CURRICULUM VITAE / PERFORMANCE ART
TRAINING
UPCOMING TRAINING - THE MOVING TEACHER - TRAINING WITH GIOVANNI FUSETTI IN BOULDER, Colorado 2024
2020 DEANNA FLEYSHER Clown + Character Development (3 month bi-weekly workshop)
2020 - SISTERS Feminist Business School workshop, online
2019 FLOCK Gender Embodiment Workshop with Terra Lyn Anderson, Portland, OR
2018 KUDO TAKETERO, Butoh Workshop, Water in the Desert Theater, Portland, OR
2018 DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE, Butoh/Sound workshop, Water in the Desert, Portland, OR
2017 MUSHIMARU FUJIEDA, Butoh Workshop, Water in the Desert, Portland, OR
2017 TRACY BROYLES, Somatic workshop, The Tiny Theater, Portland, OR
2017 MIZU DESIERTO, Harvest Butoh Workshop, Prior Day Farm, Portland, OR
2017 LIZ BARON, Theatrical Voice Training, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 GIOVANNI FUSETTI, Summer Residency, The Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, ME
2017 GIOVANNI FUSETTI, Dreambody Seminar; Process Works Institute, Portland, OR
2017 KEITH HENNESSY, Practicing Death & Dying, Portland, OR
2016 DELL'ARTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Physical Theater Summer Intensive, Blue Lake, CA
2015 GIOVANNI FUSETTI, Red Noses, 4 week intensive Clown Training, Boulder, CO
2015 RADICAL PRESENCE, Series taught by Anet Ris-Kelman, Portland, OR
2015 GIOVANNI FUSETTI, Neutral Mask, 3 Day Workshop, Portland, OR
2015 STUMPTOWN CLOWN COLLECTIVE, Playlab Series, Portland, OR
2015 FLOCK, Exquisite Corpus Experimental, Linda Austin Dance, Portland, OR
2012/2011/2009 ROBERT POST Residencies, The Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, ME
2011 PIG IRON THEATER COMPANY, Physical Theatre, winter intensive, Philadelphia, PA
2007 LAURIE CARLOS, (Bessie/OBIE recipient), theater workshop, South Paris, ME
2006 LAURIE CARLOS, (Bessie/OBIE recipient), theater workshop, Portland, ME
2005 GARDI HUTTER, Clown, Festival Internacional de Pallasses d'Andorra, Andorra, Europe
2002 AVNER EISENBERG & JULIE GOELL, ECCENTRIC CLOWNING, Celebration Barn, ME
RESIDENCIES
2023 SOU’WESTER ARTS WEEK, Seaview, WA
2019 PLAYA Summer Lake Art and Science Residency, Summer Lake, OR
2017 GIOVANNI FUSETTI, Greenhouse Residency, Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, ME
2017 ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO self designed residency at R.A.I.R., Rosewell, New Mexico
2015 SOU'WESTER LODGE, Self directed 2 week artist residency, Seaview, WA
2012 HEWNOAKS, The University of Orono Volk Residency 2 weeks, Lovell, ME
AWARDS GRANTS
2023 RACC - Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artist Solo Grant for The Moving Teacher, $ 4,000, one of 648 applications, Portland, OR
2019 OREGON ARTS COMMISSION, Career Grant, $595, PLAYA Art Residency, Summer Lake, OR
2017 PORTfringe Festival, MERYL STREEP Award (Excellence in Acting) for Portland, ME
2013 GOOD IDEA GRANT, MAINE ARTS COMMISSION, $1,500, Murmurations Project, Portland, ME
2012 VISIBILITY GRANT, MAINE ARTS COMMISSION, $1,500, Portland, ME
2011 PORTLAND PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL GRANT, $7,000, Thumbs Up Project, Portland, ME
2006 GOOD IDEA GRANT, MAINE ARTS COMMISSION, $1,000, Portland, ME
ENSEMBLE WORK
2019 FERAL FEMME PROJECT, Prior Day / Gay Gardens immersive farm performance, SoLow PDX fest, Portland, OR
2019 RUSH HOUR, Heidi Duckler Dance production, performance with mizu desierto, Portland, OR
2019 FAITH FAUCET’s Have A Heart Vaudeville Gospel, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2018 DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE, workshop performance, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2017 THE WHIRLWIND SHOW of US/THEM, 30 member ensemble, Portland, OR
2014, SQUART! Spontaneous Queer Art ensemble participant, PICA’s TBA Festival, Portland, OR
2013, MURMURATIONS, Ladies Theatrical Choir Co-produced by Kelly Nesbitt, Portland, ME
2012, THE CELEBRATION BARN THEATER ENSEMBLE, active core member from 2009-2012
2008, MINI CABARET, 12 member ensemble, The Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, ME
2007, THE GARGOYLEZ, All Female Band New England Summer Tour
2006, MUSICAL BUSKING on the streets with for one month period, Lubiana, Slovenia
2006, CREMEHORN: 72 Hour Devising Think Tank, Rock Opera, and New England Tour
2006, BESSIE Award Dancer, Buffy Miller’s 'Broke/Avoid This’, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2005/2006, WORKNOT Vivification League , “Artists Curating Artists” series, Portland, ME
2005, BREAD & PUPPET THEATER; extra performer along with Beth Nixon, European tour, Spain
2005, FACE ON FIRE, Clown Duo European Tour with Beth Nixon in Andorra, Spain, France, Italy
2003, CERBERUS SHOAL EUROPEAN TOUR, set design for the band, Ireland, France, Spain
2003, PORTLAND JUGGLERS GROUP, collaborative street performances, Portland, ME
2002, JUGGLING & STREET PERFORMANCES, Paris, France
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2023 CONTEMPORARY WHITE ARTIST at The Sou’Wester ARTS WEEK RESIDENCY, Seaview, WA
2023 CONTEMPORARY WHITE ARTIST, at Imposter/Switch at Performance Works Northwest, Portland, OR
