Fulton County Schools, Cambridge High School                                August 2020- Present

Cambridge High School Theatre: BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATRE

Cambridge High School, Fulton County Schools

2023-2024

·    During the 2023-2024 School Year, Cambridge High School Theatre Department has already produced one productions - our State-Advancing One Act Play (our 2nd time in my four years with Cambridge), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and will produce three more mainstage productions: I AM THE BRIDGE, SHREK THE MUSICAL, and our Senior One Act Plays. 

 ·  REGIONAL GHSA One Act Play - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

·   Region 6 5A Champion

·   Best Technical Execution 

·   Best Actress & Best Actor

·    Two All-Star Cast

 ·  STATE GHSA One Act Play - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

·   5A STATE CHAMPIONS

·   Best Actor

·   Two All-Star Cast

·   Georgia Thespians 

·   Cambridge had 36 students participating and competing at the Georgia Thespian Convention - Cambridge's highest number of registrants yet. ​

·   Cambridge Theatre presented The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane​

·   4 Superior Ratings: Solo Musical, Monologue, Costume Design, Lighting Design

·   Cambridge's Theatre Bowl Team, The Broadway Brains, was the Champion Team. ​

·   Shrek the Musical participated in the Shuler Awards

·   Ben Terry received an Honorable Mention for Lead Performer as 'Shrek'

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2022-2023

·    During the 2022-2023 School Year, Cambridge High School Theatre Department has already produced two productions - Mac Beth and I AM THE BRIDGE, and will produce two more mainstage productions: The Drowsy Chaperone and Alice in Wonderland. 

·   GHSA One Act Play - Mac Beth

·   Region 6 5A Runner-Up

·   Best Technical Execution 

·   Best Actress

·   Three All-Star Cast Members

·   Governor's Honor Program

·   Theatre Performance - 2 Cambridge students were finalists and spent four weeks training with their peers and industry professionals in the Dramatic Arts. 

·   Theatre Performance - 3 Cambridge students advanced beyond the district-level selection process to participate in the Metro-Atlanta round. 

·   I AM THE BRIDGE - A Character-Based Pageant & Talent Show

·   This was a Cambridge High School First, but after its success it is certain to become a staple of our school's culture. Cambridge High School is an incredible albeit young (10 years) institution, and as such is still developing it's identity. I AM THE BRIDGE was my response to facilitate a positive school culture by celebrating the students who best embody the characteristics of THE BRIDGE: BRAVERY, RESPECT, INVOLVEMENT, DETERMINATION, GENEROSITY, and ENGAGEMENT.

·   Georgia Thespians - CAMBRIDGE RECOGNIZED AS A GOLD LEVEL HONOR TROUPE (2nd yr)

·   Cambridge had 30 students participating and competing at the Georgia Thespian Convention - Cambridge's highest number of registrants yet. ​

·   5 Superior Ratings: Duet Musical, Marketing, 2 Costume Designs, Sound Design

·   The Drowsy Chaperone has been accepted to participate in the Shuler Awards, this year. 

·   Cambridge High School received The Standing Ovation Award for being a representation of inclusion that other schools should model after. 

·   Reese Jones received an Honorable Mention for Featured Performer as Man in the Chair

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2021-2022

·    During the 2021-2022 School Year, Cambridge High School Theatre Department produced four productions: Marie Antoinette, Little Shop of Horrors, The House of Blue Leaves, and Squirrel Girl Goes to College. 

·   GHSA One Act Play - Marie AntoinetteGHSA One Act Play - Marie Antoinette​​​​

·   Cambridge High School hosted the Regional Competition with great success.

·   Honors: Three All-Star Cast Members​

·   Georgia Thespians -  CAMBRIDGE RECOGNIZED AS A GOLD LEVEL HONOR TROUPE (a 1st!)

·   15 Cambridge Students Attended the Georgia Thespian Convention in Columbus, GA

·   5 Students Participated in Thespys

·   Little Shop of Horrors -Shuler Awards Adjudicated

·   Coordinated Cambridge's Fine Arts Signing Day

·   Coordinated our CBI Student's Cambridge Idol performance and supported with Cambridge Theatre students as buddies to the participants. 

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2020-2021

·    During the 2020-2021 School Year, Cambridge High School Theatre Department produced four productions taking pandemic precautions into account: The Occurrence at Sleepy Hollow: An Outdoor Immersive Theatrical Experience, A Drive-Thru Christmas Carol, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Peter and the Starcatcher. ​

·     The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: An Outdoor Immersive Theatrical Experience was recognized by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for being an innovative approach to theatre during the pandemic.

