ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Founder & Artistic Director, Free Spirit Theatre; 2017 to present
Artistic Director, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama (State Outdoor Drama of Virginia); 2003-2006 and
2016. Big Stone Gap, VA
Director of Theatre, Maryville College; 1991-1998, Maryville, TN
Director of Drama Ministries, Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church; 1987-1991, Augusta, GA
DIRECTING
Packing Up Polly: Theatre Knoxville Downtown (TKD), Knoxville, TN
Cactus Flower: TKD
The Cemetery Club: Tellico Community Players, Tellico Village, TN
Almost, Maine: Free Spirit Theatre (FST), Knoxville, TN
The Savannah Sipping Society: TKD
Love Letters: FST
Proof: FST
Love, Loss, & What I Wore: FST
The Cemetery Club: FST
Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike: FST
Plaza Suite: FST
How I Learned to Drive: FST
Dead Man's Cell Phone: FST
Stop Kiss: FST
The Lesson: FST
Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama: Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts Outdoor Drama, BSG, VA
The Almost Posthumous..Sutton McAllister: Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival, TN
Ten Dollar Drinks: Seaside Repertory Theatre—Intern Show, Seaside, FL
A Streetcar Named Desire: Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, TN
Picture Perfect: Tennessee Stage Company, Knoxville, TN
Love Letters: Morningside Inn Dinner Theatre, Maryville, TN
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine *&**, + : Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts Outdoor Drama, BSG, VA (4 years)
Vanities+: Louisiana State Univ. Summer Dinner Theatre (LSUSDT)
Company*: LSUSDT
Let's Do It: A Cole Porter Revue: LSUSDT (music direction & vocal coach)
Lemonade: Baton Rouge Arts & Humanities Festival
Carmen: Louisiana State Univ. Opera Theatre (LSUOT)
Die Fledermaus*: LSUOT
The Magic Flute*: LSUOT
The Threepenny Opera*: LSUOT
Angelique: LSUOT
The Princess & the Pea*+: Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA (ALDT)
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs: ALDT
Pinocchio: ALDT
The Foreigner+: Augusta Players, Augusta, GA (AP)
The Fantasticks**: Catholic H.S., Baton Rouge, LA
A Princess and a Pill*+: Trinity-on-the-Hill UMC Drama Program, Augusta (TDP)
Time Out for Ginger: AP
Were You There?+: TDP
The Odd Couple (female version): TDP (Dinner Theatre)
The Execution of Jesus Christ—Film at Eleven: TDP
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Master’s Thesis)+: LSU Cotillion Ballroom
Suddenly Last Summer+ : Louisiana Players Guild (LPG)
Private Lives: LPG
The Vamp Revue*&**: LPG
Look Homeward, Angel+ : Emory & Henry Mainstage
Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton+: Emory Coffee House.
* also did choreography; **also did music direction; + also stage managed
Other Directing Credits
Maryville College, Maryville, TN:
Lend Me a Tenor
Picnic+
The Fantasticks*
The Importance of Being Earnest
Prelude to a Kiss
The Shadow Box
Pippin*&**
A Princess and an Itty, Bitty Pill*+
Look Homeward, Angel
The House of Blue Leaves
A Doll's House
The Threepenny Opera*
The Heidi Chronicles
Crimes of the Heart
Oleanna
ACTING
Stage Experience
The Importance of Being Earnest--Miss Prism--TKD
Love, Loss, & What I Wore--Ensemble member--Free Spirit Theatre, TN
Little Women, the Broadway Musical--Aunt March---Wordplayers, TN
No Props--Susan---Night of Shorts, Tiger Lily Theatre, TN
Lend Me a Tenor--Julia--Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, NC
Sex Please, We're 60!--Hilary--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Steel Magnolias--Clairee--WordPlayers, TN
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian--Wayside Theatre, VA
See How They Run--Miss Skillon--Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, NC
Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother--Grandmother 1--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Jane Eyre (Musical)--Mrs. Fairfax--Legacy Theatre, GA
Nana's Naughty Knickers--Claire--Blue Moon Dinner Theatre, TN
An Uncivil Union: The Battle of Burnsville --Martha--Parkway Playhouse, NC
Over the River & Through the Woods--Emma--Gaslight Dinner Theatre, TN
Midlife! The Crisis Musical--Woman 1--Allenberry Playhouse, PA
