"lb allen Unfiltered"
My ultimate goal is to show up to the locales, events, experiences, people, challenges and joys of life without pretense.
The process of living is far more gratifying than any destination I have yet reached. The wonder generated by the things that have unexpectedly come into my life have far surpassed the dreams and goals from which I was diverted.
I am compelled by questions without simple answers. I have been blessed with a rich life in the arts. I seek to continue to grow, stretch, and shed old skins as often as possible.
A professional theatre artist for over forty years, I have worked as actor, director, teacher, playwright and now musical theatre composer. I served as Director of Theatre for the Buckley School, Conservatory Director for South Coast Repertory and Director of Education for the Sundance Institute theatre and film programs. As an actor I performed in regional and small professional theatres around the country including Northlight Theatre and the National Jewish Theatre of Chicago, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the Egyptian Theatre, Park City, Utah. I was a founding acting ensemble member of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
I hold a BA in music and theatre performance from Case Western Reserve University and an MFA in playwriting from the University of New Orleans.
Lisa Beth Allen
ABOUT
PRONOUNS
She/Her
MEMBERSHIP
Dramatist Guild of America
Actor's Equity Association
International Center for Women Playwrights
EDUCATION
University of New Orleans, MFA in Creative Writing
British American Drama Academy, Certificate in Acting
Case Western Reserve University, BA in Music and Theatre Performance
PUBLISHED CREATIVE NONFICTION
Fearless, Think magazine, Case Western Reserve University, essay
Seven Thousand Feet Above Broadway, The Dramatist magazine, Dramatist Guild of America, article
Theatre Through the Ages: A Concise Anthology of Drama, 2nd Edition. Excerpt from the play "Have a Heart," 2010, Kendall Hunt Publishing
The Focus on NAEP and NAEP Theatre: Framework, Field Test and Assessment, National Center for Educational Statistics,Volume 3, Number 3
The NAEP Arts Report Card: Eight-Grade Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1997, contributing author, Education Publishing, US Department of Education
OTHER EXPERIENCE
-Battle of the Teal, performing and visual arts adjudication panel, OH
-Solon Center for the Arts, play director, theatre teacher, Solon, OH
-Cisneros Arts Gallery, gallery manager, Taos, NM
-Act I Gallery, gallery associate, Taos, NM
-University of New Orleans, teaching assistant, playwrighting, distance MFA program
-Northwestern University Center for Talent Development, Master Teacher
Case Western Reserve Univeristy satelite program, dramatic literature, theatre history and creative writing
-South Coast Repertory, Conservatory Director, Orange County, CA
-Educational testing Services, NAEP Arts Assessment, Theatre Content Specialist, Princeton, NJ
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