EDUCATION
Ph.D.  in Drama, University of Georgia, August, 1994
M.F.A in Playwriting, University of Georgia, June, 1990
M.A. in Creative Writing, Indiana University, November, 1974
B.S. in English Education, Eastern Illinois University, August, 1968

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Speech and Theatre,  Jefferson Davis Community College.  Brewton, Alabama(August 2000-Present)

Teaching assignments include:  Public Speaking, , Theatre Appreciation. Introduction to the Stage, Acting.  Also responsible for
managing Woodfin Patterson Auditorium and directing two main stage productions a year.

Adjunct Instructor, Alabama Southern Community College. Monroeville, Alabama  (August 1999-Present)
Teaching assignments include:  Public Speaking, and Theatre Appreciation.  Currently directing a spring Festival of One-Act Plays.

Director of Theatre, Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia 30204 (September 1994-July 1999)

Assistant Professor, responsible for directing the theatre program in a two person department at a two year school in the State System.
This includes program development, recruitment, public relations, marketing and theatre management of a 500 seat main stage auditorium,
maintaining liaison with the community,  directing three main stage productions per-year, producing and directing second-stage season,
and assisting the technical director.  Teaching assignments have included:  Introduction to the Stage, Acting I and II, Directing, Costume
and Make-up Design, Public Speaking, Theatre Appreciation and Stagecraft.

Adjunct Instructor, Truitt McConnell College,    Georgia (December 1993-June, 1994)

Teaching assignment: Introductory Drama Classes.

Graduate Assistant, Drama Department, University of Georgia, (September, 1987-December 1993.)  Teaching Assignment:
Introductory Playwriting, Acting for Non-Majors, Introduction to Drama.

Also responsible for presenting master lectures on “Directing” and “Women in Theatre” and for advising incoming freshmen and
transfer students.

Playwright/Consultant/Instructor, “Acting Up,” Monroe County Community Schools, Bloomington, Indiana.  October 1985-August 1987.

Taught Playwriting to high school aged and younger students.   Supervised nationwide playwriting competition  for young playwrights.
This position also included work in the production and presentation of teacher training  workshops throughout the state of Indiana.

Teacher.  North Spencer County School Corporation.  Dale, Indiana.  September, 1969-June 1971

RELATED THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Director and Technical Consultant Drinks With the Spider King.  Brian Aldiss.  International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.
March 25, 2000

Workshop Leader, Alabama Thespian Society.  Will present workshops on playwriting to teachers and students. March 12, 2000.

Consultant/Stage Manager, Monroe Youth Ballet.  Actor Coaching, Stage Manager for annual production
Of The Nutcracker. October-December, 1999.

Teacher/Director.  High School Drama Camp.  Peachtree City Parks and Recreation               Program.  Led Acting, Make-up and
Directing classes. Summer, 1996 and 1997.

Play Reading and Workshop.  Hypothetical Theatre Company, New York,  New York, Participated in a staged reading of a work of my
own in progress.  A War Story at the Rialto followed by a discussion which was framed as a model for work-shopping new plays by the group.  November 3, 1993,

Commissioned Playwright.  Junior League of Athens.  Athens, Georgia.  This project involved developing and producing an original script
for bi-annual musical production.  Production earned over forty thousand dollars for community programs. May, 1991-April, 1992.

Workshop Leader, Oconee Schools Spring Arts Symposium. Playwriting to teachers and students. May, 1992.

Workshop Leader.  Athens-Clarke Parks and Recreation Summer Arts Program.  Presented acting workshops to children, ages 9-16
participating in Summer Arts Camp. July, 1993 and 1991.

Commissioned Playwright.  City of Hartwell, Georgia.  Commissioned by Governor’s Grant Project to write a musical based on the life of
local historical figure. June-August, 1990

Playwriting Workshop Leader.  Montessori Summer School. June-August, 1988 and 1989

Board Member.  Bloomington Playwright’s Project.  Bloomington, Indiana.  Served as playwright, dramaturg, director, and actor.  Also
worked as stage manager on several productions.  Served as treasurer and grantwriter. October, 1982-August, 1987.

