ROBYN LEE HORN
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Robyn Lee Horn
HIGHLIGHTS
Actor with fifteen years of professional experience, including regional, summer stock, readings, workshops and Broadway musicals-in-concert
Six years of teaching theatre at a public magnet performing arts high school
Director of contemporary, classical and musical theatre productions
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student in Theatre and Performance, University at Buffalo (Anticipated June 2022)
M.A. in English Literature, Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English (August 2018)
B.A. in Theatre, Kean University, summa cum laude (August 2012)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Theatre Arts Teacher, The Academy for Performing Arts High School (2012 – 2018)
Union County Vocational-Technical Schools, Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Content includes contemporary acting technique (Stanislavski, Meisner, Adler, Strasberg), classical theatre (Greek, Commedia dell’arte, Shakespeare) playwriting, devising, dramaturgy, voice/speech, movement, and technical theatre.
2017 Teacher of the Year
Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Sparrow, Hamlet, Godspell, Bring it On: The Musical, and Footloose
Advisor of district-wide Music Club
Member of Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Prevention Team
Co-chair of Middle-states Accreditation Team (2015 – 2016)
Professional Internship, Plainfield [NJ] High School (2012)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Worked on various projects for the New Jersey Board of Education, helping to create new arts assessments and standards.
NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards (Theatre) writing team (2016)
Teen Arts Scoring Guide development team (2015)
State Standards Five-Year Review committee (2014)
Standards Review Gap Analysis/Crosswalk Project (2014)
Model Curriculum Assessment writing team (2014)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Presidential Fellowship, University at Buffalo, SUNY (2018)
Barbara Holme Conroe '53 Scholarship, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English (2018)
James Andreas Endowed Scholarship, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English (2017)
Choregos Faculty Scholarship, Kean University (2012)
The James R. Murphy Award for Demonstration of Outstanding Professionalism, Kean
University (2010 – 2011)
DIRECTING AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Footloose (2018)
BroadwayWorld New Jersey Theatre Awards: Best High School Musical (runner-up)
Bring it On: The Musical (2017)
Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Student Achievement (winner)
Hamlet (2016)
Montclair State Theatre Night Award Nominations: Outstanding Production of Invention and Innovation, Outstanding Use of Live Music, Best Actress: Hamlet, Best Supporting Actress: Ophelia,
Best Fight Choreography, Best Choreography, Best Scholarship in Director’s Notes
The Sparrow (2014)
Montclair State Theatre Night Award Nominations: Best Drama, Best Actress: Emily Book, Best
Supporting Actress: Joyce McGuckin, Best Choreography (winner)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2012)
Montclair State Theatre Night Award Nominations: Best Classical Production, Best Actress: Helena,
Best Actress: Hermia, Best Actor: Oberon, Best Supporting Actor: Bottom (winner),
Outstanding Use of Live Music
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Actors Equity Association (2004 – present)
American Society for Theatre Research (2018)
Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey (2011 – 2018), Executive Board (2017 – 2018)
National Music Educators Association (2016 – 2018)
PRESENTATIONS
Co-presenter at the New Jersey Teachers Convention (2015)
“Introducing the NJ Model Curriculum for the Arts”
“Connecting the New National Core Arts Standards with the NJCCCS – VPA”
Co-presenter for the Union County Vocational-Technical Schools Professional
Development In-service Day (2016)
“Using Movement in the Classroom”
Co-presenter for Professional Development Schools Conference at William Paterson
University (2012)
“Best Practices in Student Teaching”