Educator

Kennedy Center:

Directing Intensive

Co-Lead Director Nicole A. Watson
Co-Lead Director Raymond O. Caldwell
Resident Director Kelsey Mesa

The Kennedy Center Directing Intensive brings together a cohort of like-minded early-career directors to create a supportive community and shared learning experience. The Intensive will engage participants in rigorous conversations, practical activities, and master classes.

Washington National Opera: Opera Institute

Artistic Co-Lead Carl DuPont
Artistic Co-Lead Raymond O. Caldwell

The WNO Opera Institute is a summer training program for high school singers interested in Citizen Artistry and exploring all that opera and vocal performance have to offer in college and as a career. Students will develop their skills as performers while exploring how to use their full array of talents to build a life for themselves, a better field, and a better world.

Curriculum Design

Broad Futures’ innovative curriculum focuses on professionalism, communication, and stress tolerance, while incorporating the arts, yoga, and mindfulness. Interns learn in a risk-free environment, where they can make mistakes, practice work situations, receive feedback, and enter the workplace more successfully and confidently.

 

Public Speaking Training

  • Introduce vocal techniques connected to verbal & non-verbal communication

  • Build awareness of habitual physical and vocal tendencies 

  • Familiarize participants with relaxation techniques

  • Broaden participant’s ability to communicate text effectively in both large and small settings

 

Full-Time Lecturer &

Resident Director         

Courses (2013 - 2019): Acting-Styles, Advanced Acting Scene Study, Fundraising for the Arts, Advanced Character Scene Study, Play Reading/Analysis, Musical Theatre Technique, Rehearsal & Performance (Developing New Work), Introduction to Theater, Introduction to Acting (Non-Majors)

 
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Guest Lecturer

           

Course (Fall 2019): Craft of Acting 1

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