Linda McDaniel
The Teacher

Experience
Segerstrom Center for the Arts 2024-Present
- Cassin Project, Independent Contractor
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ROWI Teen, Mental Health Services 2022 - Present
- RAD-T Certified Instructor.
- Provides life skill workshops, via Theater modalities in both PHP, and IOP settings.
Acting Academy for Kids 2016 - Present
- Summer Camp Roles - Location Manager, Writer, Director, Choreographer, Musical Director, Education Trainer, and Teacher.
- Valencia Elementary - Music Director for their after school Musical program
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Community Roots Academy
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Theater teacher for the middle school elective class.
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Director of the 5th grade musical project. 1776
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Music teacher for 1st grade classes.
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Performance Coach
- Color guards and Marching Bands
- Private Coaching (All Ages)
Education
B.A. in Drama, UC Irvine.
- Honors in Directing
- N.Y. Satellite Musical Theater Program
- UROP Grant Recipient
- Illuminations Grant Recipient
- Creative Connections Teaching Artist
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I.D.C. - Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Certificate of Completion
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Academy of Theatrical Combat - Hand to Hand, Broadsword, Tumbling
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Stella Adler Academy of Acting L.A. - 2 year certification
References
Juliette Carrillo Head of Directing, UCI juliette.carrillo@uci.edu Melyssa Zive Regional Director of ROWI Teens MZive@rowiteen.com
Stephen Zygo Owner of Acting Academy for Kids sjzygo@gmail.com
Tom Bruno Theatre Department Chair, OCC tbruno@occ.cccd.edu Rachel Baumsten Founder/Artistic Director collaboratoryshows@gmail.com
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