PRODUCER - GORDON STATE UNIVERSITY

As a professor of theatre at Gordon State University, I feel that it’s just as important to inspire my students as it is to teach them to be actors, playwrights, and directors. In my eight years here, I have invited dozens of professional performers, producers, and directors to host performances and clinics on acting, auditioning, writing, stage-fighting, planning and budgeting productions, and generally how to be a theatre and film professional. Through my work, I have been fortunate to teach and mentor many, many talented, creative, and driven people. It’s been my privilege to bring them to meet and perform for my students. It’s my belief that for someone to know that living their dream is possible, they only have to someone else do it once.

Some of the the programs hosted include:

The Bechdel Project, a seminar with Jens Rasmussen, Maria Maloney, Kimberly Hickman. Improfusical. On Camera Immersion, a seminar with Carole Kaboya. Lights, Camera...Highlanders, presented by the Springer Film Institute S.F.I. Campus Footlights, presented by the Dramatist Guild of America. Sound and Fury: Stage Combat Intensive, a seminar with Scot Mann.
No Shame Theatre, presented by Todd Ristau, originator.