Elizabeth Brendel Horn - Theatre.cah.ucf.edu

Long-term Applied and Community-Based Theatre Projects2015 – PresentPrincipal Investigator and Co-founder and Co-director: Act Out Justice(with Emily Freeman, Orlando REP)Act Out Justice (formerly The Justice Project), in partnership with Orlando REP, is anapplied theatre program that trains high school students in theatre techniques, used in thedevising of an original play. Each AOJ residency culminates in an interactive devisedplay, fusing together personal narratives, current events, movement, and interactiveexercises to engage the audience in discussing issues of social justice. To date,approximately 150 high school students have completed the AOJ curriculum. This projecthas been featured at one international conference (Artful Inquiry Research Group,Montreal, Canada, 2018); three national conferences (American Alliance for Theatre andEducation, Boston MA, 2016; Alliance for Theatre in Higher Education Women inTheatre Preconference, Chicago IL, 2016; ATHE, Orlando FL, 2019); one peer-reviewedpublication (Youth Theatre Journal, 2017); university presentations (Stetson University,2019; Arizona State University, 2016; Brenau University, 2016; James MadisonUniversity, 2016; University of North Carolina Charlotte, 2016), and popularpublications (BroadwayWorld.com, 2017; Pegusus, The Magazine of University ofCentral Florida, 2017).2019 – 2020: Colonial, East River, and Evans High Schools2018 – 2019: Apopka, Cypress Creek, and Evans High Schools2015 – 2016: Evans High School2016 – 2019Principal Investigator: “I Am UCF”: Diverse Digital Narratives(with Edwanna Andrews, Natasha Jones, Brenda Pereyo, Natalie Underberg-Goode, andStephanie Wheeler)Through UCF Quality Enhancement Program and QEP Continuing Excellence grants andin collaboration with faculty in Digital Media, Writing and Rhetoric, and the Center forSocial Justice and Advocacy, “I Am UCF” celebrates the diverse stories of UCF’s studentbody. Fusing together writing, performance, and digital media, students write, perform,and edit original digital stories that tell personal narratives. These stories are thencompiled into a sortable digital campus map, which collectively represents the diverseperspectives of the UCF student body. Campus-wide, over 800 UCF students havecompleted the I Am UCF curriculum and 100 videos are published on the I Am UCFwebsite. I Am UCF has received recognition in: one peer-reviewed co-authored article(The Media Education Research Journal, forthcoming); three international conferencepresentations (International Digital Storytelling Conference, Zakynthos, Greece, 2018; 4thInternational Congress on Visual Culture, Rome, Italy, 2018; HASTAC, Orlando, 2017);University recognition at the Eclectic Knights UCF Alumni event (2017); and invitedkeynote presentation at UCF President’s Leadership Council (2018).2017 – 2018Artistic Director: Adaptive Learning Community Theatre Project(with Belinda Boyd and Megan Sherod)Spearheaded by neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor Megan Sherod andsupported through a UCF Quality Enhancement Program grant, I directed (alongsidetheatre associate professor Belinda Boyd, who served as producing director) an originalplay featuring the stories of members of the Aphasia House, a UCF center offeringrehabilitation services for survivors of stroke. These stories, collected by UCFundergraduate, graduate, and faculty volunteers, were crafted into an original devisedpiece and accompanying post-show community exchange performed at UCF Celebratesthe Arts. This work was featured in a co-authored international peer reviewed publication(Canadian Journal of Disabilities Studies, 2019).Brendel Horn 5

