| 1985-88 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; M.F.A.; Theater Design |
| 1974-75 | Central Connecticut State College, New Britain,CT; Certification K-8 |
| 1969-70 | Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO; Art Education |
| 1965-69 | Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; B.A.; Art History |
| 1963-65 | Benjamin Franklin Senior High School, New Orleans, LA; Diploma |
| Frank Ballard, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut |
| Alicia Finkle, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut |
| Jerry Rojo, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut |
| 1997, 20000 | Jim Henson Foundation Seed Grant for development of "The Poe Project: The Tell-Tale Heart." |
| 1997 | The Pupeteers Of America Endowment Fund Grant for development of "The Poe Project: The Tell-Tale Heart." |
| 1988 | Sponsors' Special Award for Excellence in Dramatic Arts, University of Connecticut |
| 1998 | "The Second Annual International Festival of Arts and Ideas", The Puppetry Journal, Winter 1998. |
| 1994 | "More Costumes on the Computer". Theater Crafts International, November 1994. |
| 1994 | The Visual Stage, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT. |
| 1993 | "That Speech Won't Scour": An Exhibition of the Work of Four American Theatrical Designers ; Austin Arts Center, Hartford, CT (with John Conklin, Chris Ackerland, and David Budries) |
| 1982 | MASKS; Guilford Arts Center, Guilford, CT. |
| 2000 | The Shoemakers, Witold Witkiewicz,Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Costume Design. |
| 1999 | Love's Cure, Fletcher and Beaumont, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Costume Design. |
| 1998 | Marisol, Jose Rivera, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
CT; Costume Design. Fishes, Diana Son, New Georges/Soho Rep, New York, NY, Puppet Design and Construction. M.S. Found in a Bottle, Edgar Allen Poe/IstvanB'Racz, National Puppetry Conference/Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT, and Late Night Cabaret, International Puppetry Festival, New York, NY. |
| 1997 | Vinegar
Tom, Caryl Churchill,
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New Uork; Costume Design. Little Murders, Jules Feiffer, Wesleynan University, Middletown, CT; Costume Design. The Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum, New England Actors Theater, New Haven, CT; Set andPuppet Design. The Visit, Fredrich Durrematt, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Set and Costume Design. MA, Judy Dworin, LaMama, Etc., NYC; Costume, Mask, and Puppet Design. |
| 1996 | Der
Signàl, Martin
Bresnick, International Festival of Puppet Theater, New York,
NY; Puppet Design. Apetite, Robert Bresnick and Leslie Weinberg, Third Annual Festival of Toy Theater, Los Kabayitos Puppet Theater, NYC; Puppet Design and Construction. Macbeth, Shakespeare, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Costume Design. Bent, Martin Sherman,Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Costume Design. |
| 1995 | Sirens, Darrah Cloud, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, CT; Costume Design. Nixon Apologizes To The Nation, Phil Bosakowski, Wesleyan University; Costume Design. Synoecism, Robert Bresnick and Leslie Weinberg, Theater for the New City, NYC; Puppet, Costume, and Projection Design. |
| 1994 | Charley's
Aunt, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, CT; Costume Design. City Play: Hartford, Robert Bresnick and Leslie Weinberg, Trinity College, Hartford, CT; Puppet and Costume Design. |
| 1993 | Ma, Judy Dworin, Dia Foundation, NYC; Costume,
Mask, and Puppet Design cityScapes, Robert Bresnick and Leslie Weinberg, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT; Script, Scenic Projections, Puppet and Costume Design. |
| 1992 | Under
Milkwood, Dylan Thomas,
Wesleyan University; Scenic Projections and Costume Design. Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Dario Fo, Trinity College, Hartford, CT; Costume Design Tunka, Judy Dworin, Dia Foundation, NYC; Mask and Costume Design. Bessie, Judy Dworin, Trinity College; Scenic Projections and Costume Design. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss, Trinity College; Set and Costrume Design. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, Wesleyan University; Puppet and Costume Design. |
| 1991 | Felicia, Patricia Cobey, Theater for the New
