Summer Academy Teaching Teams
Get to know your teachers for 2023 Summer Academy!
Movement/Voice & Speech
Trevor Whittow, Movement Lead
Samantha Pinchard, Voice & Speech Lead, Weeks 1-4
Summer Kleppek, Voice & Speech Lead, Weeks 5-8
Contemporary Acting Theory
Dimonte Henning, Lead
Dyamond Jackson, Teaching Assistant, weeks 1-4
Aidan Black, Teaching Assistant, weeks 5-8
Jonathon Gideon, Lead
Trevor Schmitt-Ernst, Teaching Assistant, weeks 1-4
Liam Jeninga, Teaching Assistant, weeks 5-8
Musical Theater, Grades 5-12
Paula Tillen, Lead
Makenna Lemke, Lead, weeks 1-4
Emily Lange, Lead, weeks 5-8
Shakespeare
Hannah Kubiak, Lead
Lexi Slagle, Teaching Assistant, weeks 1-4
Jonathan Neustifter, weeks 5-8
Improvisation
Nevin Langhus, Lead
Jackson Vining, Teaching Assistant
Design/Playwrighting
Marion Frank, Lead
Kayla Salter, Lead
Jessica Baker, Teaching Assisant
Musical Company Class
Kiss Me, Kate
Michelle LoRicco, Director
Tim Rebers, Music Director
Choreographer, Amber Weissert
Jessica Baker, Lighting Designer
Classical Company Class
Hamlet
Joshua "JP" Pohja, Director
Jake Badovski, Assistant Director
Jessica Baker, Lighting Designer
Contemporary Company Class
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Ken Miller, Director
Aryk Mathias, Assistant Director
Jessica Baker, Lighting Designer