ACTivate Community Through Theatre
Welcome to ACT where we ACTivate communities through theatre classes, workshops and performances for youth, senior and intergenerational communities. We bring our programs to schools, libraries, colleges, retirement communities, nursing homes — anywhere you wish to ACTivate your community through theatre.
Youth Programs: ACT provides in-school, after-school and summer programs for youth aged 5 – 18. Programs include ongoing classes, one-time workshops and production consultation, including directing, design and production as well as fundraising strategies. ACT comes to your school, college, club, library or community – anywhere you want to ACTivate your community of youth through theatre.
CURICULUM VITAE (Resume)
EDUCATION
B.F.A. University of North Carolina School of the Performing Arts (UNCSA), Acting 1975
UNCSA Study Abroad, London, 1974 – 1975
Studied with professional teachers and directors from the Rose Bruford School, RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts), the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
TIMESLIPS ‘Creative Storytelling’ – Received a certificate on completion of online course in working with seniors with Dementia and Alzheimer’s. 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Theatre Arts educator for the Arts & Science Council Education Provider Directory.
Project Lift Residency – 2014
Five day residency at Bruns Academy, Walter G. Byers School. Integrated theatre arts into a literacy program. Middle school students produced over 200 poems, narrative and raps/songs.
Project Lift Residency – 2013
Five day residency at Walter G. Byers School, Bruns Academy, Thomasboro Academy and Druid Academy. Integrated theatre arts into Space: The Final Frontier. Designed and taught a theatre arts program integrating science and acting. Poems, raps and skits were written and performed by the middle school students.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (Funded by the Arts & Science Council)
South Charlotte Middle School – Shakespeare Unplugged – Three day residency for three classes.
Olde Providence Elementary School – IMPROVe Literacy – Three day residency for five classes.
The Shands School – We Are: Children of the Environment. Sixteen week residency for six children of ‘all abilities’.
Mint Hill Middle School – We Are: Children of the Holocaust. Six day residency for 66 eighth grade students.
Countryside Montesorri School – We Are: Children of Ancient Greece. Five day residency for 60 sixth graders
Barnette Elementary School – From Farm to Factory. Three day residency for 100 fourth graders.
Quail Hollow Middle School – We Are: Children of Ancient Greece. Three day residency for 100 sixth graders.
MATTHEWS PLAYHOUSE – February 2011 – Present
Director/Teacher
2018 – 2019 Teacher/Director of six acting companies of youth aged 7 – 18. Director of ‘Anne Frank and Me’ for end of School of Theatre Productions.
2017 – 2018 – Teacher/Director of six acting companies of youth aged 7 – 18. Director of ‘Twelfth Night’ for end of School of Theatre Productions.
2017 Summer Camp Workshops/Productions Included: Improvisation, Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan and Acting Intensive
2016-2017 – Teacher/Director of six acting companies of youth aged 7-18. Director of The Princess and the Pea and MILL GIRLS in 2017. Increased company enrollment from 12 in 2011 to 95 in 2016
2016 Summer Camp Production Workshops Included:
James and the Giant Peach, Nancy Drew Writing/Acting, Much Ado About Shakespeare, Charlie Brown, ACT Intensive, Improvisation, The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Minions.
2012 – 2019 Plays Directed for School of Theatre and Summer Theatre Camps
Anne Frank and Me – (ages 12 – 18) Director
Twelfth Night – (ages 8 – 18) Director
Mill Girls – (ages 8 – 18) Director
The Wizard of Oz – (ages 7 – 14) Director
The Princess and the Pea – (ages 7 – 16) Director
The Tempest – (ages 8 – 18) Director
Alice in Wonderland – (ages 7 – 15) Director
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – (ages 8 – 12) Director
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! – (ages 8 – 18) Director
Les Miserables – (ages 12 – 18) Director
The Crucible (ages 12 – 18) Director
Oliver (ages 8 – 13) Director/Costume designer
A Christmas Carol (ages 12 – 18) Director
The End of the World Café (ages 12 – 18) Director
Wind in the Willows (ages 8 – 12) Director
Macbeth (ages 10 – 18) Director
Dress Rehearsal for Murder (ages 13 – 18) Director
Much Ado About Shakespeare – Taught/directed 16 youth aged 11 – 16 in summer workshop
The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe – Taught/directed 18 youth aged 8 – 15 in summer workshop.
