RESUME
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Dedicated, analytical, and empathetic theatre educator with experience in teaching, arts administration, and curriculum development •
• Resourceful director diving into textually rich worlds and reinventing classics •
• Proactive collaborator with an eye for creative programming and inventive solutions • Warm and enthusiastic with a go-getter attitude •
RELEVANT SKILLS
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Mastery in Microsoft Office and Google Suite
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Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and GIMP
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Proficiency in iMovie and Garage Band
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Proficiency in Spektrix, Audience View, and Tessitura Ticketing Software
CORE STRENGTHS
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Directing
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Dramaturgy
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Teaching and Curriculum Development
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Stage Management
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Light and Sound Board Operations
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Playwriting
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Text and Script Analysis
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Shakespeare
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Theatre History and Art History
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Dance: Tap, Ballet, Jazz Dance, Hip Hop, Contemporary
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The University of the Arts
BFA in Directing, Playwriting and Production with a Focus in Directing and Dramaturgy (‘18)
Selected Instructors
Joanna Settle: Artistic Direction/Shakespeare
Jacqueline Goldfinger: Playwriting/Dramaturgy
Eugenie Chan: Playwriting
Matthew Travisano: Text and Language
Terry Bamberger: Acting/Shakespeare
Becky Potter: Movement/Clowning
Chris Mirto: Directing
Fadi Skeiker: Directing
Amy Dugas Brown: Casting/Business of Theater
Rebecca Wright: Collaboration in Theater
Kate Tejada: Financial Leadership
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
A.C.T. Young Conservatory
Teaching Artist, 2020-Present
Oakland School for the Arts
On-Call Substitute Teacher, 2019-2020
Marin Theatre Company
Front of House Staff, 2018-2019
The University of the Arts
Front of House Staff, 2017-2018
Kids ‘N Dance ‘N Theater Arts
Summer Camp Teaching Assistant, 2016
ARTS ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
American Conservatory Theater • San Francisco, CA 2019-2020
YOUNG CONSERVATORY FELLOW for the 2019-2020 Season
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Developed course descriptions, curriculum, and student learning outcomes to align with YC’s pedagogical goals
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Generated programming changes and facilitate communication with YC families and faculty during COVID-19 shelter-in-place and social distancing orders
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Assessed enrollment data to identify trends and recommend course programming
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Liaised between families, students, staff, faculty and artists for multiple classes and performance opportunities
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Analyzed and evaluated prospective new works in A.C.T.’s Litbrain literary program
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Created dramaturgy packet and program publications for A.C.T. Fellows Project
Oakland School for the Arts - Step It Up • Oakland, CA 2018-2020
TEACHING ARTIST for the OSA’s Theatre Program for Prospective Students
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Designed and taught 14-week audition technique-focused intensive for prospective 4th and 5th-grade students with limited previous theatre training
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Evaluated student’s skill level and work ethic in an end-of-program audition
Marin Theatre Company • Mill Valley, CA 2018-2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND EDUCATION INTERN for the 2018-2019 Season
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Taught arts integration outreach: literature, history, public speaking
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Instructed and assisted on-site classes for students in 1st through 9th grade
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Planned and executed audience engagement, including interactive lobby dramaturgy
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Led student matinees and post-show discussions
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Evaluated and discussed prospective plays in 2019-2020 season planning committee
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Assessed new works for MTC’s Calicchio Play Prize Competition and Marin Young Playwrights Festival
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival • San Francisco, CA 2018-2019
TEACHING ARTIST for Players-Level Bay Area Shakespeare Camps
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Taught classes in Voice and Movement, Text and History, and Production and Design
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Directed condensed productions of Shakespeare plays for ages seven to thirteen
Theatre Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA 2017-2018
THEATRE INTERN for the 2017-2018 Season
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Assigned and arranged nominators for the 2017-2018 Barrymore adjudication process, communicating with over thirty theatre companies and seventy adjudicators
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Tracked finances of Barrymore Participation fees for over one hundred productions
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Facilitated planning and execution of Barrymore Awards and 1st Annual Philly Theatre Week
California Shakespeare Theatre • Oakland, CA 2017
ARTISTIC LEARNING INTERN for the summer Shakespeare Conservatory Camps
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Acted as counselor, teaching assistant, stage manager, and assistant director
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Conceived and taught two master classes: commedia dell'arte and War of Roses History
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Operated soundboard, and aided lightboard programming and light refocusing
THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Directing
ICECREAM
To The Sticking Place
Metamorphize
Wet Nurse
Dim The Lights: Senior Showcase
Milk
UArts Brind School
UArts Brind School
Speakeasy 932
Speakeasy 932
OSA School of Theatre
OSA School of Theatre
Assistant Directing
The Who and the What
How I Learned What I Learned
The Bourgeois Gentleman
Performance Playground
The Summer in Gossensass
God's Ear
Marin Theatre Company
Marin Theatre Company
UArts Brind School
Brind School and Subcircle
UArts Brind School
UArts Brind School
Hana S. Sharif
Margo Hall
KC Macmillan
Jorge and Nikki Cosuineau
Rick Stoppleworth
Shira Daniels
Stage Management and Production Assistance
Freaky Friday
How I Learned What I Learned
Oslo
Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?
Twelfth Night
Ends In Riot
Marin Theatre Company
Marin Theatre Company
Marin Theatre Company
UArts Brind School
UArts Brind School
UArts Brind School
Jasmine Osborne
Margo Hall
Jasson Minadakis
Julia Louis
Matt Pfeiffer
Monique Asselin
Dramaturgy
A.C.T. Fellows Project
UArts Brind School
Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties
Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?
Gracie Brakeman
Julia Louis
REFERENCES
References Available Upon Request