Who am Geeda? (sic)
Geeda Searfoorce is a writer, actor, comedian, and teaching artist. She teaches writing, performance, and authentic communication workshops to adults of all ages independently and to middle and high schoolers through the Vermont Young Playwrights Program.
She has performed with Chelsea Repertory Lab, Messenger Theater, Middlebury Acting Company, Vermont Stage, and sketch comedy with Stealing From Work. She holds a MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and completed the two-year Meisner training program at The Acting Studio (NY).
Her writing has been published in Numero Cinq and Short Fiction in Theory and Practice and her plays have been produced through Vermont Playwrights Circle, Town Hall Theater, Heat and Hot Water Productions, and Complications Company.
Work
Site build in progress! Samples and links are being updated frequently…
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Fiction: Narrative, Plays (stage + screen), Poetry + Prose.
Nonfiction: Essays, Articles, Reviews + More
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Standup, Sketch + More. Ha ha funny + weird funny.
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Writing, performance, and authentic communication workshops for learners of all ages.
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Film, Theater, + Voice Work
I love playing with text + subtext + collaborating with kind, wise humans!
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Advice? More like FORTITUDE. Read and write to Dear Courage!
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Direct address, indirectly delivered. Part staged reading, part generative writing workshop. In person (BTV) + (soon to be) online.
POSTED: NEXT MEETING OF THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE:
APRIL 14 at 7pm Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, BTV
Geeda Searfoorce LinkedIn Profile | IMDB | Full Resume
Pro Highlights
Vermont Young Playwrights Program | Teaching Artist | New England
University of Vermont | Strategic Communications Manager | Burlington, VT
Champlain College | Adjunct Professor
Shelburne Museum | Communications & Marketing Manager
Middlebury Interactive Languages | Narrator
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival | Associate Director
Freelance Copywriter & Editor | New York, NY | Brands & orgs
Barnes & Noble.com | Manager/Section Editor: Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Books | New York, NY
Education
Vermont College of Fine Arts | Montpelier, VT
M.F.A., Writing | 2015
The Acting Studio | New York, NY
Two-year Certificate Program in Acting | 1998
Loyola University | Baltimore, MD
B.A., English Literature | 1994
Improv training 1995-1999 with instructors from Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade.
Publications & Productions
Critical works published in Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, Numero Cinq.
Plays produced by Vermont Playwrights Circle, Heat & Hot Water Productions, Complications Company.
References and acting resume available upon request.
Contact us
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