Emily Seal

Associate Professor, Theatre and Speech

Resumé

Education

  • Minnesota State University, Mankato ‘11: Graduate Certificate in Communication Education

  • University of Southern Mississippi (2008–2009): Teacher Licensure and Endorsement

  • University of Southern Mississippi (2005–2008): Master of Fine Arts, Theatre Performance, Cumulative GPA 3.938

  • Union University, Jackson, Tennessee: Bachelor of Arts, Theatre and Speech major, Christian Ministries minor, Cumulative GPA 3.228

Employment

Academic

  • Asociate Professor, Speech & Theatre, Motlow State Community College (2011-Present)

  • Theatre and Speech Teacher, Grades 9-12, Hattiesburg High (2008-2011)

  • Graduate Student Instructor, University of Southern Mississippi (2006-2008)

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Southern Mississippi (2005-2007)

  • After School Program Instructor, Columbia Montessori (Spring 2005)

  • Hot Arts Teacher, Grades K-12, City of Jackson Tenn. Parks and Recreation (Summer 2002)

Professional

  • Director, Midsummer Musical Experience, Ages 9-14 (Summer 2010)

  • Actor and Stitcher, Southern Repertory Theatre (Summer 2006, 2007)

  • Workshop Presenter, Christian Performing Arts Festival, Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention (2007)

  • Actor and Stitcher, Tecumseh! The Ultimate Outdoor Drama (Summer 2004,2005)

  • Actor, Patchwork Playhouse (2005)

Volunteer

  • Sunday School Teacher, Young Adults, First Baptist Church Hattiesburg (2008-2011)

  • Writer, VBS Sketches for Workshop at First Baptist Church Hattiesburg (Summer 2009)

  • Stage Manager, High School Drama Fest, University of Southern Mississippi (2006, 2007)

  • Associate Children’s Minister, including worship skits, Northbrook Church (2002-2003)

  • Actor, Impact Improv Team, Christian Ministries at Union University (2001-2003)

Courses Taught

  • Children’s Theatre

  • Introduction to Acting for Majors

  • Introduction to Acting for Non-majors

  • Introduction to Theatre Design

  • Introduction to Speech

  • Script Analysis

  • Theatre Appreciation

  • Theatre Production

Memberships

  • Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Theatre Society

  • Mississippi Theatre Association (2008-2011)

  • Southern Theatre Conference (2001-2006)

Honors and Achievements

  • Assistant Coach to nationally recognized Forensics Team, Hattiesburg High (2008-2011)

  • Distinguished Play Award, High School Drama Fest, University of Southern Mississippi (2009)

  • Performer, New York City Showcase for Agents in Time Square, Stage Theatre (2008)

  • Playwright, produced in Alpha Psi Omega Play Short Play Festival: Lou Lou’s Lullaby (2008)

  • Commies, Union University: Best Actress (2003-2004), Drama Student of the Year (2004-2005)

  • Best Personality: High School Superlative (2000-2001)

Graduate Related Coursework

  • Acting Studio: Modern Scene Work I, II, III and IV

  • Shakespeare’s Minor Characters Who Speak in Prose

  • Period Styles Pedagogy

  • Acting Styles I and II–Aristophanes (Greek Mask), Shakespeare, Chekhov, Genet (Absurdism)

  • Graduate Seminar: Theatre History Pedagogy

  • Advanced Movement: S.A.F.D. Quarter Staff, Certified Basic Proficiency

  • Advanced Movement: Dueling Arts Int.–Broadsword and Unarmed, basic Theatrical Combatant

  • Advanced Movement: Expressive Actor

  • Dance: Modern and Ballet

  • Musical Theatre Performance

  • Advanced Voice: Lessac Kinesensic Training I and II

  • Graduate Voice: Suzuki Method of Actor Training

  • Graduate Dialects

  • Advanced Directing

  • Practicum: Costume Lab: I, II, III, IV, V and VI

Graduate Related Workshops

  • Acting for the Camera, Weekend Intensive with Nate Bynum

  • Blaine Quarnstrom Playwright Series, Weekend Intensive with Kia Corthron

  • Blaine Quarnstrom Playwright Series, Weekend Intensive with Gary Garrison

  • Shakespeare and Company, Week Long Linklater Intensive with Dave Demke and James Rice

Undergraduate Related Coursework

  • Christian Drama

  • Voice and Diction

  • Marketing for the Theatre Professional

  • Fundamentals of Directing

  • Improvisation

  • Acting theory and Techniques

  • Oral Interpretation of Literature

  • Theatre Production

  • Theatre History I and II

Experience

Directing

  • Madagascar the Musical, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Babes in Toyland, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Cry-Baby the Musical, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Director - South Jackson Community Center

  • Much Ado About Nothing, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Snow White, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Once Upon A Mattress, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Director - Motlow State Community College

  • Once On This Island, Director - Hattiesburg Forensics

  • Welcome to Bedside Manor, Director - Midsummer Musical Experience

  • Fences, Director - Hattiesburg Forensics

  • I Have a Dream, Director - Hattiesburg Black History Program

  • Good Doctor, Director - Hattiesburg Forensics

  • Driving Miss Daisy, Director - Hattiesburg Forensics

  • Almost Maine, Director - University of Southern Mississippi

  • The Country Wife, Assistant Director - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Thymus Vulgaris, Director - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Story Theatre, Director - University of Southern Mississippi