(Long-term Applied and Community Based Theatre Projects, continued)2016 – 2017Principal Investigator and Director: “Once in my LIFE”: Embodied Journeys(with Jim Brown, Amanda Hill, Claudia Schippert, Alayna Sterchele, and NatalieUnderberg-Goode)In collaboration with faculty in Digital Media, Theatre, and Interdisciplinary Studies,“Once in my LIFE” was an intergenerational and multi-media devised theatre project.Pairing performing arts undergraduate students with senior citizens, the twodemographics share stories, songs, and photographs to gain a greater appreciation of oneanother’s lives. These collected stories culminated in an original script and multimediaperformance, devised and performed by all participants. The piece performed on campusand at UCF Celebrates the Arts. The piece has been featured in two national presentations(American Alliance for Theatre and Education, 2017; ASA Aging in America, 2019) andone co-authored peer reviewed publication (Storytelling, Self, Society, 2019).2008 – 2009Resident Theatre and Media Artist: Digital UDigital storytelling program through UCF CREATE, the Center for Research andEducation in Arts, Technology Entertainment.2008Resident Teaching ArtistCreative drama specialist with over 40 under-privileged preschool students for Englishacquisition, communication skills, and creative expression. Winter Park Day Nursery.2008Resident Theatre and Media Artist: H.O.P.E.: Holding On to Positive Expectations.Facilitator of digital storytelling residency with youth in the foster care system to exploreidentity and personal aspirations.Directing and Devised WorkProfessional TYA and Youth Theatre Productions1. The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by Ernie Nolan. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 2021.2. Squirrel Girl Goes to College by Karen Zacarías. Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD, 2020. Canceled dueto coronavirus.3. Triangle by Laurie Brooks. First Stage Academy, Milwaukee, WI, 2018.4. Evening’s Empire, based on Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Alliance Theatre, Atlanta GA, 2017.A new adaptation of Julius Caesar fused with Bob Dylan music, written and devised by high schoolstudents as a part of the Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project series.5. Reckless Days of Robin Hood by Ryan Beard. Coterie Theatre, Kansas City MO, 2016. New work.6. Finding Freedom by Michelle LoRicco and Julie Woods-Robinson. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 2016.New work through annual “Writes of Spring” project in partnership with University of Central Florida.7. The Bully Plays short plays by Eric Coble, Gloria Bond Clunie, Doug Cooney, Linda Daugherty, SandraFenichel Asher, and Elizabeth Wong. Orlando Repertory Theatre Youth Academy, 2012.8. The Spirit of Christmas by Tom Fuller. Orlando Repertory Theatre Youth Academy, 2008.9. As You Like It by William Shakespeare, adapted by Elizabeth Brendel Horn. Georgia Shakespeare, 2008.Brendel Horn 6

(Directing and Devised Work, continued)University Mainstage Productions10. Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin. University of Central Florida, 2017.Full-length Devising Projects11. Act Out Justice: What’s on my Plate? East River High School, 2020. Lead facilitator and director ofdevised interactive Theatre for Social Change performance.Classroom educator: Michele McGovern BoucherAssistant facilitators: Kassidy Pierce and Ren Watson12. Act Out Justice: You Think You Know. Cypress Creek High School, 2019. Lead facilitator and directorof devised interactive Theatre for Social Change performance.Classroom educator: Kristopher KahnAssistant facilitators: Morgan Cobb and Ximena Gonzalez13. Never Stop LIVING. Playwright and director. University of Central Florida, 2018. Devised with patientsof the UCF Aphasia House and UCF undergraduate students. Performed at UCF Celebrates the Arts at theDr Phillips Center of the Arts.Project coordinator: Megan SherodProducer: Belinda C. Boyd14. Once In My LIFE: Embodied Journeys. Playwright and director. University of Central Florida, 2017.Devised with UCF undergraduate students and members of the Learning Institute for Elders.Project coordinator: Claudia SchippertMusical direction: Jim BrownMultimedia direction: Amanda Hill15. Act Out Justice: Do You See Me? Evans High School, 2016. Co-facilitator and director of devisedinteractive Theatre for Social Change performance.Classroom educator: Jarvis WheelerCo-director: Emily FreemanAssistant facilitator: Maria Katsadouros16. WAIT. Timber Creek Thespians, 2012. Playwright and Director. Devised with the Timber CreekThespians based on ethnographic research.Short-term Devising Projects17. Theatre Is. Florida Theatre Conference, 2020. Co-Playwright and Director. Digital devised performancewith members of the Florida Theatre Conference.Co-director: Maria KatsadourosAssistant facilitator: Sage Tokach18. Creative Isolations. University of Central Florida, 2020. By Nathan Stout and Sage Tokach. Facultyadvisor of digital devised performance created as a component of the UCF graduate course in Theatre forSocial Change, in partnership with Orlando Downtown Arts Distric and Orlando Story Club.Directors: Morgan Cobb, Sam DiRosa, and Ximena Gonzalez19. Holiday Perspectives. Timber Creek Thespians, 2014. Director of multimedia devised work featuringoriginal writing, sound design, puppetry, scenic design, digital media, and live action.20. Caution: Full Speed Ahead. Timber Creek Thespians, 2012, 2013, and 2015. 30 short experimentalplays devised by high school students.Brendel Horn 7

