Teaching Artist Resume
2025 - Present
Contract Teaching Artist
The Rose Theater
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Teach Musical Theater Based Workshops to Pre-K students around the Omaha area. (Ages 8 months old to 5 year olds)
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Teach after-school Musical Theater classes to students ages 3-10 based on different popular topics such as Lilo and Stitch, Disney Heroes, and The Wizard of Oz.
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Direct and Choreograph Bloom Brigade, our non-competition Musical Theater team at The Rose Theater.
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Attend board meetings, staff meetings, and professional development to help continue programming.
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Train upcoming Teaching Artists in our programming and teaching styles.
2024 - 2025
Teaching Artist Advanced Fellowship
The Rose Theater
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Performed in two professional mainstage productions.
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Directed Youth Productions for both Petite Learners and Older Students.
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Planned and led drama classes for ages 3-18.
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Completed Administrative Assistance for The Director of Education including curriculum development, grant writing, organization of educational information, and scheduling.
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Led in school drama workshops based on public education curriculum.
2023 - Present
Workshop Coordinator
Nebraska State Thespians
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Worked as the Workshop Coordinator for the Nebraska Chapter of International Thespians Society.
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Organized theatrical workshops including acting, dance, singing, improv, technical theater, playwriting, directing, stage management, and devised theater for high school students all across Nebraska.
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Attended Educational Theater Association conferences, Advocacy Day in Washington D.C., and Advocacy Leadership Network Meetings.
2023 - 2024
Teaching Artist Fellowship
The Rose Theater
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Performed in professional mainstage productions.
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Led and co-taught drama classes for ages 3-18.
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Taught after-school programming for middle school students in underserved schools.
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Co-Directed a Teens ‘N’ Theater and Youth Plays and Musicals.
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Led in school drama workshops based on public education curriculum.
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Completed administrative tasks such as scheduling, lesson planning, and outreach.
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Attended professional development from theater professionals.
Summer 2022
Teaching Artist Intern
The Rose Theater
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Spent eleven weeks teaching students ages 5-18 the different aspects and techniques of theater
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Used different forms of theater classes such as creative drama, technical theater, theater technique classes, and youth productions.
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Expanded my classroom management and inclusive classroom tools by working with a teaching artist professional.
2019 - 2023
Contract Teacher / Director
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Taught Game On! Camp at the Rose Theater. A collaboration camp with The Omaha Children’s Museum where students explored creative drama through creating their own summer camp and board game to jump into.
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Taught some extra contracted summer creative drama classes including Wizarding, and Percy Jackson.
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Directed Be Careful What You Wish For for 8-11 year olds.
Acting Experience
Morris Micklewhite and The Tangerine Dress - Moira - The Rose Theater
The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza! - Defining Squirrel/Youth Coach - The Rose Theater
Finding Nemo - Peach/Pearl's Parent - The Rose Theater
Coraline - Other Father/Ensemble/U.S. Cat - The Rose Theater
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Bumble Puppeteer - The Rose Theater
The Last Supper - Paulie - SNAP! Productions
The Clinic - Noreen - Coger Theater
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - Beatrice - Coger Theater
Crimes of the Heart - Meg - Coger Theater
In-School Players - Company Member - Missouri State University
Balinese Tales - Old Woman/Co-Director - The Rose Theater
Commedia Del Arte: Pinocchio - Pinocchio - The Rose Theater
Nellie Sweet Nellie - Widow Primrose - The Rose Theater
Legally Blonde - Brooke Windham - Lincoln Theatre
Directing Experience
Dare to Dream - The Rose Theater 2026
Seussical Petites - The Rose Theater 2025
Finding Nemo KIDS - The Rose Theater 2025
Jungle Book Petites - The Rose Theater 2024
Madagascar Petites - The Rose Theater 2024
Young Playwrights Festival - The Rose Theater 2024
Be Careful What You Wish For - The Rose Theater 2023
Hubie’s Best Friend - Missouri State University 2022
The Rainbow Fish - The Rose Theater 2022
Crimes of the Heart - Missouri State University 2022
Young Playwrights Festival: Story of the Ocean - The Rose Theater 2019
Conservatory: Balinese Tales (Student Director) - The Rose Theater 2018
Education
2019 - 2023
Missouri State University | Bachelor’s Degree in Speech and Theatre Education
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Received her Bachelor’s of Science in Speech and Theater Education.
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Notable classes in this major include technical theatre, speech and debate, methods of educating students, directing, and acting courses
Leadership Experience
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Nebraska Representative - Theater in our Schools Advocacy Day
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Washington D.C. | 2023
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President - Student Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
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Missouri State University | 2022-2023
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Vice President of New Member Education - Sigma Sigma Sigma
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Missouri State University | 2022-2023
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Company Member - In-School Players
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Missouri State University | 2021-2022
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Student Government Representative - Student Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
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Missouri State University | 2020-2022
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