Theater
2023 – 2024
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Taught by Boomie Pedersen, Co-founder & Director of Hamner Theater.
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Boomie Pedersen was born and raised in NYC. She has lived, taught, performed and studied in NY; Tokyo, Japan; Los Angeles, CA and now in Virginia. She was a scholarship dance student with the Joffrey Ballet but gave up ballet to go to college. Boomie holds a BA in English and Theater/Dance from Princeton University, and recently completed her MFA in Pedagogy and Performance at VCU. She is Artistic Director of the Hamner Theater, which she co-founded in 2005; she runs the Hamner Improv Troupe and has taught Improv extensively to all ages as well as to businesses, caregivers and in other areas where Applied Improv is applicable. She does Playback Theater, has acted, directed and produced in theaters in Charlottesville as well as Richmond. She also founded the Central Virginia Theater Alliance and is active in the GCCA (Greater Crozet Arts Alliance). Boomie is the Theater Advisor for Crozet Arts where she also teaches theater classes for children and adults and looks forward to introducing the Crozet Theater Workshop at Crozet Arts to the community.
Click here to read more about Boomie at the Hamner Theater website.