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Jewel Beth Davis

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in Boston, The United States

May 01

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I've been telling my students for many years, stories of trauma, stories of hilarity, and stories of personal growth. I decided to go back to school and Vermont College of Fine Arts accepted me. I received my MFA two and a half years later. I'd thought of myself as an actor all my life. That's changed. Now I think of myself as a writer, though I still perform. I have performed, directed and choreographed professionally throughout the U.S. and British Isles. My last role was as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. I am an Artist in Education with the NH State Council on the Arts. I am a professor of Writing and Theater at NHTI- Concord Community College. My play, Shadow Dancing, earned an award from the CT Playwrights Collective.

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Jewel a Memoir

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