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Writing/Directing

Playwright & director, “Facing the Future: Climate Change Theater” — Greenfield, MA; 2020

Playwright & director: “From A Distance: 2020 (corona)vision(s)” — Greenfield, MA; 2020

Director: Climate Change Theatre Action 2020 — Greenfield, MA; 2019

Screenplay & director: “Alienation” — Greenfield, MA; 2019

Screenplay & director: “The Mythical Monster” — Turners Falls, MA; 2018

Screenplay & director: “Sh!t Feminist Parents Say” — Cranston, RI; 2014

Sketch comedy: The Third Friday Players — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Screenplay & director: “Local Woman Still Missing” — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Screenplay & director: “Awkward Hugs: An Investigative Report” — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Screenplay & director: “Love Conquers All” — Yellow Springs, OH; 2009

Playwright & director: It Adds Up, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2006

Director: The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2006

Solo performance: The Three P’s of the Human Experience, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2003

Collaborator & student director: San Francisco Mime Troupe workshop performance: How the Cookie Crumbles — San Francisco, CA; 2003


Performance

Circus Sideshow: “The Vee and Des Show,” circus and sideshow with my son Desmond Arnold — Cranston, RI & Turners Falls/Greenfield, MA; 2016–ongoing

Sketch comedy: The Third Friday Players — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Collaborative multi-media performance: “Making Orange Juice” by the Post-Logic Collective — Fool’s Ball Cabaret, AS220, Providence, RI; 2008

Circus Sideshow: Chronicles Of A Moth, presented by SpitFury — Flagstaff, AZ; 2007

The Pathological Upstagers comedy duo — Yellow Springs, OH; 2005–2007

Contortionism: Amazing & Disgusting Talent Show, awarded Most Amazing; Circus Of Fear, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2006

Lead role: Spinning into Butter, written by Rebecca Gilman, directed by Sheila Ramsey, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2005

Spoken word performance troupe: Feminism for the People, Antioch College; opened for Meliza Bañales — Yellow Springs, OH; 2005

Ensemble cast: Made in China, written by Cecelia Pang, directed by Helen Richardson, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2005

San Francisco Mime Troupe workshop performance: How the Cookie Crumbles — San Francisco, CA; 2003

Solo performance: The Three P’s of the Human Experience, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2003

Michael Moore’s “The Awful Truth” extra, Bravo TV — New York, NY; 2000

Upright Citizens Brigade’s “Spaghetti Jesus” featured extra; Comedy Central episode and two stage shows — New York, NY; 1999


Production

Co-producer, “Facing the Future: Climate Change Theater” — Greenfield, MA; 2020

Co-producer: “From A Distance: 2020 (corona)vision(s)” — Greenfield, MA; 2020

Festival Director, Yellow Springs Short Film Festival — Yellow Springs, OH; 2009–11

Sketch comedy: The Third Friday Players sketch comedy troupe — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Wham Bam (Thank You Slam): Spoken Word Revue & Open Mic — Yellow Springs, OH; 2008–09

Open Stage Variety Show, Antioch Area Theater — Yellow Springs, OH; 2005–06


Training

Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Antioch College — Yellow Springs, OH; 2002–06

Make Theater Anywhere with Mark Greenfield and Laura Barnett of Faux-Real Theatre — Yellow Springs, OH; 2010

Modern Dance and Improvisation with Jill Becker — Yellow Springs, OH; 2008–2010

Stunt and Sideshow Skills Workshop with Harley Newman — PA; 2007

Coney Island Circus Sideshow School: Advance Studies — Escape, contortionism, knife-throwing, sword-swallowing, etc. with Harley Newman, The Great Throwdini, Chris McDaniel, Red Stuart — Coney Island, NY; 2007

Coney Island Circus Sideshow School: Sideshow Skills 101 — Fire-eating, blockhead, bed of nails, walking on broken glass, etc. with Todd Robbins — Coney Island, NY; 2006

Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center: Level 1 Long-Form Improv with Ari Voukydis — New York, NY; 2004

San Francisco Mime Troupe: Commedia Dell’Arte & Melodrama Workshop with Dan Chumley and Joan Holden — San Francisco, CA; 2003

  • From A Distance short play fest, 2020
  • From A Distance short play fest, 2020
  • directing Alienation, 2018
  • 2018
  • The Vee and Des Show, 2016
  • Third Friday Players, 2010
  • Third Friday Players, 2010
  • Make Theater Anywhere, 2010
  • Make Theater Anywhere, 2010
  • Local Woman Still Missing
    Local Woman Still Missing, 2010
  • Awkward Hugs: An Investigative Report
    Awkward Hugs: An Investigative Report, 2009
  • Love Conquers All
    Love Conquers All, 2008
  • Spinning Into Butter, 2005
  • Pathological Upstagers, 2005
  • Antioch Theater, 2005
  • Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 2003
  • Upright Citizens Brigade tv show, 1999

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