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| Alyson Brown |
| Drama, Clarke Middle School |
| Email address
for student/parents: ClarkeDrama@aol.com |
| Alyson Brown has been teaching in the Lexington
Public Schools since 1994. During this time, her students have participated
in the Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival every year. In 1995,
they took first place for the production of Fools; in 1997, second
place for Interview; in 1998, first place for Feiffer's People; in
1999, first place for I Never Saw Another Butterfly; and in
2001, outstanding overall production for the original piece, Samaha.
In 1997 and 1998, Clarke was the United States representative at the
Provincial Festival at the University of New Brunswick in Canada,
taking Outstanding overall production, best teacher/director, best
costumes, best ensemble and best set. In 2000, Ms. Brown and her students
were chosen to represent the Un ited States at the prestigious World
Festival of Children's Theatre in Toyama City, Japan. |
| Ms. Brown is the President of the Middle School
division of the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild. She is also
on the Board of Trustees for the Guild, having been a driving force
in the Guild incorporating the middle school division under its umbrella.
She is on the Board of Directors for NARA (North American Regional
Alliance), the governing force for amateur theatre in North America.
She is a member of EdTA (Educational Theatre Association), AATE (American
Alliance for Theatre in Education), AACT (American Alliance of Community
Theatres) and NETC (New England Theatre Conference). |
| This past summer, Ms. Brown was the United States
delegate to the Congress of the International Amateur Theatre Association
in Monaco where her main purpose was to advocate for children and
youth theatre. During that congress, she officially bid for the first
World Festival of Youth Theatre to be held in the Boston area in 2005. |
| Ms. Brown holds a BFA from the Boston Conservatory
and is currently attending Lesley University. |
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