Lisa Marie holds a BA in Theatre with emphases in Acting and Directing from Boise State University and a master’s degree with a focus on Production Management from The University of Montana. She has worked in many different capacities for several different regional theatres. Positions she has held include: director, stage manager, production manager, wardrobe crew, run crew, lighting designer, sound designer, props assistant, community service manager, assistant costume designer, first hand, and actor. Lisa Marie’s favorite professional work includes varied jobs with The Montana Repertory Theatre, Montana Rep Missoula, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Rosalie Sorrel’s Folk Music Festival, Boise Contemporary Theatre, ID Theatre Company, and Bruce Willis’s Company of Fools in Hailey, Idaho.

 

Lisa Marie has taught for the School of Theatre & Dance since 2002. The courses she has taught include Acting for Non-Majors, Theatre Appreciation (both live and online), Costume Construction, and Intermediate Costume Construction. Lisa Marie currently works as the Costume Shop Supervisor for the School of Theatre and Dance. She appears regularly as a featured guest on “The Ann and Teresa and Ann Show” on KBGA College Radio at UM.

 

”My goal as an educator is to help my students find their own voices and means of creative expression. I think of my students' work as a journey and I encourage them to do the same. Whether a student is three months out of high school or picking up his/her last three credits before graduating, the goals and tools needed for the eventual successful completion of that journey are the same: interest, excitement, confidence, focus, courage, and the realization that the journey—education itself—never really ends. In my classroom, whether live or online, my students are constantly challenged to find the most creative and thoughtful means of expression possible while being held to the highest measure of academic success. I know that I am only one of many instructors that these people will have along the way and I believe that I provide encouragement en route. I see my task as that of helping students to build for themselves a solid platform that will become their jumping-off point for bigger and better things.”