Wayne State University
September 2003-December 2008

STAGE COMBAT, Combat styles include various styles of sword, Street Fighting, Aikido and Karate hand to hand combat, as well as quarterstaves and Bowie Knife. I also teach and choreograph combat for all W.S.U. productions requiring it.

Alma College
November 2002

MEDIEVAL HISTORY, Guest lecturer for Paul Crawford's class. Lecture focused on history and techniques of the longsword and sword and buckler.

FRENCH RENAISSANCE HISTORY, Guest lecturer for Paul Crawford's class. Lecture focused on history and techniques of the rapier.

Spring Arbor University
January 2000

BASIC STAGECRAFT, study of the basic construction, lighting, sound, and scene design skills. This class was a one month intense study.

Michigan Theatre of Jackson, Inc.
January 1995-May 1995

BASIC STAGECRAFT, study of the basic construction, lighting, sound, and scene design skills, culminating in preparing students to test for certification of Technical Director status at Jackson Community College.

STAGE COMBAT, Combat styles included various styles of sword, Street Fighting, Aikido and Karate hand to hand combat.

Lansing Community College
August 1994-Present

INTRODUCTION TO ACTING, a beginning acting course incorporating Alexander and Feldenkrais movement techniques, as well as Linklater vocal exercises.

ACTING II STUDIO SHAKESPEARE,, A second year acting class focusing on interpretation and performance of Shakespeare. Class produces a Shakespearean studio production.

INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE, A first year course in the basics of theatre history, theory, acting, directing, design, and script analysis.

ACTING I STUDIO CONTEMPORARY, Working with another instructor, I am aiding in the direction of five contemporary one-act plays for theatre majors in their first semester of the program.

PRODUCTION PRACTICUM, study of the basic construction, lighting, sound, and scene design skills. Involves hands-on construction experience, and intern hours.

STAGE MAKE-UP, A course designed to teach basic stage make-up to students. Class involves shading, fantasy make-up, sex reversal make-up, and face casting. I have experience with 3 dimensional make-up, but that is not taught in this class.

STAGE COMBAT, Combat styles include various historically based styles of sword, Street Fighting, Aikido and Karate hand to hand combat, as well as Bowie Knife. I also teach and choreograph combat for all LCC productions.

DIRECTED STUDY, this course was for a student to write a play, produce, and direct it as a semester long project. As faculty advisor, I supervised the writing and directing, and advised on production procedures.

STAGE COMBAT II, Created and teach course. Course focuses on theory of stage combat choreography and choreographing for film.

THEATRE HISTORY, covering Greeks to Modern Theatre.

Michigan State University
January 1993-April 1993

STAGE COMBAT, Created and taught undergraduate course. Combat styles included sword, Aikido and Karate hand to hand combat, as well as quarterstaves.

Mobile Education Productions
September 1990-May 1991
January 1993-April 1993

Traveled throughout the western United States conducting CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS educational science programs and workshops in the public school systems of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Responsible for being Public Relations Representative of this educational company in my area of the Southwest.

Western Michigan University
January 1989-April 1989
January 1990-April 1990  

BEGINNING ACTING, Assisted professor of BEGINNING ACTING class. Performed individualized instruction with students. Graded performances of students. Created an educational experience for the students by enabling them to participate in professional auditions held annually in Michigan.

THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

The International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Concention
May 1999-Present

Co-Founder, responsible for organizing event, raising funds, obtaining facilities, insurance, and accommodations for the instructors. Duties also included bringing in instructors by arranging for travel, and coordination of all classes taught at one of North America's three largest conventions of this type. Focus included historical swordfighting and martial arts, and adaptation of these principles to the stage.

Art of Combat, inc.
August 1999-Present

Founding Member, responsible for creating the company, ordering weaponry, building and maintaining website, running business and serving as a Fight Director. Art of Combat now has chapters in New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Lansing, Michigan; Eugene, Oregon; Edinburgh, Scotland and Sydney, Australia.
 

Western Community Arts Center
July 1997-July 2008

Director, responsible for booking, and preparing the stage for incoming rentals as well as in-house productions. Maintain theatre within budget, construct necessary set pieces for in house productions, supervise students in construction.
 

Lansing Community College
October 1994-1997

Scene Shop Foreman, responsible for generating cutting list, materials list, cost and labor estimation for all production designs, restocking shop, working within budget for productions. Organize priority list for building sets. Supervise work study students in daily shop work, as well as construction of all sets. Provide technical support for Music, Dance, Theatre and Media Services Department projects. Maintenance of all shop equipment, as well as classrooms and offices used by Performing Arts Department.

In addition to the duties listed above, I voluntarily worked on grants and additional funding sources for the Performing Arts Department.

In September 1996 I became the Technical Director. The job remained the same, major changes were working within shop and production budgets.

Michigan Theatre of Jackson, Inc.
February 1994-1996

Board Member, Board member responsible for instigating live theatre program including preparing a budget, choosing a season, scheduling productions and acquiring a production staff. Responsible for all live entertainment. Responsible for working with the community and the city government on such cultural projects as international ethnic festivals, Shakespeare in the park festival, and children's theatre. Responsible for creating a budget for and working on complete renovation of stage area, including lighting, sound, and rigging systems. Responsible for writing grants in conjunction with other board members.

Founding President of the Michigan Theatre Players, Formed Jackson's newest community theatre group, dedicated to performing classical and culturally relevant contemporary theatre. Formed board of directors in February 1995. Responsible for creating inventive outreach projects within the community. Created The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, a combination Shakespeare and Renaissance Festival, now backed by Comerica Bank, and other major local corporations.

Clark Lake Players
October 1994-October 1996

Board Member, responsible for creating projects to aid in generating a pool of technicians that would be utilizable by Clark Lake Players for their 1996 summer season. Responsible for education projects for the community, and writing grants for said projects. Board representative for CLP's involvement in "Hello Follies", and the Jackson Shakespeare Festival. Projects under my supervision were primarily responsible for bringing CLP from owing $10,000.00 in October of 1995, to having a balance of approximately $19,000.00 in Nov. 1996.