Directing theatre is my passion, and I have been teaching and directing High School theatre since 1998. After building Byron Center High School’s theatre program and directing at the Van Singel Fine Arts Center for 8 years, I accepted my current position as Director of Theatre at Rockford High School. Since I began my career as a theatre director and educator, I have directed at four different high schools and have produced almost 40 musicals, plays, dinner theatre productions, original productions, and children’s shows. I hold two bachelors degrees from Cedarville University in both Secondary Education (Theatre & Speech) and Elementary Education, as well as a Masters degree from Central Michigan University in Humanities. Although I spend most of my time directing, I also enjoy acting, and my most recent role was the female lead in Circle Theatre’s Duck Hunter Shoots Angel (by Mitch Albom) in 2006. Previous to that I played the role of Elizabeth Proctor in Heritage Theatre’s production of The Crucible. During my breaks from teaching and directing (of which there are few!), I love to travel and learn from the world community. My most recent trips were to China for the past four summers where I worked with 60 Chinese teachers of English. I have also traveled to Africa (Egypt & Kenya), the Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica (where I did my student teaching for the elementary education degree I hold) In each of these places, I have worked to explore and be involved in issues surrounding both education and the spread of AIDS: two issues about which I am passionate. http://www.vsfac.com/http://www.vsfac.com/Duck_Hunter.htmlCrucible.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3
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