…and why should I listen to her?

I’ve found my passion in weaving words and emotions into pieces that help us remember who we are and where we come from. I love to put these words to paper, whisper them into your ear and release them from the stage.

I was always into theatre—at least since I starred in The Snow Girl for Theatre 65 in Evanston at age 10. I took a BA in Theatre Arts at the University of Minnesota, but somehow I forgot to go DO it when I graduated; chalk it up to a profound fear of waitressing. Somehow, Dad convinced me that law school beckoned, or was that an advanced practicum in the theater of the absurd. (Yes, I really did practice. No, it was not like Perry Mason. As for the phrase “recovering lawyer…” some conditions you just learn to live with.)

A decade ago I started to get back to the roar of the greasepaint, as children’s theatre playwright and director, next directing the West Coast Premiere ofThe Orphan Queen. Since then, I’ve been delighted to act, sing and even dance in The Really Big Dance Company’s Pirate Show and to be a part of Claude Wampler’s Career Ender, 2007 Portland Time Based Art (TBA) festival. The Vestibule: life, love and tears through the midlife lens debuted in October 2007 and About Love: the bittersweet heart opened in February of 2008. I’m recently back from my first tour with The Vestibule in New Mexico–Spring 2008. Both shows are available to tour in and out of Portland. I also accept commissions.

I also perform with the women’s a capella chorus, Pride of Portland as well as in various open mic locales. I direct and accompany my original musical productions with student actors (In Portland and Even To The Western Ocean.)

Pretty much everything else about me emerges in the work.