Matthew Scott

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• Participated in artistic conversations and assisted in curating seasons that actively reflected the diverse local community. • Facilitated new play development workshops within the community as well as pre and post show talkbacks. • Facilitated and developed curriculum for our school year mentorship program, in school workshops, and the 8 weeks summer camp. • Devised, directed, and produced 3 full length shows and 3 site specific performances in collaboration with 32 young people and 15 professional teaching artists. • Managed registration and administration for Trailblazers summer camp. • Compiled qualitative and quantitative assessments for grant reporting. • Coordinated weekly meetings, rehearsal schedules, booked rehearsal space, and managed expectations with parents, teaching artists, and the young people of the program.

• Facilitated four 12 week residencies in Chicago Public Schools using curriculum inspired by Neighborhood Bridges with Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis. • Curriculum included creative writing, storytelling, theatre games and student created scenes, and group discussions that inspired critical thinking. Program culminated in a student created performance shared with the school community. •Assisted with teacher training and program development.

•Collaborated with students and a playwright twice a week after school, for the entire school year, to create an original play that explored the question "What does it mean to be an American?" •Directed the final play in a an interscholastic theater festival at American Theater Company.

American Mosaic is American Theater Company's flagship education program. Ninth graders from Chicago Public Schools study an American play in ATC's MainStage season that explores identity, culture, historical events, or social issues. Teaching artists partner with classroom teachers to analyze and explore the play by designing and performing scenes from the play, rehearsed in their classrooms. After six weeks, students travel to ATC and perform their scenes on the actual set of the ATC production. Mosaic concludes with a professional performance and a talk back with the actors.

•Students study and bring classic stories and poems to life through improv, movement, and voice work; culminating in a final performance for invited guests.

•Responsible for inbound sales of diagnostic tests, patient registration, appointment scheduling, and ongoing customer support. •Provided bi-monthly QA call coaching to Care Advisors on strategies to improve customer relations resulting in more sales. •Drove customer escalations to resolution by empathetically engaging directly with customers.

•Students utilize improv and storytelling exercises to create original short plays using their personal stories and newspaper articles as source material.