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Last Updated April 12, 2008
2008 Faculty
David Montee, Ph.D.
Director of Theatre, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Degrees received from University of Oklahoma, Wayne State University and University of Kansas. Directed and acted in over 150 stage productions. Performed in feature films, industrial television and radio in New York, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Michigan. Published in Theatre History Studies, The Drama/Theatre Teacher, and The Uncommon Reader. Cited in Who's Who Among America's Teacher(1995, 1998). Named as a Distinguished Teacher by the U.S. Department of Education (2001).
Erin Galligan, B.A.
Choreographer, Intermediate Musical Theatre Production and Intermediate Musical Theatre Workshop. IAC, 1990 and 1991; Interlochen Arts Academy, 1993. BA, University of Michigan honors college; graduate courses in dance education and performance studies, New York University. Ms. Galligan is director of theater at Lyndon Institute, an independent high school in northern Vermont where she is instructor of Acting, Design and Production, Speech and Communications and directs and choreographs the school's productions. Other teaching: freelance teaching artist in New York City where she developed dance, theater and literacy curriculum with Young Audiences and the Brooklyn Arts Council; member of theater faculty, IAC 2000 and 2001. Performing credits include: The Bread and Puppet Theater (performer and dancer), NYC Fringe Festival (actor), Kickstand Dance (dancer), Notes in Motion Choreography Collective (choreographer and dancer).
Lynne Giacalone Church, M.M.
Voice. Private studio teacher, Traverse City, MI. Has sang leading roles with Chautauqua Opera, Connecticut Opera, Greater Miami Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Kentucky Opera, Lyric Opera of Dallas, and Nevada Opera. Performed role of "Carlotta" in Andrew Loyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera with the Toronto company. Degrees received from Central Michigan University and the University of Michigan.
Rick Church
Music Director/Conductor, High School Musical Theatre Production. Faculty of Musical Theater at Wright State University. Former Music Theatre Faculty at New York University. Voice Faculty at The Pingry School. Conductor, Musical Director, Voice Teacher and Vocal Coach in New York City.
William Church, M.F.A.
Director, Intermediate Musical Theatre Production. Instructor of Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Arts at Interlochen Arts Academy. M.F.A, American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University; B.F.A. (Magna Cum Laude), Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University; Interlochen Arts Academy (class of 1989). Performed or directed in theatres from West Africa to Russia and all over the United States. Previously Education Director for the California Theatre Center. Other teaching: Drama Instructor for the New Art Center (MA); Artist in Residence for Arts in Progress (MA) and TheatreWorks (CA); Young Company Instructor for The Publick Theatre (MA). Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Anne Cooper, B.F.A.
Instructor of Theatre Arts. Serves as a board member for the Motion Picture Arts program at Interlochen - Member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA - Actor/director for film, TV, and stage - Studied at LAMDA in London, and in New York with Uta Hagen and Michael Shurtleff - Students include Felicity Huffman, Richard Brooks and Shawn Young. She has worked with Geraldine Page, Paul Schrader, William Hurt, Ellis Rabb, and Mary Beth Hurt. She is currently working for the Gold Production Company in Los Angeles.
Noah Durham Fried, B.F.A.
Instructor of Theatre Arts. Studied acting at Northern Illinois University, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and the Moscow Art Theatre. Noah is a freelance actor and teacher based in Chicago. He comes to Interlochen this summer directly from a tour of eastern Europe performing in Witkiewicz's The Crazy Locomotive.
Jeremy Evans, B.M.
Director, High School Musical Theatre Workshop. Freelance Director, Music Director, Choreographer, and Actor. Studied acting at the University of Alabama. Bachelor of Music degree received from Alma College.
Molly Frounfelter
Associate Director, Intermediate Repertory Theatre Production.
Sarah Grossman
Instructor of Theatre Arts.
Chris Guyotte, M.F.A. & M.A.
Director, Intermediate Theatre Workshop. Middle/Upper School Theatre Director, Wakefield School, The Palins, VA. MA received fromt eh University of Illinois, and MFA from Wayne State University.
Scott A. Harman, B.A.
Director, Intermediate Theatre Workshop. Freelance director, acting coach and technician in Philadelphia. Staff member and Teaching Artist, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Past work includes: Visiting Instructor and Guest Artist, Alma College. Visiting faculty, The Horace Mann School (NY). Freelance acting in both Chicago and Philadelphia. BA awarded 1999 from Alma College.
