I have always wanted to act. It's really all I've ever wanted to do (Well, and dance - but that's another story). In pursuit of that, I have been studying acting and performing since 1973 (gack, can it really be that long?).
I graduated with a B.A. from Bard College (in drama and choreography) and then lived the actor-ey life of a 20 something in NYC (cocktail waitress, temp, auditions, extra work on Law and Order, and lots of macaroni and cheese). Next, I traveled, worked with individuals with intellectual disabilities, married, renovated my house (talk about drama), raised 2 children, learned to walk two dogs at a time, separated, AND braved the horrors of Disney World in August and Harry Potter World at Christmas.
But perhaps my real love of horror, speculative fiction, and tragedy originates from an experience when I was 9 years old. My nephew Tim (who is two years older than I am) was tasked with taking me to see the movie Cinderella. HE, however, had other plans. Instead, we two went to see Soylent Green. And the rest, as they say, is history. I am fascinated by characters living on the brink - their very human desires, their search for meaning, plots that are actually social commentary, AND A GOOD JUMP SCARE.
I graduated with a B.A. from Bard College (in drama and choreography) and then lived the actor-ey life of a 20 something in NYC (cocktail waitress, temp, auditions, extra work on Law and Order, and lots of macaroni and cheese). Next, I traveled, worked with individuals with intellectual disabilities, married, renovated my house (talk about drama), raised 2 children, learned to walk two dogs at a time, separated, AND braved the horrors of Disney World in August and Harry Potter World at Christmas.
But perhaps my real love of horror, speculative fiction, and tragedy originates from an experience when I was 9 years old. My nephew Tim (who is two years older than I am) was tasked with taking me to see the movie Cinderella. HE, however, had other plans. Instead, we two went to see Soylent Green. And the rest, as they say, is history. I am fascinated by characters living on the brink - their very human desires, their search for meaning, plots that are actually social commentary, AND A GOOD JUMP SCARE.
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I have fallen in love with the medium of audiobooks (both as a listener and a performer). A story that engages people to view the world differently or other humans with more compassion is an experience I am sunk into with all that I am. In 2016, Noah Michael Levine and I won an Audie Award in the Erotica Category for Renea Mason's 'Curing Doctor Vincent'.
I am also a big old Shakespeare geek. Be careful asking about anything Shakespeare related, you may get a very enthusiastic and long-winded response. I've taken classes with Red Bull Shakespeare and Shakespeare & Co. whenever I can and have studied Shakespearean Clowning with Zach Fine and Andy Grotelueschen from Fiasco Theater.
In addition to the above, I work in the field of audio description services, as a writer, describer, narrator, director, and casting consultant. Audio description is a translation of visual images into auditory images inserted into pauses in the dialogue of a movie, play, show, opera etc. This concise and evocative additional "soundtrack" helps people with low or no vision to more fully access media and culture. AND finally, I direct and act in English language dubs for foreign movies and television shows.
In 2010, I was incredibly lucky to join The Strange Bedfellows, a company of actors who perform Shakespeare in all of his bawdy, violent, funny, and tragic glory. The Bedfellows strive to make their audiences forget about that horrible experience they had in high school English class reading Willie. Instead of treating Shakespeare as some delicate, acquired taste, the Bedfellows romp, clown, fight with passion, and work to communicate the humanness in all of Shakespeare's characters. Roles with the Bedfellows include:
I am so happy to live in beautiful Nyack, NY about 30 minutes outside of New York City. I have 2 fully grown kids, a trans man and a cis woman, and they are the most remarkable people I know. During COVID, I became a bit obsessed with making a native plant garden and the trial and error of finding the right plant for the right place. I love to help others find their acting voice and to train people in how to write audio description (hit me up). I have been known to bristle when people in NYC knowingly say "Oh, you live upstate". For the record I can be in midtown in less time than it takes another person to get from Williamsburg to Grand Central.
I am a suburban divorcee Superwoman and the West Side Highway is my cape!
I am also a big old Shakespeare geek. Be careful asking about anything Shakespeare related, you may get a very enthusiastic and long-winded response. I've taken classes with Red Bull Shakespeare and Shakespeare & Co. whenever I can and have studied Shakespearean Clowning with Zach Fine and Andy Grotelueschen from Fiasco Theater.
In addition to the above, I work in the field of audio description services, as a writer, describer, narrator, director, and casting consultant. Audio description is a translation of visual images into auditory images inserted into pauses in the dialogue of a movie, play, show, opera etc. This concise and evocative additional "soundtrack" helps people with low or no vision to more fully access media and culture. AND finally, I direct and act in English language dubs for foreign movies and television shows.
In 2010, I was incredibly lucky to join The Strange Bedfellows, a company of actors who perform Shakespeare in all of his bawdy, violent, funny, and tragic glory. The Bedfellows strive to make their audiences forget about that horrible experience they had in high school English class reading Willie. Instead of treating Shakespeare as some delicate, acquired taste, the Bedfellows romp, clown, fight with passion, and work to communicate the humanness in all of Shakespeare's characters. Roles with the Bedfellows include:
- Queen Elizabeth in The Tragedy of Richard the Third
- Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors
- Goneril in King Lear
- Juno in The Tempest
- Isabella in Measure for Measure
- Olivia in Twelfth Night
- Mopsa in Winter's Tale
- Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Hero in Much Ado About Nothing
- Player in The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged (not Shakespeare)
I am so happy to live in beautiful Nyack, NY about 30 minutes outside of New York City. I have 2 fully grown kids, a trans man and a cis woman, and they are the most remarkable people I know. During COVID, I became a bit obsessed with making a native plant garden and the trial and error of finding the right plant for the right place. I love to help others find their acting voice and to train people in how to write audio description (hit me up). I have been known to bristle when people in NYC knowingly say "Oh, you live upstate". For the record I can be in midtown in less time than it takes another person to get from Williamsburg to Grand Central.
I am a suburban divorcee Superwoman and the West Side Highway is my cape!
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First Show, Princess and the Swineherd, 1973 Croton Shakespeare Festival, Children's Wing
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