My Showbiz Bio

I've worked professionally in all areas of the entertainment industry, both on the West Coast and in New York. As a performer, I appeared Off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center (Westside Arts), with the Light Opera of Manhattan (including their Central Park production of Pirates of Penzance - WNYC radio broadcast) and San Francisco's Lamplighters Music Theatre, and on ABC-TV's All My Children.

My experience behind the camera includes heading the Commercial Division as a SAG-AFTRA talent agent at Stars, The Agency in San Francisco, casting for Tony Award winner (Raisin) Robert Brittan's A Children's Song (backer's audition), voice-overs, health and safety films, and working for longtime SF casting director, Mike Humphrey, scouting "real people" for many national TV commercials, including Little Caesar's Pizza, Budweiser, and Sprite.

In 2005, I directed The Little Prince at the award-winning A Company of Girls in Portland, Maine. Inspired by this experience, I created Remarkable Girls, a unique all-girl theatre program for ages 9-18. I've taught drama for at-risk students at Building Futures Now in East Palo Alto, musical theatre at The Girls' Middle School, senior centers and recreation centers, and auditioning, both privately and in workshops.

My own training includes New York voice teacher Elizabeth Howell, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and I am a proud graduate of the prestigious Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Musical Theater Workshop, where I worked with industry professionals Paul Gleason and casting director Gordon Hunt.