"Oh, must we dream our dreams
and have them, too?
And have we room
for one more folded sunset, still quite warm?"
from Questions of Travel, Elizabeth Bishop
In preparation for LOOT: Archeological dig in West Mexico; Awarded Residency at Casa Libre en la Solana in Tucson.
Writing Workshops with Brian Hall, Dawn Raffle.
Formerly, Literary Director and Associate Director, Women’s Project (off Broadway); Artistic Director, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco, commissioned and directed Anna Deavere Smith in a performance piece about San Francisco, produced the premiere of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and directed an award winning revival of Charles Ludlum’s Irma Vep.
For the Fund for Women in the Arts (now WomenArts), originated, and helped shape the Theatre Artists Roster program.
Directed new plays for a number of theatres in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Presented lectures and workshops: ACT National Festival in Haines, Alaska; Atlanta New Play Festival; Dramatists Guild, San Francisco; and many colleges and universities including Columbia University, New School University and the University of Texas
Worked with New York State Council on the Arts as Theatre Auditor and Consultant for Women in Theatre Initiative resulting in Report on the Status of Women: A Limited Engagement, Co-writen with Susan Jonas; National Endowment for the Arts as an Auditor; with the Jerome Foundation Play Selection Committee and the Nominating Committee for the American Council for the Arts
Co-founded NewShoe Theatre Group, NYC based playwright and director development organization
Teaching: University of Tennessee; University of Missouri; University of North Dakota (Associate Professor, tenured); Rutgers University, Newark; Marymount Manhattan College and Colgate School of Business.
Published: Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographic Sourcebook, with Jane Peterson, Greenwood Press, and articles in academic journals.
Ph.D. University of Missouri; MA University of Denver; BFA Ohio University
Member, Authors Guild; Glaring Omissions writing group, Hudson Valley; Saugerties Indivisible
Tutor in the Ulster County Literacy Program
Married to Susana Meyer. Live in Jackson Heights, Queens, and Saugerties, NY
and have them, too?
And have we room
for one more folded sunset, still quite warm?"
from Questions of Travel, Elizabeth Bishop
In preparation for LOOT: Archeological dig in West Mexico; Awarded Residency at Casa Libre en la Solana in Tucson.
Writing Workshops with Brian Hall, Dawn Raffle.
Formerly, Literary Director and Associate Director, Women’s Project (off Broadway); Artistic Director, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco, commissioned and directed Anna Deavere Smith in a performance piece about San Francisco, produced the premiere of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and directed an award winning revival of Charles Ludlum’s Irma Vep.
For the Fund for Women in the Arts (now WomenArts), originated, and helped shape the Theatre Artists Roster program.
Directed new plays for a number of theatres in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Presented lectures and workshops: ACT National Festival in Haines, Alaska; Atlanta New Play Festival; Dramatists Guild, San Francisco; and many colleges and universities including Columbia University, New School University and the University of Texas
Worked with New York State Council on the Arts as Theatre Auditor and Consultant for Women in Theatre Initiative resulting in Report on the Status of Women: A Limited Engagement, Co-writen with Susan Jonas; National Endowment for the Arts as an Auditor; with the Jerome Foundation Play Selection Committee and the Nominating Committee for the American Council for the Arts
Co-founded NewShoe Theatre Group, NYC based playwright and director development organization
Teaching: University of Tennessee; University of Missouri; University of North Dakota (Associate Professor, tenured); Rutgers University, Newark; Marymount Manhattan College and Colgate School of Business.
Published: Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographic Sourcebook, with Jane Peterson, Greenwood Press, and articles in academic journals.
Ph.D. University of Missouri; MA University of Denver; BFA Ohio University
Member, Authors Guild; Glaring Omissions writing group, Hudson Valley; Saugerties Indivisible
Tutor in the Ulster County Literacy Program
Married to Susana Meyer. Live in Jackson Heights, Queens, and Saugerties, NY