TheatreSquared
Emily Tomlinson has extensive experience in educational theatre, currently serving as the Director of Education at TheatreSquared since July 2010, where responsibilities include instructing and facilitating students aged 10-18 in a summer acting program culminating in a fully produced Shakespeare play. Previous roles include Education Specialist at Trike Theatre and Teaching Artist for various productions, including "Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells" and "Cinderella Confidential," aimed at elementary and middle school audiences. Emily also served as a Teaching Artist at Arts Live Theatre, developing a storytelling curriculum that led to a performance of an original play. Prior to this, Emily worked as a Dance Teacher at Elite Dance Studio, instructing younger students in multiple dance genres. Emily holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Performing Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Drama from the University of Arkansas.
TheatreSquared
TheatreSquared’s locally produced and nationally acclaimed productions reach more than 65,000 patrons each year. The company is Northwest Arkansas’s year-round professional resident theatre, offering a unique audience experience in an intimate setting. In 2011, TheatreSquared was recognized by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, as one of the nation’s ten most promising emerging theatres. TheatreSquared’s audience includes tens of thousands of students and their teachers. The theatre partners with schools from Northwest Arkansas to the Delta Region, working to give students across Arkansas access to live performances and arts-based learning tools. A professional company, TheatreSquared employs trained artists from across the country to create its 320 annual performances and is contracted with Actors' Equity Association. The theatre is also Arkansas’s home for professional playwrights, developing scripts through the Arkansas New Play Festival and producing new works and world premieres each year. TheatreSquared recently completed a new, architecturally significant, permanent home for professional theatre in Northwest Arkansas. This 50,000 square-foot cultural landmark unites two intimate theatres, rehearsal space, a three-level commons and café, outdoor gathering spaces, production workshops, offices, and artists’ apartments. Campaign efforts are in their closing phase — learn more at ournextstage.org. Since its founding 2005, TheatreSquared’s work has remained rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.”