Violet Phillips
Northridge, CA ***** 347-***-**** ****************@*****.***
Job Objective
Student graduating in 2022 seeking a career in playwriting Education
Mills College, Oakland, CA Expected Graduation May 2022 Bachelor of Arts, English
Relevant coursework: craft of creative writing, poetry workshops I and II, beginning fiction for children and young adults, beginning and advanced fiction workshops, introduction to women’s studies, Shakespeare & performance, digital storytelling, senior thesis in creative writing
Highlights of Qualifications:
● Attention to performing, preserving and transcribing the written word.
● Successfully navigated social media and email marketing.
● Commitment to highlighting women, children and queer perspectives in theater and storytelling.
Professional Experience
Mills college performing arts department, Oakland
Stage crew member, February 2022-
● Social media marketing to promote theater, dance, music and literary events in the Mills community.
Los Angeles female playwrights initiative, remote
Volunteer, January 2022-
● Create monthly newsletters to draw attention to opportunities for women and minority playwrights.
● Submit character-driven playwriting excerpts to be performed at bimonthly zoom events.
Mistresses: The Play, Remote
Volunteer, August 2021
● Worked with professional monologue writer in a digital performance with the aim of raising money for a women’s history museum.
Museum of motherhood
Intern, January-may 2021
● Wrote literary reviews with a focus on disability, gender and feminism in a pandemic-related context.
Associated Student of Mills College (Student Government), Oakland,CA Historian, September 2020-May 2021
● Transcribed meetings while discussing issues such as remote learning and our school’s closure announcement.
Hudson Valley Women’s History Institute,Remote/Potangio Hills, NY Virtual Intern, June 2021-September 2021
● Transcribed historical documents to educate the public about the significance of women’s history.