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Director of Theatre School and Educational Outreach

 

BIOGRAPHY

An actor, director, and professional educator, Jeannine is thrilled to return to North Coast Repertory Theatre in this new educator role. Active in the San Diego theatre scene, Jeannine has performed with Diversionary Theatre, Starlight Music Theatre, The San Diego Repertory Theatre, The La Jolla Playhouse, Cygnet Theatre, the former 6th at Penn and Sledgehammer Theatres, as well as the North Coast Repertory Theatre.

Jeannine brings fifteen years of experience in public and private schools teaching theater to students in Southern California from Kindergarten through Twelfth grade. In addition, as a teaching artist, Jeannine has taught with Playwright's Project, Young Audiences of San Diego, and La Jolla Playhouses YPW. She integrates California State Educational standards into innovative theatre experiences and identifies best practices for engaging youth and enriching their educational experiences. Jeannine has trained in International Baccalaureate Theatre Arts and has been involved in writing curriculum for Acting I, II and Advanced Acting, International Baccalaureate Theatre Arts, Technical Theatre, Musical Theatre, Speech and Debate.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting Program from Ithaca College and a minor in Acting from Loyola Marymount University, and has a teaching credential. Recently, Jeannine completed a Masters Degree in Education with an emphasis on integrating the Arts into education from Lesley University. She is excited to bring THEATRE SCHOOL students to new heights of excellence as they learn the Art of Theatre.

 

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PHILOSOPHY
“Acting from the heart is the most sincere form of performance.”

BIOGRAPHY
An actor, director, playwright and teacher, Matt is very happy to call North Coast Repertory Theatre home. As a playwrite several of his shows have premiered here on the North Coast Rep stage including Who’s on Alpha?, My Big Fat Greek Divorce, Who’s Afraid of Me, Myself, and Edward Albee, and David and Goliath. Matt is also an actor as you may have seen him here on stage in many shows including Over the Tavern, Leading Ladies, Dracula, Don’t Dress for Dinner and A Thousand Clowns. He has also acted with Lamb’s Players, The Theatre in Old Town, The Falcon Theatre, The Road Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre and The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Since coming on board as Education Director at North Coast Rep, Matt has directed such shows as Hansel and Gretel, The Hobbit, The Jungle Book, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and others.

TRAINING
Matt received his M.A. in Theatre Education and his B.A. in Theatre Performance from San Diego State University. Matt was also trained at The Second City Improv troupe where he learned improvisation and the art of sketch comedy writing, and he is versed in stage combat and fencing through Sword Play Studios in Burbank. Matt worked for several seasons at the North County Shakespeare Festival working on Shakespeare’s language and dialects. He studied Shakespeare Intensives with Richard Easton at The Old Globe, right here in San Diego.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Matt is also on staff as adjunct faculty with Mira Costa College teaching a variety of Drama courses. For several years he taught in-school residencies and master classes through The La Jolla Playhouse education department. Subjects have including, Acting for Stage, Greek & Shakespeare Studies, Improvisation and Playwriting. Matt has also taught a multitude of theatrical subjects including Shakespeare Studies through The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, sketch comedy and improvisation through The Second City and the Comedy Store, and Creative Drama through Monart School for the Arts. He has also taught acting for TV and film through Mackerstar Entertainment, The San Diego Workshop Studios, and San Diego Acting Lab.

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