1. Stephanie L. Smith
6848 Hampton Wood Circle cell phone: 423-762-6716
Hixson, TN 37343 email: smitty77137@gmail.com
WORK HISTORY
Brewer Media – Editorial Assistant/Freelance Writer for The Pulse 2008-present
• Editorial Assistant – Arts/Music calendars, Editorial pullouts, Mixology columns
• Arts cover stories and features including coverage of IBEW, Veteran affairs, Chattanooga Symphony &
Opera, State of the Arts and various arts features, advertorials, music reviews
Freelance Theatre Artist 2000–present
• The Muse of Fire Project – Playwright Mentor/Actor/Director
• Shakespeare Chattanooga - Associate Producer/Sound Designer/Director/Actor
• Chattanooga Theatre Centre – Teacher - Adult Acting, Staged Readings, Youth Theatre, Swing/Latin
dancing, Voice/Movement Teacher (Performance Training Academy – K-12); Director; Actor
• Chattanooga Girls Choir – Director, Musical Theatre Camp (w/ CTC)
• Bethlehem Community Center –Director, Summer Theatre Camp (w/ Destiny Theatre)
• Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Leap of Faith Productions, Oak Street Playhouse
• NYC Credits (sample): Process Theatre Productions, Tribeca Film Festival, ArtsPower National Touring
Theatre, Theatre Resources Unlimited, Chicago City Limits, Keen Theatre Company
Hamilton County Department of Education - Teacher 2006-2015
● Comprehensive Development Class Teacher (Orchard Knob Middle School)
Develop lesson plans/collect data for the purpose of improving educational, social/behavioral, and transitional
goals for teenage children with severe intellectual disabilities, language impairments, Autism, and physical
disabilities.
● Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESL Summer Program)
Directed 2 culminating summer school musical theatre productions with 100+ children for Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce and assisted daily ESL direct instruction.
● Transition Behavior Specialist (Dawn School)
● Substitute Teacher (various locations)
Certified Nursing Assistant 1998-2000, 2008-2010
Creative Seed Network - Assistant to Penelope Brackett, Career Coach 2000-2006
EDUCATION/TRAINING
ArtsBuild – Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute, Graduate Class of 2015
Master of Education in Special Education: Comprehensive/Modified (Mild to Severe Disabilities),
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008
*Highly Qualified in LA/MA/SS/SC for K-8th
grades
*Additional certifications in ESL, Gifted, Theatre; additional training in CPR, CPI, Behavior Modification
Master of Arts in Acting, Antioch University, Ohio, 2002 (MFA credits: 63)
Completed 2-year conservatory program at The New Actors Workshop, NY
Thesis: The End of the Beginning: Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune
*Acting Technique & Scene Studies, Directing, Voice, Movement/Body Work, Improvisation
*MFA courses: Arts Management (UMass Amherst), Musical Theatre (Singers Forum), Creative Writing
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1999
*Chattanooga Singers (tours to England, Australia), Chamber Singers, Marching Band, Flute Choir
*Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity (founding member)
REFERENCES
Janis Hashe, Former Editor, The Pulse/Producing Director, Shakespeare Chattanooga jhashe@epbfi.com
Gary Poole, Managing Editor, The Pulse gary@chattanoogapulse.com
Rachel Kelly, School Psychologist, Baby University (423) 987-2701
