"We were fortunate not to have had the traditional training in the craft:
it is no easy task to throw useless conventions overboard."
ANNI ALBERS, Bauhaus Weaver (1959)
it is no easy task to throw useless conventions overboard."
ANNI ALBERS, Bauhaus Weaver (1959)
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I'll make this quick:
By day, I work in TV and by night I make animated skits, write comedy and art criticism, and am always on the lookout for ways to expand my craft(s). I was born and raised in Massachusetts but moved to Los Angeles when I got really into animation. I read a lot and watch a lot of movies, but I also spend lots of time outside and am an avid hiker who can tackle some "moderate" trails. Projects that excite me are expansive. They do not take place in kitchens and the climax does not unfold on a couch. I think the survival of film and survival of theatre will depend on those willing to break the most sacred rules of either and I believe the primary modes of storytelling of the very near future--- which have to be immediate and spontaneous, able to be stumbled upon--- will be unimaginable by our current selves. 
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I went to school for theatre and worked in theatre for a hot minute. Just putting that out there so you know (but I'm not annoying or anything). I think that experience instilled in me a respect for story above all, an ability to receive and integrate feedback, and an awareness of how to collaborate while honoring the input of others. Some highlights include performing in a long-running, immersive disco show by a Tony-Award winning director and working year-round for an arts education program. Along the way, I swept floors for a touring Shakespeare company, did summer stock in one of the country's original barn theatres, and probably ironed more kimonos than whoever's website you're gonna visit next. I'll put this out there too: I've worked as a guest artist for NYU, New England Conservatory, MIT, and Massasoit Community College, and spoken at Emerson College and Clark University.
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