Over the River & Through the Woods--Emma--Allenberry Playhouse, PA
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Steel Magnolias--Clairee--Maples Repertory Theatre, MO
Fuddy Meers--Gertie--Seaside Repertory Theatre, FL
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian (us--performed)--Troupe America, Inc. MN (TN)
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little---Catherine--Theatre Knoxville Downtown, TN (TKD)
Forbidden Knoxville--Pat Summit & others--TKD
Vinegar Tom--Goodie--Actors Co-op, TN
Trail of the Lonesome Pine--Aunt Tilly--Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, VA
Bus Stop--Grace--Sevier County Theatre Guild, TN
Texaco Star--Elena--Tennessee Stage Company, TN
The Shadow Box--Felicity--Sevier County Theatre Guild, TN
Love Letters--Melissa--Morningside Inn Dinner Theatre, TN
Blue Plate Special--Connie Sue--Augusta Players, GA
Lemonade--Mabel--Baton Rouge Arts Festival, LA
The Women--Edith--LSU Summer Dinner Theatre, LA (LSUSDT)
Pinnochio--Blue Fairy--Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, LA (ALDT)
Grease--Rizzo--ALDT
Guys & Dolls--Adelaide--ALDT
My Fair Lady--Mrs. Einsford Hill & Chorus--ALDT
LuAnn Hampton Laverty Oberlander--LuAnn--LSU & American College Theatre Festival
Seascape--Nancy--LSUSDT
Pippin--Berthe--LSUSDT & American College Theatre Festival
The Suicide--Butcher--LSU, LA
Let's Do It: A Cole Porter Revue--1 of 6 ensemble--LSUSDT
Bus Stop--Grace--LSUSDT and American College Theatre Festival
The Twelve-Pound Look--Kate--Louisiana Players Guild, LA (LPG)
Calm Down, Mother--1 of 3--LPG
Endgame--Nell--LPG
The Children's Hour--Lily Mortar--LSU, LA
On the Town--Nightclub singer & chorus,LSU, LA
The Wizard of Oz--Wicked Witch--Emory & Henry College, VA
The Importance of Being Earnest---Gwendolyn--E&H, VA
Carmen (opera)--Micaela--E&H, VA
The Women--Miriam--E&H, VA
The Country Wife--Lady Fidget--E&H, VA
The Alchemist--Dame Pliant--E&H, VA
Of Thee i Sing--Louise Lipman--E&H, VA
Film & Television
2014: Murder Comes to Town--Darlene--Lucia Media, Investigation Discovery Channel
2013: Snapped--Sandra Jessee--Jupiter Entertainment, Oxygen Channel
2013: Snapped--Linda--Jupiter Entertainment, Oxygen Channel
1983: The Toy (Feature Film)--Dinner Party Guest--Columbia Pictures
1982: Holiday Safety (televised special)--Cindy--Exxon Corporation, USA
1993: Doug Overbey Campaign Commercial--Wife--Citizens for Doug Overbey
Various morning and noon TV shows--promotional--Local television stations in VA, TN, GA, and LA
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
Ira Aldridge. Great Lives from Hstory: African Americans, Salem Press, 2010.
Federal Theatre Project. The Thirties in America, Salem Press, 2009.
William Inge's Bus Stop. Masterplots, Third Revised Edition, Salem Press, 2009.
Fred Ebb. Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century, Salem Press, 2008.
Marvin Hamlisch. Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century, Salem Press, 2008.
Peter Shaffer’s Five Finger Exercise. Magills’s Survey of World Literature, revised edition, Salem Press, 2008.
Mystery and Detective Drama. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, revised edition, Salem Press, 2007.
Original Plays selected for readings/productions:
1990: At Lana’s Cafe, stage reading, Atlanta, Georgia
The Princess and the Pea, produced by:
1982: Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1988: Augusta Players, Augusta, Georgia
1989: Trinity Players, Augusta, Georgia
1994: Maryville College Theatre “Children’s Theatre” Class
2004: Lonesome Pine Children’s Theatre
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. (script) Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts, 2004.
The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. Masterplots II: Drama, new edition, 2003, Salem Press.
American Regional Theatre. Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition, 2003, Salem Press.
Political Theatre in America. Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition, 2003, Salem Press.
Marsha Norman. Contemporary Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, and Novelists of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical
Sourcebook, Salem Press, 1994. (co-authored with Dr. Billy J. Harbin)
Hilda’s Day of Freedom (short story). Impressions Literary Magazine, 1996.
