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Teaching Experience
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| Experienced teaching artist of K-12 students, using musical theater based skills in drama, voice and dance instruction. |
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| Teaching Artist Experience |
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Black Spectrum Theatre Youth Company
Resident Director:
N 'Da Hood. The Day the Basketballs Stop Bouncing and the Music Stopped! By Carl Clay |
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April 2012 |
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Black Spectrum Theatre, Children’s Theater Institute
Resident Director:
Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids- Created and implemented curriculum for 4th grade students related to character development, basic acting vocabulary skills, stage presence and movement for a musical. Coordinated all teaching artist and production personnel to mount a full production. Coordinated with the principal and teachers to integrate rehearsal plans and performance curriculum into the daily lesson plan schedule in the classroom.
The Chief’s Bride-Developed a writing project relating to the play, which involved the shared history of
the students with their past. Students created individual collage, which then lead to a written
script. Presentation of the script with fellow students to parents concluded the project.
A New Musical: MS 911: A Middle School Story-Refined and taught an acting curriculum to develop the fundamental acting skills of students. Coordinated and integrated the work of the music and choreography teaching artists into the final production. Created and taught an acting skill based curriculum based on Stanislavsky’s “The Magic If” . |
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2005-2009 |
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Black Spectrum Theatre Summer Camp, Queens,
Senior Acting Instructor/Production Director
Musicals: Developed and implemented a daily schedule of theater arts, skill based musical theater activities, with teaching artists and counselors. Coordinated and implemented blocking rehearsals with choreographer to mount production. Supervised all aspects of costume, set, lights and prop construction. |
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2005-2008 |
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Applause Performing Arts Center, Paramus, NJ,
Director/Teaching Artist
Coordinated two production rehearsal schedules with both elementary/middle school students and adults.
Implemented curriculum, that allowed students discovery and exploration of acting and singing skills, leading toward performance. |
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2003-2004 |
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APC-Dreamstreet Theater, Hackensack, NJ,
Artistic Director
Developed communication skills of students in grades 10-12 through scene, character study and musical song and interpretation curriculum. Coordinated rehearsal communication between teaching artists. |
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2003 |
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Blue Collar Productions, Derryfield, NH,
Director
Coordinated a production rehearsal schedule with professionals, adults and youth in the community.
Created a rehearsal process to bring together all the community and production elements together. |
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2001 |
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| Education |
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BFA, Musical Theater, The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
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| Professional Affiliations |
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| SDC - NMTN - NYMF - MITF |
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