🎙LISTEN HERE During my most informative years, as a young 13 year old, my father started to have violent flashbacks from his time as a Marine in the Vietnam war. I believe these surfaced because of a minor surgery and the general anesthetics they used to put him in a…

I was sitting in the comfort of my home in upper, upper Manhattan waiting for a friend of mine to give a Ted Talk in Denver, CO and I started thinking about how much power we can potentially give to the audience as a presenter/performer. We can easily project on…

For the past couple of weeks, I have been in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where I had the great privilege to direct my dear friend, Eli Hans, in his mostly one-man musical called, Out Of the Blue. …

Have you noticed that most people start their presentations with, “Hello,” “Good Morning,” “Thank you for being here.” etc.? Followed by, “I want to tell you.” “ I am here today to…,” or “Bare with me as I figure out my (insert tech issue here).” Yes, these are polite salutations…

Belief system and how it relates to your confidence to elicit change and to use your voice, I feel, is an important exploration. We can change systems and policies and rules forever but until we change our personal belief system, then it will be difficult to change anything else. And…

The thin red yarn was used to create a 10X10 square on the sprung hardwood floor in room 9190 located on the Nalanda campus at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. I was in my second year of graduate school where I was studying contemporary performance. I chose this MFA because…

creating dynamic presence It is the space between that tells the story. Imagine for a moment that 2 people are standing center on an empty stage. They are standing shoulder to shoulder and neutral with their arms rested to their side. The expression on their faces is also neutral. Imagine…

When I was a young actor living in San Francisco, CA. I took my first on-camera 1:1 lesson for commercial acting with Ed Hooks. I remember him sharing with me that you need to choose one person you are talking to and the camera IS that person. If you try…

In 2016 I had just directed a comedy called, There Is A Happiness That Morning Is by Mickle Maher. It was a story inspired by William Blake’s poetry about two college professors who were forced to apologize to the students after being caught fornicating in the bushes on campus. It…