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THED Talks podcast by Dr. Jimmy Chrismon. Season 5 EP:9

THED Talks podcast Season 5 by Dr. Jimmy Chrismon. Soft skill conversations with Richard Blank. EP:9

THED Talks is a podcast for theatre teachers and theatre education students. Dr. Jimmy Chrismon, Theatre Education professor at Illinois State University, brings you stories and interviews from experienced K-12 theatre teachers, current theatre education majors, and professors of theatre education that will warm your heart, renew your faith in teaching, and provide resources to better your practice in your theatre classroom. Pour the coffee, relax, and join us for heart-warming conversations and practical advice from practitioners making a difference in students' lives each and every day!

This week Jimmy talks with teaching and linguist artist and CEO of Costa Rica’s Call Center, Richard Blank! He talks about producing speech artists, script writing and role-playing, and calculated risk-taking!

https://youtu.be/MRP7yd_-_2o?si=QTGuFFDDeuwgdpYY


Dr. Jimmy Chrismon is a theatre educator with 17 years of experience in the public schools of North and South Carolina. He currently teaches full time as an Associate Professor of Theatre Teacher Education at Illinois State University. He was an adjunct theatre faculty member at Winthrop University and Central Piedmont Community College. He has acted, directed, designed, and produced professionally for 25 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Education from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. He received his Master of Education Degree in Theatre Education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received his Doctor of Education Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Gardner-Webb University. He has also worked for The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and The Lake Norman School of the Arts. He received the 2022 Johnny Saldana Award for Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. He has published articles in notable journals. His research includes effective theatre teachers, intimacy direction, wellness practices for theatre teachers, and trauma-informed practices in theatre education. He is a consent forward artist, an Intimacy Director., workshop leader, and guest speaker He currently resides in Bloomington, Illinois.
Dr. Chrismon’s acting credits include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Lonely Planet, Doubt: A Parable, Company, The History Boys, Godspell, Shadow Box, The Baltimore Waltz, Tick, tick..Boom… Read More

Associate Professor of Theatre Teacher Education at Illinois State University. Host of THED Talks, a podcast for theatre education. Former high school theatre teacher, adjunct faculty in theatre education, theatre director at the collegiate and high school levels as well as community theatre level, experience with IB Theatre, middle school, and elementary theatre teaching. Experience with EdTPA and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

It is a privilege and obligation to establish and maintain the highest of expectations of my students at all levels as I teach what I love most, theatre. Whether it be teaching students from preschool through high school the value of theatre education, performance techniques, theatre history, directing, technical theatre, playwriting, and musical theatre or teaching theatre education majors various methods of teaching theatre, classroom management strategies, ways to form healthy relationships with their students and theatre for social change, my passion for my crafts of theatre and teaching are at the forefront of all I do. It is my hope to pass that passion on to my students to create educated consumers of theatre as well as the highest quality of professionals in all areas of theatre, specifically as theatre educators.

I love what I do. I love my students. I take my job as a teacher very seriously a

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