Theatre Admin Experiences

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Researched arts admin (development, community engagement, ethical arts, and marketing), theatre-making (theatre and society, modes of theatre-making, arts collaboration, and all aspects of rehearsal and design), and literary development (dramaturgy and research, new works management).
Participated in town halls on leadership theory, decolonization in leadership & the arts, equity & social justice in the arts, nonprofit theories, & structural operations of arts & nonprofits; wrote blog posts.
Produced, directed, and performed dramaturgy for a virtual production of Asking for a Friend (Green, 2020), a new work, as part of a virtual theatre festival; ran casting, created sides, made sound cues, and ran Zoom webinar during live production.

Led board of 9 members; managed liaisons between career center and community; connected students with Hollywood execs and with other students to collaborate on projects.
Created new mentorship program & connected 30+ students; collaborating on virtual film festival.
Planned Q&As with Stanford alumni working in entertainment (inc. Jeffrey Silver and Aleen Keshishian); moderated events of ~50 attendees.

Spearheaded initiative to highlight a different BIPOC member each week; created “Trivia Tuesday” to spread institutional knowledge and increase engagement using weekly quizzes on Ram’s-specific trivia.

Solicited for Gaieties 2020 auditions, staff apps, and WiSh apps including creative grid posts, interactive story ideas to answer questions about auditions, and soliciting reasons why people should audition.
Created and distributed promotional materials for series of workshops — including one with David Henry Hwang and one with Charlie Alterman.
Created detailed Instagram and Facebook posting plan

Fostered a sense of community and a safe space through weekly coffee chats, anonymous feedback, a fun variety of social activities (including big parties, alcohol-free events, self-care events, study groups, and our annual gala).

Wrote fun engaging emails using gifs, photos, different colors, and weekly themes based on different movies and musicals to keep attention, provide comic relief, and give information about weekly events.
Kept up a Google Calendar to inform community members about upcoming social events and created a GroupMe to keep community informed in a more casual way and to share jokes.
Created virtual social events to keep community together during quarantine including group workouts, movie nights, baking parties, MSPaint Bob Ross Paint’n’Sip, weeklong Mafia, game/poker night, campfire story night, and Sims Twitch streams.

Ran collaboration with Ram’s Head Theatrical Society for 2019 Original Winter One Acts by running meetings, delegating tasks, choosing plays and providing feedback, and aiding the producer.

Created community and social events including music video watch parties, weekly gender conscious play readings, movie nights, and more.
Collaborated with rest of board to decide on 2018-2019 season: play readings in the fall, Stop Kiss by Diana Sun in the winter, and Hero and the Journey, a new work by Ezra Jackson-Smith, in the spring.
Designe and coordinated costumes, props, and makeup to Dr. Voynich and Her Children, a new work by Leanna Keyes

Designed and created costumes for 25 actors.
Budgeted $1,000 of finances between thrifting costumes, ordering on Amazon, upcycling old costumes, and makeup.
Mentored two young professionals — both of which continued their roles as costume designers in the show the next year.
Collaborated with staff from rehearsal, lighting, sound, and set design to create a holistic production.

Voice, acting, and dance work in feminist, political theater production.
Performed and volunteered at all-day educational seminar on the Trojan war.
Attended and aided in weekly educational film series on Greek tragedy and mythology.
Participated in weekly talk-backs with the audience after the Sunday matinee.
Aided in publicity with social media and postering.