11th Hour Productions





Meet your coach,
Ms. Tamara Drew.
Tamara Drew is a director, choreographer, playwright, speaker, and community activist who has been training performance professionals in the Chicagoland area since 2006.
Her students have gained acceptance to prestigious theatre programs at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, The Boston Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, Millikin University, Skidmore College, Oberlin, Webster, Drake, CalArts, and UIC, among others.
They have been employed on stage and screen on and off Broadway, on HBO (Max), Prime Video, Freeform, CBS, Showtime, NBC, & Comedy Central, on runways in London, Paris, and New York, and in feature films.
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Tamara's work has ranged from Chicago's North Shore to juvenile incarceration facilities, to theatrical workshops on race and trauma with the Chicago Police Department, to seminars on anti-racist education with a myriad of random parents.
Her ability to comfortably approach the uncomfortable, assess acute growth opportunities for each of her individual clients, and to quickly forge a connection that fosters trust & vulnerability allows her sessions to be accelerated, grounded, and productive.
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Rest assured. You're in good hands.
Judge: A is For's Playwriting Contest 2024
Chairperson: RW ES Local School Council 2022-2024
Parent Representative/Vice Chairperson: RW ES Local School Council 2020-Present
Production Team/Speech Coach: TEDx Youth Ravenswood ES 2023
Director/Playwright/Artistic Manager: Storycatchers Theatre 2019-2022
Moderator: Steppenwolf Theatre Staff Black Identifying Affinity Group Discussion 2021
Guest: Real Freedom Project. Snow Moon Stream 2021
Guest: Steppenwolf Theatre's Half Hour Podcast. Season 1, Episode 5 "I got your back".2020
Panelist: Loyola University Panel on Anti-Racism 2020
Moderator: 47th Ward Aldermanic Forum 2019
Choreographer/Movement Consultant: St. Sebastian Players Theatre, Mystery of Edwin Drood, Oliver 2017-2018
Panelist: Millikin University School of Theatre and Dance Panel on Entrepreneurship & Arts Administration 2016
Founder/Director/Choreographer: Studio BE (Youth Revolution) 2009-2019
Director/Choreographer: The Entertainment Project 2007-2009
Director/Choreographer: Providence Catholic High School Drama 2005-2006
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