Matthew Isaac Minnicino
​
his height   short
his weight   not much
 
his other stuff  Dramatists Guild of America
Project Y Playwrights Group 2020
Fresh Ground Pepper PlayGroup 2019-2020
Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, 2018 -
Pipeline Theatre 2017-18 PlayLab
Great Plains Theatre 2018 and 2019 Conference
Serials Writers' Room @ The Flea, 2018-19
The Joust's 2018 Writers' Round Table
Letter of Marque 2018 Ensemble Playwright
​Everyday Inferno Writer/Director Lab 2016
[currently based in Manhattan, New York]
[in a large closet]

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his writing (for theatre)

WYRD





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​​SOME PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD​




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​MALEFACTIONS


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​WRECKS
(after oedipus)​

​ARTAUD ARTAUD



BIRDLAND
(a tragedy)

MARVELLOUS
(an illuminated tale)


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​FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE


​TROY IS BURNING
(a goat-song)



SUNSET PARK

​IN HINDSIGHT, MAYBE GHOSTS WERE A BAD IDEA

PERSEPHONE




​FUNNY VOICES







​​​THE NAMING OF THINGS







SERIALS @ THE FLEA
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​RULE OF 7x7

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​PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS​






​​THE BALLET OF THE 
UN-HATCHED CHICKS


​THE BODY



IF YOU WANT MY HEART
(COME AND TAKE IT)

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​ROTENBURG


A THING I CANNOT NAME



HUMAN RESOURCES


INQUIRY [...] DESTINY 
BUCEPHALUS
​RIBOLLITA
UNCOMPROMISING
​SIXTH GRADE
​THE PITCH
BAD TEETH
THE GLOW-WORM
CHANT D'AMOUR
​CARTHAGE
[ DALLOWAY ]
ARMADILLO
FLUKE



A MISANTHROPE




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ANNA

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​ANTIGONE



HOMELESS GARDEN​​

ACHERON

FURIES: A NEW ORESTEIA

​THREE SISTERS

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​​CHILDREN OF THE SUN


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​​HEDDA (GABLER)

THE DUEL

UNTITLED '54

CORPSE BACKPACK​


​THE ENCHANTED REALM OF RENE MAGRITTE​

​UNTITLED #3

RPT

BROTHER3

DREAMPLAY

SECESSION


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​ODD.A.SEE


INHUME


​A SEAGULL



DAUGHTER PLAY 

         Full Length

(as Anon) Exquisite Corpse | HERE Arts Center | NYC, 2014 | dir. Jenny Beth Snyder
Pipeline Theatre Company | Jefferson Market Library | NYC, 2018 | dir. Felicia Lobo
Primary Stages | NYC, 2019 | dir. Dan Hasse*
Great Plains Theatre Conference | Omaha, NE 2019*
Atlantic Theatre School | NYU3, NYC, 2022 | dir. Catrin Ody***
Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2019
Semi-Finalist, Premiere Stages, 2022

​Developed at The Barn Arts Collective | Bass Harbor, ME, 2016 | dir. Tara Elliott
Barn Arts Festival | Cloud City, NYC, 2017 | dir. Tara Elliott*
Wheel Theatre Co. | Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival | DC, 2017 | dir. Jack Read*
Joust Theatre Company | Playwrights Downtown, NYC, 2018 | dir. Ilana Khanin*
Great Plains Theatre Conference PlayLab | Omaha, NE, 2018
Semi-Finalist, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center New Plays Conference, 2018

Cradle Theatre Company | NYC, 2016 | dir. Lauren Z. Adleman
Schapiro Theater | NYC, 2015 | dir. Anouk Kemp
Cradle Theatre Company | NYC, 2015 | dir. Zach Fike Hodges*
​Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Waterford, CT, 2016**
Gorilla Tango Theatre Company | Chicago, IL, 2016 | dir. Kristina McCloskey
​Manhattanville College | 2018 | dir. Tara Elliott
Semi-Finalist, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center New Plays Conference, 2017

​Underling Productions | The Tank, NYC, 2016 | dir. Meghan Blakeman
WSC Avant Bard | Washington, DC, 2017 | dir. Charlene V. Smith*

