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Jess Jung Teaching Resume 1225 Simmons Dr. / Rockville, MD 20851 (612) 868-4303 [email protected] Young Playwrights’ Theatre: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: Playwriting Fall 2011-Present Folger Shakespeare Library: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: Shakespeare for a New Generation Fall 2011-Present Imagination Stage: Washington, DC Director and Teaching Artist Fall 2011-Present Shakespeare Theatre Company: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: District Shakespeare & Text Alive! Fall 2011-Present Advanced Summer Camp Teaching Artist July 2011 Traveling Players Ensemble: Great Falls, VA Teaching Artist & Director Spring 2012 Summer Camp Teaching Artist July 2011 Camp Bryn Mawr: Honesdale, PA Drama Program Director Summer 2009 Taught drama and technical theatre to young women age 8-14 Managed staff of four undergraduate artists/teachers De Paul University: Chicago, IL MFA Directing Student 2008- 2011 Directing II/Acting Lab: ran scene study and Plasticine workshops with undergraduate actors Ran rehearsals for full-length productions with both undergraduate and graduate actors Actors Theatre of Louisville: Louisville, KY The Lincoln Project: Lead Teaching Artist January 2009 Actors Theatre received a grant for high school artists to create an evening of plays celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday Co-wrote two-week devising curriculum and rehearsal plan Lead teaching artist for first of three regional residencies (adapted curriculum as necessary) Assistant Director of Education 2006-2008 Lead teaching artist for in-class workshops (Pre-show Workshop: pre-student matinee discussion, Young Critics: how-to write a review, Design-Your-Own: varied from drama basics to acting techniques), as well as residencies (Playwriting in the Schools: a month long program culminating with each student writing a 10-minute play, and Peace by Piece: an exploration of conflict resolution through creative drama). Worked with students age 8-18. Trained and managed intern staff Wrote and supervised Play Guides in conjunction with student matinee program Led professional development workshops for teachers Co-produced first and second Young Playwrights Festival, a 10-minute play contest with a full production for ten high school playwrights Organized and coordinated workshop schedule for College Days, a weekend at The Humana Festival of New American Plays for college students

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Jess Jung Teaching Resume

1225 Simmons Dr. / Rockville, MD 20851 (612) 868-4303

[email protected] Young Playwrights’ Theatre: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: Playwriting Fall 2011-Present Folger Shakespeare Library: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: Shakespeare for a New Generation Fall 2011-Present Imagination Stage: Washington, DC Director and Teaching Artist Fall 2011-Present

Shakespeare Theatre Company: Washington, DC Teaching Artist: District Shakespeare & Text Alive! Fall 2011-Present Advanced Summer Camp Teaching Artist July 2011 Traveling Players Ensemble: Great Falls, VA Teaching Artist & Director Spring 2012 Summer Camp Teaching Artist July 2011 Camp Bryn Mawr: Honesdale, PA

Drama Program Director Summer 2009

Taught drama and technical theatre to young women age 8-14

Managed staff of four undergraduate artists/teachers De Paul University: Chicago, IL

MFA Directing Student 2008- 2011

Directing II/Acting Lab: ran scene study and Plasticine workshops with undergraduate actors

Ran rehearsals for full-length productions with both undergraduate and graduate actors Actors Theatre of Louisville: Louisville, KY

The Lincoln Project: Lead Teaching Artist January 2009

Actors Theatre received a grant for high school artists to create an evening of plays celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday

Co-wrote two-week devising curriculum and rehearsal plan

Lead teaching artist for first of three regional residencies (adapted curriculum as necessary)

Assistant Director of Education 2006-2008

Lead teaching artist for in-class workshops (Pre-show Workshop: pre-student matinee discussion, Young Critics: how-to write a review, Design-Your-Own: varied from drama basics to acting techniques), as well as residencies (Playwriting in the Schools: a month long program culminating with each student writing a 10-minute play, and Peace by Piece: an exploration of conflict resolution through creative drama). Worked with students age 8-18.

Trained and managed intern staff

Wrote and supervised Play Guides in conjunction with student matinee program

Led professional development workshops for teachers

Co-produced first and second Young Playwrights Festival, a 10-minute play contest with a full

production for ten high school playwrights

Organized and coordinated workshop schedule for College Days, a weekend at The Humana Festival of New American Plays for college students

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Jess Jung Teaching Resume

1225 Simmons Dr. / Rockville, MD 20851 (612) 868-4303

[email protected] Walden Theatre: Louisville, KY

Devising Instructor 2007-2008

Created semester long curriculum for high school students using viewpoint and improvisation techniques

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival: Louisville, KY Artistic Associate 2006-2007

On-call teaching artist for in-class and summer workshops Shakespeare Instructor: Whitney Young Scholars 2006-2007

Co-taught semester long Shakespeare course for high school scholars Acting Instructor: Camp Shakespeare Summer 2006

Taught Voice & Movement classes to students age 6-12 EDUCATION De Paul University; Chicago IL

MFA Directing (Lisa Portes, Damon Kiely, Dexter Bullard, & Catherine Weidner) Augsburg College; Minneapolis MN

B. A. Theatre / Art History Minor Gaiety School of Acting; Dublin, Ireland