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JESSICA DEAN TURNER [email protected] 773.663.5695 EDUCATION New York University, MA in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities, expected graduation May 2017 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, BFA in Theatre, Acting Concentration class of 2012 HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS NYU Steinhardt Centennial Scholar University of Illinois Presidential Merit Scholar, Lydia E. Parker Bates Scholar, Graduated with Departmental Distinction OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE YWCA NYC Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, Critical Literacy and Youth Development Specialist, August 2015- June 2016, Brooklyn, NY Developed coursework for 6 th -8 th graders under the programs anti-sexism/anti-racism pedagogy, created a survey of theatre coursework starting from the ancient Greeks to present day theatre makers Definition Theatre Company, Ensemble Member, May 2012-August 2015, Chicago, IL Developed promotional educational material on the shows produced by the company to be distributed to youth organizations in the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign area, created mentorship and workshop opportunities Holy Family School, After School Teaching Artist, September 2012-June 2013, Chicago, IL Co-directed/produced two student performances at the end of the fall and spring semesters with 3 rd -8 th grade students on the topics of bullying, behavior, and violence prevention UIUC’s The Lost Toys, Ensemble Member, Outreach Coordinator, September 2009-May 2011, Urbana, IL Coordinated, developed, and facilitated collaborative storytelling and contemporary social issues workshops for middle and high school students in the Urbana-Champaign area, guests of the university from Chicago’s BUILD organization and Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit The Miracle Center, Youth Director, June-August 2008, Chicago, IL Participated in creating an original multimedia script on urban gun violence and developing it for performance with a group of 6 th -10 th graders MASTER CLASSES AND GUEST FACILITATION University of Chicago Lab School, Guest Artist, July 2014, June 2015, June 2016, Chicago, IL Workshop utilizing viewpoints work, LaBan movement analysis, and a series of vocal and physical exercises to implement in their character work in their upcoming production of Peter Pan.
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JESSICA DEAN TURNER
[email protected] 773.663.5695 EDUCATION New York University, MA in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities, expected graduation May
2017
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, BFA in Theatre, Acting Concentration class of 2012
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
NYU Steinhardt Centennial Scholar
University of Illinois Presidential Merit Scholar, Lydia E. Parker Bates Scholar, Graduated with
Departmental Distinction
OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
YWCA NYC Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, Critical Literacy and Youth Development Specialist,
August 2015- June 2016, Brooklyn, NY
Developed coursework for 6th-8th graders under the programs anti-sexism/anti-racism pedagogy,
created a survey of theatre coursework starting from the ancient Greeks to present day theatre
makers
Definition Theatre Company, Ensemble Member, May 2012-August 2015, Chicago, IL
Developed promotional educational material on the shows produced by the company to be
distributed to youth organizations in the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign area, created
mentorship and workshop opportunities
Holy Family School, After School Teaching Artist, September 2012-June 2013, Chicago, IL
Co-directed/produced two student performances at the end of the fall and spring semesters
with 3rd-8th grade students on the topics of bullying, behavior, and violence prevention
UIUC’s The Lost Toys, Ensemble Member, Outreach Coordinator, September 2009-May 2011, Urbana, IL
Coordinated, developed, and facilitated collaborative storytelling and contemporary social
issues workshops for middle and high school students in the Urbana-Champaign area, guests of
the university from Chicago’s BUILD organization and Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
The Miracle Center, Youth Director, June-August 2008, Chicago, IL
Participated in creating an original multimedia script on urban gun violence and developing it for
performance with a group of 6th-10th graders
MASTER CLASSES AND GUEST FACILITATION
University of Chicago Lab School, Guest Artist, July 2014, June 2015, June 2016, Chicago, IL
Workshop utilizing viewpoints work, LaBan movement analysis, and a series of vocal and
physical exercises to implement in their character work in their upcoming production of Peter
Pan.
JESSICA DEAN TURNER
Conducted a fundamentals of theatre workshop incorporating movement and vocal techniques
culminating in a mock audition clinic for 6th-9th grade students
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s Groundlings, Guest Artist, June 2014, Conway, AR
Conducted a LaBan movement workshop to create characters with distinguishing shapes and
voices for 7th-10th graders within a summer Shakespeare camp.
Urbana Middle School, Guest Speaker, April 2012, Urbana, IL
Career day speaker on how the professional practices of acting
Broader Urban Individualized Leadership Development Chicago, Counselor, Teaching Artist, June 2008,
February 2009, April 2009, Chicago, IL
Creative writing and performance poetry workshop leader on the topics of violence prevention,
entitled “Explosive Pens”
Creative writing and performance poetry work shop on self-esteem, body-positivity, and media
workshop representation for high school aged women entitled “Ladylike”
Gang prevention and intervention storytelling workshop as part of BUILD’s “Black and Brown
Experience
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
APPRENTICE/INTERN EXPERIENCE
Riverside Shakespeare Theatre, Acting Intern, May-August 2012, Iowa City, IA
o Understudy, costume assistant, and set building crew
Great River Shakespeare Festival, Acting Apprentice, May-August 2011 Winona, MN
o Understudy, costume and properties shop assistant
FILM EXPERIENCE
Member SAG-AFTRA
NBC Universal/Twentieth Century Fox, Crisis, 2013-2014
THEATRE EXPERIENCE
Oracle Theatre, The America Play, June-August 2015
Goodman Theatre August Wilson Festival, Seven Guitars, March 2015
International Jewish Playwright Festival, Continuum Theatre, To Kill A King, March 2015
About Face Theatre, A Kid Like Jake, January-March 2015
The House Theatre of Chicago, Season on the Line, August-October 2014
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre The Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, May-July 2014
Congo Square Theatre, The Fall of Heaven, February-April 2013
Oracle Theatre, Pink Milk, June- August 2013
Riverside Shakespeare Theatre, Merchant of Venice, As You Like It May-August 2012
Definition Theatre Company, Fabulation, December 2012
Griffin Theatre Company, Letters Home, September-November 2012, September 2013
Great River Shakespeare Festival, Henry IV Pt. 1, King Lear, May-August 2011
JESSICA DEAN TURNER
EXTRACURRICULAR AND VOLUNTEER
UIUC Theatre Alumni Network 2012-Present
Victory Gardens New Play Development, Ariel Zetina’s British Honduras Fantasy, 2015
The House Theatre New Play Development, Jenni Lamb’s Candy Store, 2015
American Theatre Company workshop of PJ Paparelli’s The Project(s), 2014
Shakespearean Folio training at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 2013, 2015
Childcare and storyteller to pre-K learners, 2014-Present
Chicago Dramatist Playwriting Course, 2013
Armory Free Theatre Costume Designer, Songs For A New World and The Brothers Size, 2012
Black Student Union UIUC “100 Strong” 2008-2012
CORE Mentoring group UIUC 2008-2012
