My first job teaching theatre came in 2004. Having just returned to Birmingham, Alabama, I felt fortunate to find a position at Chelsea High School, a rural school of just over 600 students at the time. When I made the difficult decision to leave ChHs in 2011, it had grown to over 900 students. I had introduced new programming and built a program that I cherished.Â
I would stay at my next position at Spain Park High School until 2018. There, I took the helm of a successful program; the students and I created award-winning productions that remain some of the most rewarding of my career. I also founded S'Park Theatre, a youth theatre company inspired by the New England Youth Theater in Brattleboro.
In 2018, my family moved to Vermont, where I took over the Addison Repertory Theatre at the Hannaford Career Center, Vermont's only CTE Theatre program. Here, I spend my day working with talented and driven students as they explore the possibilites of performance and technical theatre as a career path. In April of 2025, the Burlington-based publication Seven Days featured ART in article that highlights the positive effect theatre education has on students.