Arizona

Arizona Women’s Theatre , Scottsdale, Arizona—

• Staged reading of Circles, May 18, 2008
• Staged readings of Amici and The Marsh, May, 2007

The Mad Linguist, Prescott, Arizona —

• Staged readings of Amici, Circles, Cheap Food and Sex, The Source, Lunch at McDonald’s, Elkhorn Slough/The Marsh, Toon in for a Date, and Medea’s Ghost, January, 2002–September, 2005

Arizona Classical Theatre, Prescott, Arizona —

• Full Production of Amici, May-June, 2003

Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona —

• The 24-Hour Plays Production of The Hike, April 26, 2008

San Francisco
Bay Area

City Lights Theater Company, San Jose, California —

• Script-in-Hand Production of Circles, directed by Cody Fitch, May28—June 6, 1998.
• Full production of God’s Tears, Directed by Kani Seifert, August 5-21, 1999, as a part of City Lights Unplugged: New Playwrights Showcase.
• Staged readings of, Elkhorn Slough and The Face in the Mirror, June 2002, as a part of Over the Edge, New Short Plays by Women

• Staged reading of Medea’s Ghost, directed by Susannah Martin, April 18, 1997.

The Marsh, San Francisco, California—

• Staged reading of The Source, directed by Ben Yolum, Winter, 2000.

First United Methodist Church of Los Gates, Los Gatos, California —

• Liturgical productions of All the Glory (December 31, 1995) and God’s Tears (Good Friday, 1996).

Southern
California

South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California —

• Member of South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory, 1992-1994, studied playwriting under John Glore, Literary Manager.
• Four ten-minute plays produced as a part of SCR’s summer series: Performance of New Works, 1992 and 1994—Style, Front Man, God’s Tears, and The Face in the Mirror.

El Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, California —

• Staged reading of Circles, July 18, 1993.
• First place winner in 10-Minute Playwriting Contest: Lunch at McDonald’s. Full production, three-week run in June, 1994.

Alternative Repertory Theater, Santa Ana, California —

• Staged reading of Circles as part of ART’s New Plays Festival ’94, August 19, 1994.

First Christian Church of Orange, Orange, California —

• Liturgical productions of All the Glory and God’s Tears (Winter and Spring, 1994)

Chapman University, Orange, California —

• Staged reading of Medea’s Ghost, produced by Changing Masks Theatre Company, June 14, 1996.

Other

Ashland New Plays Festival, Ashland, Oregon —

• One of six new plays chosen for staged reading: Circles, directed by Marianne Wunch, April 13, 1994

Carmel Performing Arts Festival, Carmel, California —

• Brunch staged readings of The Source and Lunch at McDonald’s (October 19, 1997) The Face in the Mirror and All the Glory (January 25 1999).

Millikin University , Illinois —

• Student productions of The Source and Lunch at McDonald’s (Winter, 1994).

Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California —

• Staged readings of Lunch at McDonald’s and The Face in the Mirror, December 8, 1996.

Professional Experience

1986—Present

Senior Textbook Writer/Editor — 4-12 educational materials for outside development houses on projects for major educational publishers—including McDougal Littell, Harcourt, Ginn and Co., Scholastic, Scott Foresman, Houghton Mifflin, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Computer Curriculum Corporation, D.C. Heath, Goodyear Books, and Weekly Reader. Work includes writing supplementary readers, pupil pages, and teacher-support materials in reading, language arts, social studies and science—including ESL, literature, spelling, vocabulary, writing, grammar, library and study skills, testing, multiple intelligences, and environmental awareness. Many projects include creating cross-curricular and multicultural activities, extension activities for multiple developmental levels, activities for family involvement, and character development. Recent Projects— Writing/Editing: mcDougal Littell ELD60, Harcourt Intensive Intervention Comprehension and Vocabulary pages, Harcourt Library Guides Grades 4–6, ESL Program Lit Search Grades 6–12, and ELL Readers for Scott Foresman Reading 2007.

Co-Editor/Staff Writer—Art-rag, a bi-monthly Prescott-based arts and
comments publication covering the visual, spoken word, and dramatic arts of Northern Arizona.

October, 1999—July, 2003

Senior Editor —Hampton-Brown Company, Carmel, California. Part of a team who developed two new ESL Language Arts programs: High Point for middle schools, and Avenues for K-5. Responsibilities included overall program design; writing specs for activities in student edition, teachers’ edition, and ancillary materials; guiding writers as they developed activities; rewriting, editing, and proofreading final manuscripts and pages; consultant on educational theory, literature, and grammar.

1985—1986

Documentation Coordinator —Pro-Peace, Los Angeles, CA. Wrote and produced Pro-Peace Profile, principal fundraising tool for the L.A.-based non-profit group. Edited and coordinated production of all print materials. Press contact.

1974—1981

Senior Editor —Career Publishing, Inc., Orange, CA Designed and wrote course materials including the 450-page text: Trucking: A Truck Driver's Training Handbook. Responsible for taking manuscripts through all stages of production: acquisition, development and book design, direction of authors and assistant editors, production coordination and product support.

1968—1972

English Teacher — Rotheram High School, County Borough of Luton, Bedfordshire, England; Portola Middle School, Orange, California. Drama Club Advisor— Portola Middle School, Orange, California, directed student-written play, Bits and Pieces, and the play-within-the-play from Midsummer Night’s Dream.

ADDITIONAL WRITING AND EDITING EXPERIENCE

Editing/Writing —Writing: Original stories and poetry for Houghton Mifflin, Scott Foresman, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, McCormick-Mathers, and Educational Insights. A bimonthly newspaper column for children on conflict resolution, peacemaking, and the environment (1984-1996). Adult vocational training materials, organizational newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles. Editing: Joel’s Leap (a novel) and Pothole (a novel) by Richard Hamel, 420 (an independent film) directed by John Lyons. Michele is a member of the NORthern AriZona Poetry Community (http://norazpoets.org)

EDUCATION

• M.A., Education. Chapman University, Orange, CA. B.A., English. Minor: Speech and Drama. Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA Performed roles in Waiting for Godot and An American Dame.
• Additional class work at Arizona State University and University of California, Irvine.