I've been working in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, making my mark as a writer, producer, creative consultant and teaching artist.

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Since 1998, my independent production company, Monday Morning Productions, has produced new works by established playwrights featuring award-winning performers.  MMP has also been a platform to produce my own works, including my plays A Month of Sundays, him & her and my popular web series, “He’s With Me“, which debuted online in June 2013.  The show has been chosen as official selections of the Independent Series Awards, The LA Web Fest, The Denver Film Festival and the Rome Web Awards and been nominated for and won numerous awards.  Both seasons are currently offered on YouTube, and is offered for sale on Amazon.  My series "Cady Did", created for Tony Award Winner Cady Huffman, was nominated for 12 Indie Series Awards, winning 5, including Best Comedy Series.  

 

With my extensive experience creating indie series, I've created Make Your Show, a production company for actors who want to make their own work. Our resources include workshops, creative consulting and full production packages. Recently, Make Your Show's projects were featured in a film festival at the Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City.

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My onscreen works include the short film “A Conversational Place” which garnered awards for Best Screenplay from DAMN! Film Festival and One-Screener, among others. I have also produced the shorts "Superfriends" (also writer), "New Year's Eve at Sunny's" and "The Whisperer".  Recent short films include “Lipstick Ladies”, “Relatable Joy” and "Less Messy".

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Currently, I am the Director of MovieMaker, a program for young filmmakers at the historic Sacred Heart University Community Theatre in Fairfield, CT. My curriculum covers everything from scriptwriting to production to editing, culminating in a red carpet event where filmmakers' films are shown on the big screen. I am also a Teaching Artist at Fairfield Theatre Company's performing arts program for young people, where I teach acting and creating for the stage and screen. I am a frequent Guest Teaching Artist at Fieldston Ethical Culture and in the Master in Directing Department at School of Visual Arts, where I was a faculty member in the Masters of Directing Department for 4 years.  At SVA, I help students create narrative stories with complex characters, culminating in a film festival at the end of the year.  I've also made a niche for myself coaching young actors.  My accessible teaching style matched with my experience enables me to coach actors and inform young people about many aspects of the entertainment business, including, but not limited to auditioning and professional marketing.

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Past projects include Summerstage New York, a professional summer theatre company in Upstate New York and At That Stage Productions, a company made up of young performers, musicians and administrators.

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A lifelong supporter of the arts, I serve on the Advisory Board of the Theatre World Awards and as an adjudicator for the Innovative Theatre Awards.

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I am a graduate of the Syracuse University Drama Department.