Stage Experience

2007, March - "The School Marm," Treasures: The Musical Adventures of Tom Sawyer, produced by Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc. at Hillsboro's Old Stone School Theatre, Hillsboro, VA.

2007, Feb - "Little Red Riding Hood," Snow White & The Seven Grumpy Old Men by Meredith Bean McMath and Bob Rosenberg, produced by Carver Radio Theatre at The Round Hill Center, Purcellville, VA.

2005, Sept-Oct - "Mrs. Hirschfield," PORCHES: An American Musical by Tom Sweitzer and Meredith Bean McMath, produced at The Mishler Theatre, Altoona, PA and at The Sheila C. Johnson Performing Arts Center, Middleburg, VA. Produced by The Hill Playhouse Regional Theatre, Middleburg, VA.

2004, November - "Angie Compton," In the Blood by Nani Power. "RED: An Evening of Short Plays" produced at the Mead Theatre, Washington, D.C. by the Waterside Seven Playwrights Collective.

2004, March - "Player One," Hamlet, Not Just Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round Hill Center, Round Hill, Virginia

2004 to present - Founder and member of the 40s singing troupe Swingin' by a Star who have performed for a variety of civic groups and historical organizations, including Oatlands Plantation, The Udvar-Hazy Museum for the World War II Memorial Celebration, and at the White House for the White House Christmas Tree Tour (2007)

2003, fall - commercial voice-over - WAGE Radio, Leesburg, VA

2003, May - "Cherry," The Tally Ho Radio Show Nickelodeon, Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg, Virginia

2003, February - "Elaine Harper," The Tally Ho Radio Show Arsenic & Old Lace, Tally Ho Theatre

2002, December - "Stage Manager," The Tally Ho Radio Show A 1940s Christmas Carol, Tally Ho Theatre.

2002, Oct-Nov - "Kate the Housewife," Working, Hill Playhouse Regional Theatre, Middelburg, Virginia

2001, August -"Hippolyta" and "Titania," A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Not Just Shakespeare Theatre Company, Market Station, Leesburg, Virginia

2001, February - "Nurse," "Queen Margaret," and "Moonshine," in Bill the Bard: An Evening of Shakespearean Entertainment, written by Meredith Bean McMath, Not Just Shakespeare Theatre Company, Old Stone School Theatre, Hillsboro, Virginia

2000, October - "Widow," 'Tailor," "Gremio" and "Baptista Servant," Taming of the Shrew, The Growing Stage Theatre Company, Market Station, Leesburg

1997-99 - Repertory Player in the monthly radio show: "Fireside Theatre," WAGE Radio, Leesburg, VA

1996-97 - Repertory Player in the weekly radio show: "Armchair Theatre," WTRI Radio, Brunswick, MD

1978 - "Angel Number Two," Medieval Plays for Christmas, College of William and Mary.

Costuming

PERFORMANCES

2007 - "Haunted History" Halloween Tour, Hillsboro Community Association

2007 - Treasures: The Musical Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc., Hillsboro, Virginia with Maxine Bean

2006 - "A Victorian Christmas" Living History Presentation, Hillsboro Christmas Tour of Homes (and 2004, 2002)

2006 - Arms and the Highlander, Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc., Hillsboro, Virginia with Lucia Pull and Maxine Bean

2004 to present - Costumer for the 40s singing troupe Swingin' by a Star

2004 - Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc., Hillsboro, VA with Maxine Bean and Vanessa Smiley

2003 - ALL FOR THE UNION in Confederate, Virginia, Lincoln Preservation Foundation, Inc., Lincoln, VA

2002 - 2003 - three productions of the 1940s-style "Tally Ho Radio Show", Tally Ho Theatre, Leesburg, VA

2002 - An Afternoon with the Caldwells, 1855, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History

2001 - Bill the Bard: An Evening of Shakespearean Entertainment, Not Just Shakespeare, Inc., Hillsboro's Old Stone School Theatre, Hilllsboro, VA

2001 - Waterford's War Living History Play, The Newseum (in The Newseum's former location in Arlington, VA)

2001 - Taming of the Shrew, Not Just Shakespeare, Inc., Market Station, Leesburg VA with Maxine Bean

2000 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Not Just Shakespeare, Inc., Market Station, Leesburg, VA with Maxine Bean

2000 - Waterford News: Message from the Underground (military costuming)

1999 - PORCHES: An American Musical, Hill Playhouse, Middleburg, VA

1995 - The Waterford Union Ball, Loudoun Museum, Leesburg, VA with Laurie Farnsworth

1994 - Between Hawk and Buzzard: Loudoun County in the Civil War, Loudoun Museum

1979 - A Tale of a Tavern, Fairfax County Park Authority, Dranesville, VA

FILMS

2006 - Waterford's War, produced for The Lincoln Preservation Foundation

DOCUMENTARIES

2005 - Documentary: "Saving Grace," Waterford Productions, LLC and The Lincoln Preservation Foundation, Lincoln, VA

1997 - History Channel video: "Having a Ball: Ballroom Costume, Etiquette and Dance in the Midst of the Rebellion"

1998 - "Southern Courage: Civil war Women of Loudoun County, Virginia"

COSTUMING AWARD

2003 - October 18 - Historic Costuming - First Prize Fancy Day Dress, Second Place Over-All - Cedar Creek Battlefield Reenactment Costume Competition - silk mourning dress ca. 1865, modeled by Brianna MacDonald.

PROPS

Created and collected performance props for a number of theatre companies, including The Growing Stage, Not Just Shakespeare, Inc., Hill Playhouse, The Tally Ho Radio Show, and Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc.

TRAINING

2007 - League Prep Acting Class with Bolton Marsh, Montcalm Farm, Purcellville, Virginia

May, 2004 - Scene Studies Acting Class, Martin Blank Studios, Inc., Bethesda, MD

2001 to 2004 - Master Acting Class with Tom Sweitzer (Hill School, Middleburg, Virginia).

Feb. 2004 - Hill Playhouse Acting Seminar with Ariane Brandt of Ariane Brandt Acting Studio in New York

2003 - Voice lessons. Teacher: Diane El-Shafey, Hamilton, Virginia

May 24, 2003 - Growing Stage Shakespeare Workshop with Tom Mallan of The Kennedy Center

2002, November - Hill Playhouse Acting Seminar with Ariane Brandt of Ariane Brandt Acting Studio in New York

2001-2002 - Voice lessons. Teacher: Lisa Reagan, The Plains, Virginia

2000-2001 - Shakespeare Workshop with Tim Jon, Artistic Director of The Not Just Shakespeare Theatre Company,

1998 - Acting Class with Dolly Stevens, Artistic Director of The Growing Stage