
ERIC TRULES, Senior Lecturer, USC School of Theatre
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
SUNY at Buffalo, B.A., Cum Laude, Psychology, 1969
PROFESSIONAL ARTS TRAINING
Theater Training - La Mama Etc., NYC - Grotowski Technique,
1970
Dance Training - 1970—77 - Graham & Cunningham technique
- Shirley Mordine;
Ballet - Various; Jazz - JoJo Smith, NYC,
Acting Training - Lee Strasberg, Jose Quintero, Susan Batson,
Michael Shurtleff, 1978-86
Director's Training - Lee Strasberg & Jose Quintero (Theater):
Nicholas Ray (Film); Dennis Steinmetz & Alan Bergman (Television),
1977-1986
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC CAREER
The Dance Troupe, Director Shirley Mordine, in Residence at
Columbia College, Chicago; Company Member, 1970-74
MoMing Dance Theater, Chicago, IL - Co-founder and Co-Director,
1975-77
Dancer, Director, Choreographer, Clown
Cumeezi Bozo Ensemble, NYC's Resident Clown Troupe, 1978-1982
Founder, Artistic, and Executive Director
Toured Holland, Switzerland & France, 1979
funded by the NEA, NYSCA, and many other local Foundations &
corporations
Professional Actor, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-1990, Various, Film,
TV, & Theater Roles
See Separate Resume
Theater Director, Los Angeles, CA, 1985-present - Specialize
in 1 person shows, awards from Drama-Logue, LA Weekly
- See publicity and press package
Theater Producer, Los Angeles, CA, 1985-present
Los Angeles Festival, Spoken Word Segment, 1990
Santa Monica Festival, 1991
Spoken Word Festival, Founder, Artistic, and Executive Director,
1990-present
WORD/LA, An Oral Response to the Rodney King Violence, 1992
SOLO LA, CBS Studios, 1995
Solo Performance Artist, 1988-present
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT, 1988 - Wallenboyd & Theatre/Theater,
LA; Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Shortlisted for "Best Show
of the Fringe"
W(HOLES), 1990 - Theatre/Theater, LA
THE DAY AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY, 1995 - Hudson Theater & CBS
Radford; Edinburgh Fringe Festival
COCK TALES, 2002-2003, Various Theaters, Los Angeles, CA
Poet/Performance Poet, 1988-present
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award, 1992
Published in Various Anthologies w/ Allen Ginsberg, Charles
Bukowski, etc., 1989-present
Featured Poet at Beyond Baroque, Cafe Largo, many other venues,
1988-present
Published IT'S THE DAY AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY, 1995 (Lucretia
Press)
Radio Work, 1988-present
Hosted KPFK's "Theater Closeup", 1991
Presented original work on KPFK, KCRW, KXLU, Los Angeles, 1988-present
NPR "Savvy Traveler" Correspondent, 2001
Editor/Publisher
EUPHONIA, A Los Angeles Journal for Men, 1991-93
“e-travels with e. trules, literary travel website,
2003-present
STORIES ABOUT OURSELVES, Performance Monologues for Young
Adults, 2004
Screenwriter, 1986-present
"King Blood", Adapted Jim Thompson's novel of the
same name, 1994
"The Gardener" - Sold, Produced, & Broadcast to/by
HBO/Cinemax, 1995
Filmmaker, 1991-present
"THE POET AND THE CON" - feature length documentary
- Director, Producer, Editor, 1998
Over 20 International Festival Invitations & Appearances;
Commercial Theatrical Presentation at various Laemmle Theaters,
LA (See LA Times Review & Feature Article)
TEACHING
Columbia College, Chicago - Taught Movement for Actors in School
of Theater including Grotowski Technique, 1970-72
Columbia College, Chicago - Taught Modern Dance & Improvisation
in School of Dance, 1971-75
MoMing Dance Theater, Chicago - Taught Modern Dance, Ballet,
Improvisation, & Clowning, 1975-77
Learning Network & Private Classes - Taught Clowning, as
Director of NYC's Resident Clown Troupe, 1977-82
California State Summer School for the Arts, at Cal Arts, Valencia
- Taught Creative Writing, 1992-93
UCLA Extension - Taught Improvisation & Theater Games,
1994-95
University of Southern California (USC) - Adjunct Assistant
Professor, School of Theater, 1986-2003
Lecturer, Full-time Faculty, 2003-05
Teach: Solo Performance, Improvisation & Theater Games,
and Self Expression and the Arts
School of Cinema/Television - teach "Personal Voice Documentary"
Filmmaking
“What Matters to Me and Why” Lecture, 2004
Washington Prep High School, Director & Creator of Pilot
Film & Video Program, 2004
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
1975,76: CETA Grant, Chicago
1975-77: Illinois Arts Council grants
1979, 81, & 82: NEA Arts Exposure grant
1980: NEA Expansion Arts grant
1981 & 82: NEA Theater Program grants
1983: NEA Special Constituencies (Deaf, Senior, & Handicapped)
1980-82: New York State Council on the Arts
1991: Brody Grant from the California Community Foundation
1991-95: Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept. grants
1991-95: California Arts Council grants
1991: NEA Inter-Arts grant for the Multi-Cultural Spoken Word
Festival
1991: Western States Regional Media Fellowship
1994: LA County Music and Performing Arts Commission grant
1995: Pioneer Fund grant for THE POET AND THE CON
1998: Catherine E. & Edwin W. Davis Foundation grant for
THE POET AND THE CON
1999: Phi Kappa Phi "Faculty Recognition Award" from
University of Southern California - 1 of 4 campus-wide faculty
awards
2003: Fulbright Recognition Certificate for 8 months service
in Malaysia (2002) as a Fulbright Scholar
ACADEMIC REFERENCES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Dean Madelaine Puzo, USC School of Theater, (213) 821-5491,
puzo@usc.edu
Dean Robert Scales, USC School of Theater (1995-2002), (213)
500-7790, rscales@usc.edu
Dean Richard Toscan, Virginia Commonwealth University School
of Arts, (804) 828-2787, rtoscan@vcu.edu
Dean Madeline Puzo, USC School of Theatre: puzo@usc.edu
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Documentary Association
Independent Feature Project
Association of Los Angeles Playwrights
Fulbright Alumni Association
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
"Inventing the Future: The Playwright's Perspective",
UCLA, 1992 - featured panelist
Visible Evidence Conference, UCLA, 1999 - featured invited panelist
“International Conference on Learning”, Granada,
Spain, July 2005: “Personal Voice Storytelling Bridges
the Global Divide, Changing the World One Story at a Time”
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