2-Week Theatre Camp with commentary
After-School 6-week Shakespeare Residency
City-wide Arts Program featuring theatre camp footage
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SUMMARYI believe that drama is the most powerful art tool there is to empower others to reach their own potential.
I am a fully trained and experienced teaching artist. I have co-developed and led communications workshops in French and English for educational institutions and for organizations, working with clients’ personal and professional development for over 25 years. Few things are more exciting to me than seeing how theatre skills empower personal development! It could be in a 7-year old child participating at a drama camp, enabling a teacher to improve his or her communication in class, or empowering a newly released prisoner to find his self-confidence and communication skills for future job interviews. VISIT MY WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER CAMPS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS! |
BUSINESS & CORPORATE
- Exec/Comm - Facilitator for Communications Consultancy programs (January 2019 - Present)
- Live in Our World, Inc. - Actor for VR interactive project for gender bias awareness (2018, 2019)
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS AND INTERACTIVE THEATRE (1998-present)
- San Francisco Shakespeare Festival - 8-week residency at Cadwallader Elementary School, San Jose (2017), 6-week residency for Midnight Shakespeare Program at Kipp Heartwood School in San Jose (February-April 2015); 2-week residency at Loomis Basin Charter School, Loomis, Placer County (2014 & 2017); "Midnight Shakespeare" programs in West Oakland and Antioch. (May 2014); Assisting/Managing for Midnight Shakespeare Program at Park Middle School, Antioch, CA (2017)
- B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA - Leading playwriting workshops. (December 2013 - present); After-School Drama workshops with Sacramento START program in SCUSD Schools (November-December 2014).
- Francophone Charter School, Oakland, CA - Piloted after-school drama program in French. (Jan - May 2016)
- Berkeley Playhouse : Acting Classes for Musical Theatre - 6- week session for after-school classes and rehearsals Grades 3-6. Directed scenes from "The Music Man" and "Wicked". (February-March 2014)
- Thematic Workshops on Social Justice - lead workshops at two elementary school sites with Sacramento Unified School District on Social Justice. Organized through UDDavis ArtsBridge Program. (Spring 2012)
- E.L.C.P. (English Language Communications Program) – Covenant Players International’s pedagogical English teaching program used for classes in schools in Europe. 17 years experience of interactive theatre with Middle School and High School levels, teaching 3-5 classes a day. Public and Private schools in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany.
- Character Education – 22 years experience using plays and interactive theatre games on themes such as trust, respect, anti-bullying, addiction, teen pregnancy, teen sexuality, citizenship, self-esteem, suicide prevention in elementary, middle and high schools in the U.S., France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the U.K.
- Class Delegate Training – Co-developed, coordinated and led 3-5 hour workshops with Middle School and High School students on communication skills and mediation skills in public and private schools.
- Internet Safety Programs – Co-developed and led 1 hour workshops in class with middle school kids on media, privacy issues
SUMMER CAMPS (2001, 2003, 2005, 2013-present)
- Renaissance International School, Piedmont, CA - 1-week Introduction to Shakespeare camp (August 2018)
- California Theatre Company "Calshakes", Orinda, CA - Text & History Classes for 4 and 2-week Conservatories, (June-August 2016), History & Acting Classes for 2-week Conservatory (July-August 2014)
- San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco, CA - Teen Camps and Players Camp (2013- 2015) - Teaching and Directing plays for camps in the SF Bay Area.
- Sacramento Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA - (2015-2019) 2-Week Drama Camps at Hagginwood Center and Pannell Meadowview Center for 11-12 year olds.
- Berkeley Playhouse, Berkeley, CA - "Shrek - the Musical" - 2-week musical theatre camp for Grades 2-3 levels. (July 2014) and "Frozen" one-week musical theatre camp for Grades 2-4 (August 2014)
- Armée du Salut (Salvation Army Division Headquarters), Switzerland – Co-led 3 one-week long “Music Camps” over the course of 5 years – week-long drama workshop with 8-15 year olds to create and perform their own plays.
TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOPS (1999-2009)
- Institut Haute Ecole Pédagogique, Lausanne – (Teacher training wing of the University of Lausanne) – led a 3-hour workshop to train would-be English teachers in using drama techniques in the classroom.
- Inspection Académique de Melun, France (Board of Education, City of Melun) – led 1-hour workshops as part of 2 training days for school nurses on promoting health and citizenship in public schools.
- College de l’Europe, Chelles, France (Middle School) – teacher training workshop on communication skills
- Lycée Professionel les Chataignêts, Versailles, France (Professional High School) – teacher training workshop on how to follow up on theatre program on self-esteem and suicide prevention.
- Catholic Diocese of Versailles, France – training sessions for teachers to use drama techniques in their teaching style and to equip them to introduce use of drama and improv in classroom.
