PLAYSAWARDS:
Montclair State University 2021 Best Production OVERALL Best Director - Christine Penney Best Actor OVERALL - James Purcell - Romeo Best Actor, Masked Play - James Purcell - Romeo Best Actress, Masked Play - Jamie Barnett - Juliet AWARDS:
Speech & Theatre Association of New Jersey 2019 Best Production OVERALL Montclair State University 2019 Best Supporting Actress, Adapted Play - Ella Harris-Hohne - Jane Bennett Bucks County Theatre Festival 2019 Best Direction & Educational Risk Taking (Teacher's Choice) - Christine Penney Best Production OVERALL Best Actress - Julia Youngman - Lizzie Bennett AWARDS
Bucks County Theatre Festival 2018 Best Production OVERALL Best Actress - Nicole Giordano Best Supporting Actress - Olivia Reinebach Best Comedic Actress - Greta Donnelly Montclair State University 2018 Best Fight Choreography - Nicole Giordano AWARDS
Bucks County Theatre Festival 2017 Best Production OVERALL Best Actress - Nicole Giordano Best Supporting Actress - Olivia Reinebach Montclair State University 2017 Best Movement & Choreography - Christine Penney |
MUSICALSAWARDS:
Montclair State University 2021 Best Director - Christine Penney |
Career Highlights
As Teacher, Director, Producer, and Stage Manager
- Produced 6 theater musicals with less than $2000 budget – every production = $2000 or more in the black; doubled audience following & future participatory interest by students & community
- Over $20,000 in ticket sales – largest earnings & audience attendance program had ever seen
- Directed & music directed 150 students in all-school (grades pre-school to 12th grade) musical
- Independently developed full English curriculum in 2 weeks, with active modification toward students’ interests, learning styles, and evolving academic needs – $200 budget and no textbooks
- Independently developed full drama curriculum - including theater history, improvisation, acting, and public speaking - on the fly on a daily/weekly basis after unexpected school circumstance changes
Courses Taught
Drama & Theater Production
full-year course, texts included Hamlet, The Crucible, work by Williams, Shakespeare, Szymkowicz, etc.; range in subjects from production to playwriting to devised scene creation and performance
Acting I & II Workshops
advanced Stanislavsky and individualized coursework
Theater History
half-year course, ranging from early Greek texts and styles (Oedipus, Antigone) to Shakespeare to contemporary
Film as Literature
full-year film analysis and film development, beginning film technique, screenwriting, and project proposal course
Public Speaking:
College Prep Elective, half and full-year course
American Literature:
English 11 College Prep, texts included The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, A Raisin in the Sun, A Streetcar Named Desire, others
British Literature:
English 11 College Prep, texts included Beowulf, Macbeth, Frankenstein, 1984, others
World Literature:
English 12 College Prep, texts included Hamlet, The Things They Carried, Kafka's Metamorphosis, Antigone, Oedipus, others
Music Theory & Chorus
full year elective for 7th through 12th grades; including music style appreciation
full-year course, texts included Hamlet, The Crucible, work by Williams, Shakespeare, Szymkowicz, etc.; range in subjects from production to playwriting to devised scene creation and performance
Acting I & II Workshops
advanced Stanislavsky and individualized coursework
Theater History
half-year course, ranging from early Greek texts and styles (Oedipus, Antigone) to Shakespeare to contemporary
Film as Literature
full-year film analysis and film development, beginning film technique, screenwriting, and project proposal course
Public Speaking:
College Prep Elective, half and full-year course
American Literature:
English 11 College Prep, texts included The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, A Raisin in the Sun, A Streetcar Named Desire, others
British Literature:
English 11 College Prep, texts included Beowulf, Macbeth, Frankenstein, 1984, others
World Literature:
English 12 College Prep, texts included Hamlet, The Things They Carried, Kafka's Metamorphosis, Antigone, Oedipus, others
Music Theory & Chorus
full year elective for 7th through 12th grades; including music style appreciation
Educator Resume
