Lisa Dalton

Lisa Dalton worked extensively in New York from 1976-1989 in theatre, film and television. In 1976, she co-founded the Bond Street Theatre- still active today. Here, her skills as a clown, mime, stage combat artist led to performances at Lincoln Center and various international festivals. This also was the ground work for a ten year career in Stunts, under her original name Lisa Loving. Notable TV appearances included doubling Madonna on Saturday Night Live and playing Zena, a Hit woman on As the World Turns under the employ of David McCallum. In the 1980's, Lisa was a sergeant of the Englewood N. J. Special Police Unit under her married name Kerman. Additional Stunt credits include Highlander, Ghostbusters, Deathwish 3. She was profiled on TV on Best Talk in Town, PM Magazine and appeared on several talk shows, including as a guest with Bill Boggs Midday Live. As a comedienne/impersonator, Lisa performed for many celebrity events with Donald Trump, Mayor Ed Koch, Joan Lunden, Friar's Club, Tavern on the Green, Copacabana, Studio 54 and more. In 1988, Lisa and actor husband Ken Kerman relocated to Los Angeles, where Lisa Founded the Michael Chekhov Connection (www.chekhov.net), teaching acting in London, Moscow, Berlin, New York, France, Brussels and throughout the US at special conferences. Two documentaries which contain extensive contributions by Lisa Dalton on the Chekhov technique are available at her website. She won numerous awards for directing and producing public access television, including 3 Hometown Awards and was a finalist in the AFI National Video Festival. She hosted/co-produced the Casting Corner Series now available at www.chiptaylor.com. She has directed several short films including Houston Festival Bronze Winner "Birds of a Feather" and 2003 Dreamworks Employee Film fest Favorite: "The Shakespeare Guy". She currently acts and teaches in the Los Angeles area and at universities and festivals around the world. She is an ordained minister with a wholistic life coaching practice that utilizes spiritual gestures - a new technique of unifying body, mind and spirit to achieve greater abundance of health, time, space and relationship. She is the proud grandmother of 4, plays celebrity golf for many charities and has travelled in all 50 states on her motorcycle!