·   Cambridge Crest of Honor Recipient - December 2020

·   The Diary of Anne Frank 

·    Region 7 6A GHSA One Act Play Champion

·   Additional Honors: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and All-Star Cast

·    GHSA State Runner-Up 6A

·    Additional Honors: Best Actress & All-Star Cast

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Bridgeland High School                            August 2017- May 2020

Bridgeland High School Theatre: URSA MAJOR THEATRICS

Bridgeland High School, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

2019-2020

·     Difference Maker Season: The Elephant Man, Men on Boats, The Lost Boy, All Rights Reserved and Disney's and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS (MARY POPPINS was CANCELLED due to COVID-19). ​

·     Advanced our UIL ONE ACT PLAY, American Sligo by Adam Rapp, but contest season ended due to Covid-19.

·     Took 45 students to Texas Thespians. We competed in the following Texas Events: Hair & Makeup Tech Challenge, Set Design Tech Challenge, Mask-Making Tech Challenge, All-Star Troupe Display, Improv Challenge, and were selected as an All-Star Troupe based on our display - the youngest troupe to be recognized as such. We advanced the following IE's - 1 Group Acting (Carnival Round the Central Figure), 2 Group Musicals (Hey Boys & Hey Boys Reprise & Factory Girls/Come Up to My Office) 1 Duet Acting (Of Mice & Men), 1 Costume Design (Men on Boats), and we were chosen as the Play Marathon Chapter Select for Texas, (All Rights Reserved) while also being the youngest troupe in Play Marathon.  Our Group Acting  and Duet Acting were chosen for Main Stage Callbacks based on their perfect score, and we were the youngest troupe represented at Main Stage Callbacks. Since 2017, we have definitely made some strides!

·     Both of our Black Box Shows, The Elephant Man & The Lost Boy sold out both weekends of its run, and required us to add additional shows. 

·     That one time I got to sit 10' away from Dame Julie Andrews and ask her a question on Great Day Houston. 

·     Workshop presenter at Georgia Thespian Convention in February 2020 - Bunraku & You (+2)

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2018-2019

·     2 State Qualifiers in UIL Theatrical Design for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Costume Design.

·     6A District Alternate in UIL One Act Play - Kentucky Cycle: Fire in the Hole - 1 All Star Cast, 1 Honorable Mention All-Star Cast, and 1 Outstanding Technician.

·     Zone Advancing UIL One Act Play - Kentucky Cycle: Fire in the Hole- 3 All-Star Casts, 2 Honorable Mention All-Star Casts, 1 Outstanding Technician.

·    Took 36 students to Texas Thespians. Advanced 2 Costume Design Entries (Big Fish and Othello), Group Acting (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Group Musical (Come from Away), Monologue (Romeo & Juliet and Everything You Touch), 3 Solo Musicals (Jesus Christ Superstar, Love's Labour's Lost, and 35mm) - Second most qualifiers in the district (12 High Schools in Cypress-Fairbanks) by one qualifier, and all qualifiers went on to compete at Nationals. Group Acting received a Superior Rating at Nationals. 

·     Joined the Houston-area Comedy Sportz High School League

·     Produced eight productions during the 2018-2019 Season: Big Fish, the Musical, Masque of the Red Death (immersive experience),  Twelve Angry Jurors, A Christmas Carol, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, James and the Giant Peach, Snow Angel, Kentucky Cycle: Fire in the Hole (UIL-OAP).

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2017-2018

·      I opened Bridgeland High School (5A, but 6A in 2018-2019), as a Theatre Department of ONE (myself, of course), 160 students in the program, and the school consisting only of freshmen and sophomores, with a class expansion happening for the next two years.

·      Taught Theatre 1, Theatre 2, Tech Theatre 1, and Theatre Productions was a combined class that consisted of Theatre 1 Productions, Theatre 2 Productions, and Advanced Tech Theatre Students. 

·     Was integral in establishing a booster club, Bridgeland Theatre Arts Booster Club. 

·     As Auditorium Manager, I  was responsible for approving scheduling of events in the auditorium, as well as helping facilitate the various needs of those utilizing the space. 

·      In our inaugural season, we presented four shows: Romeo and Juliet, Argonautika (UIL-OAP) by Mary Zimmerman, The House at Pooh Corner (adapted by Bettye Knapp), and a series of songs and scenes that celebrated our community, a revue called What We Did for Love. 

·      In 5A UIL OAP, against some serious competition (regular state advancers), my group of freshmen and sophomores, none of whom have ever competed in high school UIL OAP, advanced from Zone to District with Argonautika. At Zone, we took Best Actor and three All-Star Cast Awards, and a Best Technician. At District, we took one All-Star Cast, and two Honorable Mention All-Star Cast.

·      As the founding director, I was responsible for the branding of our department. Wanting to be a little outside of the box, I went with URSA MAJOR THEATRICS. Our school mascot is a bear, our theatre students are stars, to me it just worked. Also, the marketing works its way down to our feeder school students, our URSA MINORS, and even further to our elementary students - The Little Dippers. ​

·      Took 24 students to the Texas Thespian Festival - all competed. We didn't see any qualifiers - several close, but I felt good about it. None of them had ever gone, they were largely responsible for preparing their performances on their own, because I was buried in all aspects of a 65 member production of Romeo and Juliet, AND trying to work in a space that was still far from complete. They knocked it out of the park, in my humble opinion. 

