2.05 A Conversation with Mel Edwards

09/25/19 • 61 min

This week Jimmy talks to Texas technical theatre teacher Mel Edwards! She discusses her journey to teaching theatre, engaging lessons, and her experiences being a woman in a male dominated field. He also catches up with his student teacher Emma and how things are going in her placement!

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2.04 A Conversation with Kevin Holly

This week Jimmy continues the technical theatre unit as he speaks to technical theatre teacher Kevin Holly from Libertyville, Illinois! He speaks about some of his experiences from his career, a high school production of Starlight Express, and he offers technical theatre tips and tricks we can all use in our classroom. He also checks in with his student teacher, Kelli!

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2.06 A Conversation with Dana Taylor

This week Jimmy talks to theatre educator Dana Taylor. Dana brings 30 years of experience teaching high school technical theatre to our conversation. He is currently a theatre education professor at The University of Evansville in Indiana, He shares words of wisdom and lots of great technical theatre resources from his long and wonderful career as a theatre educator. Jimmy also checks in with Kelli, his student teacher, to see how things are going for her in her placement!