Professional Resume
Fund Development Associate
East LA Community Corporation
May 2012 – Present
Responsible for raising half of the operating budget for a mid-sized non-profit building health and weath in East Los Angeles through affordable housing, wealth building, and community organizing. Manage research, writing, and submission of grants. Maintain funder relations and develop special projects within communications and events.
Founder
BSWcreative
September 2011 – Present
Provide editing services and consulting for grant proposals, articles, newsletters, websites, and books. Coordinate with volunteers and venues to create literary happenings, especially public poetry events, for community outreach and literacy education.
Director of Political Theatre Project
NASHE (Shuar Nation of Ecuador) in Makuma, Ecuador
August 2012 – November 2012
Designed and executed three-month workshop series based on Agosto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed with a University of St Andrews anthropologist and indigenous governance, resulting in the creation of the first Shuar indigenous theatre company, Teatro Politico Imiaru. Created political theatre against foreign oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon, with performances for regional and national leadership, as well as Forum Theatre for the community.
PR & Marketing Consultant
Artworks Theatre and Studios in Hollywood
May 2012 – August 2012
Responsible for filling seats and garnering reviews for one of LA's premier small theatres for experimental works. Created press releases, social media presence, and media relationships on a show-to-show basis. Managed website, mailing, and press relations for Hollywood Fringe 2012. Renovated web site, wrote and disseminated five press releases, and designed and created promotional materials, including logo and 'passport'.
Founder/Artistic Director
Tabula Rasa Productions in St Andrews, Scotland
2007 – 2011
Founded an award-winning experimental physical theater company in association with the University of St Andrews and served as artistic and executive director. Liaised with the university’s funding body, creating proposals and defending decisions in front of the board. Selected shows, found venues, raised funds, created budgets, and oversaw casting and scheduling. Led teams of seven to 30 actors, dancers, writers, designers, and technicians over ten shows, including five world premieres. Created print and online marketing.The company made a profit and raised funds for the university and various charities, including Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International, as well as garnering awards for Best Director (2008) and appearing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2011).
East LA Community Corporation
May 2012 – Present
Responsible for raising half of the operating budget for a mid-sized non-profit building health and weath in East Los Angeles through affordable housing, wealth building, and community organizing. Manage research, writing, and submission of grants. Maintain funder relations and develop special projects within communications and events.
Founder
BSWcreative
September 2011 – Present
Provide editing services and consulting for grant proposals, articles, newsletters, websites, and books. Coordinate with volunteers and venues to create literary happenings, especially public poetry events, for community outreach and literacy education.
Director of Political Theatre Project
NASHE (Shuar Nation of Ecuador) in Makuma, Ecuador
August 2012 – November 2012
Designed and executed three-month workshop series based on Agosto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed with a University of St Andrews anthropologist and indigenous governance, resulting in the creation of the first Shuar indigenous theatre company, Teatro Politico Imiaru. Created political theatre against foreign oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon, with performances for regional and national leadership, as well as Forum Theatre for the community.
PR & Marketing Consultant
Artworks Theatre and Studios in Hollywood
May 2012 – August 2012
Responsible for filling seats and garnering reviews for one of LA's premier small theatres for experimental works. Created press releases, social media presence, and media relationships on a show-to-show basis. Managed website, mailing, and press relations for Hollywood Fringe 2012. Renovated web site, wrote and disseminated five press releases, and designed and created promotional materials, including logo and 'passport'.
Founder/Artistic Director
Tabula Rasa Productions in St Andrews, Scotland
2007 – 2011
Founded an award-winning experimental physical theater company in association with the University of St Andrews and served as artistic and executive director. Liaised with the university’s funding body, creating proposals and defending decisions in front of the board. Selected shows, found venues, raised funds, created budgets, and oversaw casting and scheduling. Led teams of seven to 30 actors, dancers, writers, designers, and technicians over ten shows, including five world premieres. Created print and online marketing.The company made a profit and raised funds for the university and various charities, including Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International, as well as garnering awards for Best Director (2008) and appearing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2011).
