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Savannah Bellon is an artist, educator, director, and actor based in Boston, Massachusetts and New Castle, Delaware. She holds a BFA in Theatre Education with a minor in Psychology from Emerson College. As an artist, she is invested in using theatre not only as a tool for performance, but also to foster community, empathy, and sense of belonging.
Over the last year, she has worked with Wheelock Family Theatre and Wellesley Public Schools as an emerging teaching artist and professional, instructing students ages 4-18 on various acting methods, musical theatre performance, improv, playmaking, and theatre for social and emotional growth.
Her teaching philosophy is simple: You belong here, your voice is needed, and together we're going to make something wonderful.
About
My Philosophy
From the moment I first stepped into a classroom, I knew I wanted to teach.
Throughout my entire educational journey, my entire goal has been to become the educator I most needed in my formative and adolescent years.
Theatre changed my life – and after years of training and education, I get to spend my days paying that magic forward. As a director and educator, I believe in the radical power of joy, the thrill of reinvention, and the absolute necessity of making space at the table for everyone.
In the classroom, I want to witness daily miracles – that moment when a student realizes their perspective matters, when they try something brave and it works, when they find their people. I am a product of each of my educators, past and present. My teaching philosophy is simple: you belong here, your voice is needed, and together we're going to make something wonderful. In a world where uncertainty has become certain, theatre has remained a playground requiring effort, love, passion, and clarity.
I grew up a very bright student rarely asking for help. At times when I did struggle, I felt as if this was contradictory to who I was. I felt like I couldn’t ask for help.
I strive to shape the minds of young people who want to learn about theatre, particularly those who may be quieter than the rest – or the ones that might put more pressure on themselves than others. Most importantly, I want to make a difference in young minds. I want them to know that they can be anything they want to be, regardless of how it might contradict what they already know about themselves.
When I cast a female-identifying George in Sunday in the Park with George, it wasn't about rejecting tradition; it was about uncovering new layers of beauty in a story I adore. There's such delight in taking something familiar and saying "What if?" What if we heard this story through a different voice? What if we let these characters surprise us again? My goal for my productions is to fill them with color, music, and playful transformations – because theatre at its best should feel like opening a gift.
Theatre isn't just my job – it's my playground, my sanctuary, and my lifelong love story. And like all the best love stories, it's meant to be shared. What better way is there to share theatre than through the next generation?