ORIGINAL PLAYS PRODUCED

A War Story At The Rialto.  Staged Reading.  Theatre Tuscaloosa.  Fine Arts Center. Shelton State.  Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  June, 2000.
 The Backroom.  Theatricus Theatre Company.  July, 2000.  Also produced at the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  March19, 1999.  Also produced:  Cellar Theatre, UGA, Winter, 1989.  (Currently a semi-finalist with the National
Playwriting Conference at the O’Neill Center.)
Broken Circle.  Phil Gushy Studio Theatre, New York, New York, October-November, 1993.  Cellar Theatre, UGA, February, 1990.
The Vipers of Milan.  Arena Theatre, UGA, Athens, Georgia, April, 1993.
The Revolutionary Nancy Hart.  With Paul Current.  Musical.   Hartwell Community Theatre, Hartwell, Georgia.  Spring, 1992.
The Rehabilitation of John.  Showcase Productions.  Gordon Theatre.  June 1998.  Arena Theatre, UGA, Spring, 1990.  Resident Playwrights’ Showcase, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Bloomington, Indiana, August, 1987.
Reunion.  Lamar Arts Festival, Carnegie Library, Barnesville, Georgia, July, 1996.  GRAC. Balcony Theatre, UGA, Winter and Spring, 1990.
Fall Film Project, UGA Department of Drama, 1987.  Bloomington Playwrights Project, June 1985.
Curiosity Shop.  Gordon College Players, March, 1995.  Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia, February 1993.  Garage Door Theatre, Burlington, Vermont, Winter, 1990.  Arena Theatre, UGA, Spring, 1989.  MidAmerica Festival of the Arts, Bloomington, Indiana, June 1985.
Killing John and Wally.  Arena Theatre, UGA, Spring, 1989.
Pigdream.  Bloomington Playwrights Project, February, 1987. Filmed Screenplay, U.G.A., 1988.
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.  Original adaptation for the stage of C.S. Lewis’ classic.  “Acting Up.”  Bloomington, Indiana, Winter production. December, 1986.
Fire On The River. Bloomington Playwrights Project. Sponsored by The Indiana Arts Commission. Fall, 1986.
Woman in the Wood.  Bloomington Playwrights Project.  Winter, 1986.

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
The Marriage of Figaro.  Beaumarchais.  Translated by Richard Nelson.  Gordon College    Theatre. Barnesville, Georgia.  February, 1999.
Lost In Yonkers.  Neil Simon.  Gordon College Theatre.  Barnesville, Georgia. November 1998
Driving Miss Daisy.  Alfred Uhry.  Gordon College Theatre.  Barnesville, Georgia.September 1998.
The Secret Garden.  Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman.  Music by Lucy Simon.  Gordon College Theatre.  May 1998
To Kill a Mockingbird.  Harper Lee.  Adapted by Christopher Sergel, Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia.  Feb 98.
Marvin’s Room.  Scott McPherson.  Gordon College Theatre,Barnesville, Georgia.  November, 1997.
Big River.  Roger Miller and William Hauptman.  Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, GA.  May, 1997
Twelfth Night.  William Shakespeare.  Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, GA. Nov., 1996
Meet Me In Saint Louis.  Sally Benson.  Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.  Gordon College Theatre,  Barnesville, Georgia.
May, 1996
The Hot L Baltimore.  Lanford Wilson.  Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia.February, 1996
Brighton Beach Memoirs.  Neil Simon.  Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia. November, 1995.
Where’s Charley?  George Abbott.  Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser.  Based on Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt.  Gordon College
Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia. May, 1995.
Dial M for Murder.  Frederick Knott.  Gordon College Theatre. Barnesville, Georgia. February, 1995.
Rumors.  Neil Simon.  Gordon College Theatre,  Barnesville, Georgia.  November, 1994.
Still Life.  Noel Coward, Balcony Theatre, University of Georgia, May, 1993.
More Than A Touch of Zen.  Peter Barnes.  Balcony Theatre, University of Georgia, April, 1990.
Talking With.  Jane Martin.  Balcony Theatre.  University of Georgia, April, 1990
The Duchess of Malfi.  John Webster.  Cellar Theatre, University of Georgia, November, 1989.

  MOST RECENT ACTING EXPERIENCE

“Margaret” Waiting for the Parade.  John Murrell.  Gordon Summer Theatre. (July, 1999)
“Sophie” Social Security.  Andrew Bergman.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, N. C.)  (Summer 1993)
“Julia” Lend Me a Tenor.  Ken Ludwig.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, N.C. (Summer 1993)
“Pauline” Prisoner of Second Avenue.  Neil Simon.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, North Carolina.  (Summer 1993)
“Mother Miriam Ruth” Agnes of God.  John Pielmeier.  Cellar Theatre.  University of GA. April 1989)

COSTUME DESIGNS

She Loves Me. Masteroff, Bock, and Harnick.  Gordon College Theatre.
Barnesville, Georgia. February, 1999.

The Marriage of Figaro.  Beaumarchais. Trans. Richard Nelson.  Gordon College Theatre.
 Barnesville, Georgia. February, 1999.

Lost In Yonkers.  Neil Simon.  Gordon College Theatre.  Barnesville, Georgia.
November 1998

Driving Miss Daisy.  Alfred Uhry.  Gordon College Theatre.  Barnesville, Georgia.
September 1998.

