GUEST INSTRUCTOR, Stagecoach Schools (September 2019)
- Guided a class of pre-kindergarten students through age-appropriate exercises in singing, acting, and dancing
- Directed a devised performance with students in grades 7-8
- Coached the students through the devising process and taught actor's technique, improvisation, content creation, artistic collaboration, physical comedy, choreography, character work, and collaborative play writing
- Assisted teaching and directing an original creation with students in grades 10-11
- Assisted in coaching the students in breathing techniques, improvisation games, content creation, physical comedy, dance choreography, and character work
- Co-directed and stage managed an original piece based on content generated by the students
- Taught a musical theatre performance class for students aged 10-11
- Guided the students through memorization techniques and coached character work
- Guided a group of 30 6-9 year-olds through a morning of theatre-based games
- Coached young performers on scriptwork and performance techniques
- Taught public speaking techniques in a special education class
- Worked with students to develop methods for confidence and speech pulled from dramatic practice & actor's technique
- Gave small lectures to international and domestic graduate students on the importance of student engagement
- Presented workshops to graduate students and post-secondary workers about the importance of integrating drama in the classroom, the need for narrative and problem-based learning, and acknowledging teaching as performative
- Presented on developing methods for scholarly inquiry pulled from narrative-based inquiry used in devising/new play contexts
- Consulted on using Theatre of the Oppressed and community theatre techniques to supplement research on navigating academic hierarchies
