Chelsea Chimilar
- Teaching Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
Contact Info
- Email: chelsea.chimilar@UND.edu
- Alt Phone: 204.880.6827
Office Address
Starcher Hall Room 235B
10 Cornell St Stop 8136
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8136
Biography
Chelsea Chimilar hails from Winnipeg, MB, Canada, and is a member of the performance faculty serving as a Teaching Assistant Professor within the UND Theatre Arts Department. She received the gold medal for her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Brandon University School of Music and graduated with Master’s Degrees in Musical Theatre/Opera Performance, as well as Vocal Performance Pedagogy from Arizona State University. As head of the Dance Minor and BA (Acting Track), her focus at UND involves teaching Dance and Acting 1 classes, leading recruitment efforts, and directing/choreographing theatre productions. Some of the productions she has directed/choreographed at UND include: Sweeney Todd (choreography), Pump Boys and Dinettes (choreography), Songs for a New World (direction/choreography), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (direction/choreography), Rabbit Hole (direction), Marcus is Walking (direction/choreography), and Love/Sick (direction). Chelsea brings extensive experience in audition preparation, interpretive technique, vocal pedagogy, dance, musical theatre performance practice, and Broadway/Opera repertoire, offering students a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to performance training.
Acting 1
Dance Fundamentals
Musical Theatre Styles
Tap Dance
Special Topics
Choreography Practicum
Theatre Practicum
2025 Commitment to Excellence in Teaching, The GRADitude Project
2025 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Nomination
2024 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Nomination
2024 KCACTF Invited Scenes Showcase Nomination (Love/Sick), served as Director/Intimacy Captain
2024 KCACTF Invited Scenes Showcase Nomination (Marcus is Walking), served as Director/Choreography Mentor
2020-2021 Theatre Arts Departmental Excellence Award
2021 KCACTF Certificates of Merit for Direction and Choreography (Songs for a New World), served as Director/Choreographer
2020 KCACTF Cast Recognition for Ensemble Performance (Pump Boys and Dinettes), served as Choreographer
2019 KCACTF Cast Recognition for Ensemble Performance (Sweeney Todd), served as Choreographer
2019 KCACTF Invited Scenes Showcase (Sweeney Todd), coached students in preparation for the showcase, served as Choreographer and Production Track Coordinator
2016 First Place Winner of the American Prize in Musical Theatre, Company, ASU
Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy, Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ, Graduated summa cum laude
Master of Music in Musical Theatre/Opera Performance, Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ, Graduated summa cum laude
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, Brandon University School of Music, Brandon, MB, Graduated with greatest distinction