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”