CONSULTING

Communications Trainer Theatre Arts Consultant

Teacher, Playwright, Arts Consultant, Communications Trainer and Project Facilitator excels in mobilizing outreach work and creating partnerships in education programs, community, health and social service organizations through the arts.

Summary of Skills and Qualifications

 Over 30 years experience as a teacher for all ages, including English Language training, theatre games and improvisation, dance and playwriting.
 Over 20 years experience as an Arts Educator and Program Developer for community, health, social service and arts organizations.
 Published and produced writer and playwright. Projects written with adults and children including plays, poems and television scripts.

COMMUNICATIONS TRAINER: 2006-present

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University of Bielefeld:
o “Body Talk”; Inter-Cultural Communications Workshop, sponsored by DAAD
o “Lost in Translation” Workshop; Communicative Arts-based Language Teaching o “Multi-Lingualism” Workshop; Arts-based Teacher Training

PRESENTATION TRAINER: 2007-present

 ImpulsPlus, Köln; “Cool, Calm and Collected at International Conferences”, Presentation Training for Junior Scientists and PostDoc’s

BUSINESS ENGLISH TRAINER: 2006-09

 Antipolis Sprachschule, Bielefeld – Beginning to Upper Intermediate BEC Exam Training
 Arenalingua Sprachschule, Bielefeld – Beginning to Intermediate Training
 Volkshochschule, Bad Oeynhausen – Business Skills Training including Language for

Presentations, Negotiations, Meetings, Telephoning, Customer Service and Small Talk

THEATRE ARTS CONSULTANT: 2006-present

 Drama Teacher for Children, Ages 8-12, Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Bielefeld
 Drama Coach for Teens, Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Hürth, Comedia Köln
 Musical Theatre Director/Choreographer, Into the Woods, Bodelschwingh-

Gymnasium, Bielefeld
 Co-Director/Choreographer, Grün Kommt, Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Bielefeld

Relevant Experience

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: 1999 - 2005 Making Books Sing, New York City Adapt books into original musicals with groups of 30 students from grades K-4. Coordinate and mount culminating presentations. Orient children to a collaborative process, integrating focus, discipline, listening, communication and writing skills.

 Publications Manager – creating designing, editing and distributing marketing material, newsletters, press releases, residency anthologies, cards and invitations created in Adobe Photoshop, Quark, Microsoft Publisher and Word. Coordinate bulk mailing.
 Community Outreach Liaison – contacting schools and community groups to coordinate and lead specialized workshops including: Parent and Child evenings, Professional Development for Teachers and Curriculum Development

WRITER: 1996 -2013 Over twenty-five creative writing projects produced by professional theatre, school, social service, community, health and arts organizations in the U.S. including Los Angeles, San Diego, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and New York.

Education

 Trinity College London/ The Windsor Institute of Languages, Barcelona – TEFL Certified
 Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre, Cornell University
 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Theatre, University of Southern California