 As a freelance publicist for theatre artists and filmmakers I developed a publicity service that offers exposure and opportunity in a highly competitive market. I devised unique system that encouraged the largest amount of industry professionals to attend my clients’ shows. The results of my work and my approach made my business grow and sustain by word of mouth. Later on, I broadened the base of my business to include press representation, coordination of film screenings and acting as an American representative to European artists whose work I believed in. Since I began my business I have worked with actors and playwrights attached to formidable theatres, both traditional and avant-garde. As a theatre publicist, clients include American Globe Theatre, MultiStages, P.S. 122, Theatre for the New City, HERE, The New York Fringe Festival and the Belmont Italian American Playhouse, among others. As a press representative, I worked for WorkShop Theater Company on The Man Who was Peter Pan by Broadway playwright Allen Knee. This play, based on the life of Sir James Barrie, received excellent notices in both the New York Times and Backstage. It was also the source of inspiration for the hit film, Finding Neverland. I was the press representative for the successful Off-Broadway runs of both A Brush with Georgia O'Keeffe and Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh at St. Luke'sTheatre. For their 2009 and 2010 seasons I was, again, press representative for WorkShop Theater Company on Main Stage productions of Moonlight and Love Songs, A Memory Play, From Russia with Angst, Next Year in Jerusalem, Miss Lulu Bett and Interchange. For nearly a year, I worked on garnering special publicity for writer, librettist, Dale Wasserman, the creator of Man of La Mancha and the stage adaptation One Flew over the Cookoo’s Nest. I also worked on Mr. Wasserman’s revival of the only Duke Ellington musical ever written, Beggar’s Holiday, for which he wrote a revised libretto. This show was presented by the prestigious York Theatre Company. I coordinated New York film screenings for Sal Stabile’s Gravesend , sponsored for domestic release by Oliver Stone and organized screenings of Tom Donohue’s The Wake in New York and Los Angeles, later distributed by Tapestry International. As the North American representative for Silvana Barbarini’s Rome-based, Compagnia Vera Stasi, I wrote press releases, sponsorship letters and performance announcements describing and promoting the artistic mission of the company to theatres, dance festivals, universities and cultural institutions in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. I’ve worked on shows at the New York International Fringe Festival since its inception including Live! with Pascal and Chantal mentioned in the New York Times, the FringeNYC hit, Broken Hands by Moby Pomerance, directed by Marc Weitz, which won awards for Best Play and Best Performance by an Actor and 2010 Fringe productions of Picking Palin, by writer-director Stephen Padilla, Protected, by writer-director Timothy Scott Harris and Scared Skinny, written by and starring Mary Dimino, that won the Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show. Essential Services: Theatre/Film PublicistI designed and developed a concept to promote both known and unknown actors, playwrights and filmmakers to industry professionals who can advance their careers or creative projects. Taking a play or film as the vehicle for publicity, I create a network of industry to watch the work of dramatic and creative artists. I have also coordinated industry screenings for filmmakers targeting distribution and production companies. Offering a convincing sketch of each project I work I schedule industry—agents, artistic directors of theatre companies, casting directors, producing organizations, etc., solidify their commitments and finally obtain feedback on artists’ work, recording reactions in depth. Clients have received direct work and significant awareness of their capabilities from this process. In this capacity I have worked on as many as fifty projects a year. Press Representative Working directly for theatre companies as a press liaison, I write releases, coordinate media distribution and encourage reviews, articles and listings for shows in newspapers, magazines and on-line publications. I arrange interviews for clients involved in productions of public interest on radio and television. Personal Publicist I make introductions on behalf of individual actors to agents, managers and casting directors; write letters of introduction, schedule meetings and handle follow-up. I also seek press opportunities for actors involved in special projects including newly released films or individual shows. I have assisted in career boosting for actors in both New York and Los Angeles. Education: Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts University of California Berkeley Honor Student |