The Lorax – Taught/directed 26 youth aged 5 – 12 in summer workshop.
Anne of Green Gables – Taught/directed 18 youth aged 8 – 14 in summer workshop.
How to Train Your Dragon – Taught/directed 22 youth aged 7 – 12 in summer workshop.
Puss in Boots – Taught/directed 15 youth aged 6 – 11 in summer workshop.
Sisters Grimm – Adapted, designed and directed a one-act script of ‘The Fairy Tale Detectives’ for youth aged 8 – 13 years old. June 2012
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles – Directed and designed a one-act version of the play for youth aged 8 – 11 years old. June 2012
Love Letters – Seniors 55+ May 2012
Tis the Season – Directed and took a company of ten senior citizens on tour with a holiday production to retirement and nursing communities.
The Forever Young Players – Created the first senior theatre company in the area under the umbrella of ‘Matthews Playhouse’.
Life Stories – Writing/Performance twelve week workshop ending with a performance for the Matthews and Charlotte communities. Ensemble of actors aged 59 – 82 performed for over 250 people who rose to their feet at the end of the performance. The ensemble performed a One-Act ‘Life Stories’ for the Willow Grove Senior community in Matthews in May 2012.
The Phantom of the Soap Opera – Directed Acting Company (aged 11 – 16) in New Years Eve production.
Charlotte’s Web – Directed musical production with 26 youth aged 8 – 18
A Midsummer Night’s Dream UnPlugged (ages 11 – 16) Director
Dracula: The Twilight Years (ages 11 – 14) – Director
ACTIVATE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEATRE – January 2010 – Present
Artistic Director/President/Founder
PRODUCED / DIRECTED / DESIGNED
Hamilton Camp 2019
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2019
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – November audience participation production 2018
Charlotte’s Web – Full scale production with 24 youth aged 6 – 16
Rosie and the Force, A Reindeer Tale – December audience participation production 2017
Alice in Wonderland – May audience participation production 2017
A Charlie Brown Christmas – December production 2016
Peter Pan and Wendy – November audience participation production 2016
Taste of Shakespeare’s MACBETH and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM June 2016
Snow White and the Seven Minions – May audience participation production 2016
The Jungle Book – November audience participation production 2015
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! December 2015
Cinderella – May audience participation production 2015
Rosie the Red Nosed Reindeer and Sven Save Christmas and the Snow Queen – December audience participation production 2014
The Wee Pirates of Treasure Island – November audience participation production 2014
Alice in Wonderland – May audience participation production 2014
Rosie the Red-Nosed Reindeer – December audience participation production 2013
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Fall audience participation production 2013
Peter Pan and Wendy – Spring audience participation production. 2013
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – December audience participation production with performances in Mooresville, Charlotte and Concord. 2012
MOORESVILLE CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY THEATRE
Magic Treehouse – Knight at Dawn (ages 6 – 18) Director
The Princess and the Magic Pea (ages 7 – 18) Director
Oliver Twist (ages 7 – 20) Director
DAVIDSON COMMUNITY PLAYERS (DCP) * September 2009 – 2015
Director/Teacher
A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the Green – Director
Hamlet UnPlugged – Director/Teacher
Peter Pan and Wendy – Director/Teacher
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Director/Teacher
This Property is Condemned (Mainstage ‘Tennessee Williams’ One-Acts) – Director
Twelfth Night UnPlugged (ages 13 – 18) Director/Designer
King Lear UnPlugged (ages 13 – 18) – Director/Designer
Puss and Boots (ages 8 – 12) – Director/Designer
The Hobbit (ages 8 – 13) – Director/Designer
The Tempest UnPlugged (ages 13 – 18) – Director/Designer
The Adventures of Paddington Bear (ages 10 – 18)– Director/Designer
Telling Wilde Tales (ages 11 – 15) – Director/Designer
Alice in Wonderland (ages 8 – 11)- Director/Designer
Sadako: One Thousand Cranes (ages 11 – 17)– Director/Designer
Wind in the Willows (ages 8 – 11) – Director/Designer
Love Letters – (Mainstage) Directed three casts of seniors 55+ for the Mainstage Season
Macbeth – An all-female cast of twenty two teens in a bewitching conceptualized production.
