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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
- More than 15 years experience writing and performing sketch comedy,
stand up material and song parody
- More than 5 years experience in culture and community writing
WRITING:
- Compose features and reviews for publication
- Script and perform solo and sketch comedy
- Create promotion blurbs for events, products, and calendar listings
- Complete winning grant applications, mission statements, and product
descriptions
AWARDS:
- Winner: Song Parody, 2002 Laugh Across America Comedy Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Winner of the 1999 Goodhue Correspondent Award, St. Paul Pioneer Press
PUBLICATIONS:
- Local: City Pages, Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, The Rake, Minnesota
Bride, Minnesota Meetings and Events, Two Cities, Pulse of the Twin
Cities, RipSaw News, Metro Lutheran, Strutter's Quarterly
- National: Bitch Magazine, ArtPaper, Dance Spirit, Christian Parenting
Today, Today's Christian Woman, The Christian Reader, Presbyterians Today
- Online: CitySearch (restaurant and spa reviews)
SKETCH COMEDY/SONG PARODY:
- Writer/Performer: Laugh Across America (Wayne Newton Theater/ Las
Vegas)
- Opera Cabaret (writer/director for four seasons/ aria parody)
- Look Ma' No Pants (monthly performances/offense-o-rama performance)
- Fringe Festival Benefit (12 Stepping Off Performance Art)
- Welcome to the Estro-Dome (Emcee)
- Noncom Concert Series (Southern Theater- Song Parody/ Emcee)
- Frequent Appearances on WCCO Radio (Dark Starr/ Patty Peterson)
- Stage Kiss (comic duet with Mikael Rudolph Mime Artist)
EDUCATION:
- B.A. in Fine Arts, Maryville College, vocal performance concentration, Maryville Tennessee, 1993
- Ursuline Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio 1989
RECENT ARTICLES:
"Education Close to Home or Away" - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Relationship Teaching" - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Sacred Playtime" - Christianity Today
"Teachers Working Outside the Classroom" - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Teaching with Heart" - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Use Your Illusion" - Dance Spirit Magazine
"Where's the Love?" - The City Pages
Various other articles - The City Pages
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