T.’s extensive experience in theatre, education, and business fields includes film, stage, and commercial acting. She is director of Batteries Optional, an improv troupe; assistant acting instructor; theatre specialist for Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines for aiding troubled youth; and artistic director for HOPE, Teen Touring Troupe, and Actors on Tour, a professional children’s theater. For 17 years, she has worked with the Des Moines Playhouse in many capacities. T. conducts workshops for students from elementary school through college in theatrical production and mime storytelling, and has co-organized a summer theatre camps for past 9 years.
