I am a native Chicagoan with many years' experience as a teacher of English, written and oral communications, and theater arts at all age, educational, and skill levels. I have successfully taught university-level art appreciation, remedial writing and composition, speech, acting, directing, introduction to theater, voice, movement, improvisation, and other theater, speech, and communication classes; and in the course of my career, I have taught and directed preschoolers, elementary and high ...