Thea Iberall, Ph.D.
thea@iberall.com
www.theaiberall.com
Published Poetry
“Perception,” Get Underground, www.getunderground.com, March 2007
“Someone Said Everything is a Gift,” New Works Review, www.new-works.org, 2007
“When They Go”, New Works Review, www.new-works.org, 2007
“Abracadabra”, Mannequin Envy, www.mannequinenvy.com, Winter, 2007
“Garden of the Dead”, poeticdiversity, www.poeticdiversity.org, April 2007
“The Audition”, The Hiss Quarterly, hissquarterly.com, February, 2007
“Abracadabra”, Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets, 2006
"Snake Priestess", The Blue House, www.angelfire.com/journal/wordsareair/BluehouseEzine.html, October, 2005
"A Simple Footrace or War: The Blue House, www.angelfire.com/journal/wordsareair/BluehouseEzine.html, 10/05
“Perception”, The Blue House, www.angelfire.com/journal/wordsareair/BluehouseEzine.html,October, 2005
“On
The Sanctuary of Artemis Dying”, ONTHEBUS, 19/20, 2005
"On Sappho's Island Lesbos", Chronicles of Avalon, Beltane 2005.
"The Battle," poeticdiversity,
www.poeticdiversity.org, #6, February 2005
"Keeping The Ground," poeticdiversity,
www.poeticdiversity.org, #6, February 2005
"The Synagoga Stara at Krakow," poeticdiversity,
www.poeticdiversity.org, #6, February 2005
“My
Father,” Apollo’s Lyre,
www.apollos-lyre.com,
September, 2004
"Friday Night at Agios Konstantinos,” Apollo’s Lyre, September, 2004
"On Sappho’s Island Lesbos,” Apollo’s Lyre, September, 2004
"Washday on Samos,” Apollo’s Lyre, September, 2004
"Perception", San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly #23, 2004
“Dinner at Archanes, Crete”, Sunspinner, www.sunspinner.org, 2nd issue, 2004
“The Sanctuary of Artemis”, ONTHEBUS, September 2004
“When They Go”, San Gabriel newspaper, 2004
"Evolutionary Record,” The
Southern California
Anthology,
Vol. XVIII, 2003
"When Civilizations Die," In: Dialogue Through Poetry 2001 Anthology, (Ed: A. Taylor, R. Devineni, L. Srivastava),
NY: Rattapallax Press, 2001, p166
"Sea Lion Looking Like Elephant Attacks Toyota on the Shore,” nycBigCityLit.com, January 2002
“The Purpose of Religion”, ONTHEBUS, #15/16, December 1999
“Events”, ONTHEBUS, #15/16, December 1999
“Abracadabra”, Rattle, December 1998
“Be Ye God”, Spillway, Vol 8, October 1998
“Cavalry Boots”, Spillway, Vol 8, October 1998“The Campground Host”, Peregrine 1997, Vol XVI, November 1997
“The Dream”, The Lesbian News, Vol 22, No. 11, June 1997
“Let’s Try This”, The Lesbian News, Vol 22, No. 11, June 1997
When Civilizations Die, limited edition chapbook, 1997
Be Ye Love, limited edition chapbook, Inevitable Press, 1997
A Matter of Time and Poems, limited edition chapbook, 1996
“Events”, Words That Matter (More), limited edition chapbook, Terry Wolverton (ed), 1994
Poetry Books
“The Sanctuary of Artemis”, Tebot Bach, to appear
Published Articles on Writing
“Beyond the First Draft”, Next... Magazine, November 1997
"Contextual Poetry”, IP eNews, Vol 3, No. 2, 2001
Published Fiction
“A Matter of Time”, short story, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, 45, Winter, 1992
Produced Plays
| "The Only Greek Thing About Me is My Name", Whitefire Theatre, Sherman Oaks, CA, October 3, 2007 |
| "The Only Greek Thing About Me is My Name", Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, Northampton, MA, July 7, 2007 |
| "At Seven", children's musical, The Toledo Repertoire Theatre, Young Playgoers Series, touring November 2006-June 2008. |
| "The Only Greek Thing About Me is My Name", Santa Monica Playhouse, June 23, 2007 |
| “When I Was Called Tony”, (one-act) The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA, November 2002 |
| “Vanillaville”, 15-minute musical, The Colony Theatre, June 15-17, 2004 |
| “Primed for Love,” The Eclectic Company Theatre, North Hollywood, CA, October 2004 |
| "Amacry! The Neuronic Musical" workshopped at The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA, April 2004 |
Staged Readings
“Vanillaville”, Hollywood Court Theatre, Los
Angeles, August 15, 2005
“The Hole”, one-act play, FirstStage Playwrights Express, May 21,
2005
“Life is Not a Flame,” Moving Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, March 18,
2004.
