Performance Experience
ROOSEVELT RELATED EXPERIANCE
2025 Badlands Chautaqua: Medora, ND
Two solo monologues in character (topics: Roosevelt on Reading, Dispatches from the Great Loop Tour)
Greeted visitors to the Medora Musical
Performed alongside other reprisors in Saturday showcase “Too Many Teddies”
2024 Guest on Talk About Teddy Podcast
(Not in character) Spoke about experience reprising Teddy in Medora, ND
You can listen to it by clicking HERE
2024 Fred Harvey Weekend at the New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe
(Not in character) Lecture on the intersection of Theodore Roosevelt and the Fred Harvey Company in the promotion of the Southwest
You can watch it by clicking HERE
2024 Badlands Chautaqua: Medora, ND
Two monologues in character (topics: Dispatches from the Great Loop Tour, Memorials and Monuments)
Ensemble member for children’s show “Stories and Games with the Roosevelt Children”
Parade with the 188th Army Band
Greeted visitors to the Medora Musical
Hosted Saturday showcase “Too Many Teddies”
2023 Badlands Chautaqua: Medora, ND
Two solo monologues in character (topics: Memorials and Monuments, Relationship with George “Bird” Grinell)
Greeted visitors to the Medora Musical
Performed alongside other reprisors in Saturday showcase “Too Many Teddies”
OTHER RELATED EXPERIANCE
Twenty-Two Years as a Middle School English Teacher
Twelve years leading a Shakespeare Day in collaboration with the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Ten years teaching yearbook
Twelve years as department chair
Speech coach for annual competition
Writer
“Angels of Sitgreaves Pass” published in Route 66 Magazine, Spring 2020
Various performance experience
Musician in many styles of performance for 30 years
Improv training and performance
Possible Services
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Character Presentation
There are many possibilities for in-character presentations: biographical pieces in various links, storytelling, or performance of TR’s actual writing or speaking.
Topics include basic biography, motivation for children to read or write, 1903 train tour, thoughts on memorials and monuments, general interest stories, or other possibilities based on event specifics.
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Guest Interactions
Your event guests may be looking for in-person interactions or photo opportunities with the twenty-sixth president.
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Historical Lecture
Presentations focused on Theodore Roosevelt’s history or a specific topic of interest. Current topics prepared include TR’s history with the Fred Harvey Company in promoting the west, his relationship with California, and his 1903 train tour of the country.