Pershing Square Signature Center | NYC, 2015 | dir. Julia Sears***
James Madison University | Harrisonburg, Virginia | dir. Quill Nebeker*
Dream Up Festival | Theater for a New City, 2015 | dir. Jake Beck w/ Artilliers

Schapiro Theatre | Columbia University | NYC, 2014 | dir. Julia Sears
The Flea Theatre | NYC, 2014 | dir. Anne Cecilia Haney*

NYC International Fringe Festival, | 14th Street Y | 2014 | dir. Elizabeth Nearing
The TRUF Theatre Company | Jimmy's No. 43 | 2014*
WSC-Avant Bard Youth Readings | DC, 2017 | dir. Carol Cadby**
Semi-Finalist, Provincetown Playhouse Plays for Young Audiences, 2016

Schapiro Theatre | Columbia University | NYC, 2013 | dir. Anouk Kemp
Crashbox Theater Company Living Room Readings | NYC, 2016*

University of Virginia Department of Drama | 2011 | dir. Richard Warner & J. P. Schiedler
Lunar Energy Productions | NYC, 2013 | dir. Nadia Sepsenwol
Winner, 2010 Clay E. Delauney Prize for Playwriting
Nominee, KCACTF National Student Playwriting Award

Traumaturgy Productions | TheaterLab, NYC, 2017 | dir. Jolene Noelle

LiveArts Theatre | Charlottesville, VA, 2020 | dir. Amalia Oswald
​

Virginia Playwriting Society | Charlottesville, Virginia. 2010 | dir. Matt Minnicino
Idly Bent Theatre Company | Charlottesville, Virginia, 2012 | dir. Anne Cecelia DeMelo
Pleiades Productions | NYC, 2013 | dir. Estefania Fadul | NY International Fringe Festival
developed as a short film by Bicephaly Productions | dir. Ani Simon-Kennedy

The Survivalists | Upper West Side, NYC, 2014 | dir. Kate Downey
Emerging Artists Theatre EATFest | TADA Youth Theater | dir. Anne Cecelia DeMelo
NYC Fridge Festival | IRT Theatre, NYC, 2017 | dir. Kate Hopkins
​GCSU | Georgia College, 2017 | dir. Iona Holder Sun
Winner, 2016 Arts & Letters Drama Prize | Georgia College

          One Act

TheaterMania Theatre Festival | Charlottesville, Virginia, 2009 | dir. Laura Nessler
Shenandoah Fringe Festival | 2010 | dir. Quill Nebeker
Senior Studio Series | Wake Forest University, 2011 | dir. Rebecca Speas***
Latenite Theatre Festival | Columbia University, 2012 | dir. Christina McCarver
James Madison University | 2014 | dir. Rachel Belleman
Barrow Group Apprentice Company Student Reading Series | TBG Theatre | 2016*
Cave Theatre Company Playwright's Open Mic | Under St. Mark's | 2017

"Noir Town" | Episodes 1-8 | 2017-18 | dir. Anne Cecelia DeMelo
"Flee" (written with Lily Houghton) | 2018 | dir. Charles Quittner
"Black Flag" | Episodes 1-4 | 2018 | dir. Kristan Seemel
"Cast Party" | Episodes 1-5 | 2018-19 | dir. Dan Hasse
"The Last Blockbuster" | 2019 | w/ Lily Houghton | dir. Tom Costello

The VVoke | The Tank, 2019 | dir. Liz Livingston
The Shade | The Tank, 2017 | dir. Jake Beckhard
The Bee's Knees | Virtual, 2020 | dir. Dan Hasse

Cyrano: The White Plume | Charlotte School | Charlotte, NC, 2021 | dir. Claire Hilton
Bird/Bee | Wilson Players, Wilson High Schoo | Washington DC, 2009 | dir. Isabel Bush
Symbiosis | Jamestown High School Theatre | Williamsburg, VA, 2010 | dir. Joshua Blum
The Birth of Tragedy | Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA, 2019 | dir. Carol Cadby
​Murther Most Foul | Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA, 2019 | dir. Carol Cadby
Black Snow | Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA, 2019 | dir. Carol Cadby

