RESUME & PHOTO/VIDEO GALLERY

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Directing. Choreography. Intimacy Directing. Performance Experience

 

2026

-Stop Kiss, Intimacy Director, Dir. Traci Spraugue, Prospect Theater Project

 

- Atonement, Intimacy Coordinator, feature film by Oscar nominated Dir. Reed Van 

Dyk. Worked with Kenneth Branagh, Amanda Warren, Boyd Holbrook, Gratiela Brancusi 

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2025

-Sally & Tom, Choreographer, Dir. Lance Gardner, Marin Theatre

 

- Measure for Measure, Intimacy Director, Dir. Rebecca Ennals, SSA, San Francisco

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- Consent Forward Practices Workshop, Several Central Valley Theater representatives

 

2024

-Guys & Dolls, Director / Choreographer/ Led Consent Forward Practices Workshop, 

Throckmorton Theater

 

- Measure for Measure, Intimacy Director,  Dir. Rebecca Ennals, A.C.T.  San Francisco

 

- Consent Forward Practices Workshop, A.C.T.,  San Francisco

 

- Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein, Intimacy Director, also led Consent Forward 

Practices Workshop, West Side Theatre

 

- NEW WORK AGENCY, Intimacy Director, Native Body Cream, Commercial shoot

 

2023

-The Wetlands, Director. A site-specific collaboration with playwright AriDy Nox & 

actors Cassie Hunter and Kaiy Watts. Performed for the 15th Anniversary of the 

Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Project, Pt Reyes, CA.

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2021-2023

-SHAKESPEARIENCE!  An innovative theater arts program for youth. 

Resident Director/Teacher, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet

 

2020

-Blood Wedding, Choreographer/ Movement Director, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

2012-2020

-A.C.T. MFA Conservatory Program, Adjunct Faculty Director/Choreographer 

Created Movement Project, an original interdisciplinary devised theater piece.

Created each fall with incoming MFA 1 students.

 

1996-2020

-Lisa Towsend Co dancefracas, Artistic Director, Collaborator & Performer

LTCo dancefracas has been presented in New York City, Los Angeles, & San 

Francisco. Theaters & Festivals include St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, P.S. 122, 

Dixon Place, Movement Research @ Judson Church, L.A. Women's Theater Festival, 

L.A.C.E., LosAngeles Theater Center, ODC Theater, The Garage, CounterPulse, West 

Wave Dance @ Project Artaud Theater, Cowell Theater, & Dance Mission Theater.

Evening works include:

Fuga:to chase/to flee, a trio collaboration with composer Piro Patton

indifference, an evening of dance theater & film based on Albert Camus’ L’Etranger

Virile Streak, a look into the life of Renée Pélagie de Sade, wife of the Marquis

Seizure Story, an exploration into the human 3lb universe

 

 

2019

-Awakening of Spring,  Choreographer, Dir. Christine Adaire, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

-Sense & Sensibility,  Choreographer, Dir.Pirronne Yousefzadeh, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

-Constellations, Choreographer, Dir. Jessica Holt, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

2017

-HOME, Theater/Dance/Aerial/Music collaboration with  Joanna Haigood, ZDT. 

I collaborated with Frances McDormand & Lucian Patton on a devised work titled: 

ROOM & Choreographed Hmmm in collaboration with Vocal Artist Peggy Honeywell 

& Directed Scenes from You Can’t Take It with You

 

-CLICKSHARE,  Choreographer, Dir. Stephen Brackett, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

2016

-King Charles III, Movement Director, Dir. David Muse, A.C.T.’s Geary Theater

 

-Rocky Horror Show, Dir. John Carrafa, MFA Program, A.C.T., Choreographer/  

Movement Director

 

2015

-Villeggiatura, Choreographer, Dir. Stephen Buescher, MFA Program, A.C.T.

 

2013-14

-Early Shaker Spirituals, Collaborator/Performer, The Wooster Group, NYC

 

2012-22

Bolinas Stinson Beach After School Theater, Artistic Director 

Director & Choreographer: Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story, Matilda,

Bugsy Malone, HOODWINKED!, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, Romeo & Juliet, 

The Way Down:Orpheus & Eurydice (and others.)

 

1989-2000

OPERA Modesto

-Rigoletto, Tales of Hoffmann, La Bohème, Hansel & Gretel, Amahl and the Night Visitors,

“Opera, What’s That?", Shenandoah, Choreographer/Performer      

-The Mikado, Assistant Director / Choreographer

-The Magic Flute & Carmen, Stage Manager

Stockton Opera Association, Movement Director (1989-90)

 

Film Work

2025 Women Walking, Director, Choreographer, Editor (Currently in post-production)

2024 Agate Hands, Associate Producer, Liaison between actors & creative team (In production)

2023 POZZO, Associate Producer, Director - Screened at Bolinas Film Festival 

2022 All the Branches In Me,  Associate Producer 

2021 Burning Chronicles of Late, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor 

2014 Clutch, Director, Choreographer, Editor - Screened at S.F.’s tiny dance film festival 

 

Other film work: Worked as a P.A. and Craft Service for numerous commercials in L.A. 

