Elizabeth Simmons

About Elizabeth Simmons
Director of School Success and Growth
Elizabeth Simmons is a School Success Manager for The Institute. She's also the Arts Integration Coach for Norwalk Public Schools/Nathan Hale Middle School, as well as a Teaching Artist and Professional Development leader for Hartford Performs, the Kennedy Center and others. She has acted in numerous NYC and regional productions, favorite theatre credits include To Kill a Mockingbird (Queen’s Theatre in the Park) Boston Marriage (Actors Theatre Washington), The Miracle Worker (Judson Theatre) and the Diary of Anne Frank (Playhouse on Park) She has served on the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable. (Theatre In Our Schools conference committee ‘17), and holds her M.S in Educational Theatre from the City College of New York. Elizabeth was honored with the Frances Blumenthal Award for Leadership and Excellence in Research.
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