Career Highlights:
Freelance Actress/Director/Producer for over 19 years
President of Aurora Productions, Inc. from 1994 - 1999
Adjunct Faculty at University of Richmond Spring 1999
Adjunct Faculty at Randolph Macon's Woman's College 1998
Marketing Director for Barksdale Theatre 1994 - 1996
Public Relations Assistant for VHDA 1986-1989
Public Relations Director for V.C.U. Dept. of Theatre 1984 - 1985

Past Account Experience:
Haynes Furniture, Spokesperson 1993 to present (Consumer)
Comdial, Spokeperson 1997 (Business to Business)
Circuit City Stores, Spokesperson 1989 to present (Internal Training)

Professional Expertise:
Theatrical Director/Producer
Casting Director
On-Camera and Live Industrial Performances Spokesperson
Theatrical Performance
Training in Public Speaking and Performance
Motivational Speaking
Hobbies:
Triatholon Competitions (Cycling, Running, and Swimming)
Road Cycling (Distance)
Marathon Competitions
Skiing (Water/Snow)
Cooking
Snorkeling
Hiking

Community Activities:
Board of Directors for Richmond ShakespeareTheatre
Alto Soloist at St. Marks' Episcopal
Theatrical Narration for the Blind
First Aid and EMT Training
Member of Virginia Museum
Member of Friends of the Arts
Various AIDS Benefits (performer, director etc.)

Awards:
2001 Varina High School Outstanding Alumni Award
1999 Anna Award - Best Actress in a Play
1999 Phoebe Award Runner Up - Best Actress in a Play
1998 Anna Award - Best Actress in Musical
1998 WCVE - Best Actress Award
1999 and 1998 2nd Place Best Actress Richmond Magazine
1996, 1997 and 1998 Phoebe Award for Best Director/Best Production
1993 Phoebe Award - Best Actress in a Play
1994 Richmond Times Dispatch - Best Actress in a Play
1994 Richmond Magazine "Unsung Hero of 1994"
1988 Richmond Times Dispatch - Best Actress in a musical
1985 Virginia Commonwealth University Leadership Award
1985 Virginia Commonwealth University Community Service Award
1985 Virginia Commonwealth University Phi Beta Kappa

Speaking Engagements:
2000 Varina High School Guest Speaker, "Senior Convocation"
2000 Medical College of Virginia Guest Speaker, "Speaking Effectively" - course for Development Directors for each of the various schools
1998 Virginia Theatre Conference Guest Speaker , Marriott Conference Ctr.
1995 Henrico County Schools Convocation, Mistress of Ceremonies at Richmond Ctr.
1990 Manhattan Museum of Broadcasting Co-Host for "Car Commercials from the Past"

Various Cable Television shows (host)
Host for various live remotes both on local and national levels

Acting Experience:

Off Broadway
Poets of Paris - Performer/Soloist - Don’t Tell Mama Cabaret
69 - Camille - Rainbow Rep. Company
Broadway Story - Fannie Brice - The Harry Warren Theatre
42nd Street - Peggy Sawyer - AEA Showcase – NYC

Regional Theatre
Sideman - Crazy Terry - Barksdale Theatre
Uh oh, Here Comes Christmas - Monologist - Phoenix Theatre/MMT
Damn Yankees - Lola/Gloria - Swift Creek Mill/MMT
Swingtime Canteen - Lily McBain - Swift Creek Mill
Jack and Jill - Jill - Theatre IV
The Who’s Tommy - Mrs. Walker u/s - Mill Mountain Theatre (MMT)
Zelda: The Last Flapper - Zelda Fitzgerald - Aurora Productions/Tour
Crazy For You - Irene - Mill Mountain Theatre
Two Rooms - Ellen - BRTF/Hungary-Romania
Keely and Du - Keely - Theatre IV
Rumors - Claire - Mill Mountain Theatre
…and the World Goes ‘Round - Woman 3 - Barksdale Theatre
Marvin’s Room - Lee - Theatre IV
Smoke on the Mountain - June - Swift Creek Mill
Me and My Girl - Sally Smith - Swift Creek Mill
Dames at Sea - Joan - Swift Creek Mill
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Hermia - Charlotte Shakespeare
As You Like It - Phoebe - Charlotte Shakespeare
Lend Me a Tenor - Diana - Swift Creek Mill