Member: Editorial Advisory Board for Elements of Speech Communication, second edition, by Jabusch & Littlejohn,
Collegiate Press, Fall 1993.
Co-dependency Issues in Selected Contemporary American Plays. Doctoral Dissertation, LSU, 1992.
Xytex Corporation: Commercial Copywriter, Augusta, Georgia, 1989.
Mr. Carol’s Christmas (original musical), Trinity Players, 1988.
Exxon Company, USA, Writer, Producer, Director of Slide-Tape and Video Tape Training Modules, Baton Rouge,
LA, 1983-84
Hilda’s Day of Freedom (short story). Aiken Literary Magazine, 1987.
Selected poetry. Prism Literary Magazine, 1975.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Knoxville Area Theatre Coalition Annual Awards:
Oleanna Nominated for “Best Director” & “Best Sound Design”
The Heidi Chronicles Winner of “Best Director”
A Doll’s House Winner of “Best Small College Production”
A Princess and an Itty, Bitty Pill Nominated for “Best Children’s Production”
Irene Ryan Finalist
LSU Speech Department Awards: Winner “Best Director” for Private Lives and
"Best Cameo Performance" for On the Town
EDUCATION & TRAINING/SPECIAL SKILLS
B.A. Music (Voice), minor in drama, minor in art. Emory & Henry College, VA
M.A. Speech & Directing, minor in broadcasting, minor in oral interpretation of literature. LSU, LA
Ph.D. Theatre, minor in English literature. LSU, LA
Master Classes:
Martin Esslin (existential theatre),
Barry Kyle (Royal Shakespeare Company),
Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed),
Ted Tally (playwriting), Sonja Moore (Stanislavsky Method).
Workshops:
Feldenkrais Method
Alexander Technique
stage combat
Commedia dell’arte
Dance: Tap, jazz, ballet, contra and folk
Photographer: Specializing in live performance & headshot photography
Musician (Soprano, legit and belt); Instruments: guitar, piano, organ, beginning mandolin
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ATHE--Association for Theatre in Higher Education
NCA--National Communication Association
SSCA--Southern States Communication Association
References available upon request.
Founder & Artistic Director, Free Spirit Theatre; 2017 to present
Artistic Director, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama (State Outdoor Drama of Virginia); 2003-2006 and
2016. Big Stone Gap, VA
Director of Theatre, Maryville College; 1991-1998, Maryville, TN
Director of Drama Ministries, Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church; 1987-1991, Augusta, GA
DIRECTING
Packing Up Polly: Theatre Knoxville Downtown (TKD), Knoxville, TN
Cactus Flower: TKD
The Cemetery Club: Tellico Community Players, Tellico Village, TN
Almost, Maine: Free Spirit Theatre (FST), Knoxville, TN
The Savannah Sipping Society: TKD
Love Letters: FST
Proof: FST
Love, Loss, & What I Wore: FST
The Cemetery Club: FST
Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike: FST
Plaza Suite: FST
How I Learned to Drive: FST
Dead Man's Cell Phone: FST
Stop Kiss: FST
The Lesson: FST
Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama: Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts Outdoor Drama, BSG, VA
The Almost Posthumous..Sutton McAllister: Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival, TN
Ten Dollar Drinks: Seaside Repertory Theatre—Intern Show, Seaside, FL
A Streetcar Named Desire: Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, TN
Picture Perfect: Tennessee Stage Company, Knoxville, TN
Love Letters: Morningside Inn Dinner Theatre, Maryville, TN
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine *&**, + : Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts Outdoor Drama, BSG, VA (4 years)
Vanities+: Louisiana State Univ. Summer Dinner Theatre (LSUSDT)
Company*: LSUSDT
Let's Do It: A Cole Porter Revue: LSUSDT (music direction & vocal coach)
Lemonade: Baton Rouge Arts & Humanities Festival
Carmen: Louisiana State Univ. Opera Theatre (LSUOT)
Die Fledermaus*: LSUOT
The Magic Flute*: LSUOT
The Threepenny Opera*: LSUOT
Angelique: LSUOT
The Princess & the Pea*+: Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA (ALDT)
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs: ALDT
Pinocchio: ALDT
The Foreigner+: Augusta Players, Augusta, GA (AP)
The Fantasticks**: Catholic H.S., Baton Rouge, LA
A Princess and a Pill*+: Trinity-on-the-Hill UMC Drama Program, Augusta (TDP)
Time Out for Ginger: AP
Were You There?+: TDP
The Odd Couple (female version): TDP (Dinner Theatre)
The Execution of Jesus Christ—Film at Eleven: TDP
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Master’s Thesis)+: LSU Cotillion Ballroom
Suddenly Last Summer+ : Louisiana Players Guild (LPG)
Private Lives: LPG
The Vamp Revue*&**: LPG
Look Homeward, Angel+ : Emory & Henry Mainstage
Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton+: Emory Coffee House.
