Teaching Artists
On Tour
Fall 2018
Our touring teaching artists have years of experience in education and childcare not only as artistic educators, but also as classroom teachers, camp counselors, nannies, and tutors. In addition to their experience in education, CCD teaching artists are Chicago-based actors, directors, stage combatants, playwrights, and other theatre professionals.
CCD is dedicated to assembling teams of teaching artists who are just as passionate about children and education as they are about the work they do onstage - artists who are not only able to provide your students and families with a nurturing and engaging educational environment,
but who teach by example so that your students can, in turn, learn to lead by example.
CCD is dedicated to assembling teams of teaching artists who are just as passionate about children and education as they are about the work they do onstage - artists who are not only able to provide your students and families with a nurturing and engaging educational environment,
but who teach by example so that your students can, in turn, learn to lead by example.
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Cassandra Quinn
Cassandra is a co-founder of Compass Creative Dramatics. Originally from Bedford, IN, she graduated from Huntington University with a BA in Theatre Performance and Sociology. Chicago credits include Space Wars: the Panto! at Piccolo Theatre, Devour with 20% Theatre and As You Like It with Spectralia Theatre. She has served as an actor, director, and educator for numerous educational theatres including Montana Shakespeare in the Schools, GreatWorks Touring Theatre Company, Imagination Theater, and CLIMB Theatre. Cassandra is currently serving as the Co-Chair of the Theatre for Young Audience Division of the Board of Directors for the Illinois Theatre Association and is a proud member of International Performing Arts for Youth. www.cassandraquinn.com |
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Cathlyn Melvin
Cathlyn is a co-founder of Compass Creative Dramatics, and has worked with children and young adults as a tutor, forensics coach, theatre director, and nanny, and as an ensemble member of GreatWorks Touring Theatre Company for children. She has had the opportunity to work with many wonderful theatres in Chicago and Milwaukee, including three awesome kids' shows with GreatWorks and the Jeff-Nominated productions Hickorydickory with Chicago Dramatists and The Count of Monte Cristo with Lifeline Theatre. www.cathlynmelvin.com |
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Scott Sawa
Scott has been active in the Chicago theater scene for ten years, working with Lifeline Theater, First Folio Theatre, and iO, among other companies Scott's training includes a BS in Acting from Illinois State as well as continued studies in the Meisner Method, On-Camera, and Improv. He also spent 3 years touring as Abraham Lincoln on a school tour with educational theatre company Historical Perspectives for Children. When pronounced correctly, Scott Sawa rhymes with "Hot Lava". |
In Chicago
Lead Theatre Educators
Summer Cultural Enrichment Program, Chicago Park District
Lincoln Park Cultural Center
Clarendon Park
Summer Cultural Enrichment Program, Chicago Park District
Lincoln Park Cultural Center
Clarendon Park
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Sydney Ray
Sydney is an Actor and Educator based in Chicago, IL. She is an Troupe Member and Teaching Artist with E.D.G.E. of Orion Theatre Company - assistant directing, teaching and choreographing for The Constellation Project (musical theatre productions and theatre classes for young people with Downs Syndrome) since 2012. With E.D.G.E. she has performed in various professional productions including 1776 (Charles Thomson), Into the Woods (The Baker's Wife), MacSith (Lady MonDuff), Steampunk Christmas Carol (The Ghost of Christmas Present) and Illyia (Meranda). She can be seen next on stage with E.D.G.E. this October in Spoon River Anthologies and with Music for Theatre Chicago as Kate in The Wild Party. She has also worked with 20% Theater Company of Chicago, The Unrehearsed Shakespeare Company of Chicago, Broken Nose Theater Company, and Compass Creative Dramatics. She loves making funny faces, being a Jedi, eating burritos, drinking coffee, and traveling. |
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