Emily S. Parker

Email: e_s_parker@yahoo.com

www.phoenixrise.us

RESUME

• 3 years of teaching experience at the university level, as a graduate assistant, at the University of New Orleans-classes included acting and basic Macintosh design.

• Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing. College background in theatre with emphasis in acting and directing as well as technical theatre. Minor in French.

• Worked with grades K-6 teaching Integrated Arts-Drama, Music/Movement, and Visual Art.

• Experienced in print design/layout with proficiency in the following software: Quark, Adobe Photoshop, O-foto Scan, Freehand, PageMaker, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works and PowerPoint. Practical experience in dramaturgy, public relations and publicity, stage management and technical theatre including carpentry, scene painting, sound design, and minor electrician.

• Directed a summer children's production of Candy (Lollies), by Australian playwright, Cenarth Fox for Stage to Stage, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre housed with the Arts Council of New Orleans. I also worked as Production Administrator for the same company.

• Assisted direction of the Eclipse Theatre Company's production of The Sweetest Swing in Baseball by playwright Rebecca Gilman.

*** In Brief-an intelligent, energetic woman with a well-rounded education, excellent qualifications, sound skills, and an outstanding talent in the classroom and theatre.

I. ACADEMIC DEGREES

MFA University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2000 Directing.

BA Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas, May 1997 Theatre, minor in French.

II. COURSE WORK

University of New Orleans (graduate level)-Thesis (9hrs.), Shakespeare (English), Independent Study in Set Construction, Theatre Seminar (analysis of Shakespeare), Period Costume Construction, Acting V (Shakespearean), 20th Century Drama (English), Aesthetics, Script Analysis, Practicum Research, Form and Idea, Costume Design, Graduate Directing, Stage Combat, Problems in Theatre-Seminar

Oxford, England-Oxford School of Drama Summer Classes (summer 1996)

Henderson State University (undergraduate level)-Acting I, Acting II, Theatre History, Theatre Seminar (Dramaturgy), Play Analysis, Directing, Choreography, Stage Makeup, Theatre Dance, Stage Lighting, Scene Design, Stagecraft

Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center-6 Contact Hours of Continuing Education on the subject of Front Desk Security

III. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Teaching acting courses and conducting workshops on improvisational techniques and theatre games

• Teaching basic Macintosh design layout including print ads and scanning, photo re-touching and creating art on a computer. Have proficiency in Adobe PhotoShop and Quark Xpress as well as a number of other design softwares and word processing softwares. In conjunction with these skills, have experience in publicity and public relations, designing posters, programs, flyers and radio/newspaper copy and web design.

• Teaching at an Elementary Grade level on the subject of Integrated Art Disciplines

• Directing in the Professional arena.

• Working as a scene shop assistant. Performed in this capacity for seven years, during which I was a scene painter, carpenter, minor electrician, and did some costume work. Performed restoration work on scenic drops for the Masonic Temple of Little Rock that entailed using antiquated techniques and materials. Designed some sound for theatrical productions. Designed lights for theatrical productions on a minor scale.

• Working as secretary. Performed in this capacity for the Theatre Department of Henderson State University-Specifically in charge of the theatre office, box office and publicity (handling all ticket sales and producing programs for each production). I worked to keep channels of communication open among the production teams, organize the office and help keep track of budget for the theatre faculty.

• Working as Production Administrator. Performed in this capacity for Summer Stages Children's Theatre during which I was in charge of maintaining databases, generating some publicity materials, phone management, and other general secretarial duties.

IV. DIRECTING/STAGE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

V. ACTING EXPERIENCE

VI. ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

• A lifetime member of Theta Alpha Phi (National Theatre Fraternity)

• A lifetime member of Alpha Chi (Honorary Academic Fraternity)

• Nominated International Poet of Merit for the Years 2000-2002 (International Society of Poets)

VII. PERSONAL DATA

I am a poet/writer with in excess of 10 poems published in national anthologies as well as 4 recorded for CD collections. I have created art for John McCloskey's Big Spirit album due for release in 2004, as well as contributing 4 poetry recordings to the Highland Clearances album produced by the United Celtic Bards, Inverclyde, Scotland, available now through the Wild Thistle web-site. I am currently working on my third self-published book of poetry-also currently working on a children's story and illustrations with hopes of publication. I am a free-lance artist producing works for commission and currently working in the mediums of pen, charcoal, colored pencil and wax resist.

My personal interests and research are broad in scope. They include reading about and exploring the topics of Celtic history, Scottish History, British History, Egyptology, Physics and Astrophysics including the Unified Theory vs. String Theory, Herbs and Natural Remedies. The list continues ad infinitum-I am interested in nearly anything and everything.

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