Amy W.

Grubbs
phone: 303.919.7971

e-mail: [email protected]

website: http://amywgrubbs.weebly.com

EDUCATION:
Mary Baldwin College (MBC), Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Performance, 2015
Masters Thesis: Transforming Strangers: How Turning Glass Shakespeare Cultivated Community
with our Audiences
Mary Baldwin College, Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance, 2014
Masters Thesis: Rogues, Vagabonds, and Common Players: Late Elizabethan Playing Companies as
a Stabilizing Force in Suburban London.
Award: Ariel Award, which recognizes outstanding program service and leadership.
Abilene Christian University (ACU), BFA in Theatre, Summa Cum Laude, 2008
Honors Thesis: Struck to the Soul: Examining the Development of a Shakespeare Scene Festival
Performed Entirely by Elementary School Students.
Study Abroad in Oxford England, Spring 2005
Denver School of the Arts, High School Diploma, Drama Major, 6th--12th grade, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teacher, British Literature, English Department, Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN. Aug. 15--Present
As the sole instructor for four separate British Literature courses, I guide advanced 11th grade
students through a critical study of British Literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the modern day. We
explore the evolution of the English language and identity through the study of theme, diction, style,
genre, and historical context. Used Blackbaud System to communicate, share documents, and post
grades.
Teacher, English One, English Department, Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN. Aug. 15-Present
In this 9th grade level course, which emphasizes literature and composition, I used works of
literature from outside the United States including poetry, memoir, short story, myth, and
Shakespeare to enhance students critical thinking and communication skills. I guided students
through the writing of a thesis-based research paper, taught the fundamentals of grammar, and
evaluated both their creative and analytical writing. I taught taught vocabulary from our texts and a
resource book and assigned memorized and note-based public speaking assignments. In addition, I
prepared students to take standardized tests, such as the PSAT. Used Blackbaud System to
communicate, share documents, and post grades.
Director of The Shakespeare Celebration, Alliance for Women and Children, Abilene, TX. Nov. 07 May 08
and Staunton, VA Parks and Recreation After School H.E.A.R.T Program, Spring 2013
As the creator and director of this after school program for elementary school students, I
introduced students to the life, times, and works of William Shakespeare and directed them in a
festival of scenes from Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, THEA 115: Script Analysis Course, Theatre Department, MBC, Fall 2014
As the sole instructor for this writing--heavy course, I taught students both a system of play script
analysis and how to apply that analysis, for production, to significant plays of the modern and
postmodern periods. Used Blackboard System to communicate, share documents, and post grades.
Teaching Assistant, THEA 114: Intro to Drama; Greeks to the Renaissance, Theatre Dept, MBC, Fall 13
Students are introduced to Western theatre history and drama from the ancient Greeks to the
Renaissance. As the TA, I taught lessons on Shakespeares Hamlet, and Scalas The Lady Who Was
Believed Dead. I also responded to assigned essays and graded in--class quizzes.
Graduate Teaching Fellow, COMMS 100: Public Speaking Lab, Communications Dept, MBC, May 2015
As the sole instructor for this lab, I taught students to implement the public speaking skills they
learned in the class into four of their own speeches. I then graded their outlines and speeches.
Teaching Assistant, COMMS 280: Intercultural Communications, Communications Dept. MBC, Fall 2015
Course serves as an introduction to the field of intercultural communication by looking at the
practical application of theory and research. It covers several general topics including: identity,
perception, communication skills, culture, linguistic differences, stereotyping, and intercultural
communication in education, medicine and business. I graded exams and essays for this course.
Supervisor, THEA 137: Dramaturgy Practicum, Theatre Department, ACU, Spring 2010- 2012
I introduced undergraduate students to basic concepts of performance dramaturgy and guided
them as they performed the role of production dramaturg for a mainstage show.
Guest Teacher for four Undergraduate Theatre Courses, Abilene Christian University, Spring 2016
Presented feedback on Shakespearean monologues; Worked with Voice and Diction students on
finding and highlighting parenthesis in both classical and modern monologues; Lead a discussion in
an Educational Theatre course on building empathy in the classroom; Lectured on the importance
of specificity in on-stage movement.
Undergraduate Masters Classes on Shakespearean Performance, ACU, Spring 2012
Lead 16 Advanced Acting students through the initial reading, comprehension, character
exploration, and performance stages of 8 Shakespearean scenes.
Guest Lecturer for Undergraduate English and History Courses, ACU, 2010 2012
Presented lessons on A Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Melodrama, and the Early Modern
Theatre Business.
Production Manager/TA, Undergraduate Directing 2 Course, Theatre Department, ACU, Spring 2009
As the assistant to the course, I helped coordinate and guide 47 undergraduate students (10
directors 28 actors and 9 designers) through casting, rehearsing, and performing a ten--minute-play festival.
Workshop Leader and Education Dept. Co-Coordinator, Turning Glass Shakespeare, MBC, 2014 - -2015
As Education Department Co--coordinator, I helped secure performance and workshop tours to
local schools, lead a Shakespeare Fair at our building (with Shakespeare--inspired crafts and
activities), and crafted workshops on music, dance, history, and Shakespeares language.
Workshop Leader, The American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA. 2015
Lead an early modern dance workshop for children & adults Shakespeares Birthday Celebration.

