Mary E.

Roadruck
49 Canary Lane
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
828-550-3211
mr7889c8@westpost.net

SUMMARY
Professional Educator
25 credits toward Masters Degree in Criminal Justice-Kaplan University
Licensure in Speech Communications (K-12) Masters+30--25 years experience--NC
Licensure in Theatre Education (K-12) Masters+30--25 years experience--NC
Licensure in Secondary English BA--25 years experience--NC
Combined Score of 328 on PRAXIS II exam Secondary English, content knowledge and
pedagogy
Licensure in State of Colorado -- Dramatic Arts (K-12)
Licensure in University State of New York --Speech--Permanent
Creative writing labs at Columbia University, NYC
28 credits towards Ph.D. in Theatre Education at NYU, Washington Square campus
Tenured career status: University of State of NY and NC
Graded New York State Regents Exams-composition
Criminal Justice
Earned 25 credits towards Masters Degree in Criminal Justice, Kaplan University
Toured several minimum and maximum security prison facilities throughout the sta
te of NC, interviewing wardens and superintendents.
Extensive research on profiling, incarceration and recidivism.
Courses taken:
Critical Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory
Research Methodology
Organizational Behavior
Critical Issues in Corrections
Comparative Correctional Systems
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
T.E.A.C.H committee in College Point, NY; Apha Psi Omega Drama Fraternity; North
Carolina Textbook Commission and NCAE. Guest artist at Wesleyan University, NC.
Costume Society of America.
INTERESTS
MGA at union based insurance company
Criminal Justice
Theatre educator; director, choreographer, actor.
Cast in over 75 main stage productions.
Produced and directed over 50 main stage productions; musicals, dramas comedies,
children's theatre tours.
Co-wrote and produced "Stories by the Young", chosen to participate in The Inter
national Year of the Child '89.
Toured elementary schoools throughout the country of Wales.
Granted full scholarship for Ph.D. in Theatre Education at NYU, Washington Squar
e campus.
Cast in leading roles in off-Broadway productions and NYU industrial films.
Member of Actor's Equity Association
Audition Coach in NYC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3/2/2010 to present
Cherokee High School, Cherokee, NC
Permanent Substitute -English IV (Senior English)
8/10/2009 to present
Haywood Community College-adjunct professor-Theatre Appreciation
(online Moodle and in class instruction)
5/2007 -8/01/2009
American Income Life, Altig, International Swannanoa, NC
Master General Agent at union based insurance company.
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7/1988 - 7/2007 Haywood County Schools Waynesville, NC
Full time theatre educator K-12, Secondary English, Speech Communications K-12
Directed and produced main stage productions.
Designed, directed and produced Children's Theatre touring shows
Directed and produced one act plays for students to participate in regional comp
etitions. Coordinated and chaperoned students for NYC Theatre tours
Guest artist at Wesleyan University
1990 - 1995 Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre Waynesville, NC
Actress and director
Directed main stage productions
Played the role of Aldonza in "Man of La Mancha"
7/1979 - 7/1988 The Mary Louis Academy, the Archdiocese of Brooklyn Jamaica Esta
tes, NY
Full time teacher
Taught Secondary English, Speech Communications, Theatre Director and Drama Coac
h
Freshman Creative Writing, short story, novel; Sophomore Creative Writing, Ameri
can Literature; Junior SAT Prep; Senior Tragedy
Coordinated and chaperoned European Theatre tours
Directed, produced main stage productions
Designed and taught curriculum to students with articulation disorders
Directed and produced one act plays for student participation in regional compet
itions
1980 - 1986 Off Broadway NYC, NY
Actress
Actress in Off- Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theatre productions
Regional commercial actress
Professional reader for civic organizations. Audition and acting coach
1970 - 1979 The Little Theatre of the Rockies Greeley, CO
Experience in Theatrical Training
Acting Roles:
Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit, Kate Keller in All My Sons, Alkmena in Amphytri
on 38, Ada in Tobacco Road, Woman in Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen,
Babette in The Firebugs, Maude Hayes in Forty Carats, Abbie Putnam in Desire Un
der the Elms, Old Sal in Oliver, Gamma Gurton in Gamma Gurton's Needle, Widow Yu
ssef in Kismet, Beulah in Family Portrait, Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey, Simonn
e Evrard in Marat/Sade
(awarded best actress in a leading role), Reader in The Serpent, Miss MacKay in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Annie in The Easiest Way, Mother in La Belle Russ
e, Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard and Miss Myfanwy Price in Under Milkwood, Mother in The
Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (best actress in a leading role in national competi
tion at Brigham Young University), Mary Tudor in The Young Elizabeth, Helena in
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (awarded f
ull time university scholarship and best actress in leading role in
national competition); Lady in the Box in Our Town.
