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I’ve had the privilege of teaching (film, theatre, directing, acting, camera acting,
dramatic literature, puppetry, physical theatre, stand-up comedy) for a variety of full time academic programs as well as vocational adult education and art school. Full CV on request.

—WHERE I’VE TAUGHT<\/strong>—
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: <\/strong>
De Anza College: Professor of Theatre\/Film. Full-time, tenured.
Notre Dame de Namur University: Adjunct
St. Mary’s, Moraga: Guest Lecturer
San Francisco State University: Guest Artist
University of Utah: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Portland State University: Guest Artist

VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS\/ART SCHOOLS: <\/strong>
Art Institute, San Francisco
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
Film Acting Bay Area
Film Arts Foundation
Portland (OR) Actors Conservatory
Theatre Workshop (Portland, OR)
Provincetown Theater (MA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Fine Arts – University of Utah<\/a>, Salt Lake City, UT
Phi Kappa Phi  <\/a>   Recipient: Graduate Teaching Assistantship  
                
Bachelor of Arts – Portland State University<\/a>, Portland, OR  High Honors     
        
Conservatory Training –
Trinity Square Repertory Conservatory, Providence, RI
Recipient: Lotta M. Crabtree<\/a> Scholarship

Associate of Arts, Acting
American Academy of Dramatic Arts<\/a>, New York City, NY
Recipient: Scholarship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optioned screenwriter, produced screenwriter, award winning director, producer, teacher.
Available for lectures, workshops and presentations designed to suit your group’s needs.

45 + years. Performing arts and film\/video teacher, acting coach, mentor, tenured college professor, seminar instructor, comedy coach.

45 + years. Stage and Film Director\/Producer. Writer: scripts, comedy, prose.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOUNDER:<\/strong>
Hysterical Housewives.<\/a>
Stand-up comedy workshops for women over 50.



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SHORT FILMS, Screenings and Awards–

Sandwiched<\/em> by Hester Schell (short film)
Audience Award, May, 2018
Best Shorts Competition, Dec. 2017
CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT by Hester Schell. Produced 2022
Festival Screening: Ocean Fest. July 2022, Lincoln City, Oregon
Festival Screening: Feed Back Festival, 2023. Online, Experimental\/Environmental
Best Editing, Best Sound
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–SANDWICHED by Hester Schell. Produced, 2017
Festival Screening: PUFF, Portland Underground Film Festival, May 2018.
Best Shorts Competition
Award of Recognition
\u2028SCREENPLAY COMPETITIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red List: Coverfly, Family Features, Drop-In Squad, January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitch Now Features: Quarter Finals, Drop-In Squad, January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scriptapalooza, Features. Finalist: A Matter of Time, December 2024.\u2028
ScriptMatrix TV Pilot Competition, Semi-Finalist, January 2024\u2028SOUL SAFARI by Hester Schell, based on the book Safari for the Soul by Jan Boal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, Season 8, 2024 Soul Safari by Hester Schell, semi-finalist based on the book Safari for the Soul by Jan Boal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Who Write In Film, Script Competition, Semi-Finalist: Invisible by Gabriell Debear Paye & Hester Schell, March 2019.\u2028\u2028Optioned: Invisible by Gabriell Debear Paye & Hester Schell. Klaar Star Films, New York, January 2023 – February 2025. Option renewal decline by writers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portland Screenplay Awards: Invisible by Gabriell Debear Paye & Hester Schell. 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screen Craft TV Pilot Competition, Quarter Finalist: 2015.
SEVEN GENERATIONS: S1E1 Colony Collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THEATRE
Shiras Institute Playwriting Competition 1985, Finalist: CITY CAMPING. Co-write.
Semi-Finalist: The Maude Adams Annual Playwriting Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWARDS: THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

Same Time, Next Year<\/em> by Bernard Slade
Directed by Hester Schell
Benicia Old Town Theatre Group
2014 ARTY AWARDS, Solano County
Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Comedy

Singulariteen<\/em> by Patrick Brennan
Undefined Symbol Theatre Company
Directed by Hester Schell
Best of Show, 2013 San Francisco Fringe Theatre Festival
Winning Director + 4 sold out awards
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Lunatique Fantastique<\/em> Puppets
San Francisco Fringe Festival, 2004 BEST OF FEST
International Tour: London & NewCastle, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTIN\u2019 AROUND TALKING<\/em> by John Ford Noonan.
New Rose Theatre, Portland, OR          
KKSN Radio – Best Performance by a Leading Actress 

JULIE, JULIE<\/em> (short film, actress)
Audience Award, Best Short – Rochester Film Festival

MEMBERSHIPS: <\/strong>
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Harvard Square Script Writers
International Screenwriters’ Association
Portland Playwrights
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Film Arts Foundation
UNIMA, International Puppeteers
Puppeteers of America
American Theatre in Higher Education Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco
OMPA – Oregon Media Producers Association<\/p>\n\n\n

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Background holding tank on PRETTY LITTLE LIARS:
The PERFECTIONISTS.
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