No Boundaries Theatre Festival | Schapiro Theatre, NY | 2013 | dir. Keith Michael Pinault
Play by Play | Alchemical Theatre Laboratory | 2015 | dir. Nik Aliye*
Barrow Group Apprentice Company Student Reading Series | TBG Theatre | 2016*

​LiveArts 24-Hour Playwriting Festival | Charlottesville, 2012 | dir. John Holdren
Latenite Theatre Festival | Columbia University, 2013 | dir. Tessa Slovis
James Madison University | 2014 | dir. Katie Arthur

Artilliers Play-in-a-Day 24 Hour Festival | NYC, 2016 | dir. Felicia Lobo
Insomnium Theatre Company | NYC, 2016 | dir. Jake Beckhard
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Directors' Studio | 2018 | dir. Raz Golden

Boxed Wine Productions & ECC | NYC, 2013 | dir. Tess Howsam
Play by Play | Alchemical Theatre Laboratory | 2015 | dir. Jake Beckhard*

Love & Death: Collaboration Festival | Columbia | 2013 | dir. Chris Murrah
Play by Play | Alchemical Theatre Laboratory | 2015 | dir. Lauren Zeftel*
University of Denver Department of Theatre | Denver, Colorado | 2015 | dir. Adeline Mann

Atlantic Theatre One-Act Festival | NYC, 2020 | dir. Jake Beckhard
Housewarming Festival | 4615 Theatre | DC, 2021 | dir. Jon Jon Johnson

24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues | Virtual, 2022 | feat. Rachel Yong 
24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues | Virtual, 2022 | feat. Clea Alsip
Fautline Theatre, [...] in the Time of Corona | Virtual, 2021 | feat. Antoinette LaVecchia
The Living Calendar | Virtual, 2021 | feat. Helen Laser
Show of Shows | The PIT, NYC | 2019 | dir. Victoria Gruenberg
Shenandoah Fringe Festival | 2010 | dir. Quill Nebeker
CrazyBusy One-Minute Play Festival | LiveArts, Charlottesville, 2011 | dir. Ray Nedzel
Act Out Festival | Mary Baldwin College | Staunton, Virginia, 2011 | dir. Danielle Guy 
Wrought & Repurposed: Collaboration Festival | Columbia | 2013 | dir. Dara Malina
Exquisite Corpse 24-Hour Playwriting Festival | NYC, 2013 | dir. Jon Dalin
The Weekend Play Experiment | Think Coffee | NYC, 2014 | prod. Nina Covalesky
The Weekend Play Experiment | 1 Knickerbocker | NYC, 2014 | prod: Nina Covalesky
Outta The Hat 24-Hour Play Festival | Coffeed | NYC, 2014 | prod. Nina Covalesky

          Collaborations & Adaptations

​Nominated, Helen Hayes for Best Adaptation, 2020
Salon Series | Various, NYC, 2016 | dir. Benita de Wit
used by Columbia MFA Acting Program for Moliere Studies | dir/instructor: Ulla Wolcz***
WSC-Avant Bard Scripts in Play | Washington DC, 2017 | dir. Rex Daughtry*
Stripped Scripts Productions | Long Island City, 2019*
Avant Bard | Washington DC, 2019 | dir. Megan Behm

Anti-Arts Isolation Factory | Virtual | dir. Nick Piacente
Powerhouse Theater, Vassar Stage and Film | upcoming, 2022

Cherry Lane Theater | East 3rd Productions | NYC, 2017 | dir. Ricardo Reithmuller*
Fugitive Kind Theatre | Los Angeles, 2018 | dir. Amanda McRaven
Avant Bard | Washington DC, 2019 | dir. Jon Jon Johnson*

Refracted Theatre Co. | Site-Specific, NYC, 2020 | dir. Graham Miller

The Box Collective | Guildhall, East Hampton, NYC | dir. Julia Sears**

Combative Theatre Company | NYC [w/ Omri Kadim]**

Barn Arts Collective Chekhov Festival | Bass Harbor, ME, 2017 | dir. Julia Sears
Old Sound Room | Lucid Body House, NYC, 2019 | dir. Anne Cecelia DeMelo*
High School of the Performing Arts | NYC, 2019 | dir. Sharone Halevy

