The Elder Female (Esther and Ensemble) in Indecent
At OSF: Acting: 23 seasons, more than 50 roles. Adaptations with Penny Metropulos: Great Expectations, Tracy’s Tiger, The Three Musketeers (OSF, Denver Center, The Acting Company, Santa Cruz, Colorado and other Shakespeare Festivals). With Beatrice Basso: Translations of Eduardo DeFilippo’s Saturday, Sunday, Monday; Napoli Milionaria! (OSF, American Conservatory Theater, Virginia Repertory Theatre). Script deviser/producer, On Common Ground, Pakistan/American collaboration with Artists Repertory Theatre and OSF Green Show.
Other: Artists Repertory Theatre: Resident Artist. Writing: The Best/Worst Place, commissioned by Artists Repertory Theatre, a new play about the Jewish Ghetto in Shanghai. Acting: Nora in A Doll’s House, Part 2, Lynn Fontanne in Ten Chimneys, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, The Price, Tribes, The Quality of Life, Superior Donuts, The Skin of Our Teeth.
Other theatres: Intiman Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Off Broadway, ACT–Seattle, Cincinnati Playhouse, Portland Shakespeare Project, others.
Awards: Fulbright Senior Scholar (Taiwan); Fulbright Specialist Grantee (Pakistan); Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship; Garland-Dramalogue Award for Best Actress (Wit, OSF).
Education: BFA, The Juilliard School.