·      Currently collaborating with our Choir and Orchestra teachers in preparation for our first musical in the Fall, BIG FISH. 

·      Was able to recruit enough in the first year to secure our second theatre teacher who will fill the role of Technical Director for 2018-2019. 

·      Designed the website as part of my interview (I knew branding was very important to this school from the very beginning), which ultimately became our website: Bridgeland High School Theatre

 

Fort Bend ISD, Stephen F. Austin High School                                 August 2014- June 2017

·      Taught Theatre 1, Advanced Theatre 1, and Theatre 3​

·      Over $10,000 in donations - Handcrafted Leather Commedia d'ell Arte Masks, 3D Printer, Sewing Machines, Rolling Ladder, Practice Makeup Heads, Trophy Display Case, Middle School Recruitment Show Funded, Materials for Costume Loft​

·      Won 2017 Jerry Baber Awards for - BEST PLAY (METAMORPHOSES), BEST ENSEMBLE (METARMORPHOSES), BEST SCENERY (METAMORPHOSES & INTO THE WOODS), BEST LIGHTING (METAMORPHOSES), BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY (METAMORPHOSES), BEST PUBLICITY (INTO THE WOODS).

·      Director of Tommy Tune Award-Winner for Best Lead Actress, Jasmine Rogers, in INTO THE WOODS. Jasmine went on to be a finalist for the National High School Musical Theatre  Jimmy  Awards. 

·      Asked to and did perform the first act of our musical, INTO THE WOODS, at the Texas Educational Theatre Association Convention in Galveston - Jan. 26th, 2017

·      Manager of the Play Marathon Festival at Texas Thespian Festival in Dallas, 2014, 2015, & 2016

·      Coached 12 National Qualifying Events at Texas Thespians, Two Events performed on the Mainstage at Convention in 2016. 

·      Coordinated directly with Middle School Theatre Teachers to align curriculum.

·      Won 14 out of 25 Jerry Baber Award Nominations including Best Fall Play (Noises Off) and Best Musical (In the Heights) in 2016. The Jerry Baber Awards are a district-wide Theatre Recognition Ceremony. 

·    Nominated in 23 of 25 categories for the  Jerry Baber Awards including Best Play (Metamorphoses) and Best Musical (Into the Woods),  in 2017. 

·      In constant connection with our Austin Theatre Booster Club. 

·      Directed The Skriker, Zombie Prom, Alice in Bed, Noises Off, In the Heights,  Marie Antoinette, Metamorphoses, Into the Woods, and currently A Doll's House. 

·      Two State Qualifiers in Costume Design for UIL Theatrical Design Contest in 2016

·      One State Qualifier in Costume Design for UIL Theatrical Design Contest in 2017

·      One Student on the Texas State Thespian Board Student Officer Line for the last three years.  

·      Designed Website for The Austin Playhouse

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Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Cypress Falls High School                        August 2012 – June 2014

·      Teach Theatre 1, Advanced Theatre 1, Theatre for Life Skills Students, and Web Technology. 

·      Over $7,500 worth of donations to improve our theatre department: safety rolling ladder, projectors, risers, and puppets. 

·      Presenter of Bunraku & You (+2) at Texas Thespians Festival in Dallas, Nov. 2013.

·      Coached Five National Qualifying Events at Texas Thespians in Nov. 2013. 

·      Coordinated Cypress Falls Theatre's run for NBC's SMASH & Lowe' Theatre Make Over competition.

·      Established and maintained regular communication with our Golden Eagle Theatre Parent Guild.

·      Assisted in the planning and implementation of six productions, as well as ComedySportz HSL, each year. 

·      Directed Little Shop of Horrors and The House of Blue Leaves.

·      Co- Directed UIL OAPs Hot’l Baltimore (2011), Balkan Women (2012), Nickel and Dimed (2013), Shylock (2014)

·           Advanced from Zone each time. Advanced from District to Area with Shylock, for which we got Alternate Play. 

 

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Hopper Middle School                         February 2009 – June 2012

·      Spotlight Teacher of the Year Award Recipient 2012

·      Taught Advanced Theatre, Communication Applications, Intermediate Communications, and previously Language Arts.

·      Director and facilitator of school theatrical productions, drama club, and sponsor/founder of Jr. Thespian Troupe #88980.

·      Co-Sponsor of No Place for Hate, which is a school-wide positive behavior initiative that promotes tolerance and equality. 

·      Walter Kase Teacher of Excellence Top 3 Finalist Award Recipient. (Under 2010-2011 Awards)

·      Supporting the district’s and the school’s Differentiated Instruction initiative through three years of Differentiated Instruction Teacher Leadership training and implementation.

·      Featured teacher in The HOPE Foundation’s Video Failure is Not an Option 4: Creating Equity and Excellence for All Learners through Differentiated Instruction.