improv/theater
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When
I was a freshman in college, I saw a poster with a smiley
face superimposed over the head of someone exiting a
shower. The sign said AUDITIONS in bold lettering, though
there was no description of what the auditions were
for. There was only a time and location. The poster
led me to be cast in my first improv group. That was
1996. This is now. |
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 Teaching
improv to young people in North Hampton, NH
 Thomas
in Wonkyland, The Tribe Theater
 Performing
for the Summer in the Street series in Portsmouth, NH
 Suited
up for Pacsmouth
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board
of directors (current), producer (past) - Boston
Neutrino
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The
Neutrino Video Project was started
in NYC by a daring troupe of improvisational
theater performers. With three cameras
and a large technical crew, Neutrino
takes to the streets to shoot, edit,
score, and mix a completely improvised
movie in the time it takes for you
to watch it. Spontaneous, beautiful,
and hilarious, this "theatrical
movie experience"
is the first of its kind. The show has
been heralded in New York, Chicago, Seattle,
Detroit, San Francisco, Toronto, and
Washington, D.C. where it is performed
under the Neutrino name by different
groups. |
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producer
(current), artistic director (past), actor - Stranger
Than Fiction
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Dedicated
to spreading the art of improvisational
theater to New Hampshire, Stranger
Than Fiction has performed across
the state. In addition to our regular
schedule, the cast has appeared
in coordination with Destination
Imagination, Rivier College's Challenge
Program, and numerous benefit shows.
The cast helped raise
$13,000 for the Manchester Rotary
Club. We have also appeared on
NHPR's The Front Porch. In
2006, the cast was awarded a Best
of NH Award by New Hampshire
Magazine. Also I appeared with
the cast at the UMASS Comedy Jam
in 2006 and 2007. |
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co-founder,
instructor - CAMPROV: The Northeast Improv Retreat and
Festival
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Camprov
provides a full weekend of quality workshops,
innovative performances, campfire storytelling,
a lobster bake, a canoe race, an archery
contest, and much more. The annual August
event attracts improv performers from across
the country. Guest instructors have included
Armando Diaz, Asaf Ronen, Joe Bill, Michelle
Barbera, Neraj Tuli, Will Luera, Don Schuerman,
Eric Davis, and Chris "Buj" Bujold.
I serve as a festival organizer, and I teach
classes. |
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mainstage
director - The Tribe
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In
the fall of 2005, The
Tribe was voted "Boston's Best
Comedy Club," "Best Theater Company,"
"Best Place to Meet People," and
"Boston's Best Kept Secret," by
the Boston Phoenix. It was a great organization
filled with talented people. I directed
The Tribe's mainstage, The Tribe Players.
In addition to the weekly performances,
I also directed the troupe for corporate
and educational appearances. The cast and
crew were wonderful. |
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runner
- Pacsmouth
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Best
summed up by this article excerpt: "The
local improv theater and comedy group
Stranger Than Fiction lived up to its
name Saturday when it transformed the
city into a life-sized Pacman game - power
pellets, ghosts and all. For more than
three hours, eight men wearing either
bright-colored ponchos or a round Pacman
suit, depending on which role they were
playing at the time, chased each other
through the streets of Portsmouth. All
in the name of fun." That was year
one. Now Pacsmouth
has grown into a tradition. |
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actor,
producer "Thomas
in Wonkyland" - The Tribe/Stranger Than Fiction
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An
innovative genre-bending interactive comedy show,
Thomas in Wonkyland boasted a cast of puppets,
comic video pieces, and musical numbers from some
of the greater Boston area's finest improv actors
-directed by Calvin Swaim. I created the show
as an extention of my fascination with puppets.
My parents still credit Sesame Street with teaching
me how to read. While it was a fun comedy show,
I really enjoyed the deeper dichotomy posed: a
man-boy desperately trying to mature while trapped
in a children's fantasy world and a blue fuzzy
puppet trapped in the real world searching for
the true friendship he's only known in fantasy.
I would love to explore these characters further
someday. |
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actor
"Improvmosis," "Dooprov," "Sister
Brother," and "The Rumble" director "Villalobos"
- The Tribe
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Over
the years, I have performed with several troupes
in association with The Tribe, starting with one
of the first teams, Improvmosis. This musical
improv group was directed by Doug Applewhite and
performed at the Del Close Marathon in NYC. Dooprov
was a mystery-based longform troupe created by
Mike Morrell. The Rumble is a great format directed
by Tim Paul. It exists to this day as a Tribe
member team. Sister Brother was a wonderful cast
that I stepped from in order to direct Villalobos.
Many of the performers of these troupes have gone
on to performing in other troupe with The Tribe,
ImprovBoston, or Improv Asylum. |
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actor "Godspell,"
- Upstairs/Downstairs Theater, "The Masochist's Guide to Love"
- Mask and Dagger,
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On
occasion I have been known to appear in shows that have
actual scripts. I chose these two shows because one
is known and one is unknown. Lindsay Joy wrote "Masochist's."
She is a great writer. I have enjoyed acting in many
productions in the past. I have also directed Shakespeare,
Chekhov, and an adaptation of the works of Lewis Carrol. |
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director, actor
"CIA:
Community Improv Actors"
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CIA
was like the pick up softball of improv theater. Every
weekend for several summers, improvisors met in Prescott
Park in Portsmouth, NH. We performed for tourists and
small children whose babysitters thought we were the
best free entertainment around. I remember there being
a lot of scenes with talking animals and castles. |
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actor
"The Little Red Wagon/Caravan Show"
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For
ninety three performances, I performed with the longest
running nonprofit, children’s theatre tour in
the U.S. Starting in 1971, The Little Red Wagon was
instrumental to the introduction of Theatre Education
into the public school system as a supportive tool for
reading and learning. I sang. I danced. I hung out with
puppets in a giant red van. I even signed a bunch of
autographs. It was a fantastic time. |
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children's
theater director - Mill Pond Center for the Arts
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I
designed and taught four 10-week classes in pantomime,
voice, and creative improvisation for young actors. |
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lecturer, discussion
mediator "Applying Improv Philosophy to Your Daily Life"
- Project SEARCH
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I
spoke while improv actors provided the audience with
examples of the improv philosophies in action. Project
SEARCH, the University of New Hampshire's seminars for
advanced high school students. The program is designed
to provide an on-campus, intelllectually challenging
experience for academically motivated seniors. Since
its inception in 1983, over 1200 students have paticipated
in the seminars. |
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actor - Darwin's
Waiting Room
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This
experimental long form improv troupe lasted a couple
of years under the direction of Eric Doucette, Andrew
Fling, and later Dannagal Goldthwaite. |
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writer,
"Briefing for a Descent into Hell"
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This
one act play was commisioned by director Jess Krakow
and performed for a college audience. I have written
a few one act plays (never anything full length), but
I do not seek production for them. I put this up to
encourage myself to do something with some of the plays
that are collecting dust. "Briefing" borrowed
its title from the book of the same name by Doris Lessing.
The content of the play does not resemble the content
of the book -but it's a great title, isn't it? I certainly
thought so at the time. Creepy. |
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director,
actor "Theatresports"
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This
is where my love affair with improvisational theatre
began. I believe the largest audience we performed for
was 3,000 people (it was one half of a football stadium).
Our shows were generated from a list of about thirty
short form games. I performed at least one or twice
a week for over four years, and I came out with the
confidence and experience to perform and direct. Those
were wild times. |
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