Introduction to the principles of The Expressive Actor: Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting Training in the fall semester. The Expressive Actor techniques and principles are applied to text in the spring semester.
THA 214: Movement II- Stage Combat
Based on the Dueling Arts International level-one stage combat curriculum, this course focuses on the safety, technique, and acting requirements of three weapon disciplines.
THA 254: Movement for Actors
This non-major course explores and applies the principles of physical characterization.
THA 311: Acting III
An in-depth study of acting Shakespeare, focusing on text and physicality.
THA 313: Styles of Period Movement
Introduction to physical requirements and techniques of verse, neutral mask, Commedia dell’ Arte, and high style for third-year BFA students. Application to works from Ancient Greece, the English and Italian Renaissance, Neoclassical France, and the English Restoration.
THA 455: Acting for the Camera
Techniques and strategies for acting on camera.
Administrative & Service:
- Advising and mentoring students
- Curriculum development
- Chair of College Council (2022-2023)
- Chair of College Curriculum Committee (present)
- College Council Representative (2019 – present)
- College Curriculum Committee Representative (2020-present)
Director of Department Productions:
- 12 Angry Jurors (2025)
- A Lie of the Mind (2023)
- The Three Musketeers (2022)
- Into The Woods (2021)
- Every(One) (2020)
- The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (2019)
- Saint Sanitas (2019)
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