Teaching
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"All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation." - Michael Chekhov
Teaching is about revealing the layers in our students that have covered their inner artists and remind them that they are superhumans who are here to save our world! To be superhuman is a great challenge, but that is why we study art. Artistic techniques are our super powers, and the more one has, the more one can engage actively in their life. Click here for Teaching Philosophy Click here for Curriculum Vita |
Courses Taught
I am the Director of Theatre and Fine Arts Chairperson at Saint Patrick High School and an adjunct instructor at Saint Mary's University and Loyola University Chicago. I am also a National Michael Chekhov Certified Teacher through the National Michael Chekhov Association.
Saint Patrick High School
FINE ARTS: A Freshmen survey course, team-taught with our art and music faculty that gives the students a baseline understanding of each of the arts.
THEATRE ARTS: This course looks at theatre, dramaturgically. By exploring themes and concepts that appear in theatre throughout history, students will create characters, designs, scenes, and a theatre company.
ARTS AND IDEAS: An appreciation course for diverse learners that looks at each of the arts and for the experience and enjoyment they bring, as well as cultural celebration and communion.
ACTING I and ACTING II: By employing Michael Chekhov, Uta Hagen, and Stella Adler's techniques, these classes learn the process of character development, scene study, as well as performance generation.
TECHNICAL THEATRE: A course designed to engage the technician in each of the design areas with practical applications of each.
IMPROVISATION: This course defines a structure to create characters and scenes with little to no preparation, Dramatic and comedic scenes will be explored and developed, along with monologues.
SPEECH: Group communication, interpersonal, and public speaking will be explored in this course.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP: From communication to cyberbullying and our digital footprint, this course explores our role in the digital world.
THEATRE ARTS: This course looks at theatre, dramaturgically. By exploring themes and concepts that appear in theatre throughout history, students will create characters, designs, scenes, and a theatre company.
ARTS AND IDEAS: An appreciation course for diverse learners that looks at each of the arts and for the experience and enjoyment they bring, as well as cultural celebration and communion.
ACTING I and ACTING II: By employing Michael Chekhov, Uta Hagen, and Stella Adler's techniques, these classes learn the process of character development, scene study, as well as performance generation.
TECHNICAL THEATRE: A course designed to engage the technician in each of the design areas with practical applications of each.
IMPROVISATION: This course defines a structure to create characters and scenes with little to no preparation, Dramatic and comedic scenes will be explored and developed, along with monologues.
SPEECH: Group communication, interpersonal, and public speaking will be explored in this course.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP: From communication to cyberbullying and our digital footprint, this course explores our role in the digital world.
Saint Mary's University, Winona, Minnesota
THEATRE APPRECIATION: This course gives the student the experience of each area of production and places the student as artist in the creation of multiple productions.
PUBLIC SPEAKING: Students will present a variety of speeches in different formats, as well as engage in group communication exercises and projects.
PUBLIC SPEAKING: Students will present a variety of speeches in different formats, as well as engage in group communication exercises and projects.
Loyola University Chicago
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE EXPERIENCE: This course is designed for non-majors to give a framework for creating theatre and culminates in the creation of a small production with all members of the course taking part.