2020 - PENNY (clown + film) Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2017 ALONE/TOGETHER: solos by Katie Piatt and Kelly Nesbitt, Shout House Studio, Portland, OR
2017 POONSTRUCK™ at 26th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival, San Francisco, CA
2017 POONSTRUCK™ SOLO TOUR; Self produced summer tour; CA, NM, AZ, TX, OR, ME
2017 WHOOPEE; Sex-Positive Variety Show, Bossanova Ballroom, Portland, OR
2017 PORTfringe Theater Festival, POONSTRUCK™, Portland, ME
2017 Spectacle Garden Variety Show, The Vacuum, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2017 Open School North + Open Signal: Kello Goeller’s Fractals/Infinity, Portland, OR
2017 Queen Shmooquan Benefit Show for Colectiva Legal del Pueblo, Seattle, WA
2017 Spectacle Garden Variety Show, HAI ER HUU, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2017 New Frontiers in Vaginal Consciousness VAGCON™, Fertile Ground Festival, Portland, OR
2016 The Semi Charmed Kind of Show, The New Movement Comedy Club, Austin, TX
2016 ODDVILLE: A New Vaudeville Tradition, The Steep & Thorny, Portland, OR
2016 FOLLIES The Unofficial Best Ever Variety Show, Funhouse Lounge, Portland, OR
2016 SEX OF SELF, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2016 COME INSIDE FESTIVAL, Cosmic Fucks, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2016 DOG DAY DANCE, Futuristic Variety Show, Portland, OR
2016 MORGAN STREET THEATER, Ice Cream Dessert Theater, Portland, OR
2016 SPACE_TIME_SPACE, Variety Show, Shout House Studio Theater, Portland, OR
2016 SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN, Variety Show, Portland, OR
2016 REVELATIONS, Dr Tallulah, Dance Naked Productions, Headwaters, Theater, Portland, OR
2002 -2013 - Various solo performances in Portland, ME and Philadelphia, PA
FILM
2023 PENNY, featured at The Sou’Wester ARTS WEEK RESIDENCY, Seaview, WA
2021 RISK/REWARD FESTIVAL, featured artist, selected by juried panel, Drive-In film, Portland, OR
2021 PORTLAND FRINGE FESTIVAL, PENNY - The Conduit film selected, Portland, ME
2020 Dr DOTTIE, created a 90 minute Comedic Wellness film featured at Occupational Therapy virtual conferences in OR, WA, UT, ID, MT, AR, ME, MO, MD
2020 - PENNY, performed and produced a clown experimental film, presented at The Headwater Theater, Portland, Oregon
2019 TRAMA, Actor for Experimental Argentinian Filmmaker Jada Sirkin, Portland, Oregon
2016, NBC's GRIMM, Casted television extra in 'The Beloved', Portland, OR
2016, STEFANO IABONI, Extra in his promotional film, Portland, OR
2016, HUMP! Produced 5 minute short film (non-selected) for this PNW film festival, Portland, OR
2015, IFC's PORTLANDIA, Casted television extra in 'The Spaghetti Monster', Portland, OR
2015, BUSKERFLY PRODUCTIONS, Actor in black/white short film 'Tesla', Portland, OR
2015, HUMP! Produced 5 minute short film (non-selected) for this PNW film festival, Portland, OR
2011, GODZILLA, Casted as the lead Godzilla in a Great Bank short black/white film, Portland, ME
PRODUCING
2020 PECULIAR PEOPLE, an evening of performance, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2016 CREATURES COLLECTIVE, monthly skillshare, co-produced with Kello Goeller, Portland, OR
2016 STORY NIGHT, Interdisciplinary Variety Show, annual event since 2012, Portland, OR & ME
2013 MURMURATIONS THEATRICAL LADIES CHOIR, Ensemble project, Co-produced, Portland, ME
2002-2008 CASCO BAY CABARET, co-produced annual variety show, Portland, ME
TEACHING
2023 CLOWN WORKSHOP, for Montessori Arts & Ecology Pre-school, as per The Sou’Wester ARTS WEEK Residency, Seaview, WA
2010 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, Circus Arts in Public High School, Portland, ME
2007 SPINDLEWORKS, Non-profit art center for PwD, Clown Workshop, Brunswick, ME
2004 OMEGA INSTITUTE, Superior Concept Puppetry Assistant Teacher, Rhinebeck, NY
PRACTICES
Somatic, contemplative, community dance rituals, pleasure activism, skill share groups, nature intimacy, immersive retreats, creative writing, circle processes, yoga, social art practice, body cleansing, sauna time, cold plunges, following my landscape design mind, placemaking, decentralized power practices, making mistakes, learning, and saying no more.
BOARD MEMBERSHIP
2012-2009 MAYO STREET ARTS, Community Arts & Performance Venue, Portland, ME
THERAPY WORK
2019 - present, Occupational Therapist, Legacy Hospital, Salmon Creek, WA
2013 - present, Occupational Therapist, Providence Medical Center, Portland, OR
1999 -2013 Hospitals, Home Health, Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, & Mental Health, Portland, ME
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Arts and Science with Certification in Occupational Therapy 1999
1994-1999 American International College, Springfield, MA
1994-1995 Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
VOLUNTEER
2018 ReFIT non-profit, no-cost home modifications for seniors and PwD, Portland, OR
2016/2018 CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS, Benefit Show, Volunteer Coordinator, Portland, OR
2011 PARTNERS FOR RURAL HEALTH, Rural Medical Volunteer, Dominican Republic
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RESUME AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST