INTRODUCTION

Welcome to my autobiographical website, documenting the stages of my life & theatrical career:

THEATRES, Productions & Roles are organized chronologically on 2 pages: 1957 - 1967  &  1968 - 1994

PIX, PRESS sections begin with my head shot history & continue with production photos & newspaper reviews organized alphabetically by play title. 

FILLING IN THE GAPS includes playbills, posters, opening night notes & personal anecdotes.

AEA sections document my leadership of Actors’ Equity Association for 24 years including the contracts I negotiated & the programs I created & administered, including:

• Increasing employment opportunities for Equity members by organizing the national jurisdiction of Children’s Theatre. Chief Negotiator for the first Theatre for Young Audiences Contract in Equity history.

• Creation & leadership of the ongoing program of Membership Education.

• Codification of Roberts Rules for Equity Membership meetings.

• Development of the Showcase Code including the all important Subsidiary Rights Clause.                                                        

AFL-CIO sections cover my organized labor activity including my listing in Who’s Who in American Labor & my Vice Presidency of the New York State AFL-CIO.

H.S. of PERFORMING ARTS sections record my student years as well as my appointment to serve as Chairperson of the N.Y.C. Board of Education Performing Arts Advisory Commission.

SOVIET UNION covers my unique experience, leading the first delegations of American theatre students to tour theatre schools in Russia, Ukraine, Byeloruss, Sakhartvelo, Kyrgyzstan and Estonia by special invitation of the Soviet government.

MY JEWISH JOURNEY is the story of my life-long quest for a Jewish education.

Camp Wahanda.  Although I haven’t focused on my early years, I must acknowledge my 14 summers at Camp Wahanda that were the happiest time of my childhood.  Wahanda developed my personality, character & the values that have guided my entire life.  Wahanda nurtured my talent & set me on my career path.  Wahanda was & remains my ‘family’ which has generated a lifetime of treasured memories, briefly documented in photos that follow this introduction.

CAMP WAHANDA