(Directing and Devised Work, continued)Staged Readings21. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. University of Central Florida, 2016.22. EAT (It’s Not About Food) by Linda Daugherty. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 2016. Performed at UCFCelebrates the Arts at the Dr Phillips Center of the Arts.High School Productions23. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. TimberCreek Thespians, Orlando FL, 2015.24. Elektra by Elizabeth Brendel Horn. Timber Creek Thespians, 2014. Selected to perform Florida StateThespian Festival and Orlando International Fringe Festival.25. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, adapted by Elizabeth Brendel Horn. TimberCreek Thespians, 2013.26. Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire. Timber Creek Thespians, 2013.27. Legally Blonde the Musical, book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and NellBenjamin. Timber Creek Thespians, 2013.28. Urinetown the Musical , music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, book byGreg Kotis. Timber Creek Thespians, 2012.29. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, adapted by Gay H. Hammond. Timber Creek Thespians, 2011. Selected toperform Florida State Thespian Festival.(Directing and Devised Work, continued)30. A Servant of Two Masters, by Carlo Goldoni and adapted by Lee Hall. Timber Creek Thespians, 2011.Selected as Central Florida Cappies Best Play, 2011-2012.31. Chicago, book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, scriptadaptation by David Thompson. Timber Creek Thespians, 2011. Selected as Central Florida Cappies BestMusical, 2010-2011.31. Doubt, A Parable, by John Patrick Shanley. Timber Creek Thespians, 2010. Selected to perform FloridaState Thespian Festival.32. Anything Goes, music and lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.J. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton,Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse; new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Timber CreekThespians, 2010.33. Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. Timber Creek Thespians, 2009. Selected to perform FloridaState Thespian Festival.34. Little Shop of Horrors, book by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman.Timber Creek Thespians, 2009.Brendel Horn 8

PlaywritingElektraPublished by YouthPLAYS, 2020Alamo Heights HS (San Antonio, TX), 2022Nashville Children’s Theatre (Tennessee), 2021SCHS Tribal Theatre (Toccoa, GA), 2021Memorial High School (McAllen, TX), 2021Big Spring High School (Big Spring, TX), 2021Cy-Fair High School (Cypress, TX), 2021Sioux Falls Lutheran School (Sioux Falls, SD), 2021Century High School (Bismarck, ND), 2020Brunswick HS Production Company (GA), 2018Timber Creek Thespians (Orlando, FL), 2014Medea (adaptation)Published by YouthPLAYS, 2021Freedom High School (Orlando, FL), 2019University of Central Florida, 2019 (staged reading)Antigone and IsmeneCypress Creek HS (Orlando, FL), 2020(canceled due to coronavirus)Me and Bessie: The Motorcycle QueenSubmitted to the 2019 Write Now national playwrighting competition and selected as one of ten semifinalists (out of 120 submissions).Imagine a WorldOrlando Repertory Theatre, 2009Original script developed from writing submissions in annual Writes of Spring competition.DramaturgyElephant & Piggie’s: We are in a Play!Book and lyrics by Mo WillemsMusic by Debbie Wicks LaPumaDirected by Melissa Mason BraillardPublished by Music Theatre InternationalOrlando Shakespeare Theatre, 2016Presentations, Workshops, and ResidenciesInvited Talks, Lectures, and Short-Term Residencies2021“Storytelling in a Digital Age.” Nashville Children’s Theatre. Invited Workshop.“From the Ground Up: Digital Devising Strategies with Youth.” Nashville Children’sTheatre. Invited workshop.2020“Exchange for Change: Community Engagement in a Digital Age.” TYA UniversityDigital Connect. Original virtual convening for university students and faculty in theUnited States. Co-presented with Emily Freeman.2020“From the Ground Up: Devising Strategies with Youth.” Florida Elementary ThespianFestival. Professional Development workshop for Educators.2018“Extraordinary Bodies: Using Theatre to Promote Body-Positive Thinking with Youth.”Master class, First Stage, Milwaukee WI.Brendel Horn 9

