2008
Portland Chamber Orchestra/ Tears of Joy Theater
"Rhymes and Rhythms"
Assistant puppetry director, Builder, Performer

2007
Sylvia Beach Hotel
Prop Design, painter
Shakespeare and Tolkien rooms

"Flaming Mountains- the Monkey King's Adventure"  -Dragon Art Studio
Prop building assistant
Traditional Chinese rod Puppets designed by  Xhengli  Xu

"Dream Sequence" - Zing Productions
Director, puppet builder, performer
High-concept improv theater series with puppets.

"Sky Orbison and the Earth Protectors" - Thinking Peoples Theater / Metro
Performer, Prop Builder

"The End of the Beginning"  - Zing Productions
Adaptation of children's book by Avi, commissioned by Multnomah County.
Director, Builder, Music Editor, Writer, and performer
Rod puppets and cast silicon hand puppets.

Laurelhurst Elementery Haunted ship fundraiser
Set Designer, Prop/puppet builder, Performer

2006
"Monkey  King (and the White Bone Demon)"  Tears of Joy Theatre, Portland, OR
Puppeteer, Sound Editor
Hand puppets designed by Yang Feng

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Da Vinci Arts Middle School
Mask design and construction
Faerie Makeup Supervisor

"Frozen Carrots" - Thinking People's Theater/Oregon Food Bank
Performer, Prop builder

Laurelhurst Elementery Haunted house fundraiser
Prop/puppet builder, Performer, Puppetry coach

2005
"Bridge of the Gods" - Tears of Joy Theatre, Portland, OR
Puppeteer, Designer, Mold maker, Puppet builder.
Rod puppets, designed by Amy Gray with masks by Lillian Pitt.

"Picnic on the Battlefield" - Sowelu Theater, Portland, OR
Actor and shadow puppet/projection fx designer
Overhead projector, video projector, moire, polarization fx, and shadow puppets
2005 Portland Drammy award for projection design

2005
"The Wacky Adventures of Lewis and Clark"
 - Zing Productions/Dragon Theater Puppets,  Portland, OR
Writer, Songwriter, Puppeteer, Builder, Co-director
Rod and hand puppets, designed and built by Amy Gray and Jason Ropp

"Conference of the Birds" - Da Vinci Arts Middle School
Puppet Design and production
Artist in residence - maskmaking workshop with rattan and stretch fabric


2004
"Wooden Boy" - Tears of Joy/Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Portland, OR
Director, Puppeteer, Builder, Set Design, Shadow Design
Modified bunraku and Shadow Puppets

"Tales of Canterbury" -Ensemble Loupan, Portland, OR
Mask design and construction for touring stage production

"The Planets" - Zing Productions, Portland, OR
Writer, Designer, performer
Overhead projector shadow puppetry, polarization fx

2003
"Waiting for Godot" - Radiant Theatre, Portland, OR
Director, Set Designer, Sound designer.

"Off The Wall" - Tears of Joy Theatre, Portland, OR
Co-Director, Performer, Designer, Mask Builder
Mask and physical comedy show in a neo-vaudvillian style

Portland Jewish Academy
Artist in Residence
Middle school workshop on overhead projection, shadow puppets, and found object puppetry

2002
"Everyman" - Radiant Theatre, Portland, OR
Puppet Design:  "Goods"

"Fish Out of Water" - Earthtone Productions, Portland OR
Design and build fish head puppets

2001
"Grand Canyon" - Zing Productions, Portland, OR
Writer, director, designer, builder, editor, actor, puppeteer
Hand and mouth, rod puppets

"Three Mutants"  -Defunkt Theater, Portland, OR
Mask and Puppet Design, Builder.  Mosquito masks, dioramas, Spider puppet

"Xenophobia" - Diversity Dance Company,  Victoria, BC
Mask design and production

2000
"Peter and the Wolf" - Zing Productions!
educational, musical, interactive comedy show with masks and puppets.
Director, designer, music editor, builder, writer, and performer.

2000
"Broken Doll Town" - Film- Babyhead productions
Puppeteer, lighting assistant, beer opener
All-puppet short film, rod puppets designed by Charles Daniels

Barbie Televison Ads - Will Vinton Studios/
Oglive Mather Advertising/Mattel - Vancouver, BC
Puppeteer
Chromakey and Monitor studio work
rod puppets designed by Lance Woolen

"Scallywagg the Pirate Cat" - Northwest Children's Theater, Portland, OR
Puppet Designer, Builder, Puppeteer.
Musical Pirate adventure
Rod and mouth puppet designed by Amy Gray

1999
"Adventures of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" - Northwest Children's Theater
Special fx prop building/design, puppet building

1998
"Bridge of the Gods" -Tears of Joy Theatre
Puppet Designer, Puppeteer

"Aquafir" - Zing Productions
Designer, puppeteer
Found object, Shadow puppetry and Dance
A special performance designed for the Northwest Puppet Fest, Portland. OR

1997
"Toybox" - Tears of Joy Theatre
Puppet and Prop Designer, Builder
Modified Bunraku, rod puppets, masks

"Fire on the Mountain" - Tears of Joy Theatre
Designer, Builder
Larger-than-human Marionettes

1996
"the Portland Revels"
Armor and puppet design, builder

1995
"Between Two Worlds" - Tears of Joy Theatre
Foam latex consultant, puppet builder
modified bunraku puppets designed by Lance Woolen

1994
"Playing with Fire:  After Frankenstein" - Dreamchasers Theater, Vancouver, WA
Special fx makeup, prosthetics design, costumer, shadow design

1993
"Body Memories" - Film- Directed by Taggart Siegel
Special fx and prosthetics, creature design, prop builder, makeup artist, Standby painter

Special skills:
Sculpting, painting, darkroom, moldmaking and casting,
costuming and character design, pigment mixing and matching,
digital image manipulation and video editing.