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Theatre Portfolios - Theatre Education Emphasis

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Anne Gardner Allen

Graduated 1998, MA in Theatre

Upon finishing her MA degree in 1998, Anne Gardner Allen worked as the Box Office Manager and Director of Development for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho.  She taught theatre and film history courses at Boise State University until relocating with her husband Darrin to Atlanta, GA in 2001.  Anne recently traded teaching university students for preschoolers, to become the music and movement teacher at the school her two children attend.

Posted: July 2005

Brandon Bringhurst

Graduated 2001, Theatre and Media Arts Education

Brandon has been teaching middle school theatre in Killeen, Texas since graduating in 2001. He was the recipient of an innovative teaching grant which allowed him to start a film program at the school. The program has grown and currently employs two full-time theatre teachers. He served as a Stake Director for the Heart of Texas Jubilee in celebration of the San Antonio Temple. Brandon has also been involved in community theatre as a teacher, actor, designer and director. He is currently working on his Masters of Educational Administration from Tarleton State University which he will finish in 2006.

Posted: January 2006

Jason D. Butler

Graduated 1996, Theatre Education

After BYU, Jason taught theatre at Granger High School in West Valley City, Utah for five years. While teaching he served as President-Elect of the Utah Theatre Association and completed a Master’s degree in Educational Counseling through the University of Phoenix. He then moved to New York City and completed a Master’s degree in Drama Therapy from New York University. He is currently a drama therapist working at a day program for the homeless mentally-ill in NYC.

Posted: July 2005

Michelle Reading Evans

Graduated 1985, Theatre Education

After graduating in 1985, Michelle married Lenny Evans and had three beautiful children and taught drama at Redlands High School in Redlands, California. She recently finished her master's degree in secondary education and moved to St. George, Utah where she now has the privilege of teaching at Tuacahn High School.

Posted: January 2006

Chalice Ellis Marcano

Graduated 1997, Theatre Education

Chalice taught secondary drama and speech in Texas for three years. She then taught two years 1st-12th in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela building the drama program in an international private school as well as serving in the stake primary presidency. She was married in 2001. She returned to Texas in 2002 just before giving birth. She then started teaching Teen Leadership, a character education class, and English as a Second Language to 6-12th graders at the Alternative Learning Center. She recently began a master’s degree in School Counseling at SHSU.  She just finished making a bilingual safety & training DVD for the Houston LDS Peanut Butter Cannery of the church's welfare program.

Posted: July 2005

Stephanie Mills Moore

Graduated 1996, Theater Education and English minor

Stephanie taught both English and Theatre and directed two productions at Dugway Highschool in the 1996-1997 school year.  She was a substitute teacher in Logan, Utah until 1998. She has performed in & directed numerous stake road shows and theatrical productions.

Posted: July 2005

Alyssa Passey

Graduated 2002, Theatre Education and English Teaching

Alyssa is living in Alexandria, Virginia and teaching Theater and Film at Edison High School.  Prior to becoming the theater director, she coached the Forensics team to the Virginia AAA State Championship in 2004.  Furthermore, one of her students placed third in Storytelling at the NFL Grand National Tournament held in Salt Lake City. Alyssa is currently directing the theatrical productions of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Pippin.  She will complete an Masters of Education in Integrating Technology in the Classroom in December 2005.

Posted: July 2005

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