MFA National Theatre Conservatory

Jeff (Actor, Director, Movement Artist, Musician) is best known for his work with the award winning BOXTALES Theatre Company in Santa Barbara with whom he has toured throughout the U.S. and in Mexico. As a core member of BOXTALES, Jeff co-created ten original works in as many years including his direction of OM: An Indian Tale of Good and Evil (The Ramayana) and his portrayal of Odysseus in The Odyssey.

Locally, Jeff has acted and/or directed with several companies including Shakespeare Santa Barbara, Speaking of Stories, Genesis West, Dramatic Women, Lit Moon Theater, Santa Barbara City College, PCPA Theaterfest and the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice.

Nationally and internationally, Jeff has worked with the Denver Center Theater Company, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, American Folklore Theater, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Door Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Shakespeare Festival, Wooden O Theater, the International City Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Pominencer Census (Munich,) the Estudia Busqueda de Pantomima Teatro (Guanajuato, MX) and Theater Mitu/Visthar Center (Bangalore.) In 2004 Jeff appeared on film as Tristan in Bill Viola's and Peter Sellars' production of the opera Tristan and Isolde which was performed at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Opera National in Paris and the Lincoln Center in New York. Jeff is currently working with his new company Proboscis, creating original works of mask and physical theater exploring Science, Shakespeare and a new radio variety program called Live from the Piano Kitchen.