JOELLE RÉ ARP-DUNHAM
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I AM

Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham, PhD, MFA 

Director, Actor, Media Designer, Educator, Scholar;
a professional storyteller with theatre, video, performance and multi-media as my canvases.
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BURNING MAN by Pamela Turner

Director

Joelle has directed over 50 productions with actors aged from four-year-olds through octogenarians, and from first-time performers to Equity members. Joelle is a proud Associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union and holds a Master in Fine Arts in Dramaric Media with an Emphasis in Directing from the University of Georgia .  
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham   

Multi-Media Artist

Whether integrating media in a stage performance or creating a story through the art of video, Joelle's experience directing, acting, shooting and editing video allow her to use the best tools available to tell a story. 
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METAMORPHOSES by Mary Zimmerman

Actor

 ​Joelle has performed throughout the east coast on stage and screen. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with an Emphasis in Acting from The Ohio State University. 
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LES MISÉRABLES by Victor Hugo, adapted by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer. 

Educator

Directing and teaching go hand-in-hand for Joelle. She's qualified and experienced in teaching a large variety of theatre and film classes ranging from Introduction courses to history to acting and DV production.
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Scholar

"I am all the more convinced that mending the long-lived disconnect between artistic work and its analysis is essential for understanding acting's long history and its continuing power to move audiences." -Sharon Carnicke
Joelle's scholarship reflects her life-long love of storytelling. Her driving question --  Why do people love stories and how do we best tell them? -- guides all her work. 
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