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When people ask me what I do for a living,
I say "To keep sane or eat?"
To keep sane: I have belonged to Stage Coach Players (a community theater group) since 1982. I was bitten by the theater bug and started working backstage on high school productions in 1968. To eat: I have worked at NIU since 1981 and have been in LA&S External Programming since June of 1995. I have a Bachelor of Arts from NIU with a major in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Political Science. |
| Directing - Stage
1999 - Nuts - Stage Coach Players, DeKalb, IL 1997 - I Hate Hamlet - SCP 1993 - The Egg and I - SCP 1992 - Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. - SCP 1990 - 84, Charing Cross Road - SCP 1988 - Stepping Out - SCP 1987 - The Foreigner - SCP |
Acting - Stage
2002 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Mrs. Potiphar - Stage Coach Players, DeKalb, IL 2002 - The Elephant Man - Princess Alexandra, Violet the pinhead - SCP 2001 - Gypsy - Tessie Tura - SCP 1998 - Harvey - Veta Louise Simmons - SCP 1996 - A Visit to a Small Planet - Delton 4 - SCP 1995 - The Crucible - Ann Putnam - Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL 1995 - Ravenscroft - Mrs. Ravenscroft - SCP |
| 1994 - Specter - Marla - Independent
One Acts Workshop, DeKalb, IL 1994 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hippolyta - SCP 1990 - The Philadelphia Story - Tracy Lord - SCP 1989 - Sabrina Fair - Sabrina Fairchild - SCP 1988 - Fever Dream - Dracula - KC (World Premiere) 1987 - The Dark Heart - B. J. Routledge - SCP (World Premiere) 1986 - Enter a Free Man - Florence Lawrence - SCP 1984 - Tribute - Hilary - SCP 1983 - A Romantic Comedy - Kate Mallory - SCP 1982 - Pal Joey - Valerie - SCP |
1978 - Anything Goes - Chorus
- Waukegan Community Players, Waukegan, IL 1977 - Li'l Abner - Stupifyin' Jones - WCP 1977 - Cinderella - The Fairy Godmother - WCP Workshop 1977 - Suppressed Desires - Mabel - WCP Workshop 1977 - A Thurber Carnival - 9 parts - College of Lake County Theater Association, Grayslake, IL 1976 - Of Thee I Sing - Chorus - WCP 1975 - Riders to the Sea - Mourning Woman - CLCTA Workshop 1971 - Up the Down Staircase - Ellen - Waukegan Township High School, Waukegan, IL |
| Acting - Film
2002 - Normal - HBO/Red Tractor Films, Inc. - written and directed by Jane Alexander - (Extra) - release date March 16, 2003. Yes, you can see me in the church scene! 2000 - What Women Want - Paramount Pictures - directed by Nancy Meyers (Extra), release date December 15, 2000. Left on the cutting room floor. 1999 - Just Visiting - Hollywood Pictures - directed by Jean-Marie Poiré (Extra), release date April 6, 2001. Entire scene cut. 1999 - Soul Survivors - Artisan Entertainment - directed by Steve Carpenter [Speciality Extra (Swim Coach)], release date September 7, 2001. I'm actually in this one for 17 seconds! 1999 - Unconditional Love - New Line Cinema - directed by P. J. Hogan (Extra), release date (direct to video) Summer 2003. |
Community Theater Positions
Stage Coach Players - Board Member (1999-2001; 1991-1993; 1986-1988); Posters/Program Chair (1996-1997); Nominating Chair (1995); SCOTY Committee (1995, 1990); President (1990-1991); Corresponding Secretary (1989-1990); Newsletter Publisher (1987-1990); Play Reading Chair (1994, 1987). Waukegan Community Players - Recording Secretary (1977). |
| Memberships
Stage Coach Players, DeKalb, IL (1982-present) Friends of Shakespeare's Globe, London, England, UK (1997-2000) |
Design and Writing
Designed sets; designed programs; designed posters; designed T-shirts; conceptualized, wrote, and led Stage Coach Players' first Audition Workshop (March 1996); edited programs; published poet |
