ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION
History... In The Company Of Women, a series of 100 vignettes on women throughout history and hosted by 45 celebrity talents on WTBS. Winner of the Vanguard Award from Women in Communications for the Positive Portrayal of the Image of Women in the Media.
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History... In The Company Of Children, a series of vignettes on young people of achievement for the USA Cable Network. Hosted by John Ritter.
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The Baxter’s, a series from Norman Lear. Wrote scripts on topics ranging from school busing to nuclear power. Won the Outstanding Contribution Award of the Governor's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, "Mainstreaming" episode. Nationally syndicated.
THEATER/PERFORMING ARTS
The Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company, presenting all-female theatrical productions of the Bard. As Managing Director, produced plays and fund-raisers, managed company of 50 volunteers, created celebrity Advisory Board (partial list: Gena Rowlands, Tyne Daly, Penny Marshall, Kathy Bates, Peg Yorkin.) Also produced & directed videos about the company and it’s work.
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Productions:
- Hamlet (Gascon Theatre Center)
- Othello (The Odyssey Theatre)
- A Muse of Fire starring Kathy Bates, Polly Bergen, Gates McFadden,
Linda Hopkins (The Coronet Theater)
- Juliet Capulet’s Birthday Party starring Sharon Gless, Rue McClanahan
and Susan Ruttan (Fundraiser)
- A Rage in Tenure starring Dorothy Lyman (Theater Geo) Winner of five
Drama-Logue Awards including best production
Artist Gardens & Amphitheater, produced various types of entertainment including performance artists, dance troupes, workshops, artist showings, fund-raisers and other events in an outdoor performance space in West Hollywood.
Shepherd’s Freedom Writer Readings:
Presented every Sunday afternoon featuring writers and poets
including, Carolyn See, Lillian Faderman, Nicole Conn, Eloise Klein Healy, Robbi Sommers, Claire McNab and many others. Celebrity readers included Sharon Gless, Susan Ruttan, Rue McClanahan, Polly Bergen and MacKenzie Phillips.
DOCUMENTARIES
- Romeo & Juliet: The Beginning, featuring the LA Women’s Shakespeare Co.
- A Muse of Fire, starring Kathy Bates, Gates McFadden, Polly Bergen, and Linda Hopkins
- Coming of Age, Santa Catalina class of ‘61 documentary featuring Sharon Gless and seven other women over a 10 year period from age 50 to 60
- Othello starring Fran Bennett, LAWSC Excerpts
- Hamlet starring Lisa Wolpe and Natsuko Ohama, LAWSC Excerpts
INTERACTIVE VIDEOS
- Darox/West Coast East Television
- Staff director for series of interactive video discs with dramatic scenes for educational purposes.
- Neurological Assessment – a rock climber falls and hits his head. He’s brought into the emergency room. The clock is ticking, what do you do? Any combination of choices can lead the viewer to save his life or cause his death.
- Hazardous Material – There’s a spill in the lab. The viewer must follow proper procedures or contaminate the whole hospital.
- Risk Management – something goes wrong… the baby is delivered by C-section. Now something’s wrong with the baby. How do you tell the family?
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