"I wanted more openness, trust, spontaneity
and joy. Jeannie's workshops helped me find them."
- workshop participant
About Jeannie
Jeannie Lindheim has taught for the past 30 years-acting, movement,
improvisation, creativity, auditioning and characterization techniques
at a variety
of educational institutions including:
- The Boston
Conservatory of Music
- University of Massachusetts - Boston
- Harvard University Law School (Theater in the Courtroom)
- Boston University
- Boston College
- Lyric Stage
- Simmons College
- Lesley College Expressive Therapies Graduate Program
- Cambridge College
- Wheelock College
- Antioch College
- American University
- George Washington University
- The JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
Jeannie Lindheim’s Theater Workshop
She ran her own theater school for 13 years in Brookline, Massachusetts
which offered professional theater training for adults.
Hospital Clown Troupe
In 1996, Jeannie went to Russia with the famous Patch Adams and 35
other hospital clowns and started her Hospital
Clown Troupe, (www.hospital-clowns.org)
in Boston right after she returned. The troupe has entertained over
30,000
children in the last 10 years.
A Training Program
She wrote a Hospital Clown Training Program that has sold in 17 countries: France, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Portugal, Malaysia, New Zealand, Greece, Singapore, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Indian Ocean, Canada and the USA. For
more information on the Hospital Clown Training Program visit:
www.hospital-clowns.org/manual.htm.
Hurricane Katrina
Following Hurricane Katrina, Jeannie and a colleague went to Houston
where they did 1,100 ‘by the cot’ visits at the George
R. Brown Convention Center. They clowned and supported those who had
been evacuated from New Orleans.
Education
- Master of Fine Arts - Brandeis University
- Master of Arts - University of California
- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ohio University, Boston University
- American Conservatory Theater - San Francisco
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts - London, England
- Herbert Berghof Studio (HB Studio) - New York City
She has acted professionally in Boston, Ohio, and California.
Workshops
Jeannie has conducted over 100 regional and national workshops for
primary care and specialty physician groups in Dealing with Challenging
Patients and Situations and Communicating to Patients with Life-threatening
Illness at some of the following organizations:
- Harvard Risk Management Foundation
- The Society of General Internal Medicine
- The American Academy of Pediatrics
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Children’s Hospital
- Harvard University School of Public Health
- The Mass Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
- Bayer Institute of Health Care Communication
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital
- The American Cancer Society
National Speakers Association, New England Chapter
Jeannie coaches professional actors and professional speakers. She
has presented workshops on “Dynamic Acting Techniques
to Excite You and Your Audience.”
Voice-over work
Jeannie has
done voice-over work for radio and television. Garelik
Farms, Coldwell Banker, Loon Mountain and a long list of others. More
information at: (www.jeannielindheim.com)
Some of Jeannie’s honors include
· The Boston Celtics has a ‘Heroes Among Us’ program
that honors “individuals in our community who have made an overwhelming
impact on the lives of others.” Jeannie was selected “because
of her dedication to brightening the lives of the ill children of Boston’s
hospitals.”
· Jeannie was honored at the Magic 106.7 Exceptional Women
Awards Luncheon in May 2003.
· Jeannie was chosen to be featured in Joanne Gordon’s
book “Be Happy At Work, 100 Women Who Love Their Jobs, and Why.” Joanne
Gordon interviewed 100 women, including Jeannie, who love their jobs,
probing the "why" and "what" decisions they made along the way.
· Jeannie Lindheim's Hospital Clown Troupe was featured on
WCVB-TV (Channel 5) magazine-format program Chronicle in a segment
entitled, "Clowning Around: Just What the Doctor Ordered."
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