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Hayfever photo from 2006 Teaching Resume Dawnnie Mercado-Barrera Teaching Resume Education MFA in Acting, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, 1993 BA in Dramatic Art, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1990 Curriculum and Class Title Experience • Professional Audition Acting Coach. • On camera acting for Kids ages 5 and up. (Monologues, Commercials, Scene Study) • On camera acting for Teens. (Monologues, Commercials, Scene Study) • On camera acting for Adults. (Monologues, Commercials, Scene Study) • Beginning Cold Reading for all ages. • Beginning Acting for Adults. • Intermediate Acting for Adults. • On-Going Acting and Cold Read work for Advanced Adults. • Improvisation and Original Play building for the Theatre for kids ages 7-18. Teaching Experience January 2008-Present Dawnnie Mercado, Inc. www.DawnnieMercadoInc.com • Private Acting Coaching. • Playwright. • Acting Guide publishing. • Instructor of students ranging in ages 4 to 40: Theatre, Acting, and Audition Technique. • Instructor: Acting On-Camera for commercials, scene study, and monologue study. • Director. • Executive Director of Theatre Creators Kids (Kids acting company). April 2003- December 2007 Theatre Creators Inc, & The Academy Training Center www.TheatreCreators.com North Hollywood CA. Executive Director and CEO, Director, Producer, Acting Instructor, Writer, Stage Manager • Founder and Executive Director of Theatre Creators Collective, Theatre Creators Kids, and Theatre Creators Academy Training Center. • Private Acting Coaching. • Instructor of students ranging in ages 4 to 40: Theatre, Acting, and Audition Technique. • Instructor: Acting On-Camera for commercials, scene study, and monologue study. • Director. • Executive Director of both the Theatre Creators Collective (Adult acting company) and Theatre Creators Kids (Kids acting company). • Office Management. • Hiring and Staff Supervision. • Billing. • CEO duties. • Producer and Actor in all of the following: “Midsummer Night’s Dream”; “A Little New York in NOHO”; “The Ladies of Shakespeare and their Men”; “Hay Fever”; “Mother Hubbard’s Winter Wish.” • Producer, Writer and Director of all of the following: “Draculina’s Haunted Birthday Bash”: “Prince Thomas and His Road to Fame”; “Broadway Bound Kids”; “Mother Hubbard’s Winter Wish”; “A Place to Play.” January – March 2005 Southern California Youth Theater Whittier, CA Director • Director of “The Sound of Music” June 2003 Theatre Creators, Inc Summer Camp Ojai, CA Executive Director and CEO, Director, Producer, Acting Instructor. • Created, Organized and facilitated a complete summer camp with a staff of four, and fifteen enrolled students. We rented Chaparral Auditorium in Ojai California. The ending result was our own play. • Producer, Writer, Director of “I Love New York.” • Director, Instructor: for students ages 6-16. 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003 Lincoln Center Institute New York, NY Teaching Artist of Theatre • Theatre Teaching Artist (K-12th grade). • Create and carry out age appropriate theatre lessons for K through 12th Grade. • Curriculum planning with New York City school staff. 1998 NYU Graduate Acting Program New York, NY Stage Manager • All duties of stage manager, for “Yerma” a 2nd year grad student production 1996 LA Valley College Van Nuys, CA Assistant Acting Instructor • Teacher’s Assistant, Master Acting Class • Assistant to Ellen Geer, Master Teacher and Artistic Director of The Theatricum Botanicum. 1996 Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Topanga, CA Shakespeare Scansion Teacher • Curriculum Building. • Facilitate scansion workshop with visiting teen and adult audience members. 1992, 1994 – 1998 Rustic Canyon Performing Arts Santa Monica, CA Camp Director, Supervisor, Director, Acting Instructor. • Co-Creator, and Performing Arts Camp Director (For ages 8-12) • Construct and carry out performing arts curriculum for campers ages 8 to 12 • Original Creation and Director of over 15 productions during this time period.