Acting Archive
Past Work
Selected theatrical and film productions, told in reverse — from Heretic back to the Nevada stages where it began.
- 2010–2019HERETIC – The Mary Dyer Story (formerly Mary’s Joy and The Joy) — solo performance exploring the life of Mary Dyer, who was hanged in Boston, June 1, 1660, after refusing to comply with banishment orders rooted in her religious convictions. Toured internationally 2011–2019. Explore the Heretic archive
- 2009–2010Coming In Hot — the words of women who served in the U.S. military from Vietnam to the present day, adapted from Powder: writing by women in the ranks from Vietnam to Iraq. Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, Tucson. Photography by Krista Niles.
- 2008The Color of Rose — Rose Kennedy (middle-aged), Theatre 40, Beverly Hills. Directed by Ann Hearn, with Gloria Stroock and Meredith Bishop. Producer Leonard Stern sent opening-night roses.
- 2007Shakespeare’s Will — Anne Hathaway, Theatre 40, Beverly Hills. Produced and photographed by Leonard Nimoy. “The most challenging and difficult project” — a solo performance generating all of its own cues.
- 2006A Single Woman (film) — author, actor, executive producer. The Jeannette Rankin story, with Judd Nelson, voices by Martin Sheen and Patricia Arquette, and music by Joni Mitchell, alongside Peter Coyote, Karen Black, Frances Fisher, Mimi Kennedy, Elizabeth Peña, and Margot Kidder.
- 2005Recording — La Noche Antes de Navidad, KUNR-FM Reno.
- 2004A Single Woman (play) — premiered at Oats Park Arts Center, Fallon, Nevada, February 7, 2004; written in response to the October 2002 Afghanistan bombings. Off-Broadway at The Culture Project, NYC, 2005, and more than 250 further solo performances worldwide.
- 2003Amigas — Marjorie, Nevada Museum of Art, from the correspondence of Emma Sepúlveda and Marjorie Agosín, with L. Martina Young.
- 2003The Road to Mecca — Elsa, directed by Tony Award winner Zakes Mokae.
- 2001Romeo and Juliet — Lady Capulet, Nevada Shakespeare Company, directed by David Ellenstein. Opened September 13, 2001 — two days after 9/11.
- 2000Macbeth — Lady Macbeth, Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City. A black-leather, rock ‘n’ roll production directed by Cameron Crain, opening on Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife.”