Teaching Resume
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HEATHER R. BASARAB
HEATHER R. BASARAB
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Student Teacher, Fine Arts Department
Teach courses in Drawing/
Painting and Sculpture at
q Tamalpais High School 2006-present
Guest Artist, Conservatory Theater Ensemble
Teach courses in Stagecraft,
Mask Work, Technical Theater and Design; provide ongoing instruction in Stage
Management and four Design disciplines; mentor all student designers, managers
and technical staff; oversee students in scenic construction, costume realization,
electrics, and technical production; production manage an eight-show season.
q Tamalpais High Global Studies Program 2006-present
Chaperone
Annually accompany 32
students on a 16-day trip to
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Adjunct Lecturer
Designed, wrote and taught
15-week courses in Stagecraft, Scenic Design, Lighting Design and Stage
Management to 12-24 students enrolled in the technical theater track.
q UC Berkeley Dept. of Performance Studies 2001-2006
Guest Artist
Mentor two UC Berkeley
students in technical theater and stage management during an internship program
with the Joe Goode Performance Group for 2 months each year. Coordinate instruction and collaboration with
the JGPG design team, as well as providing instruction in prop and scenic
construction, stage management and preparing a show for touring.
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Guest Artist
Guest designer in the
theater program, working with students interested in theatrical design; oversee
student hang and focus crews, mentor individual students in stage management
and lighting design.
q Make*A*Circus 1996-1998
Production Manager
Taught at-risk teen
apprentices courses in technical theater, house management, and
acrobatics. Curriculum included knots,
basic rigging, circus safety, scenic painting, prop construction and touring
skills. After a year-long bi-weekly
after-school program, I coached participants in interview skills, then ran
interviews for positions with the professional summer touring production. Oversaw summer participants in set-up, strike
and running of a full-scale one-ring circus with a touring schedule of thirty
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Production Manager
Worked with a group of
twelve students, ages six to eighteen, in realization of a full-scale circus
production. Oversaw and collaborated
with the students on prop construction, development of a groundplan, lighting
for their acts, and run crew duties.