Dawn Arnold is an actress, deviser/director, and teaching artist focused on the Chekhov Technique. She is the founder and Artistic Director of The Moving Dock Theatre Company and Chekhov Studio Chicago. With Moving Dock Theatre she directs/devises original theatre pieces using the Chekhov Technique as her creative process. She has been on the faculty teaching movement, acting, and voice in the undergraduate and graduate theatre programs of Roosevelt University’s Theatre Conservatory, Northern Illinois University, and The Theatre School at DePaul University, and coached opera singers at Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. In addition to her ongoing teaching at Chekhov Studio Chicago, she is a member of the faculty of MICHA (Michael Chekhov Association) and appears in MICHA’s series Master Classes in the Michael Chekhov Technique. She has also taught with Michael Chekhov Acting Studio NYC, Michael Chekhov Europe, Michael Chekhov Studio Tokyo, The Chekhov Collective, and in guest workshops and residencies for colleges, high schools, and theatre companies.