BIOGRAPHY

 

WRITER

Freedom & Grace 2022 (Screenplay)

Mariama: A Tale of Freedom and Grace 2006 (Solo Play)

The Politics of Consciousness 1987 with J. Mark Weston

  • Master’s Thesis for Clinical Social Work San Francisco State (later used as curriculum)

PERFORMER

Mariama: A Tale of Freedom and Grace

  • Solo performance Santa Cruz, CA Fall Season 2006, 2007

  • Los Angeles CA Fall Season 2008

Freefall Improvisational Theater Santa Cruz CA  2000-2015

EDUCATION DANCE / THEATER

B.A. Theater/Dance University of California Santa Cruz 1974 - 1979

School of Contemporary Dance, London, England 1976

Thies, Senegal: teacher Sira Djoume, village Baliga 1982

African Dance 1978-1998: Mabiba Baigne, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Amadou Boly, Blanche Brown, Malonga Casquelourde, N’Dey Gey, Linda Johnson, Aisha Kahlil, Alassane Kane.

Theater Improv 1999-2015: Clifford Henderson, Dixie Cox, Greg Fritsch, Regina Saisi, David Razowski

Motion Theater 2016 – present: Nina Wise

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

San Francisco State MSW 1985 - 1987

San Mateo County Mental Health (Youth Team) 1986 -1991

Private Practice 1987 - Present