Women's History Interpretation
  I am passionate about Women's history!

When I was an undergraduate in the Theatre Department at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. I wanted to perform women's first person roles.  I started searching for material written by, or specifically for, women that would lend itself to theatrical production.

In my search I found, at that time, little that had been published. I began to acquire, for myself, bits and pieces from all sorts of unpublished writings, diaries, journals and oral histories.  I was elated!  I had discovered some great resources of women's fantastic writing. To me these women's themes—family, the work ethic, home as a springboard of life—needed to be expressed.

That's why I love to show women who are not represented in contemporary theatre—women who are true adventurers.  All I need to do is find their own words and then make the real history into a theatrical performance.

It's extremely gratifying to help a woman tell her own story—to use her own words and mold them into a production that encompasses women's real life!
 

Performer, Videographer, Documenter

Education:
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee BFA Fine Arts–Theatre–1976
Institute for Professional Actor Training Minneapolis MN–1977
Salt Lake Community College AS Interpreter Training Program–1997

Theatrical Work:
Understudy—Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Circle of the Witch Feminist Theatre—Collective Member , Minneapolis, Minnesota
No-Name Players—Artistic Director, Producer, Actor:
1982 Murray Schisgal’s Luv—Director and Producer
1982 James Prideaux’s Lemonade—Actor and Producer
1982 Robert Anderson’s I Never Sang for My Father—Director and Producer
1983 Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others—Director and Producer
1984 Arthur Miller’s The Crucible—Director and Producer
1984 August Strindberg’s The Stronger—Director and Producer
1984 James McLure’s Lone Star—Producer
1984 Don Robertson’s Amazing Grace—Producer
1984 James L Rosenberg’s The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch—Director and Producer
1985 Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children—Actor and Producer
1985 Thomas Babe’s Salt Lake City Skyline—Director and Producer
1985 Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind—Producer
1986 Ted Hughes’ Crow—Producer
1986 Robert Patrick’s One Person and The Haunted Host—Producer
1986 William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker—Director and Producer, Interpreted in ASL

1986 to the present:
Paul Zindle’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on The-Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds—Director and Producer
Ugo Betti’s Crime on Goat Island—Actor, Director and Producer
Long Road, Free Wind by Nan Weber and Donna Todd—Actor and Producer
Sung and Unsung Women of the West by Nan Weber—Actor and Producer, Shadow Interpreted in ASL
Mattie Culver, A Woman’s Journey by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor and Producer
Lively Times with Elinore by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor and Producer
Magdalena, A Kilborne Road Belle by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor and Producer
Where Were You?—Babcock Reader's Theatre, Salt Lake City—Actor
Mélange—Rebeca Dawn's Experience the Trees—Salty Cricket Collective, Salt Lake City—Actor
Cherie Bennett's Searching for David's Heart—Shalom Theatre of Salt Lake City—Actor

Video Work—Artistic and Documentary:
1988 Hot Winds of August—Osprey Productions
1989 Wonderland’s Lament—Osprey Producation, Honorable Mention in the New York International Film and Video Festival,
1990 Barrie Stavis’ The Man Who Never Died—Nan Weber Production
1990 Joe Hill’s Candlelight Vigil—Osprey Productions
1991 Steam Train—Osprey Productions
1991 Trails West—Osprey Productions
1992 Big Sky Interviews—Nan Weber Production
1993 Jump Rope—Osprey Productions, Honorable Mention in the Utah Short Film and Video Festival
1994 Scottish Festival—Nan Weber Production
1995 OTO Dude Ranch—Nan Weber Production
1996 Caryl Churchhill’s Vinegar Tom—University of Utah/Richard Scharine
1998 Jeff Hengesbaugh’s Dress and Equipage of the Mountain Men
1999 Trappers—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions
2000 Full Circle—A Celebration of the Turn of the Century, Osprey Productions
2001 Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth—People Productions
2001 Lonne Elder III's Ceremonies in Dark Old Men—People Productions
2002 Feeling Free—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions
2003 Samm-Art Williams' Home—People Productions
2004 August Wilson's Jitney—People Productions
2005 All the Pretty Little Horses—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions,
2006 Richard Wesley's The Mighty Gents—People Productions
2005 A Banda using the recording of A Banda by Astrud Gilberto—Nan Weber Production
2007 Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel—People Productions
2008 Pieces of Life based on the poem Housing Shortage by Naomi Replansky—Nan Weber Production
2008 Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/ Underdog—People Productions
2008 Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West—People Productions
2009 Paul Boruff's concert An Evening of Eclectic Music—Nan Weber Production

Film                                                                 Role                                                  Producers and Directors
A Short Film About Kissing                     Ma                                                    Jeremy Ungar
Osso Buco Scripts                                       Mindy                                              Sundance Directors Lab/Jonathan  Wysocki
Inspector 42                                                  Seamstress 36                              Lyvia A. Martinez/Nathan Daniel Lee
Shockheaded Peter                                     Janet                                                Sundance Directors Lab/Frank Budgen
Diantha’s Crossing                                    William’s Wife                              Eric Anderson
Snowglobe                                                    Judith Tanner                              Leif Parson
Gravity Matters                                          Joan                                                 Willa Bundy
Time is Passing                                           Multiple roles                               C.O.W. Productions
A Story of Minnesota                                Narrator                                         C.O.W. Productions

Special Interest:
From 1992 until 2006 I taught various Elderhostel classes. Historical in nature, I combined performance, video and travel to teach the material. This included women’s history, Montana history and the Lewis and Clark journals.
In addition to my scripts I have one published book—Mattie, A Woman’s Journey West.
My second book, Singing in the Saddle: Yellowstone Chip, will be published soon.
I am also working on the screenplay for Singing in the Saddle through the Utah ScreenWriters Project.
Current Work:
Hossack Rodeo Family, A Remembrance of Growing up Cowboy—This is a documentary of a family using interviews, film footage, photos and video to document a family whose lives are steeped in rodeo tradition.