Encore Stage

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Susan Alison Keady, Artistic Director Susan Keady has played a central role in advancing Encore's stage productions and educational programs. Under her leadership, the size of the audience and number of program participants have grown substantially. As a measure of Ms. Keady's success, The Children's Theatre held special performances at the National Theater, MCI Center and receives on-going media coverage. Ms. Keady is currently an assistant professor at The George Washington University and a Wolf Trap Institute Teaching Artist, which places her in a national network of performing artists in the field of arts education, creating partnerships and continuing professional development for artists and teachers and designing classroom curricula. Additionally, Ms. Keady directs The Kinetic City Supercrew, an award winning series of science adventure dramas that she developed for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and broadcast nationwide over National Public Radio. The Kinetic City won a George Foster Peabody Award for broadcast excellence in radio drama in 1996, as well as gold and silver medals for educational quality and best writing at the International Radio Festival of New York in 1998. A drama educator with wide experience teaching children, teens and young adults, Ms. Keady has worked extensively in the Arlington County and Montgomery County public schools and with the National Park Service, through its Glen Echo Adventure Theatre. She has demonstrated a special ability to combine careful management and supervision with a surefooted sense of how to work with young performers. She creates an environment in which her performers and production crews feel comfortable, yet challenged to meet the highest standards within their reach. On the stage, Ms. Keady has produced, directed and adapted Shakespeare

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