Television / Video / Film / Radio (demo avail upon request)
A Haunting - Mary (lead) - Discovery Channel Series: New Dominion Pictures
Plastic Surgeon’s Assoc. of America - Spokesperson (National) - Reingold: ThinkSpeakAct Productions
Iron-Jawed Angels - Hazel - HBO: Katja Von Garnier, Director
D.C. – The Rod Lurie Project - Francie Marino - Dreamworks: ABC (Rod Lurie, Director)
The Contender - Glenda - Dreamworks (Rod Lurie, Director)
Legacy - Train Passenger - U.P.N.: Stuart Gillard, Director
The Love Letter - Guest/Spectator - Hallmark Hall of Fame
Virginia Lottery - Marathon Coach - Arnold Agency
Circuit City - Spokesperson - Circuit City Studio
Car Commercials from the Past - Narrator - Manhattan Museum of Broadcasting
Comdial Industrial - Spokesperson - L.A. Convention Center
Bell Atlantic “Waiting” - Voice w/James E. Jones - W.B. Doner Agency

TRAINING
Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, Summer Acting Programme, London 1988
VCU, BFA in Theatre Arts Performance
Acting:  Tony Church, Ian Charleson, Michael Joyce
Stage Combat:  Drew Frasier
Voice:  John Lehman, Michelle Harman-Gulick, Geoffrey Conner
Dialects:  Joan Washington

SPECIAL SKILLS
Sports Enthusiast:  Triathlon, Swimming, Road Biking, Running, Snow Ski, Water Ski, Scuba Diving, Bikram Hot Yoga
Dance:  Tap, Jazz, Ballet
Instruments:  Clarinet, Saxophone, Banjo, Orchestra Conducting
Other:  Ear Prompter, Teleprompter, Sign Language, Hand Model, Theatrical Narration for the Blind, Chef and Catering Skills

AWARDS
1997 Anna Award Nominee Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
1997 VTC Guest Speaker
1996 Host for Henrico County Schools Convocation
1994 Phoebe Award for Best Actress
1988 Supporting Actress RTD

Directing Experience:

Regional Theatre
Quilters - Wayside Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show - Barksdale Theatre*
The Compleat Wks of Wllm Skspr - Barksdale Theatre*
Yelling Fire in a Burning Theatre - TheatreVirginia
The Compleat Wks of Wllm Skspr - Mill Mountain Theatre*
The Trip to Bountiful - Barksdale Theatre
A Christmas Carol - Barksdale Theatre
Silent Night - St. Thomas Players
Killing the Clown - TheatreVirginia

*Winner of the Richmond Times Dispatch Phoebe Award for Excellence in Theatre

Children's Theatre
Rumplestiltskin's Daughter - Theatre IV
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Theatre IV
Tom Thumb - Theatre IV*
Pocahontas - Theatre IV
The Gift of the Magi - Barksdale Theatre
The Princess and the Pea - Theatre IV*
Harriet Tubman - Theatre IV
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas - Theatre IV*
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile - Theatre IV
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus - Theatre IV*
Galileo - Swift Creek Mill Playhouse*

*Co-authored with Ronald Davis Barnett

Academic Theatre
The Norman Conquests - University of Richmond
The House of Bernada Alba - Randolph Macon Woman's College
The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year - Theatre VCU
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Spring Showcase S.P.A.R.C
The Fall Semester Freshman Showcase Theatre VCU

Teaching Experience

College and Professional
Adjunct Faculty and Guest Director, University of Richmond, 1999.
Adjunct Faculty and Guest Director, Randolph Macon Woman's College, 1998.
TheatreVirginia's Festival of New Works, Director and Mentor, Reader and Adjudicator, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993.
Acting Instructor and Guest Performer, Buckingham County Schools, 1994.
Faculty and Choreographer, S.P.A.R.C., 1993, 1988, 1987, 1986.
Acting Instructor, Swift Creek Mill Playhouse Summer Drama Camp, 1993, 1992.

Various Workshops
Workshops with English, Psychology and Art Departments in correlation with Zelda: The Last Flapper by William Luce
Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA 1998.
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 1997.
The International Festival of Young Professional Theatre, Sibiu, Romania, 1996.
Merlin Theatre Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 1996.
Waterfront Playhouse, Key West, FL, 1995.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1994
" Visiting Artist, Boy Scouts of America, Career Day Workshops on Performing, 1996, 1992.
Visiting Artist, Workshop on Exploring Directing for high school drama teachers, funded by Virginia Department of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Institute for the Arts, 1991.

Guest Speaker and Motivational Training
Richmond Shakespeare Annual Retreat 2007, "Are You Bored on the Board Selling the Bard?" Fall 2000.
Varina High School Senior Convocation, "Success - What does it mean?" Fall 2000.
Medical College of Virginia, Course for Development Directors, "Speaking Effectively," Spring 2000.
Virginia Theatre Conference, "Living the Life of a Professional Actor," 1998.
Henrico County Schools Convocation, Mistress of Ceremonies for the 1996 Show at the Richmond Center, 1996.
Manhattan Museum of Broadcasting, Co-host for "Car Commercials from the Past," 1990.