Rich

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Registered Nurse, EMT, Artist, Actor, Educator, Facilitator
Location Tewksbury, NJ, United States
Introduction A former teacher at Trinity Preparatory School and three time recipient of the UA Arts Educator of the year, an AEA company member of The Orlando Theatre Project, associate artist with and former founding Education Director of the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, he’s directed and appeared in over a 100 Florida productions and workshops. Nationally- appearances on Guiding Light, All My Children, One Life to Live, many independent films (incl. Vin Diesel’s directorial debut Multi-Facial), with Texas Shakespeare Festival and numerous NYC productions. As playwright- The Eclipse, adapted Forster’s Maurice, Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum and Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth. As fight director- choreographed on the high school, college and professional level. As teacher- acting, movement, voice for Rollins College, SCC, UCF, and Chautauqua Institute. Training- RSC, NJ Ballet Company, Actor's Studio, McCarter Theater and a cum laude grad of BU's College of Fine Arts. Currently- freelancing and educating theatre artists while working as a fulltime Emergency Department RN with St. Barnabas Medical Center and a community EMT.
Interests Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Awareness, Understanding, Compassion in the face of Adversity
Favorite Movies The Fountain, What the Bleep Do We Know, Maurice, Postcards from the Edge, Longtime Companion, Prince Caspian
Favorite Music Sarah McLaughlin, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts
Favorite Books The Power of Now, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Mary Oliver poetry