Children’s Theatre Specialist

Founder, Producer, Director: The Participation Players (Manchester College)

• Production style: theatre-in-the-round
• 21 tours in 27 years
• Over 500 performances
• Seen by over 151,700 children and adults
• Performance venues:
  • Elementary schools in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Arizona
  • Bookstores
  • Libraries
  • Church basements
  • Writing festivals for elementary students

International experience:

Directed the Albanian translation of David Holman’s Peacemaker at the National Theatre in Pristina, Kosovo. This production was also performed at the theatre in Gjilan, Kosovo and is scheduled to tour. The production was a collaboration between the Center for Children’s theatre Development and the National Theatre of Pristina.

Recipient of the ASSITEJ-USA Ann Shaw Fellowship and a Lilly Foundation Plowshares Grant

Creative Dramatics:

·        Developed and led creative drama workshops for Seattle Children’s Theatre

·        In-service workshops for teachers

·        Special presentation on the use of creative drama for students in the Department of Education at the Prizren campus of the University of Pristina, Kosovo

• Workshop presented at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education: "Reconnecting Clients with their Creative Abilities: An Interactive Workshop in Creative Dramatics" February, 2005

• Workshop presented at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education: "Re-Awakening and Nurturing Creativity and the Imagination: An Interactive Workshop in Creative Dramatics" February, 2009