Mandy Khoshnevisan is a theatrical artist and educator, who loves to work with her hands.  She studied improv, literature, and theater at Stanford University, and has been teaching and performing since 1996. As an artist, a teacher, a writer, and a continually curious person, she is always seeking out new skills and new ways to discover and explain the stories she sees in the world.

As a freelance artist and educator, her work has led her to pursue a multifaceted artistic career, as she continues to hone her skills in the areas she loves. She is also currently the Technical Director and an Artist in Residence at Bag&Baggage Productions in Hillsboro, OR.

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The Book!

Mandy wrote a book! Managed Mischief: A Toolkit of Improv-Inspired Games was published in December 2016! It’s geared towards parents and teachers, and how they can use improv tools with kids in everyday life—not onstage, but at home, in the classroom, on the playground, or out in the world at large.

Theater, Improv, and Education

Working with theater companies and as a freelance educator, she teaches acting, improv, music, and dance. She directs plays and musicals for school theater programs, and also works with classes during the school day to produce curriculum-based theater. Currently, she teaches through Northwest Children’s Theater in Portland, OR.

She has been a teaching and performing improvisor since 1996, and has performed on stages and in festivals across the country. She also does scripted acting, and is a Resident Artist at Bag&Baggage.

Group Fitness and movement

Mandy folds a lot of movement into her teaching and directing, and has long studied puppetry, mask-work, dance, and other movement-based theatrical arts. She’s also currently studying aerial arts, and is certified to teach Zumba, Zumba Gold, and U-Jam. She’s been teaching dance-based group exercise for about 10 years; currently she teaches Zumba, Zumba Gold, and Cardio Kickbox at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and freelances livestreamed and on-demand classes available at: mandanak.zumba.com

Beyond

In general, Mandy is pretty good at solving problems, explaining things to people, and working a crowd. Most of her employment has involved children and/or art.

Contact Mandy about acting, singing, improv, writing, teaching, costuming, graphic design, stage lighting, voiceover, or even teaching Zumba or U-Jam: