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JENNY ANNE (SAWTELLE) KOPPERA
Adjunct Lecturer
401 King Hall
jkoppera@emich.edu
734-487-0744
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Degrees
MFA—Drama & Theatre for the Young, Eastern Michigan
University, 2011
BA—Comparative Literature Studies and French, Northwestern
University, 2001
Study Abroad: La Sorbonne, Paris, France & L’Université Laval,
Quebec, Canada
Professional Associations/Memberships
Theatre for Young Audiences—USA (ASSITEJ)
Association of Theatre Movement Educators
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
Actors’ Equity Association
International Performing Arts for Youth
write local.play global.
Representative courses taught
CTAR 158: Fundamentals of Acting
CTAR 150: Introduction to Theatre
CTAR 222: Drama and Play in the Human Experience
CTAR 323: Improvising and Role-Play
Biography
Jenny is active nationally and internationally in the field of
children’s theatre. In 2010,
she received a national Doyle Fellowship Special Recognition
Award for her work in the
field, and in 2011, she was one of 6 global interns selected
for the ASSITEJ World
Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmo, Sweden. In 2012
Jenny was also
awarded a RYE fellowship at the International Performing Arts
for Youth Showcase.
Jenny has worked with the American Alliance for Theatre and
Education, TYA USA,
ASSITEJ International, Imaginate Children’s Theatre Festival,
Imagining America, the
Write Local. Play Global. initiative, and the Kennedy Center’s
New Visions/New Voices
program.
Professionally, Jenny comes from a back ground in dance, theatre
and the study of the
French language. She has performed at Chicago’s Marriott
Lincolnshire Theatre,
Shakespeare Theatre and with the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project. She
has studied dance and
choreographed at Northwestern University and at La Sorbonne in
Paris, France. She has
taught French, dance, and theatre at North Shore Country Day
School, the Devonshire
Cultural Center, and the Lycee Francais in Chicago as well.
Locally, Jenny was one of the founding creators of CrossTown
Theatre Troupe and
EMU’s Educational Theatre Collaborative. She frequently
directs, choreographs, and
teaches in conjunction with The Ann Arbor Youth Actors’ Guild,
Ann Arbor Civic Junior Theatre, Eastern Michigan University,
Bright Futures After School Programs, and GEAR
UP. She also studies and teaches yoga at Ann Arbor’s RussaYog
studio.
More information on Jenny’s past & current projects and
CV can be found at:
http://jakoppera.weebly.com/
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