Playwright, screenwriter, video editor, comprimario opera singer, composer. Interested in directing my own screenplays and seeking producers.
For Guy Maddin Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Independent Silent, black and white/tinted film in which a young professor unfairly loses his job and experiences a Kafkaesque series of events.
Misused Minds: Curse of the Educated Youth Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Independent ⋄ Music ⋄ Other ⋄ Thriller Visionary, hallucinatory, satirical work exploring the psyches of un- and underemployed college graduates, resulting in protest, musical performances, murder, and attempted suicide.
The Life of Timon of Athens Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Independent Shakespeare's tragic tale of a generous soul turned misanthropic when he is betrayed, presented with the original text in a quasi-modern fashion somewhere between Luhrmann and Taymor.
The Hollow People Adventure ⋄ Crime ⋄ Drama ⋄ Independent ⋄ Other Short in which a young woman has resorted to bank robbery to keep paying the mortgage on the house she inherited from her parents. She takes an elderly black man hostage, and they develop a sort of Huck/Jim relationship.
The Sketch Adventure ⋄ Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Family ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Horror ⋄ Independent ⋄ Music The child of opera singers sees a monster in his room. The father encourages him, while the mother forces him into a sleep clinic. The operas they perform comment on the action.
What Killed Bartók Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Independent A young man tells the story of the impact of his father's polycythemia, a disease shared by composer Béla Bartók, whose music is frequently invoked, on his family life. Based on a stage version, it is often presented in an abstract fashion, with chairs for cars, etc.
Dhyrak: A Dramatic Work for Three Players and Camera, Truncated Drama ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Other Short homage to Samuel Beckett in which three characters are bound to a tree and tormented by a behind the camera figure known as Dhyrak.
Bank Street Teacher's College Bookstore Promos
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Commercial
by Rebecca Migdal (Short)
Editor Promotional videos for Bank Street Bookstore
Playing Doctor
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Film
by Jazzmyn Banks (Comedy)
production assistant A writer reflects on her first love and an STD scare that preceded her first time, including an interminable visit to the office of a doctor in trouble with the law.
Messiah
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Theater
by St. Cecilia Chorus/Mark Shapiro
Bass chorus Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
Die Fledermaus
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Charmaine Chester (Music)
Singer: Ivan/Bass chorus Operetta by Johann Strauss II
For Guy Maddin
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Film
Written Treatment
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop (Music)
Singer: Lakai Opera by Richard Strauss
Un Ballo in Maschera
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Frank Liska and Max Rosen (Music)
Singer: Silvano/Bass Chorus Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Other People
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Film
by Cold Grey Studio/Uzo
Screenwriter
Cavalleria Rusticana
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop (Music)
Singer: Bass chorus Opera by Pietro Mascagni
Herbstagg
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Music
by Columbia University/Campbell Rightmyer (Music)
Baritone Chorus art song by composer Millie Manning and lyricist Morgan Parker
Performed live at Columbia University, conducted by Campbell Rightmeyer
Orpheus and Euridice
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop (Music)
Bass Soloist/Chorus Opera by Christoph WIllibald Gluck
Hansel and Gretel
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop
Set Construction/Painting
The Marriage of Figaro
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop (Music)
Singer: Antonio/Bass chorus Opera by W.A. Mozart
Fidelio
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Theater
by Brooklyn Repertory Opera/Brett Wynkoop (Music)
Singer: Second Prisoner Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven
Broken Panes
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Film (short)
by The College of Staten Island
producer/director/writer/editor/camera
Brahms: German Requiem
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Theater
by Eric Kramer (Music)
Singer: Bass chorus/concertino group Mass by Johannes Brahms
La Traviata
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Theater
by The Bronx Opera/Nathaniel Merchant (Music)
Singer: Dr. Grenvil (cover)/Bass Chorus Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Sketch
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Film
Screenwriter
Oz En Gage
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Documentary
by The College of Staten Island
producer/director/writer/editor/camera
Misused Minds: Curse of the Educated Youth
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Theater
Playwright
The Skin of Our Teeth
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Theater
by The College of Staten Island/Maurya Wickstrom
stage crew
Meeting of Minds
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Music
by Stage Actors' Workshop/Robert Rini
Assistant Director
Overtones
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Television
by Stage Actor's Workshop
Director
On the Trail of John Hunt Morgan
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Theater
by WFYI (Documentary and Short)
Contributing Producer/Writer/Director
Much Ado About Nothing
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Theater
by IUPUI Stagecrafters/Deborah Coatney
Composer/Actor: Balthasar
Much Ado About Nothing
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Theater
by Shakespeare 2000/Joe Cook (Comedy and Drama)
Composer/Actor: Balthasar/Sexton Inspired by the film Old Gringo, Spanish teacher Joe Cook sets Shakespeare's high comedy in 1913 northern Mexico.
The Life of Timon of Athens
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Film
Screenwriter
A Christmas Carol
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Theater
by Indiana Repertory Theatre/Priscilla Lindsay
running crew
My Brother Was My Mother's Only Child
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Theater
by American Cabaret Theatre/Sharon Jean Hamilton
assistant director
What Killed Bartók
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Theater
Playwright
What Killed Bartók
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Film
Screenwriter
Away from the Prosaic Gas-Light: A Theatrical Celebration of the Work of L. Frank Baum
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Film (short)
Playwright
BasCelik: A Folk Tale From Serbia
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Theater
by Scott Andrew Hutchins
Writer, Puppet design Play for puppet theatre. I wrote the script and built the puppets. The in-class performance was unrehearsed and the only run-through to date.
How to Make Dhyrak, a Dramatic Work for Three Players and Camera with Only Two Players, Cracks in the Fourth Wall Filmworks
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Film
by IUPUI
director/camera/editor/conception
Emerald City (excerpt)
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Film (short)
by Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (Drama)
director/lighting designer Theatre directing class project of an excerpt from David Williamson's 1987 play about the screenwriting industry.
The Quest for _____
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Film (short)
by Blank Films (Sci-Fi, Film-Noir and Short)
Director/Writer/Actor:Mr. Fake Shemp Meshes of the Afternoon meets The Maltese Falcon. Surrealist film about TraditionalMan's world being affected by the computer age. Note: This is a rough cut with some editing mistakes in it.
Frederick E. Otto Fiction Award
(2001)
Indiana University-Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI)
(1994-1999)
College of Staten Island (CUNY)
(1994-1999)