Amy Oestreicher
(203) 209-4948
www.amyoes.com
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Hampshire College – Amherst, MA
Third-year student, pursuing arts degree with focus on playwriting, theatre, expressive arts and art
therapy
Norwalk Community College – Norwalk, CT
Courses included: Creative Movement for Children, Creative Writing Fiction
Gotham Writers – New York, NY
Courses Included: Playwriting, Humor Writing, Creative Writing, Poetry, Screenwriting
Fairfield University – Fairfield, CT
Courses included: Sculpture 1
Sacred Heart University – Fairfield, CT
Courses Included: Psychology 101, Abnormal Psychology, Theatre History, Consumer Buying and
Fasion
Judaic Studies with Rabbi Axe of Temple Shir Ami in Greenwich, CT and Rabbi Sasloe of Temple Beth
El in Fairfield, CT
Studies at Silvermine Guild Norwalk, CT
Private Study in Art History/Technique with Leona Frank
“Art into Abstraction” – Hampshire College
TRAINING:
Acting:
-!Study with Bruce Kolb, NYC
-!Music Theatre coaching with David Friedman
-!Music Theatre coaching with David Brunetti, Jerold Goldstein
-!Music Theatre Audition Course with Richard Sabellico, NYC
-!American Globe Theatre w/John Basil: Shakespeare Intensive, NYC
-!Marriane Challis, Frank Root, David Black
-!ACTeen (in Weist-Barron) of NYC (Adv. Commercials, Film/Tech, Scene Study,
Adv. Speech/Voice, Musical Theater)
-!Educational Training/Performing curriculum of studies at Stagedoor Manor, NY
-!Shakespeare Training at Shakespeare & Company (Lennox, MA)
-!William McAdams, Natalie Sowell (Hampshire College)
Voice:
-! Bruce Kolb, Ivan Rutherford, Paul Elkin, Lee Wade, Kevin Connors, Bill Hall,
Beverly Lambert, Marianne Challis, Kristin Huffman
Dance:
-! Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Swing, Theatre Dance, Irish, Lyrical, Ballroom
-! STEPS, Broadway Dance Center NYC, CT. Dance of Monroe, Monroe Dance
Academy
-! Private study in ballet (Patricia Robson) tap (Jeff Edmonds) and jazz (Maria
Colaco)
Expressive Therapies:
-! Expressive Therapies Summit, NYC: Voice Dialogues, Authentic Movement,
Psychodrama, DBT, Holistic Circus Therapy (November 6-9th 2014)
-! Journey Dance with Toni Bergins: Dance Kinetics (2004-2011)
-! CANY (Creative Alternatives of New York): Drama Therapy and Trauma training
(2014-2015)
-! Facilitated Power of Words Workshop (Transformative Language Arts Network
through Goddard College)
THEATRE EXPERIENCE
!! One-Woman Show: Gutless & Grateful: A Musical Feast
October 2012
Stage 72/Triad (NYC), Bijou Theatre (Bridgeport, CT) & Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield,
MA)
o! Wrote, Starred, Organized, Arranged, & Directed
o! Broadway World Award Nominee (Best Theatre Debut and Best Cabaret Debut)
o! Found and hired my own box office manager, house manager, staff, publicist, technical staff,
band, musical arranger, musical director
o! Put together entire act and practiced weekly with David Brunetti
o! Published book of original artwork and recorded CD of original songs to sell at show
!! Gutless & Grateful: A Second Helping
Summer 2013
The Bijou Theatre (Bridgeport, CT), Stage 72 (NYC), Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, MA)
o! Rave reviews with various news and print sources, as well as several media’s “Top Picks”
o! Part of “Mr. Finn’s Cabaret” series (was personally invited by William Finn)
o! Independently revised entire show based on surgery after Oct. 2012 run
o! Did same publicity, training, rehearsing, preparation explaining above for the original run
!! United Solo Festival: Gutless & Grateful: A Musical Feast
October 11 & November 13, 2014
Theatre Row, Studio Theatre
o! Reworked and edited script
o! Managed staff and publicity
o! October 11th show sold out; November 13th added by popular demand
Motivational Speaking/Workshops:
Gutless & Grateful as a keynote combining mental health advocacy with Broadway theatre:
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Transformative Language Arts Network’s Power of Words Conference (Kansas City, MO)
Eating Recovery Center (Denver, CO)
Pacific Rim International Disability Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii 2016)
Heart of the City: Turning Passion to Business (B:Hive, Bridgetport 2015)
College Mental Health Speaker/Advocacy Program: Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
Speaking:
-! Fairfield County Arts Association (Fairfield, CT)
-! WOCN Conference (Nashville, TN)
-! Convatec Great Comebacks Awards (Greensboro, NC)
-! Great Comebacks Awards (Meridan, CT)
-! Resilience and the Power of the Human Spirit (Westport, CT)
!! Other Theater:
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
Pound Ridge Theatre Company, NY
Fiddler on the Roof
Tzeitl
Center Stage Players, CT
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
JCCS Players, CT
I Never Saw another Butterfly
Irca
JCCS Players, CT
Oliver!
Nancy
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
Company
Marta
Darien Arts Center, CT
Cats!
