Actor, and longtime Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, and productions there include the world premier staging of the recently discovered Tennessee Williams play Spring Storm with Peter Sarsgaard; the New York premier of David Ives' Lives of the Saints, directed by John Rando; the premier of Michael Louis Wells' District of Columbia directed by Jamie Richards; an anniversary production of Neil Cuthbert's The Soft Touch with Dominic Chianese; and a reading of David Lindsay Abaire’s Crazy Eights opposite Rosie Perez. Also A Ride to the Train directed by Lynn Cohen, Bemused by Mrinalini Kamath, Aquamarine by Ben Rosethal, Modern Leper by Lucy Thurber, Lemonade Motherfucker by Patrick Link, Y-E-L-L! by Joshua Conkel and Spirit Sex: A Paranormal Romance by Desi Moreno-Penson. More recently, On Tiptoes by Rachel Bonds and Buyer’s Remorse by Jen Silverman.
Friend of Flux Theatre Ensemble, and appeared as Dog in their 2011 production of Liz Duffy Adams’ Dog Act.
Other acting work in New York includes Liz Duffy Adams' play Greeks and Centaurs at Women's Project, Apartment Building of the Blind at Soho Rep. and plays at Homegrown, The Lark, New Directions, HERE, New York Performance Works, a staged reading of a new translation of The Conspirators by Vaclav Havel at the Public Theater, and John Augustine’s Father’s Day at the 59E59 Theater. Regional work at McCarter Theatre Center, Bailiwick Rep., Crossroads, The Factory and others. Short Films Character Assassins and the forthcoming zombie apocalypse webseries Lords of the Dead. Also a voiceover series also featuring Adam West and Hank Williams Jr.
Author of the short play Fool's Mate, produced in New York by Stage One, Inc., a production that was invited into the inaugural NY Fringe Festival, and the short play Root Cause, presented in a reading at EST's Octoberfest. Co-author and editor of the comedy short Character Assassins, and also co-author of the feature screenplay of Character Assassins. Writer and co-producer of the 30-second spot In My Country that was lauded on NPR and in Slate magazine. This was the first production from boutique production company Outpost 7 LLC, which has gone on to produce work for MTV and Rock the Vote, Mediachannel, and others. Co-producer and editor of 43 Days, which traces the story of a runaway teenage girl. It received a "Platinum - Best in Show" Aurora Award and is currently being used by the Salvation Army, the National Runaway Switchboard, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and many other state and local agencies, foster care programs and police departments across the country as a training tool.
Guitar player; also compose with bass and keys. Co-founded several bands, including the blue nudes, a northeast favorite pop/funk outfit, and helped write and produce their debut (and to date, only) CD release, Hobo Was Here. Co-scored the independent shorts Inspiration and The Print, and do semi-regular studio recording for music partners TVP Records, last laying down a track or two for Garage Funk and jamming at the Great Bay Music Festival.
Worked at EST as development director, and co-manager of their summer conference program and other dance residencies; development work at TADA! Theater and Dance and at Anne Bogart's SITI Company; bookkeeping for various non-profit arts companies; and was a theater auditor for the New York State Council on the Arts. Served as personal assistant to legendary jazz composer and conductor William Russo and was band manager for his premier of the first complete live performance of Sketches of Spain. Trained over many years in the Korean martial arts of Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido, most recently with Sabumnim Yong Ji In at World Martial Arts Center.
