DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
New York, New York
Sisters of Rapture by Karen Light & John O'Keefe, Alchemical Theatre
The Toe Incident by Katherine Gleason, Alchemical Theater, Dixon Place
Strange Rain by Lynda Crawford, The Lynn Redgrave Theater (Best Play, Fringe NYC)
The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco, Stella Adler Studio
The Stronger by August Strindberg, Stella Adler Studio
Rebound by Georgia Metz, Neighborhood Playhouse
Later by Kate Roberts & Simone Federman, Present Company
Malcolm’s Call by Arthur Fiensod, Synchronicity Space
Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters by Gertrude Stein produced by Lincoln Center- at H.E.R.E & The Salon.
R.A.W. by Diana Son, Ohio Theater
Jack by David Greenspan, H.E.R.E
Spot That Homo by Gang, The Kitchen
On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov produced by Lincoln Center at the Salon & the Present Co.
Home by Cantor Rebecca Fletcher, Hebrew Union College
Cry by Rachelle Minkoff, Workhouse Theater
Breath: A Tiny Gothic by John C. Russell, Theater Nada
Deathwatch by Jean Genet (all female cast), Alchemical Theare
Endgame by Samuel Beckett, Darinka Theatre
Samuel Beckett Meets Sticky & Palucci: A Tragedy of Association by S. Beckett & S.Federman, Theater Nada
Promenade by Sarah Schulman, Westbeth Theatre
Digging Up Sadie by Keith Adkins, Camilla's Theater
The Accordion Incident by Simone Federman, Dixon Place
California
A Walk in My Shoes: the Details Matter original workshopped writing by students, Gavilan College
New Jersey
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman w/ film by Lubovitch & Federman, Rowan University
Efemeral original work w/ A.Group.A.Part, NJ Statewide Women, Gender and Sexuality Conference, Rowan University
Indecipherable Gesture original work w/ The Found Theatre Collective, “Undisciplined” Colloquium, Rider University
Avignon, France
Federman’s, collaboration w/ Louis Castel/Le Theatrographe Company, the 59th Festival d’Avignon
Le Projet Federman/ the Namredef Project, collaboration w/ Louis Castel, Chapelle des Penitents Blancs
New Paltz, New York
How I Learned To Drive by Paula Vogel, SUNY New Paltz
Creditors by August Strindberg, SUNY New Paltz
Confined by Simone Federman w/ Butoh Dancer, Boaz Barkin, site specific performance, SUNY New Paltz
You Can’t Take It with You by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman, SUNY New Paltz
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler & original work by students, SUNY New Paltz
Maine
Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters by Gertrude Stein, Portland Stage Co.
My Sister in This House by Wendy Kesselman, Bowdoin College
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, Bowdoin College
The Jealous Husband by Moliere, Bowdoin College
Humulus the Mute by Jean Anouilh, Bowdoin College
Massachusetts
La Letterra di Ramesse by Achille Campanile, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, A.R.T. Institute
The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, A.R.T. Institute
Rashomon adapted by Simone Federman from the script by Kurasawa, A.R.T. Institute
The Liar by Carlo Goldoni, A.R.T. Institute
The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker, A.R.T. Institute
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, A.R.T. Institute
Ohio
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, w/ film by Simone Federman, Denison University
Four by John C. Russell, Oberlin College
The Maids by Jean Genet, Oberlin College
Deathwatch by Jean Genet (all male cast), Oberlin College
Staged Readings
Leftovers by Amy Oestreicher, #Me Too Theatre, National Action Network, House of Justice
3 of 365 Women a Year: 3 plays by Crawford, LePecio, Wormacck, Tada Theatre, NY, NY
Love Suicide by Daniel Kramer, “Unbound Festival” Boston Theatre Works, Boston, MA
Lend a Hand or Four Religions by Gertrude Stein, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Tar Paper School: The Strike at Moton High School 1951 by Joseph Robinette, Glassboro, NJ
Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Tohill Theatre, Glassboro, NJ
Yes is for a Very Young Man by Gertrude Stein, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
Tanya-Tanya by Olga Stanislavovna Mukhina, Portland Stage Co., Portland, ME
Oops by Christopher Shinn, Ensemble Studio Theater, NY, NY
Stupid Kids by John C. Russell, Dixon Place, NY, NY