Sugarglass Theatre | Trinity College-Dublin | dir. Marc Atkinson**
The Irish Repertory Theatre | NYC, 2018 | " *
Barn Arts Collective | Bass Harbor, ME, 2019 | " **
The Gate Theatre | Dublin, Ireland, 2021 | " **
Primary Stages | NYC, 2022 | " *

Wandering Bark Theatre Company | NYC, 2016 | dir. Joseph Mitchell Parks

Columbia Stages | NYC, 2016 | dir. NJ Agwuna

New Ohio Producer's Club | NYC, 2020 | [w/ Joshua William Gelb & Sharone Halevy]

Pipeline Theatre Company | NYC, 2017 | dir. Jaki Bradley & Tom Costello
[w/ Jae Kramisen, Rick Burkhardt, KT Looney, Divya Mangwani, Amy Van Wijk]

Exquisite Corpse Company | Governor's Island, NYC, 2016 | dir. Tess Howsam
[w/ Emily Zemba, Laura Zlatos, Simon de Carvalho, T. Adamson, & Blake Bishton)

Exquisite Corpse Company | Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2016 [w/ Laura Zlatos]

Dance Piece | 92nd Street Y | NYC, 2018 | dev. by Stephen Cyr & Courtney Laine Self

Dance Piece | The Public Hotel | NYC, 2018 | dir. Ellie Nichols

Artilliers | Chinatown Soup, NYC, 2015 | dir. Jake Beckhard

Exquisite Corpse Theatre Co. | NYC, 2015 | dir. Tara Elliott (& Tess Howsam)
Faux Real Festival | New Orleans, LA | dir. Tess Howsam
[ with Laura Zlatos, Simon de Carvalho, Alexis Roblan, Blake Bishton, & Leah Barker ]
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Exquisite Corpse Theatre Co. | NYC, 2013 | dir. Tess Howsam
[ with Laura Zlatos, Lavinia Roberts, and Blake Bishton ]

Columbia Stages | Riverside Church | NYC, 2015 | dir. Shayok Misha Chowdhury
SPACE on Ryder Farm | dir. Shayok Misha Chowdhury**

Lunar Energy Productions | NYC, 2013 | dir. Maridee Slater*
Columbia Stages | NYC, 2013 | dir. Maridee Slater
Próva | Loft 227 | NYC, 2015 | dir. Sharone Halevy

Guess Who? Festival | Columbia University | 2012 | dir. Anouk Kemp & Chris Murrah
[ with Tabia Lau ]
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* - Reading      **Workshop     ***Academic/Thesis Production

Troy is Burning // 2011

Artaud Artaud // 2015

Sunset Park // 2017

script samples available at New Play Exchange​

The Inquisitor // 2008

his writing (for short film)

UÑA Y CARNE                     Indie, 2022, dir. Susi Montoya-Quinchia
GOOD WAY TO DROWN        Indie, 2022, dir. Mak Shealy & Lizzy Jarrett
HOMEBODY                         Indie, 2021, dir. Brendan Swift
STRAY                                     Indie, 2019, dir. Nora Unkel
HENCH                                    Bicephaly Productions, 2014, dir. Estefania Fadul/Ani Simon-Kennedy
AT DEATH'S DOOR                 Adrenaline Film Project 2011; winner, Audience Favorite Award
BERENICE                            Modest Productions, Virginia Student Film Festival at U.Va
SCRATCH                             Modest Productions, 2009, dir. Jordan Pridgen
THE COLOR OF GENIUS         Richmond 48-Hour Film Festival, 2009, dir. Jordan Pridgen

his acting

Adding Machine: A Musical // 2012

Halfmoon Chronicles (podcast)
Courage! To the Field
Blind Tasting (short film)
King John (reading)
The Seagull
​Three Sisters
The Human Incubator (reading)
The Divorce Party (reading​)
The Bacchae
The Jester (short film)
Henry V
​The Tragedy of Richard II
Everyone Wants to Go...
Dream Play
Richard III
The Changeling
Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2
Othello
Elsinore (reading​)
Wasps
A Seagull
A Winter's Tale
King Lear
Twelfth Night
Gifted and Talented (short film)
The Bacchae
Adding Machine: A Musical
Much Ado About Nothing
Troy is Burning
Parade
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Seagull
A Canticle for Humanity ​
Five Chairs
Hamlet
Twelfth Night
Richard II
Much Ado About Nothing
King Lear
Measure for Measure
Richard III
The Taming of the Shrew
Cyrano de Bergerac
Measure for Measure
Importance of Being Earnest
Hamlet
Cymbeline
Henry IV, Part II

