EDUCATION:
MA, Mass Communications, Cal State, Northridge
AB, English; Princeton University. Thesis: And We’ll Have a Real Good Time: A Study of the American Musical Theater
ACADEMIA:
Staff or Adjunct Faculty at: Writers’ Workshop (Co-facilitator), Princeton University Triangle Club; California State University, Northridge; HB Studio, New York; West Side YMCA Theater Arts Program, NYC; Estelle Harman Actors’ Workshop, Hollywood
RECENT EMPLOYMENT (2006-2020):
Artistic Director: Fort Salem Theater, Salem, NY. Producer of over 200 Cabaret and Mainstage productions in 50-seat cabaret space and 199 seat proscenium stage.
CONSULTANT/COACH:
Coach to Phil Silvers for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, for which Silvers won the Tony Award; Musical Consultant to Dreyfuss/James Productions on film in development to be directed by and starring Richard Dreyfuss; Accompanist, Coach, or Instructor to, among others: Uzo Adubo, Ina Balin, Elayne Boosler, Dorothy Collins, Sandy Dennis, Elizabeth Franz, Frank Gorshin, Debbie Gravitte, Mister Greenjeans, Bob Gunton, Ellie Kemper, Dick Latessa, Hal Linden, Priscilla Lopez, Jane Olivor, Charlotte Rae, Jarrod Spector, Neva Small, Dee Wallace, Lillias White, and Joanne Woodward.
COMPOSER and/or LYRICIST:
2018 – Frank and Stein, The Karaoke Musical, Fort Salem Theater
2017 – Women in My Life, Not-So-Common Players, Clifton Park, NY
2016 – You’re an Old Man, Charlie Brown, Fort Salem Theater
2016 – Alice of Old Vincennes: A Musical, Red Skelton Center for the Performing Arts
2015 – Dracula’s Grandmother, Fort Salem Theater
2015 – Little Red Riding Hood (Revival), Fort Salem Theater
2014 – Women in My Life, Fort Salem Theater
2014 – Can You Hear Me Now, Fort Salem Theater
2013 – Winning the Lottery, Fort Salem Theater
2013 – Full Steam Ahead!, published by Senior Theatre Resources
2012 – Significant Others, Fort Salem Theater
2011 – Senior Moments, Fort Salem Theater
2010 – StarCrossed, Fort Salem Theater
2009 – Corn! The Musical, Fort Salem Theater
2008 – Breakfast Epiphanies, A Mystery Musical, Fort Salem Theater
2007 – A Christmas Carol: A Musical, Fort Salem Theater
2007 – Songs of War and Peace, Cabaret at Fort Salem Theater
2006 – Moonlight on the Wabash, A Musical Revue, Vincennes University, Indiana
2004 – Pyrates, lyrics by Barbara Kahn – Theater for the New City, NYC
2002 – War Bonds, lyrics by Barbara Kahn – Theater for the New City, NYC
1988 – Women by Women, Cabaret Revue, Steve McGraw’s, NYC
1978, 1982 – W*A*S*P, A Musical Revenge Variety Arts Center, LA; The Grande Saloon & Freddy’s, NYC.
1977 – Little Red Riding Hood: A Feminist Ecological Musical – California State University, Northridge;
1975- Pinocchio – Greenwich Mews Theater; WNYC-TV, New York (PBS);
1973 – Arthur! A Boy Becomes King – Broadway (The Playhouse Theatre); TYA regional tour; The Theatre, West Hollywood
Cabaret Writing and Performance: Musical Supervision and Special Material for Neva Small: Not Quite an Ingenue and producer of CD of same, directed by Pamela Hall and featuring musical director Don Rebic and bassist Dick Sarpola; Special Material for various artists, including writing collaborator Ed Kulkosky’s Becoming Santa; longtime songwriting collaboration with Arthur Kirson (50 songs).
REPRESENTATIONAL MUSICAL DIRECTION:
Broadway Sings “The Odd Potato,” with Frank Gorshin & Charlotte Rae (2003) and CD featuring 20 Tony Award winners, including Jim Dale, Sutton Foster, Judy Kaye, John Mahoney and Elaine Stritch (www.theoddpotato.com); also Old Friends – (Eighty-Eights, New York): a revue performed by eight singers over sixty. Great Expectations – CD (Original Cast Records) original adaptation starring Sally Ann Howes, George S. Irving, Tovah Feldshuh and Neva Small. Come On Over: The Songs of Gladys Shelley – (Don’t Tell Mama, New York). Women by Women – (Steve McGraw’s, New York) a revue of songs examining the female human condition, with lyrics written only by women.
Princeton University Triangle Club: Musical Supervisor – Absurd to the Wise (2001); Puns of Steel (2000); The Blair Arch Project (1999); 101 Damnations (1998); In Lava and War (1998); It’s a Wonderful Laugh (1997); The Tiger Roars, celebration of Princeton’s 250th Anniversary (1996); Pulpit Fiction (1996).