* also did choreography; **also did music direction; + also stage managed
Other Directing Credits
Maryville College, Maryville, TN:
Lend Me a Tenor
Picnic+
The Fantasticks*
The Importance of Being Earnest
Prelude to a Kiss
The Shadow Box
Pippin*&**
A Princess and an Itty, Bitty Pill*+
Look Homeward, Angel
The House of Blue Leaves
A Doll's House
The Threepenny Opera*
The Heidi Chronicles
Crimes of the Heart
Oleanna
ACTING
Stage Experience
The Importance of Being Earnest--Miss Prism--TKD
Love, Loss, & What I Wore--Ensemble member--Free Spirit Theatre, TN
Little Women, the Broadway Musical--Aunt March---Wordplayers, TN
No Props--Susan---Night of Shorts, Tiger Lily Theatre, TN
Lend Me a Tenor--Julia--Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, NC
Sex Please, We're 60!--Hilary--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Steel Magnolias--Clairee--WordPlayers, TN
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian--Wayside Theatre, VA
See How They Run--Miss Skillon--Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, NC
Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother--Grandmother 1--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Jane Eyre (Musical)--Mrs. Fairfax--Legacy Theatre, GA
Nana's Naughty Knickers--Claire--Blue Moon Dinner Theatre, TN
An Uncivil Union: The Battle of Burnsville --Martha--Parkway Playhouse, NC
Over the River & Through the Woods--Emma--Gaslight Dinner Theatre, TN
Midlife! The Crisis Musical--Woman 1--Allenberry Playhouse, PA
Over the River & Through the Woods--Emma--Allenberry Playhouse, PA
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian--Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, MI
Steel Magnolias--Clairee--Maples Repertory Theatre, MO
Fuddy Meers--Gertie--Seaside Repertory Theatre, FL
Church Basement Ladies--Vivian (us--performed)--Troupe America, Inc. MN (TN)
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little---Catherine--Theatre Knoxville Downtown, TN (TKD)
Forbidden Knoxville--Pat Summit & others--TKD
Vinegar Tom--Goodie--Actors Co-op, TN
Trail of the Lonesome Pine--Aunt Tilly--Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, VA
Bus Stop--Grace--Sevier County Theatre Guild, TN
Texaco Star--Elena--Tennessee Stage Company, TN
The Shadow Box--Felicity--Sevier County Theatre Guild, TN
Love Letters--Melissa--Morningside Inn Dinner Theatre, TN
Blue Plate Special--Connie Sue--Augusta Players, GA
Lemonade--Mabel--Baton Rouge Arts Festival, LA
The Women--Edith--LSU Summer Dinner Theatre, LA (LSUSDT)
Pinnochio--Blue Fairy--Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, LA (ALDT)
Grease--Rizzo--ALDT
Guys & Dolls--Adelaide--ALDT
My Fair Lady--Mrs. Einsford Hill & Chorus--ALDT
LuAnn Hampton Laverty Oberlander--LuAnn--LSU & American College Theatre Festival
Seascape--Nancy--LSUSDT
Pippin--Berthe--LSUSDT & American College Theatre Festival
The Suicide--Butcher--LSU, LA
Let's Do It: A Cole Porter Revue--1 of 6 ensemble--LSUSDT
Bus Stop--Grace--LSUSDT and American College Theatre Festival
The Twelve-Pound Look--Kate--Louisiana Players Guild, LA (LPG)
Calm Down, Mother--1 of 3--LPG
Endgame--Nell--LPG
The Children's Hour--Lily Mortar--LSU, LA
On the Town--Nightclub singer & chorus,LSU, LA
The Wizard of Oz--Wicked Witch--Emory & Henry College, VA
The Importance of Being Earnest---Gwendolyn--E&H, VA
Carmen (opera)--Micaela--E&H, VA
The Women--Miriam--E&H, VA
The Country Wife--Lady Fidget--E&H, VA
The Alchemist--Dame Pliant--E&H, VA
Of Thee i Sing--Louise Lipman--E&H, VA
Film & Television
2014: Murder Comes to Town--Darlene--Lucia Media, Investigation Discovery Channel
2013: Snapped--Sandra Jessee--Jupiter Entertainment, Oxygen Channel
2013: Snapped--Linda--Jupiter Entertainment, Oxygen Channel
1983: The Toy (Feature Film)--Dinner Party Guest--Columbia Pictures
1982: Holiday Safety (televised special)--Cindy--Exxon Corporation, USA
1993: Doug Overbey Campaign Commercial--Wife--Citizens for Doug Overbey
Various morning and noon TV shows--promotional--Local television stations in VA, TN, GA, and LA
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
Ira Aldridge. Great Lives from Hstory: African Americans, Salem Press, 2010.