Drop Dead Gorgeous, Pneumonia by David Greenspan, Cucaracha Theater, NY, NY
Home by Cantor Rebecca Fletcher, Ripley Greere Studios, NY, NY
Assistant Directing
Hot and Throbbing by Paula Vogel (world premiere), directed by Anne Bogart, A.R.T., MA
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, directed by Ron Daniels, A.R.T., MA
Orphee by Philip Glass (world premiere), directed by Francesca Zambello, A.R.T., MA
Black Snow, by Keith Dewhurst (world premiere), directed by Richard Jones, A.R.T., MA
Acting Experience
Chekhov in the Garage: Immediate Theatre by Chekhov, The Tank, NYC (Role: Cherbutikin)
Bread and Puppet Theatre, World Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany (Puppeteer)
The Forced Marriage by Moliere directed by Raphael Bianchiotto, Access Theatre, NYC, (Role: Alcantor)
The Wilds and the Deep by LaPointe/Flemming, produced by Creative Time, Battery Maritime Building, NY (la Donna)
Samuel Beckett Meets Sticky & Palucci by Samuel Beckett & Simone Federman, Theater Nada, NYC (Role: Bom)
The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi directed by Ralph Lee, Studio Theater, NYC, (Role: Pantalone)
Brave Smiles by The Five Lesbian Brothers, directed by Ellen Seeling, House of Candles, NYC, (Role: Babe)video
Stand by Your Man/Woman written and directed by Jonathan Levine, Portland Stage Co., Portland, ME (Role: Cowboy)
Anne Frank written and directed by Ishmael Houston Jones, St. Marks Church, NYC (Role: Anne Frank)
The Accordion Incident by Simone Federman, Darinka Theatre, NYC (Role:Big)
The House of Bernarda Alba by Lorca, directed by Roberta Rude, Hall Auditorium, Oberlin, OH (Role: Prudencia)
The Miser, by Moliere, Directed by Richard Stratton, Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Role: Frosine)
You Can’t Take It With You by Kaufman & Hart, directed by Anne Kieffer, Nichols School, Buffalo, NY, (Role: Penny)
Costume Design (other than my own productions)
Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, Directed by Daniel Kramer, Boston Theatre Works, Boston, MA
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Directed by Daniel Kramer, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
RESIDENCIES/ WORKSHOPS / LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS
Moises Kaufman Workshop- “Leftovers” by Amy Oestreicher,
H. Gillerman Organics “Alexander Technique and the Voice”
SUNY Buffalo, & Medaille College sponsored by Hallwalls Center for the Arts
Writer/Performer/Panelist “Fictioneer”
Kenyon College, Gambier ,Ohio
Workshop Presenter: Composition; Viewpoints; Directing; Acting
Guest Lecturer “The Theatre of Samuel Beckett- Nothing is more real than Nothing”
Master Class: Directing “The Cherry Orchard”
Centre National des Ecritures du Spectacle, La Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon,
Resident Artist, Panelist: “Federman et ses Amis”
Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique d’Avignon La Maison Jean Vilar, Avignon, France
Lecturer: “Acting in the plays of Samuel Beckett”
Institute for American Universities, Avignon, France
Lecturer: Le Projet Federman/ the Namredef Project
Centre National des Ecritures du Spectacle, La Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon
Panelist: Le Projet Federman/ the Namredef Project
Resident Artist: Les Traverses 3, Avignon, France Panelist
Bread & Puppet Theatre, World Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany
International Internship Supervisor, Company Member/Performer
Trinity College, La Mama Program, New York City, NY
Lecturer, Directing
Lincoln Center, New York City, NY
Organizer/ Moderator/Director Gertrude Stein Panel
(Ula Dydo, Richard Forman, Linda Chapman and Lola Pashalinski)
Directed one production and two stage readings of Gertrude Stein plays
New York University, The Studio Theater, New York, NY
Instructor/Actor Led workshops on Commedia dell'Arte
Performed Carlo Gozzi's The Green Bird directed by Ralph Lee
PUBLICATIONS
Festschrift Volume 5 “Where Are You?” Verbivoracious Press
Sssh by Raymond Federman, Stracherone Press, editor
“Making Godot Wait”, Le Livre de Sam, The Book of Sam
Editions Al Dante & Two Raven Press
“Mon Pere le Fictionnaire,”
Fusees 9, Editions Carte Blanche; Editions Argol
“Warhol” Reading Objects, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Catalogue
WORK EXPERIENCE
Acting Coach, Directing Consultant, New York, NY
Prepare Equity and SAG actors for auditions and roles.
