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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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Contact

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872.267.1765

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