Randall Fry
​Falstaff / Worcester
​Vlad
​Hubert de Burgh / Citizen
​Medvedenko
Kulygin
Dr. Ian Godfried
​Rick
​Tiresias
Gary
Fluellen
​Duke of York
​Duane
The Lawyer
Richard
Lollio
Sir John Falstaff
Roderigo
Polonius
Mitch Manning, Trudy, Wasp
Medvedenko
Antigonus, Autolycus
King Lear
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
The Musicologist (V.O.)
Tiresias
Boss, Fixer, Charles
Don Pedro
King Priam
Officer Ivey, Ensemble
Nick Bottom
Yakov, Musician
Smithson Delta, Himself
James
Polonius, Bernardo, Osric
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Bagot, Salisbury, Gardener
Don Pedro, First Watch
Earl of Gloucester, Captain
Claudio, Constable Elbow
Richard III
Baptista Minola, Curtis, Vincentio
Vicomte de Valvert, Ensemble
Pompey Bum
Rev Canon Dr. Frederick Chasuble
First Gravedigger, Ensemble
Cloten, British Captain, Jupiter
Justice Shallow, Doll Tearsheet

Bad Address Media, 2021
The Renovationists, The Tank, 2019, dir. Emma Rosa Went
Means of Production, 2018, dir. Jeff White
Shakespeare in the Square, 2018, dir. Yuriy Pavlish
Columbia Stages, 2017, dir. Miriam Grill
Barn Arts Collective, 2017, dir. Julia Sears
DCTV, 2017, dir. Julia Sears
Cave Theatre Co., 2017, dir. James Mascovecchio
Columbia MFA Program, 2016, dir. Mikhaela Mahoney
2016, dir. Aidan Bose Rosling
48-Hour Shakespeare, 2016
​48-Hour Shakesepeare, 2016
​Fresh Ground Pepper "Sounds Good," 2016, dir. Julia Sears
Artilliers, dir. Jake Beckhard
Schapiro Theatre, 2014, dir. Alex Elise Rose
Easy Leap Theatre Co., 2014, dir. Emma Rosa Went
Easy Leap Theatre Co., 2014, dir. Emma Rosa Went
Easy Leap Theatre Co., 2013, dir. Emma Rosa Went
The Lounge NYC, dir. Emma Rosa Went
Columbia Stages, 2013, dir. Keith Michael Pinault
Columbia Stages, 2013, dir. Maridee Slater
Cradle Theatre, 2013, dir. Rebecca Etzine
Horace Mann Theatre, dir. Sharone Halevy
Columbia Stages, 2013, dir. Maridee Slater
The Online Musical, dir. Jeff Luppino-Esposito
Columbia Stages, 2012, dir. Anouk Kemp
Livearts Theatre, 2012, dir. Bree Luck
Reckless Bard Theatre Co., 2012, dir. Caleb Erikson
U.Va Drama, 2011, dir. Richard Warner
U.Va Drama, 2011, dir. Bob Chapel
U.Va Drama, 2010, dir. Brendon Fox
U.Va Drama, 2010, dir. Amanda McRaven
U.Va Lab Series, 2010, new work
U.Va Lab Series, 2010, new work
Empty Chair Theatre, 2012, dir. Elizabeth Nearing
Empty Chair Theatre, 2011, dir. Miranda Steege
Empty Chair Theatre, 2010, dir. Natasha Solomon
Empty Chair Theatre, 2010, dir. Katie Logan
Empty Chair Theatre, 2010, dir. Katie Logan
Empty Chair Theatre, 2010, dir. Elizabeth Nearing
Empty Chair Theatre, 2008, dir. Elizabeth Nearing
Empty Chair Theatre, 2008
Shakespeare on the Lawn (U.Va), 2010
Shakespeare on the Lawn (U.Va), 2009
Shakespeare on the Lawn (U.Va), 2009
ASC Young Company, 2008, dir. J. P. Schiedler
ASC Young Company, 2007, dir. Vanessa Morosco
ASC Young Company, 2006, dir. Benjamin Curns

his directing (and his etc.)