JellyLorum Staples Players Theatre, Westport, CT
Playboy of the Western World
Pegeen
Fairfield Warde Players, CT
Les Miserables
Eponine
Fairfield Summer Theatre, CT
Les Miserables
Eponine
Theatre Arts Center, PA
Follies
Younger Hattie
Darien Arts Center, CT
The Sound of Music
Maria
Fairfield Woods Players, CT
Into The Woods
Baker’s Wife
JCCS Players, CT
The 3 Scrooges: A Musical Comedy
Tina Crachit
DRT: Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
SPECIAL SKILLS
Piano, violin, cello, guitar, drums, skiing, tennis, swimming, roller/ice skating, black-belt in karate, yoga
(vinyasa, hatha, and power), tai chi, song composition, Reiki
Dialects: Queen’s British, Southern American, Irish
OPERA
La Boheme with The Connecticut Grand Opera
Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT
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Henry the 5 with Christopher Plummer
Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford, CT
Operatic Tribute to Broadway with Charles Strouse,
Stephen Sondheim and Steven Schwartz
Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT
VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Our Time Cabaret
A Night at the Palace
This is ME: Original Compositions
Jazz Vocalist
Your Time to Shine
Featured Soloist
Featured Soloist
Featured Soloist
The Catskills, NY
Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT
Denver Health Children’s Hospital, CO
500 Degrees (Derby, CT)
The Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport, CT
ART
Solo Art Shows:
Journey Into Daylight
Bloom
Over the Moon
Coming hoME, finding heART
Canvas Talk: A Forum of Dreams
Westport Women’s Club, CT
Wendy Nylen’s Picture This Gallery, CT
Accupalooza Fairfield, CT
Grand Opening of Prescott Tavern, Amherst, MA
Tusk & Cup Café, Ridgefield, CT
Canvas Talk: A Forum of Dreams
Art Immersion Salon: Resilience & the Power of
the Human Spirit
Tree Dreams
Juried Art Shows:
Anything Goes
Mother’s Day Juried Competition
Ridgefield Art Walk 2015
Art in the Windows
Beechwood Blue Gallery: Resilience
Craft Fairs:
LIV Free
Artists in Paradise
Smorgasborg
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Ferguson Library Stamford, CT
Hall-Brooke at St. Vincent’s, CT
Ridgefield, CT
Carriage Barn Arts Center, CT
Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Sports Center of CT, Shelton, CT
Coastal Arts Guild, Stratford, CT
Scandinavian Club, Fairfield, CT
Community Arts Activism
Member of Theatre Arts Workshop, Fairfield County Cultural Alliance, Ridgefield Arts Guild
TEACHING
Biology Teaching Assistant (Dr. Andrew Bednarik, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, CT)
Nursery School Teacher (Greens Farms Nursery School, CT)
Tap/Ballet Teacher (Performing Arts Center of CT)
Art Educator at Wildwood Elementary School (Amherst, MA)
Private and Group Art Classes: Show Me Your heART Workshops
Musical Theatre Choreographer (Fairfield Woods Middle School, CT)
3rd Grade Student Art Teacher (Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst, MA) – 2013-2014
ACTSMART Improv Company: For Middle and High School Students
Private Coaching, Consulting, Lifestyle Strategist
WRITING
Regular Contributor for: Huffington Post, The Mighty, Bon Bon Break, Demand Media, Sammiches
and Psych Meds, Miss Millennial, Elite Daily, Creative Dreamers, Dropping Keys, Some Talk of You
and Me, Do You Yoga, Indie Chicks, Sharp Heels, Ostomy Connection, Willow House, Career Girl
Daily, The 296 Project, and others.
Freelance Writing On Being, Washington Post, WE Magazine For Women, Roceteer, Woman Around
Town, Everyday Life, Coqui Content Marketing, Word Gatherings, Goodtherapy.org, 1000 Voices for
Compassion, Beyond Your Blog, True Agape, Small Business Forum, Defying Shadows, Artists Inspire
Artists, Tree Whispers, Talking Soup, #NoMoreShame, Creativity Portal, BlogHer, Good Enough
Mother, Do You Yoga, Green & Me, and others.
Blogging: Blogher Influencer, Linquia Influencer, , Skilled in writing craft tutorials for blogs, Guest
posts featured on various blogs, Featured "Arts and Healing Network" Blogger
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Etsy Shop: Allspice and Acrylics, on personal site at amyoes.com
Art sold at Hazel Daze Boutique, Fairfield, CT and Tusk & Cup Fine Coffee, Ridgefield, CT
Volunteer at Kaia Yoga (Westport, CT) and Kripalu Yoga Center (Stockbridge, MA)
Created own chocolate business, studied technique with Fritz Knipshilt, self-run, (featured on CT 12
News)
Sing-alongs for the Elderly: Hollander House Assisted Living (Fairfield, CT) and Elder House
(Norwalk, CT)
Art in Yale New Haven Smilow Gallery Breast Cancer Oncology Center
OSTOMY ADVOCACY:
Eastern Regional Recipient of the Great Comexacks Award (Convatec)
Founder of the Online Community Fearless Ostomates Thriving Together
Creator of the SPORK Ostomates Care Package
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