Maren Rosenberg Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Escape Artistry is mission-driven & community-minded. I work daily to ensure company decisions, community relations, & employee environments revolve around our overarching mission of equity/equality, education, & the environment.• Advocate for small businesses through the Chamber of Commerce, 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni Group as a representative to Congress & press• Develop and present content for community networks and organizations uplifting women in business•Hosting live events and high-end, interactive, virtual experiences•Manage & oversee staff and operations companywide•Research & implement company innovations & operational updates•Oversaw a virtual transition in response to the spread of COVID-19, navigating an unprecedented shift in our company platform•Facilitate all financial decisions, bookkeeping, payroll, & CPA communications•Foster relationships with the press & communicate as the public face of the company & manage social media marketing & outreach•Manage charitable initiatives & maintain relationships with organizations (examples: Chicago Public Schools, Vitalant)•Co-lead design & construction of two escape room facilities

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Curating all elements of custom creative, immersive events. From conception, planning, budgeting, scripting, directing (creative), production design, installation, casting, contracts, live event performing, day of production management, record keeping, and post event reporting. Clients Include: Navy Pier (Garden of Decay, Swing Into Summer, Lakefront Games), Taste of Chicago (CIVL - Goose Island Stage), Smartbar and more.

Uprising Theater is an innovative arts and performance non-profit dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices and allowing communities to share their stories with full authenticity.• Work directly with the Founder curating & producing artistic work & community outreach, including live programming Right to a Narrative 2020, The Olive Tree, and virtual programming Art of Revolution, Staged Readings, and more• Casting & Hiring, including work documentation & contracts, communication with Actor’s Equity & SAG • Financials: Assisting with non-profit bookkeeping, accounting, fundraising, maintaining and tracking budgets for large-scale projects and productions • Manage press relations• Managing the production of content, website operations, & maintaining a strong social media presence• Effectively manage cross-organizational communication• Develop & foster relationships with artists, local community members, politicians, & other community organizers

Managed and worked on many elements of this grassroots congressional campaign.• Direct and define the goals, objectives, and benchmarks for the campaign• Manage, maintain and ensure accuracy with the campaign budget• Hosted and coordinated with hosts of live and virtual events• Coordinated a national team of volunteers for direct voter outreachhttps://www.iymenchehadeforcongress.com/

Libertyville/Highland Park, Illinois, Us

Performing in shortform improv shows for corporate and private events. Facilitating improv workshops.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Performing in lyrical dance shows which utilize text, multi-media, choreographed, and improvised dance. • Teaching and assistant teaching Kid's Project and after-school visual and performing arts program.

• Managed multi-million dollar grossing events & new room openings in multiple cities across the United States• Managed & oversaw the simultaneous day-to-day management of shows/rooms in Chicago and various cities, including L.A., DC, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Denver, & Seattle.• Worked directly with the Founder, strategizing long & short-term strategies• Managed & oversaw operations, including hiring & firing of daily staff & construction teams• Communicated with Founder & Owner to establish & enforce policies

Using theatre to facilitate a teen sexual education at Steinmetz High School.

Helping organize the entertainment for the Custer Street Fair, and managing the five stages, street performing events through out the fair weekend.

Aurora, Il, Us

Hosting VarieTease! a bawdy late night variety show as Ms. Visa DeCline. Duties in addition to hosting include writing, directing, casting/booking acts weekly, running rehearsals.

• Medical Clowning in West Bank and Jerusalem hospital’s pediatric ecology dialysis units (bedside and unit-based performances) • Playwright, Actor, and American Co-Producer for the 2011 production of Still Small Voices (in English and Arabic) • Toured and Performed in shows as well as participated in post-show discussions, including in Sharia SimSim (Sesame Street) • Teaching: Dance, Movement, Physical Characterization, and Choreography to RUWAD student drama educators • RUWAD drama education curriculum and administrative organization consultant • Additional administrative and artistic duties included: film acting, costume, set, makeup, scheduling, English editing/proofreading

Sanremo, Lig., It

Toured north, central, and southern Italy performing interactive shows in English for Italian students.

• Working full time at the theatre, assisting in all departments: production, design, administration, box office, public affairs, education • Performing in, writing for, and co-producing the ‘Dark Night Series’ – Frozen and Still Small Voices

Supervising and serving as local manager of five summer camps. Kept records related to, assisted, and communicated with: Tutors, Italian Camp Directors, Parents of Campers, Other Coordinators, and the Lingue Senza Frontiere Main Offices.

Toured northern and central Italy acting in the interactive, English language theatre shows (audiences ages 5- adult) • Independently or jointly facilitating post-show language workshops with audience members (30 min – Full Day in English and Italian) • Driving the company vehicle/caring for and maintaining theatre equipment/keeping and organizing daily tour records and reports

Organizing and implementing all the production elements of AIDS Services in Asian Communities (ASIAC)’s annual fashion show fundraiser. Duties included: coordinating designers, models, hair, make up. Leading production meetings and calling the show.

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Bfa (Honors), Theatre Arts, Acting

Semester Abroad, Classical British Theatre

Summer Intensive, Improv For Actors