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By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:11 AM

Debra’s Play Analysis Class at CSULA wrote and performed original scenes for their final.

Debra choreographed Pamela Weber Studio’s Winter Choral Concert at beautiful historic the Shakespeare Club in Pasadena.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:11 AM

Debra worked as the co- designer and coordinator of costumes for the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Full Circle Opera production of Beggar’s Opera.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:10 AM

Debra played the supporting lead role of Ernest’s mother in the American Film Institute’s film In Ernest directed by Will Hernandez.

I worked with the wonderful playwright Jane Anderson in a reading of her play Quality of Life, going to the Geffin Theatre.

Debra directed Donna Ann Ward in her original, daring, and honest solo play Body Parts about a woman dealing with addiction, family ties, and childhood insecurities as an adult.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:10 AM

Debra directed Fashion Sense a comedy episode of The Tyrants in Therapy television show with hilarious guest artist Brian Dyer.

Debra choreographed another Weber Studios Vocal Concert at the Pasadena Shakespeare Club with Pamela Weber’s talented students.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:09 AM

Debra co-directed the musical Once On This Island with Bill Korf and Linda Brown. Alexandra De Liso Smith shared the lead role of Timoune in this haunting romance.

Debra taught an Improv Workshop at USC to Journalism majors.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:09 AM

Debra and her daughter Alex taught a theatre workshop sponsored by the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, for teen girls with Turner Syndrome. These young women have a rare genetic disorder, born without their ovaries, and their physical development in hindered. Their talent is not, and they thrived in the theatre environment.

Debra produced a benefit performance of Eve Ensler’s drama Necessary Targets at Throop Hall and raised money for a Bosnian woman’s newsletter supporting women’s writing.

Debra directed a taping at Comcast television studios of The Tyrants in Therapy comedy show.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:09 AM

Debra directed an inspirational all female international cast in Eve Ensler’s Necessary Targets at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. This drama is based on true stories from women in Bosnian refugee camps and the American journalist who grew to embrace them.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:09 AM

Debra continued to serve as the Faculty Mentor for MRS. Degree, the all female comedy troup at USC.

Debra reprised her role as adjudicator for the talent show USC Songfest, with over 100 performers attending.

Debra directed Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood.

Debra directed another delicious episode of the Tyrants in Therapy.

Debra was directed by her friend and noted screen writer Brian Nelson in a reading of poems by the stirring nature romance writer Mary Oliver.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:08 AM

Debra dramaturged and directed several Solo Plays with the talented, enthusiastic, and terrified acting students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Debra was honored to play a role in the reading of Darfur Stories at Throop Hall in Pasadena. Based on true accounts of the genocide that continues to plague the region.

HBO contacted Debra at USC to bring the scribe and pundit Robert Wuhl to her Improv class to “teach” an “Assume the Position 201” class to her students. We had a great time being part of his classroom environment and giving him feedback for his show.

By SuperUser Account on 8/13/2009 9:08 AM

Debra produced the comedy hip-hop solo play Token Cracker at Throop Hall in Pasadena. Her good friend and multi-talented Zoot played several different characters in his autobiographical play about growing up a disabled kid who becomes a dancer.

Debra dramaturged and directed a Solo Performance Workshop at the Elephant Theatre in Hollywood.

By SuperUser Account on 8/9/2009 8:34 AM

Debra choreographed two vocal concerts for Pamela Weber Music Studios, at the beautiful historic Shakespeare Club’s historic Emmett House in Pasadena where novice and professional singers alike display their vocal talents.

By SuperUser Account on 8/9/2009 8:34 AM

Debra dramaturged and directed “An Evening of Solo Plays” at the Elephant Theatre in Hollywood.

Debra taught a series of playwriting classes for students at Manuel Arts School in South Central as part of the USC School of Theatre “Building Bridges” project hosted by fellow faculty member Anita Dashiel Sparks. Debra volunteered her playwriting guidance to high school students who had behavior and learning difficulties and were at risk of dropping out. The project was based on the students finding parallels with their own character and that of the ancient Greek Deities.

By SuperUser Account on 8/9/2009 8:34 AM

I choreographed the 1961 Broadway musical “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” at Rio Hondo College, with Bill Korf at the helm.

Debra directed another episode of comedy with Abbe Kanter and Michael Jaye the crazy and cool “The Tyrants in Therapy.”

By SuperUser Account on 8/9/2009 8:31 AM

Debra directed and helped edit master yoga teacher Naader Shagagi’s “Curative Yoga” series. This is a collection of four extensive DVD’s showing Naader teaching and coaching the yoga students through his specialized teachings.

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By SuperUser Account on 8/8/2009 6:15 PM

I directed a staged reading of Lynn Manning’s tragedy “Up From the Down’s” at the Inside the Ford Theatre in Hollywood. It is a contemporized version of “Othello” taking place in Watts against a background of racial tension between Latinos and African Americans.

Debra dramaturged and directed several original solo plays with her students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The creative and courageous plays were presented on March 20, 2006.

Debra was a judge for the USC “Songfest” talent show. She adjudicated for over 100 performers.

By SuperUser Account on 8/8/2009 6:13 PM

Reading of Donald Freed’s “1951-2006” at the Arena Theatre at CSULA. Donald worked with Debra in the role of Margaret Anne McNally, an Irish Catholic teacher who ages from 31-86 in the course of the play.