Stuart Little – Cast of 34 youth aged 8 – 18 conceptualized in a 1945 world.
Young at Heart – A Laugh-In Experience – Senior Workshop production with 12 seniors 55+.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare Unplugged – Conceptualized the production as a group of teens making a YouTube video of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Charlotte’s Web – directed 25 youth aged 7 – 17.
DCP Connie Company – Taught classes for children aged 4 – 18. Pre-K class (Little Mermaid themed class), Elementary (Improvisation class), Middle/High School (Scenes/Monologues class) & Improv/Play class for elementary students.
Ada Jenkins Center – Taught outreach program for inner city youth aged 7-10. Taught improvisations, storytelling and directed the ensemble in an African folktale The Man Who Loved to Laugh in 2010. Directed The Junk Food King, a play on nutrition in 2011.
YMCA – Taught outreach program for youth aged 7 years old. Creative dramatics program using improvisation and storytelling culminating with a narrative play adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
SENIOR THEATRE for 55+
Acting/Life Stories/ Timeslips Workshops – April 2012 – Present
Brookdale Weddington Park Assisted Living Community – 2012 – Present
Ongoing workshops once a month for seniors aged 80 – 101. Improvisation, songs, movement and storytelling techniques are used to engage, inspire and enlighten the community.
FOREVER YOUNG PLAYERS – Founded a theatre company of seniors aged 55+ through Matthews Playhouse. The company toured a holiday play ‘Tis the Season’ to retirement and assisted living communities. ‘Love Letters’ was produced in May
ACT & SEE Acting Workshop for Seniors – Ninety minute acting workshop for community participants to participate or observe acting games, improvisations, laughter yoga, readers theatre and song. Held at:
Tyvola Senior Center, Charlotte
Brian Retirement, Charlotte
Levine Senior Center, Matthews
The Pines, Davidson
Brookdale Living at Union Park
Young at Heart * A Laugh In Experience – Ten week improvisation class held in Matthews culminating with two performances at the Levine Senior Center and the Shepherds Group in February 2011.
Short Attention Span Theatre – Ten week senior 55+ acting class held in Matthews culminating with performances of monologues and ten minute plays in August 2011.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Rhode Island
All Children’s Theatre (ACT) * 1987 – 2009
Artistic/Executive Director/Founder and Producer
Founded in 1987, All Children’s Theatre was a non-profit theatre company dedicated to the education and enrichment of children ages 4-18. ACT enabled children to use their imagination and creativity to explore all aspects of theatre production. All Children’s Theatre was an all-inclusive organization for all children regardless of their abilities or disabilities. In 2010, less than twelve months after Dr. Goodrum left the company, it was taken over by the renowned St. Andrews School in Barrington, Rhode Island.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 – Dr. Wrenn Goodrum was awarded the ‘Key to the City of Providence’ by Mayor David
Cicilline.
2007 – Dr.Wrenn Goodrum received a Doctorate of Pedagogy – an Honorary Degree from Rhode Island College.
2006 – Director/Producer. All Children’s Theatre was selected by the Providence Performing Arts Center to perform We are the Dream; the Legacy of Martin Luther King as part of the BankAmerica Arts Series. This play was performed for an audience of 2500+ middle school students.
2004 – Awarded a Fellowship for Leadership and Professional Development from the Rhode Island Foundation. Travelled to Detroit, Minneapolis and Seattle to meet with Artistic Directors of youth theatres with missions similar with All Children’s Theatre.
2004 –Producer. All Children’s Theatre was selected by the Providence Performing Arts Center to perform Zink the Zebra, the Myth, the Legend as part of the BankAmerica Arts Series. This play was performed for an audience of 2500+ middle school students.
2003 – Rhode Island Parents’ Paper: Voted “Best Children’s Theatre in Rhode Island.”
2003 – Best of RI: Voted Best Children’s Theatre in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
2002 – Director/Producer. All Children’s Theatre was selected by the Providence Performing Arts Center to perform Anne Frank and Me as part of the BankAmerica Arts Series. This play was performed for an audience of 2500+ middle school students.