(Presentations, Workshops, and Residencies, continued)“Viewpoints and Composition: Creativity Ignited.” Master Class, Imagination Stage,Bethesda MD.“From the Ground Up: Devising Strategies with Youth.” Florida Theatre Conference,Gainesville.“Talkback with the Playwright.” Brunswick High School Production Company, Georgia.“Theatre Games for Building Community.” Hope CommUnity Center, Apopka, FL.Master class presented with Bianca Alamo through Orlando Repertory Theatre.2017“Devising Strategies with Youth.” Master class, East Carolina University, Greenville,NC.“Extraordinary Bodies: Using Theatre to Promote Body-Positive Thinking with Youth.”Master class, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.“The Justice Project: Exploring Intersections Between Youth and the Police.” Masterclass, Arizona State University.“On Your Feet Script Analysis.” Master Class, Childsplay, Tempe AZ.2016“The Justice Project: Exploring Intersections Between Youth and the Police.” Masterclass, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.“Extraordinary Bodies: Using Theatre to Promote Body-Positive Thinking with Youth.”Master class, Columbus State University Theatre for Youth undergraduate course.“The Justice Project: Exploring Intersections Between Youth and the Police.” Masterclass, University of North Carolina Charlotte Theatre Appreciation undergraduate course.“The Justice Project: Exploring Intersections Between Youth and the Police.” Masterclass, Gainesville Theatre Alliance with the University of North Georgia and BrenauUniversity Acting I undergraduate course.2016“Extraordinary Bodies: Using Theatre to Promote Body-Positive Thinking with Youth.”Master class, Gainesville Theatre Alliance with the University of North Georgia andBrenau University Theatre for Young Audiences undergraduate course.“WE the People: Connecting Historical Events to Modern Day Marginalization throughTheatre.” Weeklong residency with high school students presented through the EngagedLearning Through the Arts program with the Orlando Repertory Theatre. Orange CountyPublic Schools.Teaching Artist Consultant. Assessed and developed improvement plan foracting/education interns. Orlando Shakespeare Theatre.2013“Theatre Management in High School Education.” Two-hour guest lecture, GainesvilleTheatre Alliance with the University of North Georgia and Brenau University TheatreManagement undergraduate course.“Living Shakespeare: Integrating Performance in the English Classroom.” One-hourworkshop presented to English students and teachers, Timber Creek High School.Brendel Horn 10

