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Theater Teacher Adjusts Curriculum To Help Students Process Disruption And Fear

Kathleen Clark Horrigan with some of her students.
Provided by Kathleen Clark Horrigan
Kathleen Clark Horrigan with some of her students.

Many Indianapolis educators make large contributions to our communities, both in and out of the classroom. Kathleen Clark Horrigan teaches and runs the theater program at Lawrence Central High School. She is on the board of Footlite Musicals, where she directs and acts. She also produces one of the city’s most popular theatrical haunted house experiences, The House of Trepidation.

From our Arts and Culture Desk, WFYI's JIll Ditmire spoke with Horrigan about finishing the school year with distance-learning, and how she changed the curriculum to help students process the disruption and fear.

Jill Ditmire was no stranger to the broadcast world. Her face and voice were a daily part of the lives of viewers and listeners in the Midwest for 25 years. She was the local news anchor during "All Things Considered" and a contributor to "Morning Edition," "Sound Medicine," "Art of the Matter “Curious Mix” and "Wednesday Live at 5:44." Jill's broadcast experience included anchoring and reporting news at television stations in Indianapolis, Detroit and Lafayette, including WTTV, WRTV, WLFI, WJBK, WTHR, WISH and the Ford Motor Company News Network. She produced her own television series on Indiana Public Television for eight years called “The Good Life” which showcased independent chefs, restaurants and local wineries.
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