Betsy Anne Huggins  

1138 Neon Way∙ Louisville, Kentucky 40204 ∙ 502-558-8115 ∙ betsyahuggins@gmail.com 

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 

Actors Theatre of Louisville: ​Education Manager...............................................................................February 2015-Current 
● Develop curriculum for the Kennedy Center’s VSA Playwright Discovery Program and other playwriting and preshow 
workshop opportunities, and teach grades 5-12 
● Coordinate all student matinee logistics and work with theatre staff and schools to ensure safety and engagement at 
school performances, which see over 15,000 students a year 
● Manage Actors Theatre’s community relationships with schools and nonprofit and community groups 
● Curate and manage the College Days undergraduate theatre festival, a part of the Humana Festival of New American 
Plays, which attracts over 400 guests a year 
● Hire, train and mentor two apprentices during each season, and coordinate feedback and work responsibilities 
● Read and select plays for the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, which receives over 800 submissions annually 
● Mentor playwrights in the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, and direct a production each year 
● Maintain the day-to-day budget of the department, track receivables and payables, submit purchase orders and mileage 
reports, and monitor the annual expected revenue and expenses, each over $60,000 a year 
● Serve on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion cohort and make policy recommendations to leadership 
● Report on qualitative and quantitative statistics for the department and work with fundraising to apply for grants and 
additional opportunities to promote Actors Theatre’s work both locally and on the national scale 
● Represent Actors Theatre at national, regional and local conferences and consortiums and present on best practices 
● Develop education marketing materials, including two educational brochures a year, flyers, and mailings 
● Manage the department’s portion of Actors Theatre’s website 
 
Assumption High School​: Artist in Residence………….……………….……………..…..…September 2015-Current 
● Lead playwriting workshops and help playwrights develop ten minute plays around a theme 
● Produce the annual Bloom Festival of social-justice themed plays, including mentoring student directors  
 
Actors Theatre of Louisville: ​Education Coordinator..................................................................August 2013-February 2015 
● Manage the department’s calendar, including the scheduling of preshow workshops and the in-school work of 
independent teaching artists, classroom guests, and education interns 
● Assist in the development of playwriting and preshow workshop curriculum, including the Word Play program 
● Teach preshow and stage makeup workshops, and playwriting residencies 
● Track the department’s quantitative statistics and collaborate with other departments on their use in grants  
● Collect and maintain all department data from teaching artists, student matinees, and the College Days and New 
Voices programs 
● Collaborate on the planning and execution of College Days, directing the logistics and strengthening the planning and 
implementation of the festival weekend 
● Serve on the New Voices contest selection committee and direct in the New Voices Festival  
 
Kentucky Shakespeare: ​Education and Internship Coordinator...............................................January 2013-August 2013 
● Coordinate the efforts of the education department in the sales of Kentucky Shakespeare's educational programs 
● Manage the department’s calendar, and schedule engagements and performances across the Kentuckiana region 
● Tour programs, such as Inspecting Shakespeare, Bard Buddies, and ​Julius Caesar​ to students K-12 across Kentucky, 
Indiana, and Ohio, and direct a production of ​The Winter’s Tale 
● Teach and design residencies at schools and community centers  
● Design curriculum and review existing Kentucky Shakespeare lesson plans 
 ● Manage and plan a company of summer interns, including hiring of personnel, coordinating with other departments, 
and executing a workshop and play-reading series 
● Teach Kentucky Shakespeare's Revelers summer camp and co-facilitate the summer program 
 
Kentucky Center for the Arts: ​Customer Service Representative..................................December 2012- February 2015 
● Sell tickets to Kentucky Center and Brown on Broadway productions using Tessitura ticketing software  
● Assist customers with accessibility needs, following Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines  
 
Roundabout Theatre Company: ​Education Intern............................................................August 2012- September 2012 
● Transcribe and help conduct interviews for the Student Matinee Study Guides with the Education Dramaturg 
● Provide support during student and teacher workshops and assist in the running of the Education office  
● Write articles for the ​Cyrano de Bergerac ​Study Guide 
 
Actors Theatre of Louisville: ​Education Intern and Teaching Artist................................................June 2011-May 2012 
● Provide programmatic administration for Actors' Education programs, including the Student Matinee series, the 
YouTheatre program, and the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival  
● Develop curriculum for ​A Christmas Carol​ lesson plan and assist on the creation of six other lesson plans  
● Schedule pre-show workshops for the entire department for three mainstage shows and exceed the expectations for 
the number of workshops scheduled  
● Conduct pre-show, stage-makeup, and playwriting workshops in schools across Kentucky and Southern Indiana, 
contributing to a record number of workshops for the Student Matinee Series  
● Research and write articles for three study guides, compile and manage the content, and collaborate on the execution  
● Coordinate the arrival of schools at student matinees with the house manager and stage manager, monitor student 
behavior, and give curtain speeches 
● Assist in the New Voices Contest and Festival, including reading and evaluating over one hundred student 
submissions, serving on the selection committee, and directing one of the selected New Voices works 
● Moderate post-show discussions with audiences following performances of ​ReEntry ​and ​The Ver**on Play 
● Design and moderate a series of panel discussions for the Humana Festival College Days Weekend 

EDUCATION 
Beloit College: ​Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts: Acting and Political Science, Class of 2010 
Cum Laude; Departmental Honors Theatre, Outstanding Performance Award, 2008 
 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AFFILIATIONS and AWARDS 
American Alliance for Theatre Education (AATE):  
Chair of the Professional Theatre Network, 2015-2017 
Presented at AATE 2018 Symposium: Inclusive Playwriting Strategies 
Presented at AATE 2017 Conference: Bridging the Gap: Making a Life in the Arts 
Presented at AATE 2016 Conference: Diversifying Internships to Diversify our Theatres 
Excel Level Two​: Norton University Microsoft Excel Level 2: professional development in 2017 
Mental Health First Aid:​ Certificate from National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare in 2017 
Tessitura Learning and Community Conference: ​Attended conference in 2016 
Drama For Schools Summer Institute at University of Texas at Austin: ​Summer 2015, led by Lara Rose Dosset  
Kentuckiana Cultural Consortium: ​Represent Actors Theatre to Jefferson County Public School district  
South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC): ​Teacher’s Institute​ ​led by Master Teaching Artist Eric Booth in 2013 
The Kennedy Center's VSA Professional Development for Educators:​ Inclusion in the Theatre Arts Classroom 
Squallis Puppeteers Board of Directors: ​assist in fundraising and write puppet shows 
Seven Counties Services: ​awarded the Champion of Art in Recovery, 2015, for the devising and producing the 
Seven Counties Story Slam, an evening of stories written and performed by clients of Seven Counties around the 
theme of Recovery.