The Secret Garden.  Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman.  Music by Lucy Simon.  Gordon College
To Kill a Mockingbird.  Harper Lee.  Adapted by Christopher Sergel, Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia.  February, 1998.

Marvin’s Room.  Scott McPherson.  Gordon College Theatre,
Barnesville, Georgia.  November, 1997.

Twelfth Night.  William Shakespeare.  Gordon College Theatre, Barnesville, Georgia.
November, 1996.

Meet Me In Saint Louis.  Sally Benson.  Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.  Gordon College Theatre,  Barnesville,
Georgia. May, 1996

MOST RECENT ACTING EXPERIENCE

“Margaret” Waiting for the Parade.  John Murrell.  Gordon Summer Theatre. (July, 1999)

“Sophie” Social Security.  Andrew Bergman.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, N. C.)  (Summer 1993)

“Julia” Lend Me a Tenor.  Ken Ludwig.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, N.C. (Summer 1993)

“Pauline” Prisoner of Second Avenue.  Neil Simon.  Highlands Playhouse, Highlands, North Carolina.  (Summer 1993)

“Mother Miriam Ruth” Agnes of God.  John Pielmeier.  Cellar Theatre.  University of GA. April 1989)

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS/PANELS

“The Fantastic on the Stage.”  Panel Discussion. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.  IAFA.  March 23-27, 2000.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“The Films of Stanley Kubrick” Panel Discussion.  Science Fiction Research Association.  June 5, 1999, Mobile, Alabama.

“David Mamet’s The Water Engine: Utopia Lost.”  International Conference on
the Fantastic in the Arts.  IAFA.  March 17-20, 1999.  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“Deviance on the Stage: The Sociopath as Tragic Hero in David Mamet’s Edmond.”  David Mamet at Fifty: A Conference and Celebration.
 The David Mamet Society.  October 31, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada..

The Director’s Art.”  1997 Southeastern Festival of Communication Arts.  Brewerton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, Georgia, April, 1997.

“The Monstrous on the Stage in the Plays of Peter Barnes.”  International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.  IAFA. March 22, 1996.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

“Leah, the Forsaken: Performance, Gender and Threat on the 19th Century Stage.”  Women In Theatre Conference.  Hofstra University.
October 8, 1994.  Hempstead, New York.

“The Performance of Authority and The Inarticulate Hero in the Plays of Peter Barnes.”  ATHE Annual Conference.  August, 1994.
Chicago, Illinois.

OTHER RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Life Skills Educator, Community Consultant, and Project Grant Writer, Consultation and Education Program.   South Central Community
Mental Health Center, 645 South Rogers Street,  Bloomington, Indiana (October 1976-1986).

Free-lance editing/writing abroad.  July, 1975-October, 1976.

Service Coordinator and Counselor, Developmental Training Center, Indiana University.  Bloomington, Indiana. March, 1974-July, 1975

HONORS

Outstanding Teaching Assistant.  University of Georgia. 1990

Masters Fellow, Individual Artist Fellowships Program, Indiana Arts Commission.  1986.

Ralph L. Collins Fellowship, Indiana University Writers Conference.  Summer, 1971.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Theatre in Higher Education  Intern’l Assoc. for the Fantastic in the Arts

American Society for Theatre Research   David Mamet Society

Southeastern Theatre Conference

CURRENT REFERENCES

  Rob Jenkins, M.A.
     Director of Humanities
Alabama Southern Community College
Monroeville, Alabama
334-575-3156 ex. 243

    Dr. W.R. Thurman, Ph.D.
   Retired Professor of English
815 S. Green Street
    Thomaston, Georgia 30286
Home: 706-647-1165

Stanley Longman, Ph.D.
Professor of Drama
Department of Drama
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
(W) 706-542-2836

Amy Feinberg ,M.F.A.
Producing Artistic Director
Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc.
344 East 14th Street
New York, New York 10003
1-212-780-0800

Tommy Cox, M.F.A.
Acting Director/Technical Director
Gordon College Theatre
Gordon College
419 College Drive
Barnesville, Georgia 30204
(Work) 770-358-5040/5292
(Home) 770-358-9624

Dr. Richard O’Brien, Ph.D.
 Choral Director
     Washington and Jefferson University
     Washington, Penn. 15301
  H:  724-223-9050
     robrien@washjeff.edu

Melanie Evans Parry
Choreographer and Costume Designer
Creative Costumes, Inc.
2114 Steele Road
Griffin, Georgia 30223
770-412-1120

Carol Wubbena, Director
Lamar County Arts Council
1 Carnegie Way
Barnesville, Georgia 30304
770-358-3132

Additional References Available Upon Request.