Reanna Cook

reannacook00@gmail.com – (801) 414-4293

EDUCATION
2021 (Expected) Utah State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Education (K-12).

2022 (Expected) Western Governors University, ELL/ESL Endorsement Prep Program (PreK-12)

TEACHING AND ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE

North Cache Middle School (Richmond, Utah), Student Teacher, 2021
Developed and implemented a curriculum for Theatre Foundations for 7-8 graders based on Utah
state Theatre standards.

Green Canyon High School (North Logan, Utah), Student Teacher, 2021
Wrote and facilitated unit plans for 11th Grade English Literature and Play Productions based on
Utah Theatre and English Language Arts standards.

Utah State University (Logan, Utah), Undergraduate Teaching Fellow, 2020

Provided feedback on secondary theatre session facilitations and unit plans for the Methods of
Teaching Drama 7-12 course. Designed and implemented models of secondary theatre lessons.

Box Elder Middle School (Brigham City, Utah), Clinical Student, 2020
Developed and implemented movement and voice in acting units for a Theatre 1 and 2. Provided
developmentally appropriate feedback on student written plays.

Skyview High School (Smithfield, Utah), Clinical Student, 2020

Developed and implemented a lighting design unit for a technical theatre course. Led warmups
and assisted in instructing playscript analysis for a play production class.

Caine College of the Arts (Logan, Utah), Arts Education Fellows Team Leader, 2019
Developed and implemented a drama session based on Utah theatre and science standards for 2nd
grade classrooms.

Mount Logan Middle School After School Devising (Logan, Utah), Co-Facilitator, 2018
Led 6th through 8th grade students through the process of devising an original drama work in a
six-week afterschool workshop.

Edith Bowen Elementary School (Logan, Utah), Visiting Teaching Artist, 2017
Co-facilitated a two-day process drama about the creation of reservoirs both locally and
throughout history, and the consequences that they can have on communities.

Ellis Elementary Readers’ Theatre (Logan, Utah), Facilitating Teacher/Director, 2017

Directed a readers’ theatre piece with the fourth-grade after school club to increase proficiency in
reading aloud.

Varsity Tutoring (Salt Lake City, Utah), Reading and Language Tutor, 2016
Facilitated lessons in reading and verbal communication for young students with learning
disabilities.
CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Directing
Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice. 2021
Director. Directed by David Sidwell and Reanna Cook. Green Canyon High School
(North Logan, UT)

Check Please by Jonathan Rand. 2021

Director. UHSAA Region Competition. Green Canyon High School (North Logan, UT)

The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin, Don McKellar, and Greg Morrison. 2021
Assistant Director. Directed by David Sidwell and Karen Teuscher. Green Canyon High
School (North Logan, UT)

Allegory of a Café by Aren Haun. 2020

Director. Utah State University Student Production (Logan, Utah)

Talking to Clouds by Gary Kemp. 2020

Assistant Director/Choreographer. Directed by Elizabeth Bohannon. Utah State
University Student Production (Logan, Utah)

Broadway Kidz Utah: POWERS by Kevin McClellan. 2018

Director/Choreographer. Directed by Kevin McClellan and Reanna Cook. Draper Arts
Council (Draper, Utah)

Broadway Kidz Utah: The Care and Keeping of Magical Creatures by Kevin McClellan.
2017
Director/ Mother (supporting character). Directed by Kevin McClellan and Reanna
Cook. Draper Arts Council (Draper, Utah)

Technical Theatre Involvement

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe. 2020
Properties Run Crew. Directed by Michael Shipley. Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

Talking to Clouds by Gary Kemp. 2020

Stage Manager. Directed by Elizabeth Bohannon. Utah State University Student
Production (Logan, Utah)

Freaky Friday by Bridget Carpenter, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkey. 2019
Assistant Lighting Designer/ Light Board Operator. Directed by Kody Rash. Four
Seasons Theatre Company (Smithfield, Utah)

The Little Mermaid by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Doug Wright. 2019
Master Electrician. Directed by Jon Rash. Four Seasons Theatre Company (Smithfield,
Utah)
 The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa, Marshal Brickman, and Rick Elice. 2018
Assistant Lighting Designer/ Light Board Operator. Directed by Jon Rash. Four Seasons
Theatre Company (Smithfield, Utah)

Acting and Performance

A Christmas Carol by Lynn Ahrens, Alan Menken, and Mike Ockrent. 2019
Mrs. Cratchit. Directed by AnnAlyse Chiddester. Four Seasons Theatre Company
(Smithfield, Utah)

Pinocchio Teatrale by Nicole B. Adkins. 2019

Stage Directions. New play development and staged reading. Directed by Matt Omasta.
Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

The Little Mermaid by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Doug Wright. 2019
Andrina/Maid. Directed by Jon Rash. Four Seasons Theatre Company (Smithfield, Utah)

Freefall, a devised piece by USU’s Applied Theatre Ensemble. 2018

Movement Captain/Ensemble Member. Directed by Ashley Foreman and Matt Omasta.
Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

Sideways Stories from Wayside School adapted by John Olive. 2017

Platypus (puppeteer). Directed by Matt Omasta. Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