2001 – Producer. The All Children’s Theatre was selected to perform FIREWATER at Providence’s renowned Water Fire Festival.
2001 – Voted 2001 Family Favorite by the Rhode Island Parents’ Paper.
2000 – All Children’s Theatre was awarded the Jabez Gorham Award from the Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island. This annual award recognizes an outstanding arts/cultural/educational institution in Rhode Island for unwavering commitment to excellence, their significant impact on the community, and their success in organizational development.
2000 – Director/Producer. All Children’s Theatre was selected by the Providence Performing Arts Center to perform Mill Girls as part of the BankAmerica Arts Series. This play was performed for an audience of 2500+ middle school students.
1999 – Wrenn Goodrum received the Citizens’ Bank & Providence College “VERITAS Good Citizen” Medal for being an unsung hero and citizen in the community.
1999 – ACT received Two Moss Hart Winged Trophy Awards (presented by Kitty Carlisle) for ACT’s original production Mill Girls (Best Overall Production in competition with New England’s professional, university, youth and community theatres as well as Best Production in youth/children’s theatre division) from the New England Theatre Conference.
1998 – Producer. All Children’s Theatre was selected by the Providence Performing Arts Center to perform I Never Saw Another Butterfly as part of the BankAmerica Arts Series. This play was performed for an audience of 2500+ middle school students.
1996 – Recipient of “Achievement for Regional Youth Theatre” award from the New England Theatre Conference.
1994 – Voted “Best Children’s Theatre in Rhode Island” in Readers’ Poll, Rhode Island Parents’ Paper.
1993 – Chosen by the Mayor’s Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse to perform at the “Kickoff Ceremonies for Substance Abuse Prevention” at City Hall in Providence, RI.
1992 – Received “Family Entertainer of the Year Award” from the Rhode Island Parents’ Paper.
1991 – Chosen to perform at the Honors Colloquium, University of Rhode Island; Director: A Girl in the Mirror, a play about teenage suicide.
First Night Providence: ACT was chosen to perform for 9 years.
Invited to perform at Hasbro Children’s Hospital three times
ALL CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRODUCTION HISTORY
Produced all plays and programs as well as direction of selected productions.
2008 – 2009
Horton the Elephant
High School Musical
A Carol for Tiny Tim – Director
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Twelfth Night
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2007 – 2008
The Pirates of Rhode Island – Commissioned RI Playwright to write original play with themes pertaining to piracy in Rhode Island
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
ANNIE
Mill Girls – Director
Peter Pan
A Fitness Carol – Director
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cinderella
A Rock n’ Rollin Midsummer Night’s Dream – Director
12th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2006 – 2007
The Tempest! La Tempestad!! – Director
Madeline’s Christmas
Winnie the Pooh, A Birthday Tail
The Little Mermaid
A Christmas Story
A Load of Rubbish – Director
School House Rock, Live!
Charlotte’s Web – Director
We are the Dream; The Life and Times of Dr. Martin Luther King performed at the Providence Performing Arts Center as part of the Bank of America Arts Series for over 2500 middle school students – Director
Black Box Theatre – Teen directed plays
11th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2005 – 2006
The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe
Peter Pan – Director
Beauty and the Beast
A Thousand Cranes – Director
HONK!
We are the Dream; The Life and Times of Dr. Martin Luther King – Director
Black Box Theatre – Student directed plays
10th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2004 – 2005
The Legend of Juan Bobo and the Horse of Many Colors
Rhumba Tiya, a Polynesian Rumplestiltskin
HOLES
Leaping Leprechauns
When Elephants Did Fly!
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Zink the Zebra, the Myth, the Legend performed at the Providence Performing Arts Center for over 2500 middle school students.
Black Box Theatre – Student Directed Plays
9th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2003 – 2004
Pippi Longstocking
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Ananse the Spider
Hamlet
As You Like It – Director
Cinderella
Les Miserables –- Director
Rats
The Jungle Book – Director
The Empress’ New Clothes
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Black Box Theatre – Teen directed plays
8th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2002 – 2003
Twelfth Night
The Princess and Aladdin
The Hobbit
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Wizard of Oz
Pinocchio
Zink, the Zebra, the Myth, the Legend
The Empress’ New Clothes
FAME
Black Box – Teen directed plays
7th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2001 – 2002
Lights, Camera, Who Done It?
