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Diplomas / Degrees

M.F.A., University of Michigan (1986)
B.F.A., Adelphi University (1982)

Recent Courses

Auditioning
Cabaret Theatre
Independent Study Advanced Cold Reading
Independent Study Advanced Monologue Technique
Independent Study Advanced Rehearsal Techniques
Independent Study Directing A Cabaret
Independent Study Directing A Career
Independent Study Emphasis On Latino Writers
Independent Study Guerilla Theatre
Independent Study Leadership Studies
Independent Study Road To The Ryans
Independent Study Voice And The Player
Independent Study Writing A Cabaret
Independent Study Writing The Cabaret
Introduction To Stanislavsky
Introduction To Scene Study
Psychological Acting II
S/T: Cabaret Form

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Improvisation, Characterization, Audition Technique, Psychological Acting (O'Neill,Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg), Cabaret Theatre (Brecht), Black Box, Cabaret and Mainstage Director, Acting Coach, Theatre for Social Justice, Community Outreach

Research Interests

The development of Cabaret Theatre (short forms in writing and performance), new works development, Community Outreach

Exhibitions, Performances, Films

(01 June 2008). Storm on Storm. 78th Street Theatre Lab, Directed Gary Garrison's ten-minute play as part of a theatre festival in NYC.
(24 June 2007). Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Valdez, Alaska, Guest artist responding to new works presented at the conference. Guest artist presenting a workshop in "Writing the Rant".
(25 May 2007). The Eden Project. New School, NYC, Director for a reading of Adelphi Performing Arts alumnus, Megan Lohne's thesis play at the New School.
(25 February 2007). Once Around the Block. Steinway Hall, NYC, Concert version of an original musical with Adelphi Performing Arts sutdents.

Book Chapters

Amy Asch with Maggie Lally. (2002). Jonathan Larson Rocks Broadway. In Joan Herrington (Eds.). The Playwright's Muse. (pp. 225). NYC: Routledge.

Honors and Accomplishments

Received Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for teaching and service in January 2009

Member ODK since 2005

Professional Activities

Chair, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2006-2008
Judge for the SSDC (student Directing Award) for KCACTF January-March 2009 at regional festivals in North Carolina, Idaho, Massachusetts and Kansas.

Member ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education) 2009

Licenses & Certifications

Member SDC (Society of Directors and Choreographers)