Facing Depression in Cache Valley, a devised piece. 2017

Ensemble Member. Directed by Matt Omasta. Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

Thoroughly Modern Millie by Dick Scanlan and Richard Morris. 2018

Master Electrician/ Light Board Operator. Directed by Kody Rash. Four Seasons Theatre
Company (Smithfield, Utah)

Once Upon a Mattress by Marshall Barer. 2018

Properties Run Crew. Directed by Paul Barnes. Utah State University (Logan, Utah)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay. 2017
Technical Director/ Stage Manager. Directed by Matt Omasta. Bear River High School
(Garland, Utah)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Legacy of Utah State Award, Caine College of the Arts, 2021
Awarded to a student who “shows a commitment to the institution and their program of study, as
well as demonstrates internal involvement and service, department dedication, perseverance
during times of adversity, and contribution behind the scenes”.

ELECTED LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

USU Theatre Education Student Association
Historian. Fall 2019-Fall 2020.
President. Fall 2018.
Secretary. Spring 2018.
Associate Historian. Spring 2017.

SERVICE
Utah State University Theatre Department, Volunteer, 2020
Volunteered to represent the Theatre Education Program at the Utah High School Theatre
Association Conference in order to recruit and answer the questions of prospective students. (Salt
Lake City, Utah)

City Theatre Company Young Playwrights Contest, Literary Committee Member, 2019
Adjudicated submissions to the Young Playwrights Contest from middle school and high school
students and gave constructive, age-appropriate feedback. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Theatre Education Student Association Bake Sale for Burn Victim Relief, Volunteer, 2018
Organized and volunteered to make and sell baked goods, the proceeds of which were donated to
purchase necessities for a local house fire and burn victim. (Logan, Utah)

Utah State University Theatre Department, Volunteer, 2018

Volunteered to represent the Theatre Education Program at the Utah High School Theatre
Association Conference in order to recruit and answer the questions of prospective students.
(Ogden, Utah)

Theater Education “Trick-or-Can” for the Cache Valley Food Pantry, Volunteer, 2017-2018
Door to door collection and solicitation for donations of nonperishable food and paper items for
the Cache Valley Food Pantry, spearheaded by Tanner Sase. (Logan, Utah)

Theatre Education Christmas Program for Sunshine Terrace, Volunteer, 2017

Arranged, rehearsed, and performed carols in a fifteen-minute Christmas program at Sunshine
Terrace Assisted Living Center, spearheaded by Alyssa Landroché. (Logan, Utah)

RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINMENTS

Fat Fish Media LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah), Production Intern. 2019-Present
Assisted with the technical aspects of productions including media and audio playback, media
server programming, equipment assembly, and public speaking coaching.

USU Information Technology (Logan, Utah), Computer Lab Consultant. 2019-Present

Assisted students with discipline specific software programs in on campus computer labs.
Provided information about campus resources to university students.

Cache Valley Center for the Arts (Logan, Utah), Stage Technician. 2017-2018
Assisted with the technical aspects of productions that come through the Ellen Eccles Theater road
house including production coordination, stage management, light hang, focus, board operation, etc.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
National Association for Multicultural Education Conference, Orem, UT, 2020

Movement and Choreography Development Workshop by Melisa Jensen, USU Theatre Education
Student Association, 2019

Creating Inclusive Classrooms Workshop by Eri Ethington, USU Theatre Education Student
Association, 2019

Stage Combat Workshop by Jason Spelbring, USU Theatre Education Student Association, 2018

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

USU Academic Opportunity Fund, 2017-2019
~$7,950 for travelling to and presenting at the American Alliance of Theater and Education
Conference.

Centurylink Scholar, 2016

$1,000 for academic excellence.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

American Alliance for Theatre & Education: New York, NY, 2019
"Pre-Service Teachers’ Approaches to Community Engagement in Contemporary Socio-Political
Contexts”, presenters: Johnson, C., Felty, A., James, N., Sase, T., Hogan, J., Morgan, E.,
Bohannon, E., Landroché, A., Nielson, M., Washburn, L., Cook, R.

American Alliance for Theatre & Education: Minneapolis, MN, 2018

"Pre-Service Teacher Education and Activist Pedagogies: Acting on Questions and
Understandings about Inclusivity in Theatre and Education.", presenters: Morgan, E., James, N.,
Sase, T., Hogan, J., Washburn, L., Bohannon, E., Esparza, E., Cook, R.

American Alliance for Theatre & Education: New Orleans, LA, 2017
"Challenging the Stigma: Understanding Experiences of Depression.", panelists and performers:
Liljenquist, A., Nielson, M., Washburn, L., Knaak, S., Woo, L., Sheets, M., Thompson, K.,
Landroché, A., Anderson, C., Grover, P., Cook, R.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Indiana University Center for Sexual Health Promotion; Promoting Sexual Health: The Basics and
Beyond

CITI Program: Human Research, Social and Behavioral Research (expires April 2022)

Utah State Board of Education Career and Technical Education Skill Certificate; Child Development
(320)

Utah State Board of Education Career and Technical Education Skill Certificate; Early Childhood
Education Curriculum and Lab (323)