 

Artist Residency Awards for Theater & Dance (2003-2019)

The Garage, SF

CounterPulse, ARC, SF

Chime Across Borders, Mentor Tere O’Connor,  made possible by Margaret Jenkins Dance Co. 

ODC Theater, SF (3 years)

Creative Capital Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts

Joyce Soho, NYC

 

Grant Awards (2004-2022)

Zellerbach Family Foundation (4x) 

YBCAway Artist’s Fund

Theater Bay Area CA$H (3x)

Marin Arts Council Artist’s Grant

Marin Arts Council Infrastructure Grant 

Meet the Composer, NYC

Stinson Bolinas Community Fund (15x)

 

Dance/Performance Company Work

Christy Funsch EPOC, ODC Theater, project dancer, SF

Melinda Ring & Judy Lief, Dance On Camera Festival, project dancer, NYC 

Keely Garfield Sinister Slapstick, company member, NYC

Guta Hedewig, company member, NYC

Troika Ranch, project dancer, Los Angeles CA & Brooklyn NY

Monica Favand, collaborative dance/theater/sculpture partner, Los Angeles CA 

Elizabeth Streb, Ringside, project performer, Los Angeles, CA

BRIDGE Dance Theater, company member, Los Angeles CA

Helios Dance Theater, company member, Los Angeles CA

Deborah Oliver Performance, project dancer, Los Angeles CA

 

Teaching Experience

2000-present CoreContact, Private Studio, Working with 30+ students a week. 

Somatic Movement, Pilates, Gyrotonic & Contemporary Dance

 

2003-25 ODC School, Contemporary Dance Teacher / Resident Choreographer (‘03-‘06) 

ROCO Dance, Contemporary Dance / Choreography / Somatic Movement

 

2012-22 A.C.T.’s MFA Program, Adjunct Faculty, Director/Choreographer/Movement teacher

Bolinas Stinson Beach After School Theater, Artistic Director/Theater Instructor

 

2000-02 -Hunter College, CUNY, Dance Department Adjunct Faculty

-New Dance Amsterdam, Contemporary Dance Teacher

-Joffrey Ballet School NYC, Guest Pilates Teacher

 

1996-02 -Greenspan Center Brooklyn, Dance, Somatics, Pilates & Gyrotonic 

-Corfitness NYC, Independent contractor, Somatics, Pilates & Gyrotonic 

-Park South Physical Therapy NYC, Somatics & Neuromuscular re-patterning

 

1995-98 -University of the Pacific, Guest Teacher Modern Dance/ Pilates 

-Columbia Community College, Theater Improvisation & Choreography Residency 

-Modesto Junior College, Modern Dance/ Improvisation, Artist Residency

  -Pasadena Dance Theater, Modern Dance Residency

-California State Summer School for the Arts, Faculty Theater & Dance. 

-Mary Rosenberg Physical Therapy LA, Neuro-muscular re-patterning

-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center  LA, Dance & Improvisation, Residency 

-Oakwood Secondary School LA, Adjunct Faculty, Acting & Modern Dance

-Pasadena Arts Outreach, Co-created program & Taught Modern Dance  

 

1991-1994 Community Arts Partnership Program sponsored an LA Cultural Affairs Grant;

Co-created theater & dance programs for HS students, TaughtDance/Directed Shows 

California Institute of the Arts, Inter-School Modern Dance & Improvisation 

University of the Pacific, Inter-School Modern Dance & Improvisation 

Stockton County Mental Health, Inpatient Rehab; Art, Music & Dance Therapy

 

Education

2023 Certified Intimacy Director IDC Professionals (SAG-AFTRA Accredited)

1994 Master of Fine Arts Dance Performance California Institute of the Arts 

1992 Bachelor of Arts Theater Arts/English University of the Pacific

1990 Associative Arts Theater/Psychology Modesto Junior College

 

Other Relevant Training/Workshops/Certifications

 

• Intimacy Direction, Certified, IDC Professionals, a SAG-AFTRA Accredited Training Program

• Mental Health and First Aid USA, Certified, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

• Trauma Informed Communication, Diversity & Inclusion Vs. Tokenism, Interracial Bodies in Romance, Conflict Mediation/Resolution, Sexual Harassment Prevention (IDC Professionals)

• Racial Diversity, Anti-Racism, LGBTQ Inclusivity, Gender Inclusivity,  Gender Expansive Practices, Unconscious Bias (SHINE Diversity)

• Body Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

• Bartenieff Fundamentals & Laban Technique 

• Contact Improvisation

• Intimacy Choreography Analysis

• Pilates, Gyrotonic Expansion System, Gyrokinesis, Certified

 

References
Wendy vanden Heuvel, wendyvanh@gmail.com / Claire Warden,  claire@idcprofessionals.com /  

Joanna Haigood,  jhaigood@zaccho.org / Danyon Davis, danyondavis@gmail.com / 

Kitty Thompson, artistic@shakespearience.net / Rebecca Ennals, rennals@act-sf.org