Aleta Barthell

aletab@sbcglobal.net

Tel: (760) 635-3340

Training

UCSD; La Jolla, CA; 2000-2001

Shakespeare & Company; Lenox, MA; Summer 1997

Pacific Northwest College of Art; (Film Editing) Portland, OR; Summer 1991

Northwestern University; Evanston, IL; B.S. 1990

British American Drama Academy; Oxford, England; Summer 1988

Playwriting/Screenwriting: Allan Havis

Adapting Non-Fiction for the Stage: Dwight Conquergood

Adapting & directing literature for the stage: Frank Galati, Paul Edwards

Acting: Maria Aitken, Bud Beyer, David Downs, Earl Gister, Craig Kinzer, Kim Rubenstein, Norman Welsh, Larry Silverberg, Dennis Krausnick

Programs/Residencies

KidsAct; Encinitas, CA 2003 - Present

Founder of program to teach children 4-11 years old to develop their own characters and stories into original plays and perform them

Gifted Preschool; Encinitas, CA 2003 - Present

Teach creative drama to children 3-5 years old

Magdalena Ecke YMCA; Encinitas, CA 2001 - Present

Teach children 4-11 years old to develop their own characters and stories into original plays and perform them

Playwrights Project; San Diego 1997 - Present

Evaluate scripts for Young Playwrights Festival;

Write & perform for Lifestages Program, pairing a senior storyteller with a writer/actor

Haven Project; Portland, OR 1994-1997

Pairing professional actors and writers with inner-city kids to perform and write plays

Stark Raving Theater; Portland, OR 1993-1997

Member of resident acting company

Awards

Drammy Nominee: Best Actress; Portland, OR 1994

Nominee for best actress in Drammy award-winning production of The Baby Dance.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Paris, France 1992

Received two-month grant as visiting playwright to research material for a new play.

Writing

Fortune (Screenplay)

A lost fortune switches the fate of one little girl from Mexico and one woman from San Diego leading them into a journey in a cave together where each must confront their fears in order to move on with their lives.

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Screenplay)

This 12th century queen fights to hold onto her land, her power and her children in the face of leaving

her husband, Henry II of England.

Thalia (One-act play)

A muse falls in love with her designated artist and must choose between mortality and immortality in order to stay with him and have a baby.

Wiseblood (Adaptation from Flannery O'Connor story)

A self-proclaimed minister searches for enlightenment from an evangelical charlatan and his daughter.

Isadora Duncan (One-act play)

Created and performed this one-woman show about the mother of modern dance who created a

worldwide sensation with her sensuous and exuberant dancing.

Film

SAG/AFTRA Member

Zero Effect Staffer #2 Castle Rock Pictures; Portland, OR

Things I Never Told You Nurse Carbo, Inc.; Portland, OR

Isolation Junkies Sheila Columbia College; Chicago, IL

Stage Experience