Maide Marian and Robin Hood
Heidi – Director
Oliver – Director
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Pressure Quest – Touring production performing for over 2,000 youth in schools and community centers.
Treasure Island
Anne Frank and Me performed at the Providence Performing Arts Center for over 2500 middle school students. Touring production performed for over 3,000 children and youth – Director
Centella – Director
Stuart Little
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1969 – Director
Black Box Theatre – Teen directed plays
6th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
2000 – 2001
Bride of Frankenstein
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
Mill Girls – Director
Annie
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Amazing Grace – Tour and mainstage production
Jungle Book
Beauty and the Beast
Anne Frank and Me – Director
A Wrinkle in Time
The Jungle Book; A Multicultural Adventure
5th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1999 – 2000
Alice in Wonderland
Bunnicula
Scapino
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Babes in Toyland – Director
Romeo and Juliet
Mill Girls – Director – Chosen to perform at the Providence Performing Arts Center for over 2500 middle school students. Touring production performed for over 3,000 children, youth and families.
Peter Pan – Director
Sleeping Beauty
Charlotte’s Web – Director
4th Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Black Box – Teen directed plays
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1998 – 1999
Merlin the Magician
Alice in Wonderland
The Reluctant Dragon
Anne of Avonlea
Annie
Mill Girls – Original play written by Trinity Rep playwright, Eliza Anderson. Performed for the Slater Mills Work/Culture Festival as well as on ACT’s mainstage. Director
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Charlie and Chocolate Factory – Director
Alice in Wonderland – Director
Black Box Theatre – Teen directed plays
3rd Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1997 – 1998
For Your Demise Only
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Athena
We are the Dream; The Life and Times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Touring production which performed for over 4,000 elementary school students – Director
Twelfth Night
Tumbelina
Give My Regards to Broadway – Director
The Pirates of Penzance – Director
I Never Saw Another Butterfly – Chosen to perform at the Providence Performing Arts Center for over 2500 middle school students. Touring production performed for over 3,000 children, youth and families.
Kids Cabaret
Black Box Theatre – Teen directed plays
2nd Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1996 – 1997
Hansel and Gretel
Phantom of the Soap Opera
Cinderella Cinderella
Little Women – Director
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Wizard of Oz – Director
The Velveteen Rabbit
Peter Pan
You Can’t Take It With You – Director
Renaissance Festival (multi-art performances outdoors in a Providence park)
1st Annual Playwriting Competition and Festival for Teens
Performance at the India Point Park Festival
Took a group of ten youth to the Edinburgh Festival
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1995 – 1996
Winnie the Pooh
Rapunzel
The Hobbit
Macbeth
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Director
ANNIE – Director
Snow White
The Crucible – Director
The Phantom of the Music Room – Director
REM FEST – Acting company written play festival
Holiday Festivals Around the World – First Night Providence Performance – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1994 – 1995
Red Riding Hood
The Sorcerers Apprentice
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Director
Lights Camera Murder
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! – Director
The Diary of Anne Frank – Director
Invisible Enemies Tour production – Teen playwright/director
Treasure Island – Director
The Adventures of Maide Marian
Dinosaur
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Director (Performed at the Temple to Music at Roger Williams Park as a multi-spatial production involving 90 youth, funded by the City of Providence)
Two Chains – Director. Play was a product of a program with youth in two housing projects in Providence. Conceived and commissioned a play to be written showing the parallels between American slavery and substance abuse.