Greg Hellems, M.F.A.
Director/Choreographer, High School Musical Theatre Production. Associate Professor of Acting/Musical Theatre at Wright State University. Trained with Anne Bogart at the Saratoga International Theatre Institute. MFA in directing received from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Candace Hughes, B.S.
Costume Designer, Costume Instructor. Costume Designer for Theatre and Dance, Interlochen Arts Academy. Degree received from Western Michigan University.
Anne Lewis, D.M.A.
Music Director, Intermediate Musical Theatre Production. Associate Professor of Music, Averett University, Danville, VA. Baylor University, Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, CA), University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Rich Mason, M.L.A.
Designer and Instructor of Technical Theatre. SECOND STAGE Series Technical Design Supervisor, Adelphi University. Garden City, New York. Freelance Lighting & Scenic Designer. Former Associate Technical Director, University of Richmond's Theatre and Dance Department. Masters of Liberal Arts from University of Richmond; Bachelors of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Production from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Laura Ames Mittelstaedt, M.F.A.
Instructor, Intermediate Acting Technique. Laura's professional acting credits include Proof (Catherine) at New Paltz Summer Repertory, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream (Helena) and King Lear (Regan) at Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) with the Trinity Repertory Summer Shakespeare Project in Providence, Rhode Island. Laura Recieved her MFA from Penn State University in 2003 and currently lives in Interlochen.
Kit McKay, B.A.
Director, Intermediate Repertory Theatre Production. MFA candidate in stage directing at Northwestern University (2007). Bachelor of Arts received from Sarah Lawrence College. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy.
JW Morrissette, M.F.A., M.A.
Director, High School Repertory Theatre Production. J.W. currently teaches and directs at the University of Illinois as well as serving as the Assistant Program Coordinator of the INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre. He also teaches and directs as a faculty member at Parkland College. He received his M.F.A. in Acting and M.A. in Theatre History from University of Illinois. He holds a B.F.A. in Acting from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH.
Jeffrey Nauman, M.F.A.
Instructor of Theater Arts. As a professional actor his New York credits include Ping Pong Diplomacy with Reverie Productions, Len Jenkin’s Like I Say and Mac Wellman’s Cellophane at the Flea Theater. Regional credits include; Man of La Mancha (Padre), Harvey (Wilson) and Arsenic & Old Lace (O’Hara) at the Utah Shakespearean Festival; My Fair Lady at the Fulton Opera House and Sweeney Todd at Pennsylvania Center Stage. He is a graduate of Penn State’s School of Theatre and received his MFA in acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jeffrey is a teaching artist with New York’s Open Jar Productions and a company member of Partial Comfort Productions. – www.jeffreynauman.com
Linda Osborn
Associate Director, High School Repertory Theatre Production. Production Manager, Petosky Theatre Festival.
Gina Patterson, M.F.A.
Designer and Instructor of Technical Theatre. Freelance Lighting Designer. Has served as Assistant Lighting Designer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and at The Goodman Theatre. Designer and Master Electrician for Apple Tree Theatre. B.A. from University of Missouri - Columbia; M.F.A. from Wayne State University.
Erin Peck, B.S.N.
Chorographer, High School Musical Theatre Workshop. Dance Instructor, Ballet Etc. Traverse City MI, Choreographer, Traverse City West and Central High Schools. Training received at Point Park Conservatory of Dance, Pittsburgh, PA, and Michigan State University.
Richard Phelps
Delmar J. Proctor, M.S.
Director, Junior Theatre Production/Workshop. Drama Director, Northrop High School, IN. Degrees received from Indiana University.
Ruth Proctor, M.S.
Director, Junior Theatre Production/Workshop. Director of Education, First Baptist Church, IN. Degrees received from Indiana University.
Clarence E. Stephenson, Ph. D.
Director, Intermediate Musical Theatre Workshop. Retired Professor Emeritus, Drama Department, San Diego State University, CA.
Kristina Corcoran Williams, B.A.
Instructor of Theatre Arts. Credits include work in New York with Primary Stages, LARK Play Development Center and Theatre Communications Group and regional work with Madison Repertory Theatre and Yale Repertory Theatre. She has worked, professionally as a Literary Associate, Dramaturg and Assistant Director. She is currently an MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama. BA completed at University of Wisconsin Madison. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy.
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