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<br /> Resume
<br /> Professional
<br /> Sheila Kerrigan
<br /> Experience Freelance Theatre Artist: performs for adults:Mime Explains String Theory!Performs for
<br /> children: The Mime Who Talks!Performs at festivals&special events. Teaches workshops in
<br /> Present mime,juggling, drama, &movement-for-the-actor. Conducts residencies(for the Durham Arts
<br /> Council, The Arts Council of Fayetteville,United Arts of Raleigh-Wake, The Arts& Sciences
<br /> Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, SC Arts Commission, etc.)that integrate theatre with
<br /> Common Core&Essential Standards. Trains teachers and teaching artists in arts integration.
<br /> Teaches courses in community-based performance&collaborative creative process for high
<br /> school,university, and professional artists. Is president of the Southeast Center for Arts
<br /> Integration.
<br /> 2002-2007 Taught Community-Based Performance; Where Art and Activism Intersect at Duke. Worked with
<br /> at-risk teens to collaboratively create original performances.Taught children with learning
<br /> 2004-2007 differences at the Mekye Center by integrating theater with core curricular goals.
<br /> Coordinator of Education and Community Programs: Duke Performances and the Office of
<br /> Community Affairs.Partnered with 8 schools and 12 after-schools to enlist Duke resources to
<br /> 2001-2015 create arts experiences for neighborhood children and families.
<br /> Faculty Fellow with A-Plus Schools Program: led professional development for teachers
<br /> 1993-2009 and teaching artists on integrating arts with curriculum,plus collaboration, &creativity.
<br /> Faculty Member of Alternate ROOTS'Resources for Social Change: helped develop
<br /> curricula and train artists in community-based art for social change,facilitation,peaceful
<br /> 1993-2001 communication, consensus, collaboration, and anti-racism work.
<br /> Author: Wrote The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process(Heinemann, 2001). The
<br /> book begins with how to get an idea for a performance; delineates structures for moving work
<br /> forward; explains basic group dynamics; proposes ways to share power, and recommends
<br /> communication models.
<br /> 1993-present
<br /> Director,Performer,Teacher: Taught workshops on mime, drama, collaborative creativity,
<br /> communicating in groups, and peaceful conflict resolution for students,teachers, and
<br /> professionals for Bennington College, Stokes Co.Arts Council,NC Thespians,NCSU,NC
<br /> Theatre Conference, and others. Led professional development for A+ Schools in NC, OK,
<br /> and ND.Directed,wrote,and performed for Jelly Educational Theater.Performed with the NC
<br /> Symphony.
<br /> 1976-1993 Co-Founder, Co-Director,and Mime with TOUCH Mime Theater: Created and performed
<br /> original movement theater,toured twenty states and ninety-four NC counties.Performed in
<br /> prisons,hospitals, day-care and senior centers,public schools, colleges and universities,
<br /> institutions for mentally and physically challenged, in street festivals, concerts, and on TV.
<br /> Taught master classes and conducted residencies in mime, collaborative creative process, and
<br /> movement for professionals, amateurs,teachers, and students. Served as guest lecturer on non-
<br /> verbal communication and body language for university communication courses. Coached
<br /> movement for actors from Teatro Ambiente in Crema, Italy,to the Actors Co-Op of Carrboro,
<br /> NC.
<br /> Sheila Kerrigan, kerrigan(,mindspring.com Orange County Arts Commission Application 2016 7
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