New Plays – plays written and performed by the Acting Company. Plays included: Love and Triskaidekaphobia
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1993 – 1994
Witches
The Frog Prince
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Director
The Nutcracker
Sleeping Beauty – Director
Peter Pan and Wendy
The Little Mermaid
Les Miserables – Director
James and the Giant Peach
The Taming of the Shrew
Kids Cabaret – Director
The Jungle Book – Director
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1992 – 1993
Curse of the Werewolf
Rumpelstiltskin
Cinderella – Director
Anne of Green Gables – Director
Twelfth Night – Director
Dreams
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Pinocchio
Alice in Wonderland – Director
Beauty and the Beast
Fractured Fairytales – Director
Kids Cabaret – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1991 – 1992
Aladdin
Much Ado About Nothing – Director
Babes in Toyland
Wizard of Oz – Director
Snow White – Director
The Pied Piper – Director
Beloved Friend – Director
The Tempest
Kids Cabaret – Director
Addict – Tour
Charlotte’s Web – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1990 – 1991
The Bride of Frankenstein – Director
I Never Saw Another Butterfly – Tour
The Boyfriend
The Seven Ages of Anne – Director
Treasure Island – Director
Invisible Enemies – the third ACT-written play (theme: AIDS and youth)
Kids Cabaret – Audience Par+-ticipatory Improvisational Theatre – Director
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1989 – 1990
Ghostchasers – Director
Holiday Circus ACT – Director
Pirates of Penzance
End of the World Café – Second ACT written play by youth (theme: environmental awareness)
As You Like It (Performed in the Japanese Gardens at Roger Williams Park) Director
Girl in the Mirror (Invited to perform as part of the Honors Colloquium at the University of Rhode Island) – Director
ACT Youth Directed One-Act Plays
Kids Cabaret – Audience Participatory Improvisational Theatre – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1988 – 1989
The Hobbit – Director
Nicholas Nickleby – Director
A Summer to Remember – First ACT written play by youth (theme: children with physical challenges) – Director
Give My Regards to Broadway
The Mouse that Roared – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
1987
Dracula: Schoolmaster – Director
The Snow Queen – Director
Telling Wilde Tales – Director
A Comedy of Errors – Director
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Director
Arts Education Classes Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Theatre Academy
ADAPTATIONS OF PLAYS OR BOOKS FOR PRODUCTION BY ALL CHILDREN’S THEATRE
El Mago de Oz
The Jungle Book, a Multicultural Adventure
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
The Tempest! La Tempestad!
The End of the World Café
Macbeth
Snow White and the Seven Minions
The Wizard of Oz
Peter Pan and Wendy
Treasure Island
FREELANCE THEATRE DIRECTOR/TEACHER
1985 – 1987
Director/Teacher for numerous in-school and afterschool programs, community centers and nursing homes.
1985 – 1987 Trinity Rep Conservatory Extension Program
Created afterschool programming for Trinity Rep’s community programs for children aged 5 – 14.
Created and directed the Washington Street Players, an ensemble of 12 children. The company performed two plays: A Holiday Christmas Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
1985 – 1986 Looking Glass Theatre
Touch – Directed play dealing with topic of child sexual abuse. This touring production was performed for over 25,000 children in RI and southeastern Massachusetts.
Old Stone Library Tours – Directed four one-act plays about famous Rhode Island Women. This touring play performed for over 8,000 children in Rhode Island.
1986 Broad Street School
The Colors of Freedom – Conceived, Produced and Directed 90 fifth grade elementary school students in a play celebrating the important contributions of RI minorities to RI history as part of the Rhode Island Bicentennial celebrations.
LA PETITE SOIREE 1983 – 1988
Self-owned catering company “Catering for the Small Party.”
New York City clients included Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales for photo shoots with HORST, Richard Avedon and others. One party for Robert DeNiro’s father.
Providence, RI clients included Trinity Rep, Brown University and the John Brown House.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – New York
1978 – 1985 Bank Street College of Education
Designed and directed a “Theatre Arts Education Afterschool” program for children aged 5 – 13. Created and taught all classes, which included:
Bag and Box Players for 4 – 7 year-olds. A class using bags and boxes to create sets and costumes in a play created by the class using improvisation and storytelling.
Acting One for beginning students aged 8 – 11. This class taught skills for beginning drama students. Skills included concentration, ensemble building, voice and movement, mime and improvisation.
Acting Two for students who had participated in Acting One. This class taught advanced mime, improvisation, advanced voice and stage movement, character building and performance.
The Bank Street Players was a theatre performance company for students skilled in acting one and two. This company of youth, aged 8 – 12, performed in plays such as Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest; You Can’t Take It With You; Antigone; and Our Town.
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