“Primed for Love”, Strawn’s Attic, Los Angeles, CA, September 2003
“Brain Swamping”, Strawn’s Attic, Los Angeles, CA, September 2003
“Primed for Love”, Leisure World Theatre Guild, Laguna Woods,
September 2003
Writing Awards
Semifinalist, 1996 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review
Member, Los Angeles 1998 Slam Team
Selected Featured Poetry Readings
The Found Theatre, October 2006, April
2007, Oct 2007
Café Culture, Altadena, March 2007
Occidental College, Eagle Rock, July 2006
Humanistic Jewish Society, Laguna Hills, CA, June 2006
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, July 2005
Newport Beach Film Festival, April 2005
Equal Writes Bookstore, Long Beach, CA, February, 2005
Sylvan Amphitheatre Fest 2004, Eagle Rock, CA, August 2004
Occidental College, July 2004
Humanistic Jewish Society, Laguna Hills, CA, June 2004
Tebot Bach, Huntington Beach, CA, January 2004
Coffee Club, Pasadena, September, 2003
Hot Java, Long Beach, May, 2003
Coffee Haven, Long Beach, May, 2003
Que Sera, Long Beach, CA, November, 2000
Coffee Cartel, Torrence, CA, July, 2000
Humans in Space Conference, Santorini, Greece, May, 2000
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May, 2000
Orange County Gay and Lesbian Center, May, 2000
Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Center, Long Beach, CA, April, 2000
Gypsy Den Grand Central Café, Santa Ana, CA, April, 2000
Long Beach Poetry Festival, Long Beach, CA, April, 2000
My Mother’s Pictures (Goddess 2000), Long Beach, CA, March, 2000
Orange County Gay and Lesbian Center, November, 1999
Exile Bookstore, Sherman Oaks, CA, September, 1999
Rose Cafe, Santa Monica, CA, October, 1998
Club Mesa, Cost Mesa, CA, September, 1998
Orange County Gay and Lesbian Center, September, 1998
Moon Dog Cafe, Los Angeles, CA. August 1998
Orange County Pride Festival, Irvine, CA, August, 1998
Caffe Luna, Los Angeles, CA. July 1998
Lulu’s Beehive, Sherman Oaks, CA. June 1998
Womenspirit Women’s Summer Solstice Fair, Long Beach, CA. June 1998
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA. June 1998
Caffe Luna, Los Angeles, CA. May 1998
Spring Field Conference Center, Fullerton, CA. April 1998
Riverside Library Reading Series, Riverside, CA. March 1998
ARK Gallery, Long Beach, CA. March 1998
Muse Lodge, Newport Beach, CA. February 1998
Borders, Thousand Oaks, CA, February 1998
Stagecoach Inn, Thousand Oaks, CA, February 1998
Rose Cafe, Santa Monica, CA, December, 1997
Jitters, Corona, CA, November 1997
Sisterhood Bookstore, Westwood, CA, November 1997
Jones Library, Amherst, MA, November 1997
Barnes and Noble, Farmington, CT, November 1997
Mugsy’s Gourmet Coffee, Riverside, CA, October 1997
Books by the Beach, Arts Festival, Laguna Beach, CA, September 1997
Fullerton Financial Building, Fullerton, CA, July 1997
Coffee Break, Riverside, CA, July 1997
Laguna Poets, Upchurch-Brown Booksellers, Laguna Beach, CA, March 1997
Sacred Grounds Coffee House, San Pedro, CA, December 1996
Neutral Grounds Coffee House, Santa Ana, CA, September 1996
Different Drummer Bookstore, Laguna Beach, CA, August 1996
Beans Coffee House, Whittier, CA, August 1996
Orange County Pride Festival, Irvine, CA, August 1996
Advertising Arts Colony, Santa Ana, CA, April 1996
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April 1995
LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994
Poetry Slams
Shouting Coyote Festival, Shadow Hills, CA, April 2004 (1st place)
Every Picture Tells A Story, Los Angeles, CA, July, 2000 (2nd place)