Education
University of St Andrews
MA Honours Sustainable Development, First Class (top 5%)
Interdisciplinary degree focused on environmental systems. Large projects undertaken include a social audit of Coca Cola, a literature review of global tobacco crop substitution, and a dissertation (MA Honours) on the applications of popular education and Theatre of the Oppressed to the environmental movement.
Prizes
Dean's List 2011
Honorary Life Membership, University of St Andrews Student's Union 2011
Commendation for Innovative Research in Sustainable Development 2011
Prize in Philosophy 2008
Publication
Was Thoreau a Deep Ecologist? (published 2011 Aporia Philosophy Journal, University of St Andrews, Scotland)
MA Honours Sustainable Development, First Class (top 5%)
Interdisciplinary degree focused on environmental systems. Large projects undertaken include a social audit of Coca Cola, a literature review of global tobacco crop substitution, and a dissertation (MA Honours) on the applications of popular education and Theatre of the Oppressed to the environmental movement.
Prizes
Dean's List 2011
Honorary Life Membership, University of St Andrews Student's Union 2011
Commendation for Innovative Research in Sustainable Development 2011
Prize in Philosophy 2008
Publication
Was Thoreau a Deep Ecologist? (published 2011 Aporia Philosophy Journal, University of St Andrews, Scotland)
Artist Vitae
THEATRE DIRECTION
ACTING
FILM DIRECTION
CONFERENCES AND PAPERS
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
PLAYWRITING
REVIEWS: LA THEATRE REVIEW
TRAINING
- Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop Performance at Lorena Terrace Apts. Affordable Housing, 2013, East LA Community Corporation, Los Angeles
- Teatro Politico Imiaru: Indigenous Theatre of the Oppressed, 2012, Makuma, Ecuador
- Get Your Shamrocks Off, 2012, Various Sites, New York City
- The Dirty Pint Pub Crawl, 2011, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- UNDERROADS, 2011, The Barron Theater, St Andrews (WINNER Prize for Innovate Research, Sustainable Development)
- Sitara Fashion Show—play interludes, 2011, The Old Course Hotel, St Andrews
- Romeo and Juliet, 2010, Younger Hall, St Andrews
- Asylum, 2010, MUSA Museum, St Andrews
- Werewolves vs Bureaucrats: The Musical, 2009, The Barron Theater, St Andrews
- Euripides’ Hecuba, 2009, On The Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- Sarah Cane’s 4.48 Psychosis, 2009, The Barron Theater, St Andrews
- George Orwell’s 1984, 2008, Venue 1, St Andrews Univeristy (WINNER Best Director, St Andrews)
- Moliere’s The Doctor Despite Himself, 2008, The Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
- The Aeroplane Lands, 2007, All Saints Church, St Andrews
- No Exit, 2012, Lonesome No More Theater Company, LA
- The Fall to Earth, 2012, Robin Larsen, The Odyssey Theater, LA
- Harriet Tubman: Woman of Faith, 2011, West Angeles Performing Arts Center, LA
- The Indians are Coming to Dinner (ASM), 2011, Pacific Resident Theater, LA
- In the Dark Tour (ASM for Berkeley, CA), 2011, NPR’s Radiolab, Pilobolus & Dimitri Martin
- Love’s Labour’s Lost (Tour Manager), Not Cricket Productions, England
- Sang Li, I Hear You, 2007, Three Chairs Theater Company, LA
- Tape 39, 2006, Edge of the World Theater Festival, LA
ACTING
- 2012 Actor, Environmental Justice League, City of Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence Project, LA
- 2012 Valet, No Exit, Theatre Asylum, LA
- 2012 Thief (lead), Locked, LMU Student Film Festival
- 2012 Thief (lead), When Love Begins, LMU Student Film Festival
- 2011 Armado the Fantastical Spaniard, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Not Cricket Productions Tour, North of England
- 2011 Brody, Vote, Mermaids, Univeristy of St Andrews
