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elizabeth.newton.13@cnu.edu

Arts Experience
Artistic Director
Artistic Director
Managing Director
Publicity Team
Publicity Team
Playbill Editor
Press Release Copy Writer
Playbill Editor

Initiative Student Theatre

Improvocateurs Comedy Troupe
Initiative Student Theatre
Initiative Student Theatre
Theater CNU
Macbeth
Noises Off
Silent Sky
Page-to-Stage Festival 2015
Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music,
and Media
Managed or assisted over 100
performances
One Act Play Festival
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike
Initiative Student Theatre

2016-2017
2016 - 2017
2015-2016
2015-2017
2014-2016
TheaterCNU - 2016
TheaterCNU - 2015
TheaterCNU - 2015

Stand-Up Comedian
Director, Script Adaptor, and Dramaturg
Oresteia
Assistant Director Macbeth
Stage Manager Dog Sees God

Self-Managed
Initiative Student Theater

2015-Present
2016

TheaterCNU
Initiative Student Theatre

2016
2016

Assistant Stage Manager Tartuffe

Director and Script Adaptor Lysistrata
Scenic Design Intern Guys and Dolls
Assistant Stage Manager The Odd
Couple

TheaterCNU
Initiative Student Theatre
McLean Community Players
Theater CNU

2015
2014
2014
2014

Guest Performing Arts For Everyone

Producer
Performing Arts For Everyone/Millennium
Stage Intern
Press Release Copy Writer
Playbill Editor
Development Manager

The John F. Kennedy Center for

the Performing Arts - 2015
The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts - 2015
TheaterCNU - 2014
TheaterCNU - 2014
CNU 2014-2015

Related Experience

Education
B.A. in Fine and Performing Arts, Christopher Newport University (expected 2017)
Major Theater (Arts Administration/Directing and Dramatic Literature)
Double Minor - Leadership/Classical Studies
Scholarships - Howard Clarke Leadership Scholarship, Mike and Nancy Peters Endowed Scholarship, and Alumni
Society Theater Endowed Scholarship
Awards Deans List
Activities - Initiative Student Theatre, Alpha Psi Omega Theater Honor Fraternity, The Improvocatuers Comedy
Troupe, Improv Club, and Laugh Out Comedy Troupe
Comedy Studies, The Second City Training Center (2016)
Courses - Creating Scenes through Improvisation, Physical and Vocal Training for Comedy, History and Analysis of
Modern Comedy, and Writing Comic Scenes

Special Skills
Strong computer skills on PC and MAC including knowledge of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
InDesign, and HTML
Knowledge of and experience with social media - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube
Strong Editorial skills (published twice on The Washington Post website)

Skilled in graphic design and has successfully created well received logos, posters, multimedia presentations, and
viral images
Excellent public speaking skills and pleasant phone manner
Accomplished in acting and comedy (performed several times at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, The Second City, and various comedy clubs around Washington DC, Chicago, and Virginia.)
Proficient knowledge of mathematics and physics, including the fields of calculus, robotics, and rocketry
Can Unicycle, Walk on Stilts, solve 12 different types of Rubiks cubes, and make a great cup of coffee