City, NYC; Mask Design and Construction. Epithalamion, Annabelle Gamson, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY; Set and Costrume Design. Tartuffe, J.B.Moliere, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT; Costume Design. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, Manhattanville College; Set and Costrume Design. Don Juan, J.B.Moliere, Wesleyan University, Costume Design. |
| 1990 | Evita, Webber and Rice, Wesleyan University;
Costume Design. Circus Amok, Jennifer Miller, P.S.122, NYC; Set, Puppet and Costrume Design. Der Signál, Martin Bresnick, Yale University; Puppet Design and Construction. Caligula, Albert Camus, Wesleyan University; Costume and Mask Design. Our Town, Thornton Wilder, Wesleyan University; Costume and Set Design. |
| 1989 | Friar
Bacon and Friar Bungay,
Robert Green, Wesleyan University; Costume Design. The Imaginary Invalid, J.B. Moliere; Manhattanville College; Set and Costrume Design. The Maids, Jean Genet, Manhattanville College; Set and Costrume Design. |
| 1988 | Amahl
and the Night Visitors,
Gian Carlo Menotti, Manhattanville College; Puppet Design and
Construction. The Complete Works of Aristophanes, Joel Schechter, Manhattanville College; Set and Costume Design. The Coney Island Kid, Crystal Field, Theater for the New City, NYC; Mask Design and Construction. The Misanthrope, J.B. Moliere, Blue Heron Theater, NYC; Costume Design and Construction. Woyzek, Georg Büchner, University of Connecticut; Costume Design. Vinegar Tom, Caryl Churchill, Manhattanville College; Set and Costrume Design. Equus, Peter Schaffer, Nutmeg Theater, Storrs, CT; Mask and Costume Design. |
| 1987 | Sweeney
Todd, Stephen Sondheim,
Nutmeg Theater, Storrs, CT; Mask and Costume Design. Learned Ladies, J.B. Moliere, Nutmeg Theater, Storrs, CT; Costume Design. |
| 1986 | The
Magic Flute, W.A. Mozart,
Nutmeg Theater; Asst. Director, Marionette Construction and Performance. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Frank Loesser, Nutmeg Theater; Costume Design. |
| 1984 | The
Nutcracker Suite, P.I.
Tchaikovsky, Fort Wayne Ballet; Puppet and Mask Design and Construction. The Good Person of Szechwan, Bertolt Brecht, PIT, Fort Wayne, IN; Puppet Design and Construction. House of Blue Leaves, John Guare: PIT, Fort Wayne, IN; Costume Design |
| 1982 | The
End of the World Pageant,
Bread and Puppet Theater, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY; Performer. Dizaster Daze, Leslie Weinberg, Protean Theater; Script, Direction, Production Design. From The Market to the Asylum, Robert Moran, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Performer. The Story of One Who Went Out to Study Fear, Bread and Puppet Theater, Hartford, CT; Producer. |
| 1981 | Swords
and Ploughshares, Bread
and Puppet Theater, Theater for the New City, NYC; Performer. Funeral Parade for the Park River, Leslie Weinberg, Protean Theater; Script, Direction, Production Design. Bag Lady, Jean Claude van Italie, Protean Theater; Producer, Production Design. |
| 1980 | Man
is Man, B. Brecht, Protean
Theater; Producer, Set Design. Biedermann and the Firebugs, Max Frisch, Protean Theater; Producer, Puppet, Costume and Set Design. Out at Sea, Slawomir Mrozek, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Mask and Set Design and Construction. |
| 1979 | The Autobiography
of Mother Jones, Joel
Schechter, Protean Theater; Puppet, Costume and Set Design. Kaspar, Peter Handke, Protean Theater; Mask, Costume and Set Design. How Mr. Mockinpott Was Cured of His Suffering, Peter Weiss, Protean Theater; Puppet and Set Design. |
| 1989 -Present | Wesleyan University, Middletown,
CT Costume and Set Designer for selected faculty productions; Teacher of Costume Design and Costume Shop Manager; Advisor to designers of student productions. |
| 9/92-9/95 | Trinity College, Hartford,
CT and Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT Adjunct Faculty in Design and Puppetry. |
| 9/88-5/89 | Manhattanville College,
Purchase, NY Adjunct Faculty in Design and Puppetry |
| 9/87-6/88 | University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT Lecturer in Costume Construction: supervised student costume crews. |
| 1990-Present | Azdaks's Garden/ Puppetsweat
Theater, New Haven, CT Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of performing organization. |
| 9/79-8/82 | Protean Theater, Hartford,
CT Artistic and Administrative Director of 75 seat store-front theater; developed funding for, publicized, and produced performance projects; facilitated ensemble created pageant performances for city parks. |
| 6/87-9/87 | Summer Nutmeg Theater,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Costume Shop Foreman; supervised construction of costumes for summer theater. |