kate arecchi *** education and outreach
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Assistant Professor/ Musical Theatre Coordinator ~ James Madison University, VA - 2006 - Present
Courses: Acting, Musical Theatre Performance Workshop, Musical Theatre Form and Analysis, Musical Theatre Revue
Committees: 2006/ 2007 - Acting
Search Committee

Faculty
~ Plymouth State University, NH- 2000/ 2003 - 2006
Courses: Acting I, Acting II,  Musical Theatre Performance, Stage Management, Stage Movement


Graduate Teaching Assistant
~ Pennsylvania State University, PA - 2000 - 2002
Courses: The Art of Theatre (intro. to theatre course serving 800 university students per semester), Musical Theatre Performance I & II, Diversity Cultures Workshop (The plays of August Wilson)


Secondary School & Summer Programs

Associate Artistic Director/ Musical Theatre Instructor
~ PerformancePLUS, NH -  2005

Director - Conference of the Birds
~ Northern Stage Acting Company, VT - 2005
(Intensive performing workshop for actors 12 - 18)


Musical Theatre Instructor/ Showcase Director
~ PerformancePLUS, NH - 2002/ 2003
(residential summer program for actors age 13 - 18) Course: Musical Theatre Performance


Director - Under Milk Wood Workshop
~ Northern Stage Acting Company, VT - 2003
(intensive performing workshop for actors age 12 - 18)


Director of Theat
re ~ Holderness School, NH - 1998 - 2000
(co-educational, college prep boarding high school)
Courses: Fundamentals of Theatre (theatre arts course for 9 - 12 graders), directed theatre productions, advised student directing projects


Assistant Director
~ Lone Star Performing Arts, TX - 1998
(theatre arts day program for students ages 6 - 16)


Assistant Director of Special Events/ Theatre & Dance Instructor
~ Camp Wekeela, ME - 1992 - 1993
(residential summer program for students ages 6  - 16)


Workshops/ Residencies

2006 -
Workshop Instructor - Directing for the Stage ~ New England High School Drama Festival, NH

2006
- Instructor - Mask Making & Storytelling - Where the Wild Things Are ~ Caroline Street School, NY

2005
- Instructor - Creative Dramatics - Living Newspaper Project ~ WSWHE BOCES, NY

2004
- Instructor - Beyond the Bell~ Friends of the Arts, NH ("Teenspeak" - worked with participants to create an original theatre piece inspired by the issues that are most relevant to them and their lives.)

2003
- Workshop Instructor ~ New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild, NH
Courses: Acting the Lyric of a Song, Directing Shakespeare, "To BFA or not to BFA" (informational workshop on the differences between BA and BFA theatre training
.)

2000
- Workshop Instructor ~ New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild, NH
Course: Singing for the Musical Thea
tre

1999 - 2000
- Workshop Instructor ~ Friends of the Arts, NH - Various in school and weekend workshops for students age 5 - 10.  Course: Mask, Movement, Creating Character, Creative Storytelling.

Outreach

2004
- Script Evaluator ~ Young Playwrights INC., NY - Read, and wrote exaluations of scripts by playwrights ages 11 - 18.  Recommended scripts for next level of Young Playwright's INC. National Competition

200
3 - Adjudicator~ New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild, NH - Evaluated performances and recommended plays to move on the state One-Act festival.

Educational Directorships & Committees

2005 -
Associate Artistic Director - PerformancePLUS, NH
2000 -
Artistic Director - Papermill Theatre Children's Theatre, NH
1998 - 200
0 -  Director of Theatre ~ Holderness School, NH
1999 - 200
0 - Educational Outreach Advisory Committee ~ Friends of the Arts, NH
1998 -
Assistant Director of Education ~ Lone Star Performing Arts Association, TX
1993 - 1994 -
Development and Outreach Director ~ Black Box Players. NY
Directing Resume
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