Patrice is a certified Feldenkrais® practitioner and has also been
trained extensively in period movement (dancing, behavior and movement
signatures of past cultures), the Alexander Technique of self-use, and
stage combat. She has directed several productions at The Theatre
School, including Hedda Gabler, Steal Away Home, Bridge To
Terabithia, Our Country's Good, Talking To Terrorists, War, Doggs
Hamlet, Dancing At Lughnasa, Epson Downs, The Gut Girls and Living Together.
Patrice has directed and choreographed dances, movement and combat for
more than thirty productions at a variety of theatres, including Remy
Bumppo Theatre in Chicago; the Dallas Theatre Center, Stage #1, New Arts
Theatre and Moving Target Theatre in Dallas; and at the Virginia
Shakespeare Festival, the Texas Shakespeare Festival and Shakespeare in
the Park, Ft. Worth. As a professional actress, Patrice has worked at
Steppenwolf Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Noble Fool Theatre,
Northlight Theatre, Stage Left and other theatres in Chicago as well as
at various regional theatres and Shakespeare Festivals.