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EDUCATION

Emerson College                                                                                                                                                               

  • Master of Arts, Theater Education & Applied Theater 

University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance                                                                          

  • Bachelor of Theater Arts, concentration in Theater Education 

Boston Conservatory at Berklee                                                                                                                       

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Musical Theater 

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

The Hive Theatre Company, Boston, MA                                                                                                                              2025-present

Founder and Producing Artistic Director

  • Created mission and vision for the company

  • Responsible for creating a business plan, hiring employees, managing budget, developing advisory board, marketing, reserving rehearsal and performance spaces, casting productions

  • Producer and director for upcoming play in fall 2025 in the BCA Plaza Theatre

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Salem State University, Salem, MA                                                                                                                                        2025-present

Adjunct Faculty, Theatre & Speech Communication

  • Professor for Theatre and Public Speaking Courses

 

Reagle Music Theatre, Boston, MA                                                                                                                                        2024-present

Assistant Director

  • Assist in equity auditions with tasks such as organizing headshots, taking notes, creating and organizing spreadsheets

  • Create rehearsal schedules for mainstage productions  

  • Assistant direct mainstage production 

  • Teacher in spring workshop

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Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA                                                                                                                          2024-present

Director and Musical Theater Teacher

  • Director of winter play 

  • Part of a small artistic team responsible for reviving the summer theater intensive 

  • Director of one-act play and assistant director of full-length musical (summer theater intensive)

  • Responsible for teaching summer intensive course on Musical Theatre Performance (Acting the Song)

  • Co-teacher of summer intensive Viewpoints workshop

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The Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA                                                                                                                                 2024-2025

Musical Theater Teacher 

  • Responsible for providing challenging and professional musical theater training to a select group of students with a strong interest in musical theater

 

The Rivers School, Weston, MA                                                                                                                                                             2024-2025

(Interim) Upper and Middle School Musical Theater Teacher 

  • Responsible for teaching a variety of musical theater courses to middle and high school students

  • Responsible for teaching high school Dance and Choreography

  • Responsible for preparing middle and high school students for a showcase performance  

 

New England Clinical Skills Consulting, Boston, MA                                                                                                        2024-present

Standardized Patient

  • Portray specific patient roles

  • Assess clinical skills and provide feedback to medical students and professionals​

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The Fay School, Southborough, MA                                                                                                                                               2023-2024

Theater Teacher & Director

  • Responsible for building the new drama program, developing all curriculum, establishing mission and core values, and expanding student interest

  • Instructor for core curricula drama courses and elective drama courses for grades 3-9 

  • Director of full-scale school productions

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Solomon Schechter Day School, Newton, MA                                                                                                                          2022-2023

Theater Director   

  • Director of full-length school musicals with 4th and 5th grade students

  • Responsible for all aspects of the shows including staging, musical directing, choreography,  set design and construction, sound design, costumes, communication with parents, and rehearsal scheduling                                                                                                 

JumpStart Theatre Detroit, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                                              2021-2022

Teaching Artist

  • Teaching artist in workshops designed to build sustainable musical theatre programs at schools where there were previously none

  • Provide mentoring and help produce a musical with teachers at 3 Detroit middle schools using iTheatrics Method

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University of Michigan SMTD Office of Outreach and Engagement, Ann Arbor, MI                                                            2021-2022

Michigan Artist Citizen

  • Selected to serve as a Michigan Artist Citizen, an arts ambassador on campus and in communities throughout Michigan

  • Explore community issues and deeply engage with community members to share the love of the arts and spark creativity

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The Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor, MI                                                                                                                                                         2021-2022

Drama Teacher

  • Drama teacher in after-school youth-driven teen center

  • Responsible for promoting personal growth through artistic expression

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Spinning Dot Theater Company, Ann Arbor, MI                                                                                                                            2020-2022

Teaching Artist

  • Teaching artist for Teen Company students ages 12-15

  • Mentor and empower young students as they direct and perform international plays and cultivate an appreciation for global theater

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Crescendo Detroit, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                                                                        2020

Drama Teacher

  • Drama teacher in after school programs for students ages 7-13

  • Responsible for creating lesson plans that accommodated a wide age range and aimed to build character and foster a love for participation in the arts

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DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY

The Hive Theatre Company, Boston, MA

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Director & Choreographer

  • The Wolves, Director

Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA

  • Durang Durang, Director

  • Clue, Director

  • All in The Timing, Director

  • 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Asst. Dir. to Nicole Soriano

The Rivers School & Conservatory​

  • Six: Teen Edition, Co-Director/Choreographer

  • Mean Girls, Choreographer

The Reagle Music Theatre​

  • ChristmasTime, Asst. Dir. to Rachel Bertone

The Fay School, Southborough, MA

  • Seussical the Musical, Director/Choreographer 

  • Two Islands (original play), Director 

Schechter Day School, Newton, MA

  • You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Director/Choreographer

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COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

  • Musical Theatre Performance (Acting the Song)

  • Monologue Exploration

  • Scene Study & Play Analysis

  • Elementary Foundations of Drama  

  • Audition Workshop

  • Movement Workshop: Viewpoints Method

  • Beginner & Intermediate Dance: Musical Theatre & Jazz

  • Playmaking & Devising

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Theater for Young Audiences

  • Viewpoints Method 

  • Musical Theatre Performance 

  • Theater Pedagogy  

  • Curriculum Development

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CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Actors' Equity Member Association Candidate (EMC)

  • Massachusetts Teaching License K-12 Theater Education

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Margaret McFadden

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