Julie Olsen

An MFA graduate of the University of Washington School of Drama’s Professional Actor Training program and a graduate of Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ms. Olsen is privileged to have taught Drama at ASB since 2015.  Ms. Olsen has taught theatre, literature, and writing skills for the University of Washington’s Summer Youth Program, the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School, and at Roosevelt High School in Seattle.   An Executive Board member of the Washington State Educational Theatre Association, Ms. Olsen chairs the Washington State Junior Thespian Conference.  She has taught performance skills in a wide variety of settings, including NCAS skills-based workshops at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu and at the Washington State Thespian Festival. Most recently, Ms. Olsen’s theatre curriculum was selected by the National Educational Theatre Association for its “high-quality examples of skill in setting instructional objectives, designing coherent instruction, and designing student assessment.”  Her work will be included in the National Educational Theatre Associations’ library of professional development resources, which illustrates best practice for theatre educators.