- Catholic Diocese of Meaux, France - training sessions for teachers to use drama techniques in their teaching style and to equip them to introduce use of drama and improv in classroom.
YOUTH COUNSELOR TRAINING WORKSHOPS (1999-2006)
- Catholic Diocese of Evry, France – workshop for youth leaders on teaching basic drama techniques and story telling.
- Catholic Diocese of Jura, Switzerland - communications workshop for youth leaders .
- Catholic Diocese of Sion, Switwerland – communications workshop for youth leaders.
WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS (1993-2009, 2014- present)
- One Source Talent, Emeryville - Meet and Greet workshops for new talent (2014-present)
- Trained actors in classroom techniques and improving student engagement and participation
- Trained directors in becoming teaching directors.
- Led classes for veteran directors and actors - advanced acting, advanced direction, vocal technique and line-break-up, dramaturgy, leadership,
- Led classes for Road Managers – public relations and marketing techniques, time-management, conflict resolution on the road.
- Led training sessions on stage make-up and special effects make-up
SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS AND CHILDREN (2003-2005)
- A.D.S.E.A., Dammarie les Lys, and A.D.S.E.A., Montcerf, France (County-managed shelters for mentally handicapped adults) – 1 hour workshops at each shelter over a 6-week period on Human Rights awareness (plays and drama exercises to make the bill of human rights accessible to this population as mandated by the French government).
- A.D.S.E.A., Dammarie les Lys, France - (County-managed shelter for mentally handicapped adults) – 1 hour workshops over 3 weeks on sexuality and human relations in conjunction with AIDS awareness programs as mandated by the French government).
- L’ARCHE, Paris (Shelter for Mentally Handicapped Adults) – drug and alcohol abuse prevention workshop for clients
- L’ARCHE, Paris (Administrative office of ARCHE, France) – training day for counselors working with mentally handicapped adults.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKSHOPS AND INTERACTIVE THEATRE (1993-2005, 2015-2016)
- San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, "Shakespeare for All" Program - 2-week program with community members of Salida, CA to produce a one-hour version of "Much Ado About Nothing" (2018) and "Twelfth Night". (2016)
- Sacramento County Probation Office, Adult Day Reporting Center - 6-week program through B Street Theatre to prepare clients for their talent show (Spring 2015).
- Sutter Hospital Childlife Center, Sacramento - Playwriting Workshops for in-patient children through B Street Theatre (Spring 2015 to present).
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento - (2014) - Designed and co-led workshop for Volunteer Art Docents towards story-telling, vocal variety, and engaging your audiences.
- L’Ilôt, Paris (half-way house) – Led drama workshop on communication skills in job interviews for refugees, asylum seekers, and newly released convicts.
- Maison d’Arrêt, Nancy, France (Prison) – led interactive theatre program on interpersonal communication skills
- Maison d’Arrêt, Nantes, France (Prison) – led interactive theatre program on forgiving oneself.
- Centre Pénitentiaire, Liancourt, France (Prison) – led 3 hour workshop in English as part of English learning curriculum for prisoners.
- Clinique du Château de Montchenain, Evres-sur-Indre, France – (Psychiatric Clinic) 1 hour interactive programs on the following themes: getting along, respect, why have rules in life?.
DIALECT COACHING (2000-2014)
- Dialect coach for anglophone actors learning and performing in French - Covenant Players, Europe
- Dialect coach British regional accents - Livermore Shakesepeare Festival, Livermore; Big Idea Theater Company, Sacramento; Barnyard Theatre Company, Davis
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
- Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts*, London - PG Diploma in Acting
(*Member National Council of Drama Training; Mountview President: Dame Judy Dench) - Manchester University, UK - Bachelor of Arts in Drama
- Guildhall School of Music, Manchester, UK - Singing training
- Charles M. Tanner – director, writer, cinematographer
- French Language - Alliance Francaise, Manila, Philippines and Geneva, Switzerland; Centre de Langues Franco-Anglais, Lisieux, Normandy, France; International Baccalaureate French Exam
- I have participated in four professional development workshops lead by the Kennedy Center for training Teaching Artists. Two of those were the Kennedy Center's Artists as Educators Seminar, Laying a Foundation: Defining Arts Integration.
- Attended 1 all-day professional development workshop hosted by Alameda County Office of Education.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
a(dot)whismore(at)gmail.com
Video images used with permission from Covenant Players International, Brigitte de Berlemont, and Lina Cadart, Sacramento Parks and Recreation.
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another sense of what it is to be a human being.” – Oscar Wilde
Video images used with permission from Covenant Players International, Brigitte de Berlemont, and Lina Cadart, Sacramento Parks and Recreation.
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another sense of what it is to be a human being.” – Oscar Wilde