: About Me

I am a 34-year old costume loft manager and part-time youth theatre director/choreographer. I have taught language arts, theatre, and journalism in the high school and middle school arenas. In addition to directing and choreographing, my hobbies and interests include costume and set design, scrapbooking, playwriting, and spending time with my partner Richard and our dog-ters Kiwi and Lexi. I am a televisiophile watching such shows as Doctor Who, Torchwood, CSI, Cold Case, and How I Met Your Mother. I also watch such deplorable reality-based shows as Survivor, The Amazing Race, and The Mole.

My passion is ...

directing and choreography in youth theatre

I know too much about ...

teaching kids about theatre arts

My parents always told me ...

to talk slower

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a computer engineer

My favorite memory ...

is of my marriage in Disneyland

Why I write ...

To connect, to explore, to process, to synthesize

My first job ...

retail sales: toys

My best moment ...

the first time I had a play produced on stage

My inspiration ...

my partner Richard

Arts & Humanities > Theater & Drama Why it is important to introduce children to theater

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The curtain goes up. The performance starts. Music. Energy. Lights. Applause. Cheers. Adulations. The curtain goes down. Ah, the life of a performer. It's quite a rush. But there's also the downside: a low-paying, highly competitive job market, the short shelf-life of a career that can be based on appearance alone, and the horrible low self-esteem garnered from rejection after rejection. With such a ruthless and unforgiving environment, why would anyone choose to introduce their children to the world of theatre? Well, to be somewhat cliche, it's not about the destination, it's about the le...

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