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Kacy E. Crabtree, MFA, MAAA, QDDP
Chair/
Assistant Dean - Curriculum and Instruction
Executive Director – Summer Theatre
Email:
CrabtreeC@lmc.edu

Courses Taught:
Arts Management, Arts Ministry, Arts and Life, Principles of Management, Dance History and Criticism, Arts Education and Outreach, Principles of Management, Human Resources Management, and serves as a Concert Director

     

Janet Barton Speer, Ph. D
Virginia McKenzie Reeves Endowed Professor
Artistic Director Performing Arts
Website:
www.faculty.lmc.edu/speerj
Email:
SpeerJ@lmc.edu

Courses Taught: Movement for the Stage, Period Acting, PA Appreciation, TV and Film for the Actor, Directing II, Make-up, Methods and Materials 6-9 and 9-12 and serves as a Director

Tessa Carr, PhD
Program Coordinator
Visiting Assistant Professor
Costume Shop Supervisor
Email:
CarrT@lmc.edu

Courses Taught: Principles of Acting, Intermediate Acting, Script Analysis Performance of Literature, Senior Research, Rhetoric II, First Year Experience, Major Decisions, and serves as a Director.

 

Pam Joslin, B.S.
Administrative Assistant to the Division of Performing Arts Studies
Email:
JoslinP@lmc.edu

 

Jim Taylor, MM
Director of Music and Highlanders
Email:
Taylor@lmc.edu

Courses Taught: Private Voice, Sight-Singing/Ear Training, Music Appreciation, and Highlanders, and serves as a Concert Director

 

Steve Parrish

Steve Parrish, MM
Assistant Professor
Email:
Parrish@lmc.edu

Courses Taught: Auditioning, PA Appreciation, Dialects and Accents, Diction, Principles of Acting, Acting in Musical Theatre and serves as a Director and a Music Director.

Mike Hannah

Michael Hannah, PhD Costume Designer and Assistant Professor
Email:
HannahM@lmc.edu

Courses Taught: Costuming, Directing I, Rhetoric II, Musical Theatre, History of Drama and serves as a Director and Accompanist.     

 

Paul Adamson, MM
Accompanist
Email:
Adamson@lmc.edu

Courses Taught:   Fundamentals of Music, Piano class, Private Piano and serves as an Accompanist.

 

Chris Carr, MFA
Co-Technical Director/Set Design/Facility Manager
Email:
CarrC@lmc.edu

Course Taught:    Stagecraft, Production and Performance Lab, Scene Painting, Painting, Theatre Practicum, and serves as the Set Designer.

 

Danielle Baisden, MFA     Co-Technical Director/Lighting Designer/Academic Publicity/   Lees-McRae Summer Theatre High School Internship Coordinator Email: BaisdenD@lmc.edu

Courses Taught:    Basic Lighting, Principles of Design, Stage Management,  Theatre Practicum, First Year Experience, Major Decisions, and serves as the Lighting Designer

 


Stacey Trivett

Stacey Trivett, B.A.
Dance Adjunct           Email:TrivettS@lmc.edu

Courses Taught:     Tap


Jason Pickering

Jason Pickering, B.S.    Shop Foreman

 

 


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