Resume

• 2009

  MFA

  Theater (Directing)

  Brooklyn College

• 2003

  SDC

  B.A.

  English

  Theatre

• Theatre

  Directing

  Microsoft Office

  Shakespeare

  Acting

  Non-profits

  Higher Education

  Nonprofits

  College Teaching

  Arts Administration

  Research

  Teaching

  Acting Training

  Improvisation

  Creative Writing

  Public Speaking

  Positive Energy

  Tutoring

  Stage

  Performing Arts

  Plays and Playwrights 2011

  Anthology includes my 2009 play West Lethargy

  produced at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and New York International Fringe Festival.

  Plays and Playwrights 2011

  Kaliski

  Stephen

  Kaliski

  Yale University

  LIU Post

  Brooklyn College

  Joy in the Performing Arts

  Davidson College

  Classic Stage Company

  Adjusted Realists

  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway

  Upright // Outloud

  Fordham University

  Greater New York City Area

  • Design and teach creative training programs for corporations

  academic institutions

  and non-profits

  with services including: public speaking

  postural realignment

  PowerPoint

  YogAlign

  storytelling

  improvisation

  and collaboration.\n• Teach a variety of full-day workshops

  one-on-one coaching sessions

  and ongoing classes

  based on clients' needs.\n• Emphasize a public speaking methodology that focuses on storytelling

  joy

  and authenticity as key principles in maximizing impact.\n• Clients: Alzheimer's Association

  VaynerMedia

  BlackRock

  Centre for Social Innovation

  Lamp Post Group

  Co-Founder and Public Speaking Consultant

  Upright // Outloud

  New York

  NY

  Courses taught:\n\n•\tEffective Speaking: An introduction to public speaking and group presentations focusing on techniques of effectively delivering informative and persuasive speeches.

  Adjunct Instructor

  Fordham University

  New Haven

  CT

  Directed student-run organization’s main stage productions at the Yale Repertory Theater and Yale University Theatre; taught master classes in \"Theatrical Collaboration as Effective Leadership\" and \"Rehearsal Exercises for Directors

  \" available to all students.

  Visiting Professional Director at Yale Dramatic Association

  Yale University

  Brooklyn

  NY

  Courses taught:\n\n•\tActing IV: Classics of Modern Realism: Upper-level acting class for BFA students that focuses on historical study of late 19th Century drama and scene work from the major plays of Anton Chekhov.\n•\tIntroduction to Acting (BA and theater minors): An introduction to the fundamentals of acting with survey of methods (Stanislavsky

  Adler

  Meisner

  Strasberg)

  practice of improvisation and scene study

  and emphasis on ensemble work

  the actor’s physical instrument

  and textual analysis.\n•\tActing Workshop II and III: Scene Study (BA and theater minors): Intermediate acting training with increased emphasis on relationship

  personalization

  and scene partner collaboration.

  Adjunct Instructor

  Brooklyn College

  Davidson

  NC

  Full-time faculty member at this top liberal arts college. I currently teach a range of theatre courses (Fall: Acting I and Directing I).

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre

  Davidson College

  Greater New York City Area

  • Director of Gluten!

  Pterodactyls

  and The Beyoncé\n• Writer of Gluten! and The Briefly Dead\n• Producer of Chickens in the Yard

  called \"Delicate

  nuanced

  and shattering\" by The New York Times

  Co-Founder and Artistic Director

  Adjusted Realists

  Brookville

  NY

  Courses taught:\n\n•\tGraduate Acting: Piloted this new program’s acting training. Focused on Stanislavski-based psychological realism\n•\tIntermediate Acting: Intermediate acting training with emphasis on scene study of Ibsen

  Strindberg

  and Chekhov.\n•\tThe Art of Theatre: Acting class for non-majors. Progression through physical/vocal warm-ups

  ensemble exercises

  character exercises

  monologue study

  and scene study.

  Adjunct Associate Professor

  LIU Post

  • Founded and teach independent arts class that focuses on special creative topics filtered through the lens of joy. Guests have included Sarah Ruhl

  Austin Pendleton

  Michael Cerveris

  and George Lee Andrews.\n• Topics include scene study

  public speaking

  and collaboration.

  Creator/Teacher

  Greater New York City Area

  Joy in the Performing Arts

  Greater New York City Area

  • Assist director on all responsibilities through opening.\n• After opening

  in charge of maintaining quality and integrity of production in perpetuity

  including: conducting understudy/put-in rehearsals

  attending show regularly and giving notes

  and participating in any necessary hirings of new actors/production personnel.

  Resident Director

  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway

  • Returned to the staff of this renowned Off Broadway theater for its 49th season.\n• Assisted with producing of secondary programming

  including First Look Festival and Classic Conversations.\n• Managed special projects in marketing and literary departments

  including CLASSIC Newsletter.

  Artistic and Communications Associate

  Greater New York City Area

  Classic Stage Company