My passion is to train artist-activists and creative leaders for the community who are steeped in the 7 Elements of the Whole Artist: Curiosity, Passion, Sensual Development, Connectivity, Hunger, Knowledge, and Courage. Currently this approach to community-engaged theatrical activism is offered through addressing the refugee and immigration crisis. My work reflects a melding of my training steeped both in the Actor's Studio method I learned under the guidance of Arthur Storch at Syracuse University (BFA) and the global theatrical approaches I was exposed to in working with artists including Anne Bogart, Liviu Ciulei, Andrea Serban and Richard Foreman at the American Repertory Institute at Harvard University coupled with a community-engagement approach based on a decade of working with students in Florence, Italy exploring cross-cultural and integration opportunities through various projects and initiatives.
Please download following intro document for further information about Master classes and semester-length coursework (semester-length offered in Baltimore area).
Please download following intro document for further information about Master classes and semester-length coursework (semester-length offered in Baltimore area).
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The following video was created by students at the end of their semester at University of Maryland in preparation for their event about the refugee crisis.
The following was a video created by students working on the censorship issues in Belarus - Belarusian Dream Theatre - in Florence, Italy:
The following was a video created by a student working on the Stop The Violence project in Florence, Italy which incorporated visiting US students into creative social action with the community of Florence.