(Presentations, Workshops, and Residencies, continued)2012“Puppetry: A ‘Hands In’ Experience.” Two hour-long workshops presented to teachersacross all disciplines. Orange County Public Schools.2008“Shaking up Shakespeare.” Five-week teaching artist residency with fourth-gradestudents through the UCF division of ArtsBridge America, a nationwide service-learningorganization. Orange County Public Schools.2007“Outside the Box.” Five-week residency with seventh-grade gifted students using forumtheatre to explore problem solving and communication. Orange County Public Schools.Refereed Conference Presentations, Workshops, Papers, and Panels2021“Global Perspectives on Creative Learning.” Bangkok International Children’s TheatreFestival. (virtual and international, Thailand). Paid panel participant.“Act Out Justice: Devised Theatre for Social Change with Youth in a TumultuousAmerica.” ASSITEJ International (virtual and Tokyo, Japan). Refereed presentation.“Toward the Unknown: Building a University-Professional Partnership in TYA.”ITYARN/ASSITEJ. Refereed paper working group.2019“Parents and Their Children in the Field: Strategies for Serving our AudienceDemographic in a Professional Capacity.” Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, (Atlanta,Florida): May 2019. Panel coordinator and moderator with Ellen Conn, Alicia Fuss, TaeHoon Yoo, Jenny Anne Koppera, Karen Libman, Allison Manville Metz, Allison MuiMitchell, and Scott Savage.“Setting the Stage for Youth-Led Devised Theatre for Social Change: ReflectiveCollaborative Inquiry on ‘Act Out Justice’.” Alliance for Theatre in Higher Education,(Orlando, Florida): August 2019. Panel coordinator, moderator, and paper presentationwith Brittany Caine, Emily Freeman, and Maria Katsadouros.2018“Theatre-based Activism: Theories and Methods in Action!” Artful Inquiry ResearchGroup, (Montreal, Canada): October 2018. Panel presentation with Abigail Shabtay,Elaine Chang, Bethany Nelson, Rachel Rhoades, Maria McKenna, Makram Ayache, andFranco Saccucci.“In Their Words: Traversing Generational Expectations in ‘Writes of Spring’.” FifthInternational Theatre for Children and Young People Researchers and Critics Forum,(Buenos Aires, Argentina): September 2018. Paper presentation.“Love is Love: Same-Sex Romeo and Juliet?” American Alliance for Theatre andEducation, (Minneapolis, MN): August 2018. Panel moderator with Madison Brown, LilyDelle-Levine, and Kristin Wolanin.“Integrative Learning Across the Disciplines.” UCF FCTL Summer Conference,presented by the Quality Enhancement Plan. Presented with Stephanie Kirk and MeganSherod.2017“I Am UCF Panel Discussion.” Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance andCollaboratory (HASTAC), (Orlando, FL): October 2017. Panel participant with AmandaHill and Stephanie Wheeler. International refereed conference.Brendel Horn 11

(Presentations, Workshops, and Residencies, continued)“Creating Individually and Collectively; Building Identity and Community: TheIntersections of Theatre and Digital Storytelling.” Humanities, Arts, Science andTechnology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC), (Orlando, FL): October 2017.Interactive research-based workshop with Amanda Hill. International refereedconference.“Once In My LIFE: Embodied Journeys through Intergenerational and InterdisciplinaryDevising.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE), (New Orleans, LA):August 2017. Interactive research-based workshop.“Self-Care in Academia: A Dramatic Dialogue.” UCF Summer Faculty DevelopmentWorkshop: May 2017.2016“Many Bodies in One Room: Models for Collaborative/Collective Play Developmentwith Youth and Young Audiences.” Association for Theatre in Higher Education,(Chicago, IL): August 2016. Panel and interactive workshop with Megan Alrutz, JuliaListengarten, and Roxanne Schoeder-Arce.“Do You See Me? And What Do You See? Shifts in Power and Visibility in AppliedTheatre with Black Male High School Students and The Police.” Women in TheatreProgram Preconference (Chicago, IL): August 2016. Paper presentation.“WE the People: Connecting Historical Events to Modern Marginalization throughTheatre.” American Alliance for Theatre and Education, (Boston, MA): July 2016.Interactive research-based workshop.“The Justice Project: Exploring Intersections between Youth and the Police.” AmericanAlliance for Theatre and Education, (Boston, MA): July 2016. Interactive, researchbased workshop and performance with Emily Freeman, Maria Katsadouros, JarvisWheeler, and youth participants of The Justice Project.“From the Playwright’s Perspective: Race and Ethnicity on Stage.” American Alliancefor Theatre and Education, (Boston, MA): July 2016. Panel Moderator with Max Bush,Jose Casas, Mariah Richardson, and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce.“AATE Blind Date: Diversifying Our Connections.” American Alliance for Theatre andEducation, (Boston, MA): July 2016. Interactive workshop with Laura Byland, NiccoleCarner, and Ann Kinnebrew.“ACTION! Theatre Strategies for Active Learning.” UCF Summer Faculty DevelopmentConference: May 2016. Interactive research-based workshop.“Extraordinary Bodies: Using Theatre to Promote Body-Positive Thinking with MiddleSchool Students.” NYU Educational Theatre Forum, (New York, NY): April 2016.Interactive resea

Florida Theatre Conference, (Board Member, Theatre for Youth Division Chair, 2016-2020) Theatre for Young Audiences USA (Board Member, Programming Committee, 2016 – present) Brendel Horn 2 . Orlando Repertory Theatre. 2007 United Arts of Central Florida