Federal Theatre Project. The Thirties in America, Salem Press, 2009.
William Inge's Bus Stop. Masterplots, Third Revised Edition, Salem Press, 2009.
Fred Ebb. Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century, Salem Press, 2008.
Marvin Hamlisch. Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century, Salem Press, 2008.
Peter Shaffer’s Five Finger Exercise. Magills’s Survey of World Literature, revised edition, Salem Press, 2008.
Mystery and Detective Drama. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, revised edition, Salem Press, 2007.
Original Plays selected for readings/productions:
1990: At Lana’s Cafe, stage reading, Atlanta, Georgia
The Princess and the Pea, produced by:
1982: Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1988: Augusta Players, Augusta, Georgia
1989: Trinity Players, Augusta, Georgia
1994: Maryville College Theatre “Children’s Theatre” Class
2004: Lonesome Pine Children’s Theatre
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. (script) Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts, 2004.
The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. Masterplots II: Drama, new edition, 2003, Salem Press.
American Regional Theatre. Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition, 2003, Salem Press.
Political Theatre in America. Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition, 2003, Salem Press.
Marsha Norman. Contemporary Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, and Novelists of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical
Sourcebook, Salem Press, 1994. (co-authored with Dr. Billy J. Harbin)
Hilda’s Day of Freedom (short story). Impressions Literary Magazine, 1996.
Member: Editorial Advisory Board for Elements of Speech Communication, second edition, by Jabusch & Littlejohn,
Collegiate Press, Fall 1993.
Co-dependency Issues in Selected Contemporary American Plays. Doctoral Dissertation, LSU, 1992.
Xytex Corporation: Commercial Copywriter, Augusta, Georgia, 1989.
Mr. Carol’s Christmas (original musical), Trinity Players, 1988.
Exxon Company, USA, Writer, Producer, Director of Slide-Tape and Video Tape Training Modules, Baton Rouge,
LA, 1983-84
Hilda’s Day of Freedom (short story). Aiken Literary Magazine, 1987.
Selected poetry. Prism Literary Magazine, 1975.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Knoxville Area Theatre Coalition Annual Awards:
Oleanna Nominated for “Best Director” & “Best Sound Design”
The Heidi Chronicles Winner of “Best Director”
A Doll’s House Winner of “Best Small College Production”
A Princess and an Itty, Bitty Pill Nominated for “Best Children’s Production”
Irene Ryan Finalist
LSU Speech Department Awards: Winner “Best Director” for Private Lives and
"Best Cameo Performance" for On the Town
EDUCATION & TRAINING/SPECIAL SKILLS
B.A. Music (Voice), minor in drama, minor in art. Emory & Henry College, VA
M.A. Speech & Directing, minor in broadcasting, minor in oral interpretation of literature. LSU, LA
Ph.D. Theatre, minor in English literature. LSU, LA
Master Classes:
Martin Esslin (existential theatre),
Barry Kyle (Royal Shakespeare Company),
Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed),
Ted Tally (playwriting), Sonja Moore (Stanislavsky Method).
Workshops:
Feldenkrais Method
Alexander Technique
stage combat
Commedia dell’arte
Dance: Tap, jazz, ballet, contra and folk
Photographer: Specializing in live performance & headshot photography
Musician (Soprano, legit and belt); Instruments: guitar, piano, organ, beginning mandolin
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ATHE--Association for Theatre in Higher Education
NCA--National Communication Association
SSCA--Southern States Communication Association
References available upon request.