Spent seventeen years growing up in a rural area south of Buffalo / Spent three point two years in high school (quit because of a loathsome gym class) / Spent four years getting a B.S. at a SUNY college upstate / Spent those same four years doing internships for anything arts related / Spent those same four years playing in a wedding band to pay for SUNY / Spent three years running a box office at a SUNY college in Westchester / Spent two years as an assistant to the VP at a fancy talent agency / Spent another year as an assistant to the Head of Division at a smaller but equally fancy talent agency / Spent two years as an assistant at a fancy advertising agency / Spent eight years in commercial casting working on over 1500 commercials & VO / Spent four years at a fancy theatre festival in the Berkshires heading up a workshop for emerging actors and directors / Spent invaluable time working with Joseph Chaikin / Spent invaluable time watching Mike Nichols work / Spent one memorable afternoon being interviewed by Wynn Handman / Spent most of the previously mentioned years directing plays, musicals and sketch comedy / Spent sixteen years coaching for a major network's emerging talent showcase / Spent seven years teaching at a fancy university that the Tisch family put their name on / Spent the last eighteen years coaching actors / Spent hours and hours and hours and hours watching as much television, films, theatre, and documentaries as I can /