Petterson’s, Culver City, CA, January, 2000 (3rd place)
Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA, August, 1999 (2nd place)
ArtSpace, Santa Monica, CA, February, 1999 (4th place)
Caffe Luna, Hollywood, CA, October, 1998 (2nd Place)
National Poetry Slam, Austin, TX, August 19981998 (LA Slam Team, 3rd Place)
Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, tied 1st Place)
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, 1st Place)
Caffe Luna, Hollywood, CA, June, 1998 (1st Place)
Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA. June, 1998 (made Los Angeles Slam Team)
Caffe Luna, Hollywood, CA, February, 1998 (3rd Place)
Invited to join Long Beach National Slam Team, 1997 (declined)
St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1997 (3rd Place)
St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA, April, 1997 (2nd Place)
Insomniac South, Redondo Beach, CA, September, 1996 (2nd Place)
Television and Documentary Appearances
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, December, 1999 |
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, January, 2000 |
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, January, 2000 |
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, January, 2002 |
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, January, 2003 |
| “Healing Voices” Cable Show, Charter Communications, January, 2006 |
| GV6 THE ODYSSEY: Poets, Passion & Poetry, BRYAN WORLD PRODUCTIONS, www.graffitiverite.com |
Featured Fiction Readings
Bank of America, Palm Springs, CA, March 1993
Sisterhood Bookstore, Westwood, CA, December 1992
LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 1992
LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 1991
Scientific Writing
The Grasping Hand with C. MacKenzie, North-Holland: Elsevier, 1994
Dextrous Robot Hands (ed) with S. Venkataraman, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1990
Computer Architecture, 3rd Ed., with C. Foster, MA: Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1985
12 published articles in books or peer-review scientific journals
26 papers in artificial intelligence, robotics, and neural networks conferences
36 seminars, colloquia or workshops presented around the world
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor
“Poetry Workshop – biweekly 3 hour workshop at Long Beach Center for the Arts, Bixby Knolls, on-going since January 2005"
“Writing to Publish” – a 2 hour workshop on writing, publishing, marketing
“Poetry Slamming” – a 1 hour workshop on poetry slamming
“Beyond the First Draft” – a 2 hour workshop on editing and enhancing drafts
“Contextual Poetry” – a 4 hour workshop on integrating the knowledge of science with the language of poetry
Education
Perspectives Writing Program, Terry Wolverton, 1990-4
Women’s Poetry Project, Terry Wolverton, 1994
Finding the Deep Voice Writing Workshop, Jack Grapes, Spring, 1998
Advanced Writing Workshop, Jack Grapes, Spring, 1998
Moving Arts Playwriting Workshops 2003-2004
Academy for New Musical Theatre, 2003-present
M.P.W. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORINIA, Dept Professional Writing, Los Angeles, CA, 2001
Ph.D. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Dept of Computer Science, Amherst, MA, 1987
M.S. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Engineering, Boston, MA, 1978
B.A. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, College of Arts and Letters, NY, NY, 1975