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Writing and Editorial Background
Writing: Professional writer for 6 years, with experience in theatre, business and commercial writing. Author of several short stories and stand up comedy routines. Resident playwright of Serendipity Theatre in Chicago for the past 6 years. Creator and writer of 4 Chicago and New York produced plays. Author of “Being 11” voted one of the best plays to see in 2003 by the Chicago Sun Times. Winner of the 1995 “Best Portfolio” award from Miami of Ohio.
Editing: Currently editor of 2 electronic newsletters, various corporate and business materials (including reports, brochures and email campaigns). Experienced in copyediting, content editing, and proofreading.
Business and Corporate Writing: Writer and editor of a wide range of business materials, including brochures, newsletters, commercials, and advertising. Clients include: Rodale, Martina Navratilova, Prevention Magazine, Next Media (radio), Culvers, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Cruise Planners, The City of Lake Forest, Grayslake Chamber of Commerce, Deerfield Tire, Planet Beach, Forbidden Butterfly, SPRI Professional Fitness Products, Serendipity Theatre Company, The Improv Playhouse, and TGS enterprises.
Teacher: Teach courses at the Improv Playhouse on developing and creating your own business by writing and performing your own material.
Employment History
Copywriter - October 2005
to present
SPRI Products, Inc.
Libertyville, Illinois
Write newsletters for professional, medical, consumer and retail divisions.
Write advertising and brochures for all tradeshows. Create copy for
professional and consumer catalogs. Develop concept and material for
all email campaigns. Update SPRI website with new copy on a monthly
basis. Help develop concept and creative for all new projects. Write
all copy for new SPRI packaging. Major clients include: Rodale, Martina
Navratilova (Martina’s Choice line), Bob Greene (Oprah’s
personal trainer), Todd Durkin, Prevention Magazine (Shape Your Self
line), Chris Freytag, Shape Magazine, Self Magazine and Good Housekeeping.
Resident
Playwright - January 2000 to present
Serendipity Theatre Company, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Write copy for www.serendipitytheatre.org website. Develop, create,
write, market and workshop new plays for the Chicago market. Write and
edit stories for the annual 2nd Story Series. Create a bi-monthly electronic
newsletter. Plays produced: “Chordless” premiered as a staged
reading at the new Goodman Theatre in Chicago 2002. Accepted into the
New York Fringe Festival 2002. “Another Day of Distraction.”
Premiered at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago 2001. “Being 11”
Premiered at the Tony Award winning Victory Gardens Theatre in 2003.
Remounted at the Athenaeum theatre in 2004. Voted as one of the best
plays to see in 2003 by the Chicago Sun Times, “Delores Dogan”
premiered at Strawdog Theatre in 2005. Noted by Chris Jones of the Chicago
Tribune as, “A writer to watch”. Creator and writer of Northwestern
Memorial’s annual Stories of Caregiving.
Professional Actress & Voice Over
Artist - March 2000 to present
Chicago, Illinois
Performed in major roles at the Goodman Theatre as Patty in Wendy McCloud’s
world premiere of “Schoolgirl Figure” and as Susie in Margaret
Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winning “Wit”. Performed at
Steppenwolf theatre as Thekla in “Maria Arndt” and opposite
Laurie Metcalf as Tina in “Weekend In Rio”. Performed overseas
in London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland in the Fringe Festival as
Tina in “Weekend in Rio”. Received a Best Actress Nomination
for role in “Weekend In Rio”. Professional voice artist
for several radio and television commercials including, Tampax, Coors
light, McDonalds, Culvers and others, (list available if you really
want it).
Education
Bachelor
of Arts, University of Miami Of Ohio - Creative
Writing/Theatre, (Dean’s List).
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