Theatre Course Leader, Summer Camp, Alliance for Women and Children, Abilene, TX. 2008, 2009
I taught 40 middle-school-aged girls the history, text, and acting styles of early modern English
Theatre.
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Editor and Contributor: Turning Glass Shakespeare: One Company's Interdisciplinary Approach to the Production of
Early Modern Drama, Mary Baldwin College, 2015.
Either For Life or Death: The Importance of Spatial and Temporal Location in Turning Glass Shakespeares
The Winters Tale, Playhouse Insider, American Shakespeare Center, Aug. 2015.
Theatre Review: King Lear by The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Reviewing Shakespeare, The Birthplace Trust
and The University of Warwick, Jan. 2016
Rogues, Vagabonds, and Common Players: Late Elizabethan Playing Companies as a Stabilizing Force in Suburban
London, American Shakespeare Centers Blackfriars Conference, Oct. 2015
I am Transformed: The Transgressive Role of The Comedy of Errors Servants, American Society for Theatre
Research Conference, Nov. 2016
Keeping Shakespeare Real by Using iPhones: or, Original Practices Shakespeare (There's an app for that), with
Joseph F. Stephenson and Adam Hester, American Shakespeare Centers Blackfriars Conference, Oct. 2011
I Am Transformed: The Foolish and Holy Ass in Shakespeares The Comedy of Errors, Aquinas Colleges
Shakespeare Celebration, April 2016
DRAMATURGICAL EXPERIENCE:
Lipscomb University for the Christian Scholars Conference, Nashville, TN. Summer 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird
Penfold Theatre, Austin, TX. Summer 2014
Romeo and Juliet
American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp, Staunton, VA., July 2013
Richard II
The Taming of the Shrew
Volpone
Abilene Shakespeare Festival, Abilene TX. June 2005 - July 2011
Othello
1 Henry IV
Comedy of Errors
Julius Caesar
Turning Glass Shakespeare, Staunton, VA. Aug. 2014 -- Apr. 2015
Little Life, a devised show
Twelfth Night
The Winters Tale, Director Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Womens Shakespeare Company

Abilene Christian University Theatre, Aug. 2006 -- May 2007

Singin' in the Rain
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Little Shop of Horrors
Miracle Worker
Independent Reading and Analysis:
Lipscomb University, January 2016
Kitchen Dog Theatre, January 2016
Crystal Rae Productions, Fall 2015
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE:
Abilene Christian University, Nov. 2008 - Feb. 2012
Directed 6-12 university students in 4 Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre productions
Lab Work, Mary Baldwin College, Sept. 2013 - Jan. 2014
Directed one scene each from Shakespeares The Winters Tale, The Comedy of Errors, and Hamlet
Lab Work, Abilene Christian University, Aug 2005 - May 2007,
Directed and designed set with UIL One--Act set pieces and lights with ETC lighting board for
cutting of Hello Out There, Valley Song, A Light in the Piazza, Blood Brothers, 1776, Uncle Vanya, End
Game and Much Ado About Nothing
ACTING EXPERIENCE:
See Theatrical Resume.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:
Wardrobe Assistant, NY Harlem Productions Porgy and Bess, Germany and Switzerland, Aug-Sept. 08
BOX OFFICE EXPERIENCE:
Box Office and House Assistant, American Shakespeare Centers Blackfriars Theatre, July 2015
Seasonal Box Office Worker, Abilene Christian University, Oct. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Administrative Coordinator, Abilene Christian University Department of Theatre, Jan. 2009 - - July 2012