- 2011 Rochester (lead), Jane Eyre, Not Cricket Productions, On the Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- 2010 Prospero (lead), The Tempest, Not Cricket Productions, On the Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- 2010 Messenger, Antigone, Mermaids, On the Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- 2010 Gypsy, Five Go Mad In Dorset, Mermaids, On the Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- 2010 Man 1 (lead), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Mermaids, On the Rocks Theatre Festival, Scotland
- 2010 Kramer, The Diary of Anne Frank, Patch of Blue Theatre Co., Scotland
- 2009 Brian, Godspell, The Quintessentially Splendiferous Theatre Company, Scotland
- 2009 Saturninus, Titus Andronicus, Not Cricket Productions, Scotland
- 2008 Banquo, Macbeth, Pillowtalk Productions, Scotland
- 2008 Maugrum, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Quintessentially Splendiferous Theatre Company, Scotland
- 2007 Friar Bonaventura, Tis Pitty She’s a Whore, Pitty Productions, Scotland
FILM DIRECTION
- Museums short, 2012
- Mira Swims Free short, 2012
- The Dirty Pint Pub Crawl trailer, 2011
- Put Your Hands Up music video, 2011
- Campaign videos for Ben Wallo, 2011
CONFERENCES AND PAPERS
- Brutal Collaboratives, 2013, Adventuring Together: Ensembles, Collectives, Laboratories and Networks, Art Via Corpora & the Network of Ensemble Theaters
- Between Tradition and Emancipation, Theatre of the Oppressed and Indigenous Peoples, 2013, 19th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference at Miami University
- UNDERROADS: Toward a Green Theatre, 2011 MA Honours Dissertation 1st Class, University of St Andrews
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
- The King of Fools (published 2012, Two Neezaparte: The Fools Guild Quarterly, Los Angeles)
- Heirloom (published 2012, Healthy Environments Across Generations Conference, New York Academy of Medicine)
- The Waste Mirror (published 2011, Inklight Journal, University of St Andrews, Scotland).
- Waking World (published 2011,Inklight Jorunal, University of St Andrews, Scotland).
PLAYWRITING
- UNDERROADS (Performed 2011, Tabula Rasa Productions in association with the Department of Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews,Scotland)
- Asylum (Performed 2010, Tabula Rasa Productions in association with STAND anti-genocide campaign,Scotland)
- Werewolves vs. Bureaucrats: The Musical (Performed 2009, Tabula Rasa Productions, Scotland)
- George Orwell’s 1984 (Adapted and performed 2008 as a benefit for Amnesty International, Tabula Rasa Productions, Scotland)
- The Aeroplane Lands (Performed 2008, Tabula Rasa Productions, Scotland)
REVIEWS: LA THEATRE REVIEW
- Lorca in a Green Dress @ The New Casa 0101 Theater
- Trio Los Machos @ The New Casa 0101 Theater
- Going Green the Wong Way @ The Bootleg Theatre
- Hollywood Fringe 2012 Reviews Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 8, Final
- The Immigrant @ The Pico Playhouse
- Stoneface: The Rise and Fall of Buster Keaton @ Sacred Fools Theatre
- The Turn of the Screw @ The Underground Theatre: Featured ‘Critique of the Week’ on bitter-lemons.com
- The Fool and the Red Queen @ The Lounge Theatre: Featured ‘Critique of the Week’ runner up on bitter-lemons.com
- Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton @ Sacred Fools Theatre
- Dutchman @ Art/Works Theatre
- The Hundredth Monkey Effect @ The Attic Theatre
- Last Train to Nibroc @ The Eclectic Company Theatre
- Lights Off, Eyes Closed @ TU Studios
- Figure 8 @ Theatre of NOTE
TRAINING
- CORNERSTONE PARTICIPATORY METHODS | Cornerstone Theatre Co. 2012
- DIAVOLO DANCE TECHNIQUE | Diavolo Dance Theatre, 2012
- PHYSICAL THEATRE | Cheolseung Kim/The Pure Theatre Laboratory MACHAL (South Korea), 2009
- COMMEDIA DELL ‘ARTE | Tim Robbins/The Actor’s Gang, 2005-2007
- IMPROV | The Groundlings, 2006
- BUTOH | Cheolseung Kim & Cari Ann Henderson, 2004-2007
- SINGING | Susan Rumor & Lisa Michel, 2004-2007