2018-19:  Taught Directing I, Intro to Drama and Theatre, and Script Analysis Fall Semester 2018, and two Into to Acting Classes Spring 2019. Mentored the Drama Club, supervised the student production of She Kills Monsters, and advised a dozen individual students.

Barnard College Athena Center for Leadership Studies                                                                                       

Story Coach 

2014 - 2016:  Entrepreneurs-in-Training Summer Camp - Coached Girl Scouts and female high school students on how to craft a story and presentational skills in preparation for pitching their products to professional venture capitalists.

2015:  TEDx - Coached various speakers on story-telling and presentational skills in preparation for their TEDx talks.

NYU TISCH School of the Arts                                                                                                                            

 2010 - 2018: Directed various graduate students’ thesis projects, and dramaturged students’ work in various stages of development in The Steinberg Theatre Collaboration Workshop.

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Art Institute of New York                                                                                                                                         

2009 - 2017: Presented “Introduction to Playwriting” classes to English students school-wide.

Queens Theatre in the Park                                                                                              

2007 - 2011: CentreStage Program - Led a 20 session program in the public schools that engaged students in exercises designed to teach them acting and playwriting, culminating in the realization and presentation of their own creative works. These works were published, and performed at their school and at Queens Theatre in the Park. Taught the following age groups: third, fourth, sixth and seventh grades. Classes usually consisted of 20-25 students.

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Manhattan Theatre Club                                                                                                                                           

2003 - 2014: Helped run workshops in the public schools for “at risk” high school students that teach them the art of playwriting, culminating in the realization of their own creative works preformed by professional actors at MTC’s City Center.

2003 - 2017: Help run workshops specifically designed to prepare families for the viewing of various productions by engaging them in exercises that address the themes and subject matter of the play being presented.                                                    

Theatre Development Fund (TDF)         

Invited Guest Artist/Lecturer                                                                                                                                               

2008:  Department of Education’s ‘Theater Blueprint Professional Development Symposium’ “Finding Student Voice: An Integrated Approach to Playwriting, Voice & Diction” -  Presented a solo performance demonstration and lecture to NYC public school teachers.                                     

Invited Guest Lecturer                                                                                                                                                             

2005: Department of Education’s ‘Annual Education Symposium’ - Presented a lecture/demonstration to NYC public school theatre teachers on “The Professional Director’s Model”.

Baruch College                                                                                                                                                                       

2003: Freshman Composition Residency. Under the auspices of the Pearl Theatre Company, presented a lecture introducing students to the art and skill of writing plays.

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