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Master Teacher, Theatre, Dueling Arts International
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Certified Fight Director, SAFD, Society of American Fight Directors, Society of American Fight Directors
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Certified Senior Fight Director, Dueling Arts International
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Certified Theatrical Firearms Instructor , Theatre
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Professor, Theatre
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Head of the Actor Training Program, Theatre
Professional Service
- KC-ACTF.
Role: Adjudicator.
Served as an adjudicator for Dead Man's Cell Phone at Idaho State University.
02/15/2022 - present
- Dueling Arts International .
Role: Adjudicator .
As a Master Teacher, I adjudicated 3 skills tests from teachers across the country from January 1 2021-Dec 31, 2021.
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
- Society of American Fight Directors.
Regional Representative Coordinator.
12/31/2015 - present
- Society of American Fight Directors.
Secretary to Regional Rep Committee.
01/01/2015 - present
- Dueling Arts International.
Senior Level Adjudicator of Skills Tests.
01/01/2015 - present
Internal Service
- Appeals Committee.
Member ,
01/01/2021 - present.
University service.
- Associate Chair .
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021.
Department service.
- Curriculum Committee Chair .
chair ,
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021.
Department service.
- Associate Chair.
08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022.
Department service.
- CFA Curriculum Committee.
08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022.
College service.
- Chair of Curriculum Committee.
08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022.
Department service.
- Grants Review Committee.
03/02/2018 - present.
College service.
- Served for 2 years as Head of the ATP.
Duties and accomplishments below:
I served as the Head of the BFA Actor Training Program at the University
of Utah, which consists of approximately 70 BFA students and 8 faculty
members. The University of Utah is a Research 1 Institution and the Department of
Theatre holds 250+ students, with a total of over 40 faculty members.
Duties included:
• Oversaw all ATP curriculum
• Coordinated faculty meetings and governance of the ATP
• Oversaw national and local ATP recruitment, which included faculty visits to approximately 10 audition sites nationally
• Developed season planning and oversaw all casting decisions
• Identified and selected guest directors nationally
• Identified and selected visits of 4-6 guest artists and regional theatre casting directors annually. In my tenure as Head of the ATP, I brought the following guests:
o Paul Barnes (Great River Shakespeare)
o Ty Burrell (Actor on “Modern Family)
o Scott Kaiser (Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
o Karen Azenberg (Pioneer Theatre Company)
o Mark Booher (PCPA)
o Brian Vaughn (Utah Shakespeare Festival)
o David Ivers (South Coast Repertory)
o Christine Albright-Tufts (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville)
o Tim Orr (Colorado Shakespeare Festival)
o Wendy Franz (Colorado Shakespeare Festival)
o Frank Honts (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre)
• Mentored tenure and promotion activities of ATP faculty
• Co-founded and co-coordinated - with Artistic Director Karen Azenberg – the ATP Professional Apprenticeship with Pioneer Theatre Company - LORT B.
01/01/2018 - 01/01/2020.
Department service.
- Head of the ATP.
01/01/2017 - present.
Department service.
- Committee Member for the society of American Fight Directors (Regional Representative Committee).
Secretary,
01/01/2015 - present.
Other service.
- College Council.
01/01/2014 - present.
University service.
- Ad Hoc Committee for the Faculty Council.
12/10/2013 - present.
College service.
- ATP Faculty Committee.
08/15/2013 - present.
Department service.
- SAC Faculty Advisor.
08/15/2013 - present.
Department service.
- Student Scholarship Coordinator.
02/01/2013 - present.
Department service.
Outreach
- Served as a stage combat consultant at Jordan High School.
02/06/2020 - 02/07/2020
- Los Angeles Recruitment tour.
02/06/2015 - 02/07/2015
- Master Class teaching at WoodsCross Jr. high.
01/07/2015 - present
Honors & Awards
- Michael and Jan Finlayson Award for Excellence in Acting.
Utah Shakespeare Festival,
08/15/1997
Affiliations
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Voice and Speech Trainers Association
(VASTA),
Member,
08/21/2013 - 02/01/2016
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Association of Theatre Movement Educators
(ATME),
Member,
08/21/2013 - 02/01/2016
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Society of American Fight Directors
(SAFD),
Certified Teacher,
07/2010 - present
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Actors Equity Association
(AEA),
Member,
01/2001 - present
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