Like many young kids who find themselves drawn to the stage, I started acting in church productions and school plays at a very young age. I landed my first lead role in 5th grade and from that point on I was hooked. I participated in any and every theater production […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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I’ve learned a lot in the past 15 months about owning and managing a business. One of the biggest lessons: taking a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished. It’s so easy to focus on what needs to be done next and I am guilty of not taking stock of […]
Treasure Valley YOUTH Theater, Inc. (a 501c3 pending nonprofit) has been hard at work on their inaugural production of “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.” Under the direction of Autumn Kersey (me), Erin Van Engelen, Mary Jensen and Shannon Foy, this troupe of 16 young actors, ages 10-15, are really amazing kids! […]
This past July we celebrated our 1 year anniversary as a Theater Company. We received some nice press (thank you Meridian Press) and all-in-all feel pretty pleased with our progress. In year 1 we: Produced 2 main stage shows reaching nearly 600 in audience Toured 4 libraries with an original […]
Not every young actor yearns for the bright lights of Broadway, but many do. This summer, I travelled to the Big Apple for 30 hours of professional development training with The Broadway Teachers Workshop. 11 workshops with Broadway professionals, 4 Broadway productions, 3 post-production talk backs with the cast, 20 […]
Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, LLC is 10 months old this month and lots of theater has already occurred! We had a very successful Holiday Musical Theater class with 13 students. We secured a home for classes and rehearsals at The Ground Floor building in Meridian. We produced our first main […]