Acting
The Minneapolis and Saint Paul press have said about my acting: “A treasure.” “A genius.” “A Tour de Force.”
Leading and/or major roles at The Park Square Theater, The History Theater, Penumbra, Illusion, Mixed Blood, The Children’s Theater, the Jungle Theater, The Palace Theater and The Minnesota Ensemble Theater.
Bain Boehlke directed me in Macbeth three times with three different theater companies. Bain also directed me as Vanya in Uncle Vanya. The Landlord in The Lower Depths at The Jungle Theatre and Boris Trigorin in The Seagull at the CTC.
Leading roles in plays written by Chekhov, Moliere and Shakespeare.
Featured Teller at The National Storytelling Festival.
Teller in Residence at The International Storytelling Center.
Featured Teller at The National Storytelling Conference.
FILM, TV and RADIO
NewsNight Minnesota. KTCA Public TV. Telling a story fromThree Rivers Meeting. 12/29/1997
Midwest Emmy for Individual Achievement in Talking Pictures. Produced by KTCA Public TV. Saint Paul, MN. 06/28/1990.
Golden Plaque at the Toronto Film Festival. 1990
Wildrose-Doobie. A miner. New Front Films.
Swan Lake Minnesota—Farmer. ABC Cablevision.
The Suitcase—The Balls Man. Children’s Theater Feature Film. 1972.
Maggie and the Men of Minnesota—Book store owner. Independent film.
Comrade Apparatchik—Vlad the Apparatchik. Motor Pool Films
A Christmas Story---Storyteller KARE TV Channel 11.
Dakota Conflict—KTCA TV.
Minnesota Regiments: Filmed for KTCA Public TV. I am the Narrator.
Traveling Light: Produced by New Front Films. Directed by John Hanson. This is the film that was shown at The Sundance Film Festival.
MPR (Radio)
January, 11/1997 Interview-Cuba Si.
April 8, 1995 Interview-Rio Bravo1 Rio Grande!
January 15, 1994—Rio Grande story.
October 1,1992-Interview about Tribes.
January 10, 1992-Interview with Loren Niemi and Jim Stowell
October, 17, 1986 Interview- The Desperados.