Current Education NewsUpcoming at People’s Light:
Recent NewsPeople’s Light welcomes the following artists who have joined the Education Department this year. Melanye Finister has been a company member with People’s Light since 1991. She has appeared in over a dozen plays at PLTC most recently Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Giver, Something You Did, Fabulation and The Member of the Wedding. Other theatres she has worked with include Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden, InterAct, Venture Theatre, The Wilma, and The Walnut Street Theatre. Melanye was the Director of Youth Summerstage last year, and has twenty years of teaching experience. Sarah B. Mantell is the Dramaturgy & Education Intern for the 08/09 season at People’s Light. She has worked with Geva Theatre Center in Rochester NY, Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Stanford National Center for New Play Development, and the University of Rochester International Theatre Program. She has a BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. Honors and Recognition for Education ProgramsPeople’s Light was approved as an Act 48 Continuing Professional Education Provider by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. This approval means that People’s Light can offer professional development courses to teachers for Act 48 credit. People’s Light was also approved to be included on the PA State list of “Innovative Education Providers.” This status allows corporations to receive a tax deduction when they contribute to Project Discovery. For more information about this program, contact Richard Quinn, Interim Director of Development, at quinn@peopleslight.org or 610-647-1900. |