DIRECTING: 2002                Chasing the Tiger by Gail Sheehy, staged reading (Actors Studio, NY) 2001                Sundown Beach by Bessie Breuer, staged reading (Actors Studio, NY)     2000                Proust Recaptured, featuring Nadine Gordimer, Robert Stone, Zoe                        Caldwell and John Shea (Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NY) 2000                Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, staged reading (Actors Studio,NY)      1999                Jean, (Jean Rhys), with Tammy Grimes (Schoolhouse Theater, Croton                        Falls, NY) 1998                Kafka with Christopher Plumber (Town Hall, NY) 1997                A Tribute to Anne Frank with Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Marian Seldes                        (Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY) 1996                Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw with Jill Clayburgh and Sam                                 Waterston 1995                Oleana by David Mamet (Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, NY) 1995                The Seagul by Anton Chekov with Tammy Grimes (East Hampton, NY) 1994                Black by Joyce Carol Oates (Off-Broadway) 1994                Pals by David Manten (Off-Broadway) 1993                I Stand Before You Naked by Joyce Carol Oates (Schoolhouse Theater,                        Croton Falls, NY) 1991-1992        New Plays Series, co-founder (Lenox Theater Lab, Lenox, MA) 1991                Greensleeves by Joyce Carol Oates with Mira Sorvino (John Drew Theater,                        East Hampton, NY) 1991                The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller (John Drew Theater, East Hampton,                        NY) 1990-1996        Writers in Prison Series (PEN) MEMBERSHIPS: ACTORS STUDIO Longtime member, coordinated Playwright/Directors Unit with Elia Kazan, Joseph Mankiewicz and Arthur Penn. DIRECTORS LAB AT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER Participating director/member, 2002-2003 TEACHING: 1997-present            SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, Theater Course for Film Students 1987-1988               RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Before becoming a director, I was a fashion photographer on the staff of both Vogue and Harpers Bazaar.  My work has won many awards, including First Prize in Still Color Photography at the Venice Biennale. FELLOWSHIPS: ART OMI ARTS COLONY, Summer 1997, Ghent, NY, to work on a book combining my photographs with a narrative that would touch my life and career.
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