Stage Directing

STAGE DIRECTOR


Erminie staged concert San Jose Lyric Theatre: Discovery Series
World premiere of “ERIK (Hadlin) Tiburon Music Festival:
Peninsula Teen Opera Opera scenes Program
Summer Fundraising Gala and New Year’s Gala Martinez Opera:
The Impresario (Mozart) College of Marin Music Department
Othello (Verdi) Staged concert: Presidio Chapel, San Francisco
Opera Scene Workshops at Holy Names College: Opera scenes program
“Sprits, Spells & Siren Songs” Staged concert of operatic scenes, arias and art songs
(A popular October event - six consecutive years & counting)

“Unquiet Love” Staged concert of operatic scenes, arias and art songs
“Fairies, Sprites and Moonlit Nights” Staged concert of operatic scenes, arias and art songs
“Our Time” Staged concert: musical theatre & cabaret songs




Staged Full-Length Opera Scenes:

Carmen Matrimonio Segretto Elixir of Love Cosi Fan Tutti
Il Trovatore Der Rosenkavalier Mignon Marriage of Figaro
Julius Cesare Iddomeneo Beatrice & Benedict Riders to the Sea
The Medium Romeo & Juliet La Gioconda Madame Butterfly
Russalka Semele Dido & Anaeas Falstaff
Ballo in Maschera Don Giovanni Midsummer Night’s Dream Macbeth
The Crucible Rheingold Hansel and Gretel Die Fledermaus




Musical Theatre Assistant Stage Director and Principal Acting Coach:
My Fair Lady Lamplighters Music Theater
Bittersweet Lamplighters Music Theater
The Gondoliers Lamplighters Music Theater
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern’s Excellent Adventure Lamplighters Music Theater
Oklahoma
Piedmont Light Opera Theatre
Brigadoon
Piedmont Light Opera Theatre




Acting for Singers: Professional Acting Coach for Singers
NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Sponsored an Acting for Singers master class workshop
Theatre Bay Area sponsors my audition workshops as. “Dress rehearsals” for the TBA General Auditions.
Broadway By The Bay, San Mateo: Arts Education and Youth Training program Audition workshop
Willows Theater: Audition workshop for their Youth Training Series
Actor’s Theatre Center, San Jose: Youth Summer Education program Classes on auditioning & creating a character.
California Theatre Arts, Walnut Creek: Audition workshop for their Youth Training Series
Lamplighters Music Theatre: Audition workshop in their Education series
Hillbarn Theatre: Arts Education and Youth Training program Audition Workshop
SummerSong Vocal Arts Institute: Musical theatre acting and audition classes
College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, and Solano College Theatre Program: Guest lecturer in voice and musical theatre classes: Taught acting for singers and conducted auditioning workshops.
Diablo TheatreFest: Workshops on auditioning and character development in musical theatre.




Master Class Workshops in collaboration with private voice teachers or organizations: Acting & auditioning skills tailored specifically for singers. Opera and Musical Theatre. Voice Teachers who have collaborated on workshops or asked me to work individually with their students: Lynn Wickham, Lucy Beck, Katya Roemer, Linda Noble-Brown, Kathy McKeee, Janet Holmes, Janis Wilson, Elizabeth Wagman, Victoria Rapanan and Rebecca Achenbach.




Private coaching:, Audition, recital or competition preparation: Stage presence, in-depth character work on specific roles. Techniques of acting (analysis of the text and score, character work, movement, and focus) relate directly to the musical context, with the goal of creating a believable singing character and communicating with an audience.




Private Coaching, Classes and Workshops are customized to all levels: Beginner to professional.