Training
		A graduate of the Ohio University B.F.A. Acting program (June, 2001), I first began doing theater in 1987, working with the Arcade Theater Company in Fort Myers, Florida. Over the next 5 years, I appeared in numerous semi-professional and community productions with various theater companies in the area, most notably the Florida West Arts company.       In 1992, I returned to my home-town, Cleveland, Ohio, where I worked with Cleveland Public Theater on several projects before deciding to return to school. Since I had mostly learned acting "on the job", I was anxious to get a more serious and grounded training.       In 1997, I entered Ohio University School of Theater, in Athens, Ohio, and was accepted into the prestigious B.F.A. Acting program at the end of my freshman year. The program takes a holistic approach, emphasizing scene study (including Shakespeare), voice and dialect work, stage movement, script analysis and more. Additionally, I took courses in stage combat, dramaturgy and directing.      Among the productions I worked on at O.U. were new interpretations of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Elektra by Ezra Pound, and Lope de Vega's Fuente Ovejuna. I also am very proud to be only the second actor to fill the role of Victor Hugo in Charles Smith's Les Trois Dumas in full production.      After graduation, I relocated to my current home, Chicago, Illinois, where I am busy auditioning and trying to break into the film and stage industry as a full-time career, as well as being co-founder and Artistic Director of Out/LOUD Theatre, a company dedicated to helping develop new projects by gay/lesbian playwrights.
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