High School Director

Location:

Augusta, ME, 04330

Salary:

$3-4000,00

Posted:

February 19, 2013

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Resume:

MS Theater-Barbara Helen Baker resume

BARBARA HELEN BAKER

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Augusta, Maine 04330

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e-mail: ************@*******.***

Gifted theatre director and teacher of thirty years, skilled and experienced working with people from ages five to eighty-five; inventive, innovative and sensitive; trained in Meisner and Linklater; seeks to continue working with the populous on voice study, scene study, acting styles and oral history theatre. Experienced in, and open to, working with elementary, post-graduate and adult students.

UNIONS

AEA AFTRA SAG ASCAP

EDUCATION

University of Maine, Orono, Maine

MA Theatre, June, 1997

Academic: G.P.A. 4.0

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

BS, Speech, June, 1963

INDEPENDENT COURSEWORK

The Actors Center, New York City, 2009

Master Acting Teacher Workshop with:

Ron Van Lieu, Chrisopher Bayes, Slava Dalgachev

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999

Oral History Theatre

Keith Johnstone Workshop, 1997

Improvisation

Irondale Theatre Project, New York, NY, 1991-1995

Workshops

Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 1982

Institute for Aesthetic Education

University of Maine, Augusta, Maine, 1975

Musical Composition & Performance

Lehman Engel, New York, NY, 1963

Musical Comedy

TEACHING/DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

One Act Play Judge-Maine, 2011-present

Oral History Theatre, senior College, University of Maine at Augusta,, 2011-12

21st century program director, Augusta, Maine, June 2010-present

Summer Teen Acting Program, Lewiston Public Theatre, Lewiston, Me.

Acting teacher, July, 2010-present

Theatre ASAP/San Antonio Theatre Coalition, September, 2009, director

Boys and Girls Club of Augusta, Maine, Augusta, Maine, 2006, 2009 summer

Theatre program for teens.

Providence H.S., San Antonio, Texas 2004-2010

Speech, Theatre, Directing: El Grande De Coca Cola, Grease, Spoon River

Anthology, The Wiz, Dead Man Walking, The Her-Story of Christmas, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annie,

Elektra, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Once Upon A Mattress, The Miracle Worker, Someone Like Me,

The Her-Story of Christmas, All in the Planetary

Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas, 2000-2004

Theatre Director, Acting I-IV, Voice, Theatre Appreciation

Directed: Crimes of the Heart, Sylvia, Our Town, Blithe Spirit, Someone Like Me, The Wiz,

The Matchmaker, The Dining Room

University of Texas, Tyler, Texas, 2001-2003

Adjunct acting, voice instructor

Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 1997-2000

Acting, Speech & Debate Teacher

Directed Nunsense II, The Miracle Worker, Someone Like Me.

Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas, 1997-2000

Created & taught adult acting/voice classes

Paedaeia Learning Center, Plano, Texas, 1999

Workshops in myths & Shakespeare for junior high students

Hallowell ISD, Hallowell, Maine, 1990, 1996

Gifted and Talented Program for writers & actors

Johnson Hall Theatre, Gardiner, Maine, 1995-1997

Acting for Kids, Musical Theatre Director, Once Upon A Mattress, Grease

Camp Kennebec, Belgrade, Maine, 1996

Theatre Director

Hussey/Gilbert Schools (K-6), Augusta, Maine, 1995

Theatre/music teacher, 1995

Maranacook Community School, 1992, 1994

The Matchmaker, Story Theatre Workshop for 8-12 year olds.

Capitol Area Gifted and Talented Program, Augusta, Maine, 1991, 1996

Greek Tragedy for High School Students, Playwriting for High School Students

Madison High School, 1988-1991

Theatre Residency; story theatre; created original productions

New Day School, Readfield, Maine, 1981-1989

Writer/director All in the Planetary, What Makes Me Feel This Way? The Wizard of Oz

Playwriting, story theatre, improvisational theatre

Fame in Maine Project, Readfield, Maine, 1982

Director/Producer summer teen theatre

University of Maine, Augusta, Maine, 1981

Writer and director, eve-olution: a musical odyssey

Maine Touring Program, 1979-81

Touring Artist under Maine Humanities Council

PERFORMING

Maxine, Blue Potato, film, 2012

Aunt May, Italian American Reconciliation, 2000

The Public Theatre, Lewiston, Maine

Guest Artist, Miss Prism, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1995, The Waterville Opera House, Waterville, Maine, 1996

“All My Children” under 5’s,

“The Edge of Night” under 5’s

Wrote/recorded Flight 007:And They Were Just Goin' Home, ASCAP, 1983

Hostess/Drama Critic As Maine Goes, Maine Public Television, 1976