On Camera Acting is a slightly different animal than stage acting and deserve other considerations.
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ALL FORMAL ARTS TRAINING
Jan, 1984 - Aug, 2015Illinois State University. Illinois Shakespeare Festival, The Audition Studio, Players Workshop of Second City
Illinois State University MS in Theatre History & Criticism 2015 Illinois State University BFA in Acting 1989 Apprenticeships Ill Shakespeare Festival x 2 1988 &1989 Players Workshop Improv. (all terms, 1-6) x 2 Steven Roath The Audition Studio Cold Reading II Pat Van Oss The Audition Studio On Camera II Rachel Patterson
Adjunct Instrctor
Aug, 2012 - May, 2014Illinois State University
This would reflect my serious academic training on the job if you will. I was responsible for a class per semester with autonomy.
Actor
May, 1989 - Nov, 1998Various
I have performed on the off-loop Chicago stage in numerous roles for a variety of companies. And essentially, that is a large component of the information an actor needs to learn, the business of being an actor. Make no mistake; it is a business. You are your own product. Personally, I have received great reviews and I never stopped training, always took/taking classes, forming groups and most importantly staying in touch with the agencies that strive to book work for me. I offer more "academic" work in acting et.al as well, please review my background. I also invite you to review the institutions where I learned what I know, earned my degrees and created the teacher your reviewing at this moment. I have been trained in many areas of the theatre, acting certainly is my primary forte. Having been "out there," waiting in some casting director's office (after waiting a year to get him to know I was alive), in an office filled with a bunch of ginger lookalikes. It was a Ron Weasley festival. Along with the anecdotes very specific approaches are required to get the call-back. The way one reads, holds copy, relates to the camera, how speech is utilized creatively, in quality and manner, are all items that need to be addressed just under this one heading. I have many categories for which I am available. I am malleable and tend toward tailoring the work to the student's goals with primacy.
Education
Bachelors in Fine Arts, sequence Acting
Jan, 1984 - May, 1989Illinois State University
M.Ed, Secondary Education, Humanities
Jun, 2022Grand Canyon University
Masters Degree in Theatre History and Critical Theory (Criticism)
Aug, 2012 - Aug, 2015Illinois State University
Certifications
Bachelors in Performance/Stage Acting
May, 1989Illinois State University
A serious conservatory atmosphere primarily focused on "The Method" approach to stage acting among a myriad of sub-headings. Please check all of my twenty-four subject areas on Take Lessons.com
Masters Degree in Theatre History and Critical Theory (Criticism)
Aug, 2015Illinois State University
Mixologist
May, 1995School of Bartending-Schaumburg, IL
I took a course in the right way to tend bar, make drinks and traditionally handle the peripheral duties allotted. It's not as if you're going to walk behind the bar and it will be fully stocked with each item you're going to need for your shift in a place you can find it. Essentially I can teach the proper way to mix just about any drink ordered and since there are only a very few basic processes to mixing a drink, i.e a few different types of basic drinks. So, if you were to ask me for a shooter, the name of which I have never heard of, I simply asks you what's in it, short of that , I ask what it tastes like and then do my best. The latter is rare and the recipes in my possession are of a more traditional style. The Old Fashioned would be an example,three main ways to mix it based on ingredient availability and the presence of a bar spoon, but that's another story.
Awards
Dean's List
Apr, 1988Illinois State University
"A Raisin in the Sun"
Apr, 1989American College Theatre Festival
Arts & Letters Invitee
Mar, 1989University of Illinois
Languages
English
Native Proficiency
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