New York, NY, USA
I am a workshop facilitator, theater director, actress, coach and teacher, who leads interactive theater and multidisciplinary arts classes & workshops for young and old: K-12, colleges, universities, senior centers, senior residences, hospitals, day programs, arts & cultural organizations, business training programs, and personal development, intergenerational and residential settings. I was a fulltime Drama teacher at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School (the Fame school), and led professional development workshops for teachers through the Kennedy Center.
My workshops are fun, playful and serious (“Serious Fun”), with opportunities to build skills, to work solo and collaborate in pairs, small groups and the whole class, in a supportive nurturing environment. Magical transformational things happen when people create and play, and experience what that combination unlocks, ignites and releases in them and how that may be a tool for tapping into their own inner wisdom, joy, and depth to problem solve and create in their own life.
Everyone is creative. But for many, their creative abilities are unknown, lie dormant. Experiencing them comes as a welcome and joyful surprise. "I never knew I could do this! I feel like I'm meeting a stranger – ME!" The arts unlock a new way of seeing, being and interacting; it revitalizes, expands a sense of self, increases self-confidence and creates community. To create a supportive, positive, artistic learning experience for seniors and elders to explore their innate creativity is gratifying, is joyful. I love helping them discover, learn and grow – and I discover, learn and grow along with them. It’s delicious!
