ACTOR

2004 to present - Founder and member of the 1940s-style singing troupe Swingin' by a Star

The group has 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 for the 2007 White House Christmas Tree Tour.

2011, February and 2010, May - "Teeny" and Foley Artist, Fibber McGee and Molly, Carver Radio Show, Leesburg & Purcellville, VA

2008, June - "Herrick Simmons," The Art of Dining, Aurora Studio Dinner Theatre at the National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA

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

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 # Two," Medieval Plays for Christmas, College of William and Mary

THEATRE EDUCATION

2011, summer - Acting and Improvisation with Tom Sweitzer

2010, summer - Master of Science, Arts Management Thesis re: The Federal Theatre Project, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia

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 - Vocal Instruction. 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 - Vocal Instruction. 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

THEATRE COSTUMER

2004 to present - Costumer for the 1940s-style singing troupe Swingin' by a Star

2011 - The Run Rabbit Run Theatre productions The Importance of Being Earnest, All for the Union and Pygmalion

2011 - The Loudoun Valley High School Drama Production of Much Ado About Nothing

2011, 2010, 2007 - "Haunted Schoolhouse " Halloween Tour, Hillsboro Community Association

2010 - The Loudoun Lyric Opera production of Romance from Broadway to Lincoln Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1998 - Into the Woods, Hill School, Middleburg, VA

HISTORICAL COSTUMER

Creator of accurate historical dress and stage costuming for over a hundred museum, library, school and theatre presentations since 1979

2010 - "Life in a Border County: Loudoun County Civil War Women," celebrating Women's History Month, Purcellville Library, Purcellville, VA

2008 - "Lights, Camera, Art" Living History production, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA

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

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

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

2000 - Waterford News: Message from the Underground (military costuming), Waterford Foundation production, Waterford, 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, VAFILM2006 - 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"

AWARDS/HONORS

2010 - Featured in the "Women with Vision" Exhibit, Franklin Park Performing Arts Center, Purcellville, Virginia, celebrating those "whose creative talent continue to shape the arts in Loudoun County, Virginia"

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 Candelaria (see below).