In 1990 David fled from the crazy city life of New Jersey/New York to the peace and tranquility of the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. He got his start in theater during his senior year of high school doing make-up for and singing in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. While in college, Dave did make-up, special effects and poster design for The Wiz. Dave has since studied many mediums of art...painting, drawing, photography, sculpting, film animation, acting, etc...In 1994 Dave got into puppetry by joining The New England Marrionette Theatre. He helped build the theater from scratch and was a key sculptor, puppeteer and set designer for two years working on La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Amahl and the night Visitors. After two semesters of film animation studies, Dave got a position as post production intern on Ken Burn's "Baseball" (1994) (mini) documentary which got him his first listing in title credits. Shortly after this, the feature film _Jumanji(1995)_ was being filmed in nearby Keene, New Hampshire and Dave auditioned as an extra and got the plum role of "townsperson". Dave has since been involved in many local theater/film productions as actor, poster illustration, set designer, boom handler, lighting, etc... Dave helped create the Starving Artist Film Festival in Peterborough, New Hampshire as well as being the film festival director/coordinator/projectionist three years in a row for The Wilton Art & Film Festival. Dave is currently bringing live music to Peterborough at the pub he owns & operates...
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