Angela Dohrmann - Teaching Artist
• Rocket Improv, Maplewood, NJ - 2018 - present - Instructor/Coach - Teenage FBI - by invitation, teenage improv troupe
• The Actors Camp, Mountainside, NJ - 2018 - present - Instructor/Director - Improv to Sketch for teen writers & performers
• ComedySportz, NYC, NY - 2014 - present - Instructor/Director - Short Form Improv 101, 201 & 301 for adults
• Artistic New Directions Theater, NYC, NY - 2013 - present - Course Creator/Instructor - Acting workshops for adults & teens
• Fairleigh-Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ - 2015-2017 - Adjunct Professor - Acting Theory for undergraduates
• Camp Koala - 2008-2011 - Course Creator/Instructor - Therapeutic Drama for bereaved children & teens,
as well a one-on-one mentoring, at this bereavement camp for kids and young adults
• Teaching Artist Partnership (TAP) Grant Recipient, PA Council on the Arts, Newport High School, Newport, PA - 2011-2012
Recipient of this prestigious grant which provided public speaking & performance training to underserved high school seniors in collaboration with their HS English instructor
• Johns Hopkins Center, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA - 2003-2008
Course creator & Instructor - Comedy Studies: history of comedy, comedy writing (sketch, stand-up & storytelling), and comedic performance training
• Migrant Education, Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12, Harrisburg, PA - 2002-2006
Course creator & Instructor - Improv & Clown - immigrant students learning the art of physical comedy in this highly popular, state funded arts course
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• AVIVA, Female Residential Treatment Ctr, Los Angeles, CA - 1993-96
On Camera Storytelling - originator of this popular course for the residents, all adjudicated teenage girls, whereby they wrote & shared their own stories for the camera
• York University, Toronto, ON, Canada - 1988-1989
Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Acting; Public Speaking; Research Assist. - Shakespeare’s First Folio
Relevant Professional Experience
Owner/Operator - Two Acting Studios
Improv(e) Studio, Carlisle, PA - Improv for adults & teens - 2010-2013
The Studio at OSU, Columbus, OH - Public Speaking, Camera Acting,
Marketing for the Actor - 1999-2001
Improv Troupe Coaching- College & Professional
Rufus Khan - short-form improv troupe, The Player’s Theater, NYC - 2016-present
Run With It! - long-form improv troupe, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA - 2007-2010
Townies - long & short-form troupe - John Hopkins Center - Founder - 2003-2007
Poetry Out Loud, NEA & PA Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA - 2008-2012
Chief District Administrator - Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation
Education
• Tulane University, New Orleans– B.A.
• York University, Toronto- One year of 2 yr MFA
• University of London, UK –Honors program
• The Second City Conservatory Grad, Toronto
• Children’s Theater Co, Conservatory, Mnpls, MN
References
Scotty Watson, Head of NYC Faculty, AND Theater Company, NYC, NY: scottywatsoncomedian@gmail.com, 917-841-6646
Paul O’Connor, Artistic Director, The Actors Camp, Mountainside, NJ: pauloconnor.vo@gmail.com, 908-419-3172
Elizabeth Dubin, Professor, Messiah College, : pauloconnor.vo@gmail.com, 908-419-3172