Theatrical Technical experience:
Assistant Director in Grandfather Tales (children's touring show), prop crew hea
d in Kiss Me Kate, La Boheme, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Man of La Mancha; scen
ic artist in The Psalms of Two Davids, The Glass Menagerie, Rigoletto and The Fa
ntastiks.
Tour manager of the following children's shows: The Emperor's New Clothes, Nicol
lo and Nicollette, The Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Puss in
Boots and The Brave Little Tailor.
Other theatrical experience: Drama Club President, make-up artist, mime troupe p
erformer, produced radio play of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, public reader
for civic organizations, professional dresser at Elitch Theatre Company and cost
umer at Bonfils Theatre in Denver, Colorado.
6/1976 - 9/1977 University of Northern Colorado Laboratory School Greeley, CO
Full time teacher
Creative Drama (K-6), Theatre History and Acting (7-9), Stagecraft (10-12)
Directed and produced the following productions: Joseph and the Amazing Technico
lor Dreamcoat (K-6), Egad, What a Cad (7-9), The Sleeping Beauty (7-9), The Glas
s Menagerie (9-12)
5/1974 - 6/1976 The Chuckwagon Dinner Playhouse Greeley, CO
Actress
Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret
EDUCATION
1979 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
Masters Degree Theatre Education GPA: 4.0
97 credits
Individual Graduate Performance--1
Introduction to Graduate Study
Directing Musical Theatre
Chamber Theatre
Acting Design
Practicum in Advanced Children's Theatre
Using Teacher in Creative Drama
Seminar in Technical Theatre
Drama in Education
Theatre History Seminar
Directing Experimental Plays
Children's Theatre Tour
Advanced Creative Drama
Handicapped Child in Regular Classroom--1
Creative Drama Literature
Clinical Experience
Individual Performance in Theatre--1
Working with the Handicapped--2
Seminar in Educational Theatre
Reading in the Secondary School
Graduate Individual Performance--1
Creativity 1
Graduate Summer Theatre--2
Transpersonal Psychology in Education
Auditions Class
Teacher Effectiveness Training
1975 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
Bachelor's Degree Theatre Education GPA: 3.7
Undergraduate Courses in Theatre Education:
Introduction to Theatre History
Theatre II
Acting 1
Theatre Production
History of the Theatre II
Acting II
Introduction to Stagecraft
Directing Period Plays
Individual Performance in Theatre--1
Beginning Stage Costuming
Individual Performance in Summer Theatre
Beginning Stage Direction
Stagecraft
Stage Movement II
Summer Theatre III
Summer Theatre III
Comic Styles of Acting
Individual Performance in Theatre II
Stage Movement III
Directing One Act Plays
Problems in Acting Conventions
Stage Lighting
Stage Makeup
Beginning Scene Design
Summer Theatre Workshop
Creative Dramatics
Stage Costuming
Individual Performance in Theatre III
Serious Styles of Acting
Children's Theatre Production
Individual Performance in Theatre IV
Music Fundamentals for Dancers
Principles of Speech Communication
Fencing
Voice and Speech Improvement
Shakespeare's Early Plays
Education Courses:
Philosophy of Education
Behavior Modification
Basic Concepts of Education
Teaching for Creativity
Student Teaching Issues in Educational Psychology for the Learning Disabled
Methods of Teaching Secondary School
Evaluation and Grading
Self Concept and School Advancement
New York University NYC, NY
Ph.D Candidacy Theatre Education GPA: 3.9
Dramatic Education
Introduction to Drama Therapy
Play Production/ secondary schools and universities
Dramatic Criticism--1
Dramatic Criticism--2
Theatre Practice: Problems in Play Production
American Theatre Production