Resumé
LEIGH STRIMBECK
EMC Candidate
SAG Eligible
Film:
- Love Orchard, Florence Dobbe, Loken Mann Productions, Release Spring 2012
- UnCivil Liberties, Sharon Swift, NY Upstate Independent
- Taking Woodstock, Mother in Crowd Scene
- NYU Graduate student films
Television:
- SEFCU commercial, “Membership” produced by Working Pictures
- Northeast Health, “Alzheimer’s 2009”, “Retirement Living 2009” produced by Working Pictures
Industrials:
- Cultural Competence, Rehabilitation and Research Institute, produced by Working Pictures
- Transfer of Knowledge, Rehabilitation and Research Institute, produced by Working Pictures
- Business Continuity, weatherperson, Citigroup voiceover
Stage:
- Diana Vreeland FULL GALLOP Theatre Voices
- Clare KINGDOM OF THE SHORE Capital Repertory Theatre
- Joan MELANCHOLY PLAY WAM Theatre Company
Some roles played in twenty years as a member/associate Member of The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (BTE), Bloomsburg, PA:
- Olive/Head of Chorus WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE Deborah Brevoort
- Ensemble/co-creator LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the Ensemble
- Charlotte Wallace BEYOND THERAPY Christopher Durang
- Petruchio THE TAMING OF THE SHREW William Shakespeare
- Rosa TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES Dario Fo
- Ensemble WOMEN OF BACCHUS Euripedes
- Amanda THE GLASS MENAGERIE Tennessee Williams
- Grusha CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE Bertolt Brecht
- Martha WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Edward Albee
- Mother THE GUARDSMAN Ferenc Molnar
- Louka ARMS AND THE MAN George Bernard Shaw
- Regan KING LEAR William Shakespeare
Radio:
- First NY Federal Credit Union; Brunswick Apartments; NBT Bank; Price Chopper – Fuel Advantage; NYS Nurses Association all produced by Cotton Hill
Also performed in Theatre Voices productions, various television spots for BTE, documentary about BTE in Africa and numerous radio spots for BTE.
Skills:
- Languages: Swedish, Some French; good with kids, dogs & horses; skiing: downhill & cross country; swimmer, certified vinyasa flow yoga teacher.
Director
- I’M NOT A FEMINIST, BUT…. Russell Sage College, also writer, devised theater piece
- MIRROR MIRROR (Women & Body Image) Russell Sage College, also writer devised theater piece
- MISS JULIE Bucknell University Senior Thesis Project 2006
- FOR REAL (Richard Hoehler)
- NOISES OFF SUNY Albany, 2003
- HEAVY METTLE (Richard Hoehler) Toured 2002-03
- WORKING CLASS (Richard Hoehler) Midtown Manhattan Theater Festival
- DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Arthur Miller), BTE, Bloomsburg, PA
- HIPPOLYTUS (Euripedes, also adapted) SUNY Albany, NY
- PRIVATE EYES (Steven Dietz) Actor’s Collaborative, Albany, NY
- TEN BY TEN, 1999 (Original Plays) Stageworks, Hudson, NY
- THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Charles Ludlam) Stageworks, Hudson, NY
- THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Charles Ludlam) The Northeast Theatre, Scranton, PA
- THIS HOUSE BUILDED (also co-author, with Elizabeth Markowitz) a community commissioned project for Waverly, PA
- HERE BE DRAGONS (adapted with Paul Outlaw) Chaos & Order Theatre Co., Scranton, PA
- ON THE VERGE (Eric Overmeyer) Comotion Theatre, Lancaster, PA
- CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (Mark Medoff) Allegheny Highlands Regional Theatre, Ebensburg, PA
- THE BALTIMORE WALTZ (Paula Vogel), BTE
- DAYTRIPS (Jo Carson), BTE
- VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE (for a USIA tour to Southeastern Africa), BTE
- SEA MARKS (Gardner McKay), BTE
- FOOLS RUSH IN (Rand Whipple, adapted from The King Stag), BTE
- THE NEST (Franz Kroetz), BTE
- BERWICK, AMERICA (also co-author, with Jerry Stropnicky) BTE and the town of Berwick, PA
Teacher
- Assistant Professor of Theater, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
- Adjunct Professor, SUNY Albany 1999-2009
- Teaching Artist, Capitol Region Center for Arts in Education, Albany, NY 1997-2008
- Coach, New York State Defender’s Association Basic Trial Skills Program 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
- Certified Vinyasa Flow Yoga Instructor
- Adjunct Professor, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Artist in Education, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
- Workshop leader and adjudicator, National Theatre Organization of Zimbabwe
- Workshop leader, United States Information Agency – Arts America African Tour with BTE
- Visiting Professor, Juneau University, Juneau, Alaska (through Perseverance Theatre Co.)
- Adult, teen, and children’s theater courses, BTE
- Acting teacher, ABF School, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sense memory and acting, Master Olofs Garden, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sense memory instructor, Actors and Directors Lab, New York City
Administrator
- Artistic Advisor, WAM Theatre, also co-founder with Kristen Van Ginhoven, 2010
- Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Ensemble Director, 1990-93: position included casting; budgeting; scheduling; chairing meetings and retreats; representation of the theater to the Board of Directors, staff, and community; grant writing and season selection in conjunction with the ensemble. Spearheaded the creation of Team/works – BTE’s program to teach communication and consensus building to businesses through workshops. Associate Ensemble Director, 1988-90.
Panels & Boards
- Planned Parenthood Board Member, Northeastern PA, 1995-96
- National Endowment for the Arts: Panel Member, 1991-94; Site reporter, 1991-95
- Pennsylvania Statewide Arts Advisory Council: Member, 1991-93
- Theatre Communications Group: Observership Award, 1988
Education
- Actor’s Center: Master Class for Acting Teachers, 2007
- Trained in the Lincoln Center method of Aesthetic Education to teach Arts in Education
- B.F.A. New York University
- Dance/Drama Major Bennington College
- Acting Training: Curt Dempster, Jack Garfein, Neighborhood Playhouse, Stella Adler, Anne Bogart, Tadashi Suzuki