Henry VI // 2011

Richard III
Doctor Faustus
Romeo/Juliet
Titus Andronicus
Macbeth
​Coriolanus
Titus Andronicus
Fair Em the Miller's Daughter
Henry VI, Part 3
Richard II
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Troilus and Cressida
Henry VI -- The War of the Roses
Opera Through the Ages
Persephone
Complete Shakespeare (Abridged)
The Scarlet Pimpernel: The Musical
Twelfth Night
Cyrano de Bergerac
She Loves Me!

Director/Adapter
Director/Adapter
​Dramaturg
Director/Adapter
Director/Adapter
​Director/Adapter
Director/Adapter
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Asst. Director/Fight Choreo
Assistant Director
Asst. Director/Fight Choreo
Adapter/Co-Director
Co-Director
Director
Director
Fight Choreographer
Fight Choreographer
Asst. Fight Choreographer
Production Stage Manager

ASC Young Company, 2019
ASC Young Company, 2018
Off-Broadway NYC, dir. Sharone Halevy
ASC Young Company, 2017
​ASC Young Company, 2016
ASC Young Company, 2015
Reckless Bard Productions, 2014
ASC Young Company, 2014, dir. Tom Dumontier
ASC Young Company, 2014, dir. Andrew Blasenak
ASC Young Company, 2013, dir. Dan Kennedy
ASC Young Company, 2012, dir. Amanda McRaven
ASC Young Company, 2011, dir. Bob Jones
Shakespeare on the Lawn, 2011
Opera Viva, 2010
U.Va Playwriting Society, 2010
Shakespeare on the Lawn, 2009
Four County Players, 2012, dir. Bob Davis
Shakespeare on the Lawn, 2010
Shakespeare on the Lawn, 2010
Spectrum Theatre, 2009

his training & his schooling

MFA Playwriting, Columbia University School of the Arts
BA Theatre | English Literature, the University of Virginia
currently Adjunct Faculty, Mary Baldwin University's Shakespeare in Performance MFA

PLAYWRITING

SCRIPT ANALYSIS / DIRECTING
COSTUME DESIGN
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
SOUND DESIGN
LIGHTING DESIGN
MOVEMENT

ACTING
CLOWN

STAGE COMBAT


SHAKESPEARE

Lynn Nottage, Charles L. Mee, David Henry Hwang, , Kelly Stuart, Anthony Weigh, Leonard D. Grissom, Neena Beeber (Screenwriting) Jerome Hairston, Zakiyaah Alexander (TV Writing)
Gregory Mosher, Betsy Rudelich Tucker
Gweneth West
H. Caitlin McLeod
Michael Rasbury
R. Lee Kennedy 
Marianne Kubik, Doreen Bechtol (Acrobalance), Thadd McQuade, Bruna Longo, Amanda McRaven (Suzuki/Physical Viewpoints), Alyssa Wilmoth (Laban)
Napoleon Tavale, Richard Warner 
Laura Rikard (Commedia dell’arte), Tyler Moss, John C. Harrell, Sandi Carroll (Devised Theatre), Logic Limited Ltd. Clown Intensive with Sandi Carroll/Brad Fraizer
Marianne Kubik (Rapier/Dagger), Benjamin Curns (Knife), Jeremy West,
J. P. Scheidler (Unarmed), Master Class with Richard Ryan
      Basic Pass in Rapier & Dagger, Unarmed Combat by the SAFD, 2011
Prof. John Parker (U.Va); trained with American Shakespeare Center’s Young Company, 2005-2008; Master Class with Andrew Wade (former Head of Voice, Royal Shakespeare Company) 

Daughter Play // 2012