resume

Welcome to Laura E. Jordan's Electronic Resume! This is basically a scrapbook-type thing for me, so don't expect to be too impressed. Feel free to scout around wherever, though. I've conveniently "forgotten" to include any of the productions done at my high school -- they're all just too embarassing.

Laura E. Jordan

Performance Experience

     "The Hobbit"
          February\March 1999
          The Elven Queen

     Teen Theatre Troupe:
          "To Whom it May Concern"
          May - June 1999
          Various characters

     "Ghosts of the Bijou"
          October 2000
          Frances Hodgson Burnett

    "Camelot"
          March 2002
          Lady of Camelot\chorus

    "R.U.R."
          April 2002
          Robot Syris

     Mountain Spirit Puppet Troupe
          Summer 2002

     "Trapped", by Trish Harrel-Ayers
          August 2002

     "She Stoops to Conquer"
          October-November 2002
          Pimple the Maid

     "The Diary of Anne Frank"
          May 2003
          Miep Gies

     "Richard III"
          February-March 2004
          Queen Elizabeth

Tech Experience

     Employee, Berea College Theatre
          Laboratory Costume Shop
          Fall 2001-Spring 2004

     Scenic Construction Workshop
          Clarence Brown Theatre
          Knoxville, TN

     Young Writer�s Institute
          University of Tennessee
          Knoxville, TN

     "R.U.R."
          April 2002
          Makeup Assistant

     Mountain Spirit Puppet Troupe
          Native American puppet design and
          construction

Training

     Central High School Drama Dept.
          4 years

     Bijou Theatre Laboratory Improvisation
          workshops
          June 1999

     Tennessee Stage Company's "Camp
          Shakespeare"
          Summer 2000

     Sanford Meisner Workshop with Dr. Louise
          Steinspring
          Guest Artist, Berea College
          Spring 2002

     Class in rapier-dagger swordfighting with
          Robert Ek
          Guest Artist, Berea College
          January 2004

     Pursuing a B.A. degree in Theatre for
          Performance; Berea College, Berea, KY
          Expected graduation May 2005

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Dramaturgy

     "The Diary of Anne Frank"
          Research on World War II, Germany,
          early 1940's, the Secret Annex, etc.

     "Richard III"
          Research of music and traditional dance
          of Regency Era England, life and times
          of Richard III, Shakespearean drama,
          history vs. myth of Richard III

Accolades

     Member, United States Institute of Technical
          Theatre

     Member, Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor
          Society

     Recipient of the 2003 Thornton Wilder
          Award for Dramatic Writing

Special Skills

     Dialects (southern United states, standard British,
          Cockney, Irish)
     Training in modern, ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance
     Basic knowledge of stage combat
     Basic knowledge of rapier-dagger swordplay
     Conversate level French language
     Singing (2nd alto to 1st soprano)
     Knowledge of Japanese traditional Bunraku puppetry
     Bike riding
     Swimming
     Canoeing
     One-handed egg cracking
     Good with kids and animals
     Valid passport

Technical Skills:
     Sewing (hand, machine, sergers)
     Embroidery
     Basic knitting
     Crocheting
     Pencil drawing
     Native American seed beading
     Some leatherwork
     Ability to construct chain mail from soda pop tabs
     PC computer literate
     Typing (up to 80 wpm)
     Some web design\HTML