Carina Goebelbecker

Project Rousseau | Broadening Horizons Associate | September 2020-Present

• Leading and mentoring students through arts focused projects for the Broadening Horizons division of the nonprofit.

• Responsibilities include: teaching critical and writing thinking sessions at A. Philip Randolph High School and James Baldwin

• School, developing and executing arts based talks, screenings, field trips, and conducting arts centered research.

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Playdate Theatre | Educational Director | July 2020-Present

• Educational Director for the first ever online theatre company.

• Responsibilities include: creating, organizing, and leading the virtual Playdate Emerging Playwrights Summit and Drama Club for high school

  students, contacting and coordinating with Guest Artists, outreach to high schools across the country, weekly check ins with students.

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RightsViews | Staff Writer | Fall 2021-Present 

• Staff Writer for the Human Rights publication. 

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The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine | Teaching Artist/ Co-Director| January 2019-June 2021

• Co-directing the 8th grade musical. Co-directed the 7th grade Shakespeare performance.

• Responsibilities include: improving student’s understanding of character, running rehearsals, and coordinating logistics.

ASTEP | Volunteer Teaching Artist | Summer 2019-Present

• Volunteer Teaching Artist for the arts non profit whose goals are to awaken imaginations of their students, foster critical thinking, and help their students break the cycle of poverty. 

• Teaches dance and visual arts workshops for ASTEP! Onstage. 

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The 52nd Street Project | Intern and Volunteer | January 2019-2021

• Assisted in all departments at the nonprofit arts organization in Hell’s Kitchen.

• Responsibilities included: prop construction/painting, homework help, office maintenance, and teaching assistant for the Dancemaking class.​​​ 

• Volunteer for the PlayMaking program and DanceMaking program.

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A Class Act NY | Teaching Artist, New York | Winter 2019-Winter 2020

• Teaching Artist for the award winning theater company’s production of Shrek Jr. and Frozen Jr. with 7-12 year old performers.

• Responsibilities included: rehearsal room set up and breakdown, teaching and reviewing choreography and blocking, social media

  management, and assisting the performers.

Dramatists Guild Foundation | Stage Manager, New York, NY | November 2018, June 2019, December 2019

• Stage managed the Dramatists Guild Foundation's New Voices showcase. New Voices is a program that brings professional Teaching Artists to fourth grade classrooms where they lead the students in the collaborative creation of their own original plays.

• Responsibilities included organizing, tracking, and gathering props, costumes, and set pieces. Assigning and assisting with transitions, spiking set pieces, creating sound cue documents, reading stage directions, and setting up backstage. ​

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ZeroSpace | Production Assistant | Spring-Summer 2019

• Assisted with all Department Heads for the new immersive production.

• Responsibilities included: schedule upkeep and documentation with Asana, creation of casting documents, research, office maintenance.

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Refugee Youth Summer Academy | Peer Mentor | Summer 2019

• Peer Mentor for the IRC’s summer program to help newly arrived refugee, asylees, and other immigrant youth succeed in the NYC Public school system.

• Responsibilities include: mentoring students and modeling positive behavior, assisting teachers and students, classroom setup.​

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Williamstown Theatre Festival | Acting Apprentice, MA | Summer 2018

• Performed and assisted in all departments as an Acting Apprentice for the Massachusetts based festival.

• Responsibilities included Wardrobe Crew for The Closet starring Matthew Broderick , Deck Crew for Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin, set building, general costume maintenance and construction, lighting assistance,  front of house, and prop construction.

• Performed in a short play (Eleanor Descending a Staircase).

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New York City Players  |  Performer/Intern, New York, NY  |  May 2017- Present  

• Assisted with production and general management for the Brooklyn based experimental theater group, founded by acclaimed director and playwright Richard Maxwell.

• Cast member in the New York Times Critic’s pick Paradiso directed and written by Richard Maxwell at Greene Naftali Gallery.

• Production Intern for The Second Wedding of Yasmin Blessing to Jeff Jackman Jr. as part of the company’s Education Project with immigrant New Yorkers and NYCP Summer School, a week long intensive workshop for artists across all mediums.

• Responsibilities included: grant organization, contract documentation, production advertisement, and product distribution.

Groove With Me | Dance Teacher/ Volunteer, New York, NY | September 2017- Present

• Jazz Dance Volunteer Teacher for 5-6 year old girls at the dance studio that offers free classes to girls in Harlem to express themselves and discover their capacities in a stable environment.

• Provides a safe and supportive space for the dancers while teaching basic jazz dance technique.

Vaclav Havel Library Foundation | Intern, New York, NY | September 2017- November 2017   

• Intern for the nonprofit organization that honors and builds upon the legacy of playwright, dissident, and former President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel.

• Helped organize and execute the Rehearsal for Truth Festival, a theater festival with artists from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia to highlight Havel’s legacy as a playwright.

• Responsibilities included: Corresponding with embassy representatives, organizing panel discussions, assisting talent, space management.

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Company | Intern, New York, NY | June 2017- August 2017 

• Office/ Production intern for the renowned American modern dance company.

• Responsibilities included: assisting with auditions for new members of the company, sorting and organizing marketing materials, documenting donors for the development department, filing tour dates and information, ushering and ticket collection for community based events.

Urban Stages | Literary Committee, New York, NY | June 2017- August 2017

• Served as a literary committee member for the not-for-profit, Off Broadway theater company.

• Read three plays a week and wrote reviews and feedback, recommending plays that supported the theater’s mission of inclusivity and accessibility.

Cherry Lane Theatre | Intern, New York, NY | September 2016 – December 2016

• Assisted with general management at the longest running Off Broadway theater in New York City.

• Contributed to the planning and gathering of materials for the theater’s annual Mentor Project Announcement night.

• Responsibilities included: company outreach, finding and booking rehearsal space, gathering donor information, ushering, guest relations, general office organization.

 Variety Worldwide | Intern, New York, NY | January 2016 – August 2016

• Part of the team developing an immersive magic show (Director Neil Patrick Harris) working on casting, investor outreach, and production.

• Created a detailed manual for the execution of Queen of the Night in Shanghai, China including story, marketing, costumes, and casting.

Queen of the Night | Intern, New York, NY | September 2015 – December 2015                             

• Assisted in all departments within the Drama Desk Award winning immersive show including: production, marketing, event management and planning, stage management, guest services, box office sales, wardrobe, lighting and sound.

• Responsibilities included: social media/ Eblasts, costume maintenance and preparation, administrative duties, and VIP services.

• Documented/ organized Excel spreadsheets to record finances, compile print ads, and catalog fire performance permits.