  • All Cotton, Director - Union University Players

  • The Magical Journey, Director - Jackson Civic Center

Acting

Height: 5”9’ | Hair: Strawberry Blonde | Eyes: Green | Voice: Mezzo Soprano

  • Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania - Motlow State Community College

  • Sister Act the Musical, Sister Mary Catherine - South Jackson Community Center

  • Carrie’s War, Mrs. Gotobed - Motlow State Community College

  • Game of Love and Chance, Silvia - Southern Arena Theatre

  • Good Doctor Ensemble – Southern Arena Theatre

  • Shakespeare in Hollywood, Louella Parsons –Southern Arena Theatre

  • Catholic School Girls, Elizabeth – Scioto Society

  • Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, Indian/Settler – Scioto Society

  • Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, Martha Kenton – Scioto Society

  • Mother Goose Review, Mother Goose – Patchwork Players

  • Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother – Patchwork Players

  • Night Must Fall, Mrs. Bramson –Patchwork Players

  • Our Town, Mrs. Webb – University of Southern Mississippi

  • Twelfth Night, Maria – University of Southern Mississippi

  • Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Big 8 – University of Southern Mississippi

  • Hayfever, Judith Bliss – University of Southern Mississippi

  • Hair, Chrissy – University of Southern Mississippi

  • Metamorphosis, Mrs. Kafka – Union University Players

  • Macbeth, Witch #1 – Union University Players

  • Die Ratzel, Helena – Union University Players

  • Story Theatre, Donkey – Union University Players

  • You Gotta Serve Somebody, Sandy Gold – Union University Players

  • Relative Values, Miranda Frayle Union University Players

  • Sleeping Beauty, Clown – Union University Players

  • John, His Story, Mary Magdalene Union University Players

Skills

  • Basic Studio Dance (Tap, Swing, Ballroom, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Jazz, and Modern)

  • Dialects include Russian, German, Cockney, French, British, Brooklyn and Southern

Training

  • MFA in Theatre Performance from University of Southern Mississippi

  • BA in Theatre and Speech from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee

  • Anti-Racist Theatre Workshop with The Kennedy Center

  • Shakespeare & Company - Linklater Intensive with Dave Demke and James Rice

  • Arthur Lessac and Tadashi Suzuki with Robin Carr, Linklater with Monica Hayes

  • SAFD Certified as an Actor/Combatant in Quarter-staff with Scot Mann

  • Acting for Camera with Nate Bynum

Managing

  • High School Drama Fest, USM Stage Manager - Mississippi Theatre Association

  • Front of House, Graduate Supervisor - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, Company Rep - Scioto Society

  • Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, Tour Guide - Scioto Society

Costuming

  • Midsummer Night’s Dream, Designer/Costumer - Motlow State Community College

  • Cry-Baby the Musical, Designer/Costumer - Motlow State Community College

  • Much Ado About Nothing, Designer/Costumer - Motlow State Community College

  • Snow White, Designer/Costumer - Motlow State Community College

  • Once Upon A Mattress, Designer - Motlow State Community College

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Designer/Costumer - Motlow State Community College

  • The Wiz, Designer/Costumer - Hattiesburg Forensics*

  • Studio 115 Dance Concert, Designer/Costumer - Southern Miss Repertory Dance Company *

  • Fall Dance Concert, Designer/Costumer - Southern Miss Repertory Dance Company

  • Shakespeare in Hollywood, Stitcher - Southern Arena Theatre

  • Fallen Angels, Stitcher - Southern Arena Theatre

  • Ruffian (TV), Dresser - ESPN Home Entertainment

  • Our Town, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Songs for a New World, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Little Shop of Horrors, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Twelfth Night, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Hair, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Scapin, Stitcher - University of Southern Mississippi

  • Alexander… Very Bad Day, Stitcher/Costumer - Union University Players

  • Macbeth, Assistant Costumer - Union University Players

  • Metamorphosis, Designer/Costumer - Union University Players

*Costumed one dance out of an evening full of dances.

Hattiesburg High School Forensics

Public Speaking

Emily grew up with a minister for a father. Her fascination with sermons grew into a love of public speaking in high school, when she competed in Speech and Debate at Franklin County High School. Emily’s undergraduate degree was in both Speech and Theatre. Emily recently received 20 hours of graduate credit in Communication Education focusing primarily in Public Speaking at the University of Minnesota, Mankato. This Communication Education Certificate helps forward the cause of the National Forensic League in creating qualified judges and coaches for the competitive speech and debate circuit.Emily has judged at Harvard and Emory and in qualifying and final rounds for various national high school competitions including the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions and the National Catholic Forensic League. As an assistant coach, her students had marked success on the national circuit particularly in Dramatic Interpretation. Her specialty is individual events, but she has also received training at the University of Minnesota, Mankato in Lincoln Douglas Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Congress.

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