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Creating Dynamic Learning Communities
Through Theatre Education – Quick Guide
Creating Dynamic Learning Communities
Through Theatre Education Game Exchanges Sherry Landrum and Rex Knowles are the Directors of the Professional Actors Training Program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College. They were on the faculty of New Actors Workshop in New York with Paul Sills and Mike Nichols for 10 years and winners of several Los Angles Drama Critic Awards. They have worked across the country as actors, directors, and playwrights and as workshop leaders in improvisation, acting and creativity. KEYNOTE WORKSHOP: Michael Rohd & Sojourn Theatre's Witness our Schools project utilized a "devising" process to create a play based on interviews conducted throughout the state of Oregon. The production then toured the state for a year, stimulating and encouraging community dialogue about challenges confronting Oregon's public schools. Every performance was followed by town hall dialogues and the resulting citizen perspectives, as well as the show itself, were invited to the State Capitol where it was presented for the State Legislature. Making the Grade: Assessing Student Performance Drama Strategies for the Classroom Kathi E.B. Ellis is the executive director of the Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education and conducts drama residencies both as an independent teaching artist and with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Blue Apple Players, and as a member of the Kentucky Arts Council's Roster of Artists. She has conducted professional development sessions for Jefferson County Public Schools, the Kentucky Center Arts Academies and Arts Institute, Kentucky Theatre Association and KAAE. She serves on SETC's Ad Hoc K-12 Committee and the Diversity Committee, and is currently the state representative for Kentucky. Kathi is a professional theatre director, and is a member of the Lincoln Center and Chicago Directors' Labs, and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. She has participated in the LaMama International Symposium for Directors. Two of Kathi's productions have received Carbonell Nominations: West Side Story (2004) and Jekyll and Hyde(2005) in Florida. Most recently she was the assistant director for Actors Theatre of Louisville's production of Spunk. Kathi can be found at www.southernartistry.org/kathi_e_b_ellis. Costumes and Makeup Lori Gann-Smith is an award-winning artist and costume, make-up and props designer. Lori has worked in educational and professional theatre as well as film and video for the past 20 years. She has designed costumes and make-up for a number of producing organizations and production companies including Gainesville Theatre Alliance, DEZL Media, Georgia Repertory Theatre, Arkansas Repertory and Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Her designs for the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream won a Tennessean Theatre Award for best Costume Design. You can see some of Lori’s work in the feature film Tom and Francie which was recently released on DVD. Lori maintains a private studio where she creates art apparel and commissioned works. She is currently the Program Director of Fashion Design at Brenau University. LUNCH PANEL: Intro to Advocacy Rodney Van Valkenburg joined Allied Arts in 2001, after serving for more than 18 years with the Chattanooga Theatre Centre as Director of Programs and as Director of Education. Rodney has directed over 80 plays for adults and youth and produced over 200 in the past 20 years. Adaptations Scott Rosenow is the director of theatre education at the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts. He holds a BA in theatre, an MFA in creative drama and children’s theatre, and is currently ABD in drama/theatre education. He has taught and directed at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Ohio, Texas, and Tennessee. He directed and taught summer theatre programs in Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas. During his four years in Hawaii, Scott taught elementary through university classes and served as drama education specialist and actor for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Kennedy Center Partnership in Action Hollie Steele is a 4th grade elementary teacher at Battle Academy in Chattanooga Tennessee who incorporates theatre in her everyday teaching. A mother of 2, Hollie received her undergraduate degree in communications and her Masters degree in education. She worked in marketing for 7 years and has taught in Hamilton County for 6 years. She has attended the Southeast Center for Education workshop for 4 years, attended the Tennessee Arts Academy for Theatre and has worked one on one with Kennedy Center workshop leader Sean Layne for 3 years. She uses his techniques of teaching through the arts to help with behavior management and learning. Protean Spectacle: Creating Transformational Props & Scenery Kim Wheetley is the director of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts. He has taught at high schools and colleges in California, Texas and Thailand. He was the theatre consultant at the Texas Education Agency, and is a past president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Kim was on the writing team for the National Theatre Standards, and assisted in developing standards for teacher licensing in the arts for the Council of Chief State School Officers. He has also worked with Lavine Production Group in New York City, designing three professional development video series for the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting. KEYNOTE WORKSHOP: Daniel Stein: After studying in the Professional Actors Training Program at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he worked with Jewel Walker, Daniel then went to Paris, France to study with Etienne Decroux, becoming M. Decroux’s translator; subsequently making his home in Paris for 20 years. Daniel started his professional career as an actor with the French National Theatre. His solo performances have toured in more than 30 countries, as well as in theatres such as the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center here in the United States. He has taught master classes throughout the world at institutions such as Juilliard School of Drama, New York and The Institute of Dramatic Arts, Tokyo, and is the former School Director of the Dell’Arte Intl. School of Physical Theatre. Daniel has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States/Japan Commission, the Pew Charitable Trust, and is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Lesson Plan Exchange Dean Slusser Dean Slusser is a veteran theatre teacher and administrator at the secondary school and college levels, currently serving as Fine Arts Director for Camden County Schools in Kingsland, Georgia. He is in his 24th year as an active member of the Southeastern Theatre Conference where he has served on the Board of Directors and the SETC advisory board in various roles including Secondary School Theatre Festival Chair, Secondary School Theatre Division Chair, Publications Committee Member, and Southern Theatre Editorial Board Member. He also served as the coordinator of the 2007 SETC K-12 Teacher's Institute, and works to promote the move towards an AP Theatre course in secondary schools and research in theatre education. He is a doctoral candidate in educational administration at Georgia Southern University, and plans to complete his dissertation in 2008. Slusser is a two-term past president of the Georgia Theatre Conference. He was honored with the Leighton Ballew Award for Outstanding Service to Theatre in Georgia in 2006, and was inducted into the Georgia Thespian Hall of Fame in 2004. He works with Theatrical Rights Worldwide as their representative in the Southeast, and does occasional consulting work with high school and college theatre programs. He and his wife Susan live in St. Marys, Georgia. They have three children. Wired and Wireless Microphones for Theatre Performances David Mendez works in the Market Development Department at Shure Incorporated where he conducts product trainings and educational seminars around the United States at various conferences and conventions. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.Mus. in Classical Guitar Performance. Prior to joining Shure, David worked as a sales associate for Guitar Works, Ltd in Evanston, Illinois. A teacher and avid performer, he has taught private instrument lessons to all ages and performed in various music venues around the country. |
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