Consult on LORT directing projects and independent films
Thinclab, New York NY, COO/ Mentorship Program Director
Eco conscious feminist branding collective
Poets 4 Orlando, Producer/ Director/Coodinator 48 hours after the shootings
50 poets, musicians, and dancers 400+ audience: coordinated w/NYC
Police and Parks department, plus donations from multiple florists, B&H and Sam’s Music.
Directing Master Class, via skype to Berlin, Germany
Denison University, Granville, OH Visiting Director/Professor
“Rhinoceros” by Ionesco
Directing 1; Acting 1; First Year Seminar: Theatrical Style and Creation
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Guest Director
Italian 40 “La Letterra di Ramesse” by Achille Campanile
Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
Guest Director/Scholar in Residence:
“Walk in my Shoes: The Details Matter” by the students of English 260
Directing, Viewpoints, Acting for Writers
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, Assistant Professor
Graduate Seminar: Acting, Directing 1, Directing 2
Intro to Acting; Acting 2: Chekhov; Experiencing Acting; Viewpoints
MA Thesis Reader; Student Advising; Laboratory Theatre Advisor
Director Main Stage, Production Planning, LGBT advisor
Curriculum, Retention, Recruitment Committees,
Executive Board Women’s Studies, Minority student mentor
State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Assistant Professor
Directing; Scene Study; Acting 1&2; Playmaking/Performance Art; World Drama 2
Director main stage productions; Board member McKenna Productions
Supervisor Black Box Productions; Student Advising; Minority Student
Mentor, LBGT faculty advisor; Chair Faculty Search Committee;
U.U.P. Women’s Issues Steering Committee; Diversity Task Force;
Assessment Committee, Organization Committee;
Conference Committees: Women’s Studies, Arts Now
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Lecturer: Directing; Acting; Viewpoints;
Director and Designer main stage productions, Student Advising
Faculty Advisor "Mask & Gown” student theatre group
LBGT faculty advisor
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow
Drama since 1930; Classical Acting; Modern Acting
New York Women Against Rape, New York, NY
Theatre Director/Counselor/Outreach Coordinator/Teen Specialist
Rape Crisis Counselor; Director of teen educational theatre group
Gave educational presentations on sexual assault in schools
Philajob Arts and Culture Program, Philadelphia, PA, Theatre Instructor
Used theatrical techniques to prepare inner city youth for employment
The Friendly Place - El Sitio Simpatico, Harlem, NY, Coordinator, Youth Development Program
Designed and implemented diverse theatre program for at-risk- youth
Reality Theater, AIDS Prevention Project, New York, NY, Educator/Actor
Co-wrote and performed AIDS/HIV prevention plays for NYC high schools
C.A.M.B.A., Brooklyn, NY, Education Specialist
Taught multi-generational ESOL literacy to Haitian immigrants
Literacy Volunteers, Brooklyn, NY, Tutor
Taught whole language approach literacy to adults
Children's Storefront School, Harlem, NY, Assistant Teacher, reading specialist
NYPIRG, Buffalo, NY Canvasser/District Manager
EDUCATION
1994 Harvard University,American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training: Directing
1984 Oberlin College, Individual Major “20th Century Art & Thought” honors: Directing
1983 University of London Queen Mary College
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Directing - Anne Bogart, Ron Daniels, Daniel Stein,
Lincoln Center Directors Laboratory
Viewpoints - Anne Bogart
Acting - Roberta Rude, Alvin Epstein, Ron Daniels, Daniel Kramer
Meisner - William Esper’s Studio
Clown/ Movement – Bill Irwin, Ronlin Forman, Peter Hoff, Jim Calder, Jane Nichols,
Commedia dell'Arte - Ralph Lee, Raphael Bianchiotto, Dell’ Arte International,
Puppet/ Mask - Peter Schumann, Bread and Puppet Theater, Paule Stein, Shelley Wyant, Amy Trompetter
Alexander Technique– Hope Gillerman
Voice - Catherine Fitzmaurice, Bonnie Raphael
TRAVEL
Tibet, China, Nepal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco, Mexico, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Eastern and Western Europe, 50 United States
LANGUAGES
English, French
SPORTS
Championship: Tennis, Golf, Squash
RELATED EXPERIENCE UNPAID
Oberlin College, NY, NJ, MA, ME Alumni Interviewer/ College Fair Recruiter
Jesse Jackson ’84
ACT UP’87-90; ERA’72
Obama’08
Kiss Me I Voted’ 99
Clinton'16
Black Lives Matter’17-’20