Complex sentence: She did not enjoy that profession so she worked a year for the Chicago Council on Fine Arts as an artist-in-residence, and performed in local theatrical productions at the Body Politic, Court Theater, and Eleventh Street Theater.
Split into simpler sentences: She did not enjoy that profession so she worked a year for the Chicago Council on Fine Arts as an artist-in-residence. She also performed in local theatrical productions at the Body Politic, Court Theater, and Eleventh Street Theater.