Chris was raised in the Pacific Northwest (Olympia), where he discovered the theatre at an early age and became involved with the local community scene. At 17, he became the youngest board member of Capital Playhouse in Olympia, Washington, and helped that organization grow from a seasonal production schedule to year-round programming. During his educational and professional career, he has traveled throughout the West, working closely with many theatres as an actor, technician, director, musician, volunteer, or board member (sometimes all of them at the same time). In his previous professional experiences he served as; a District Manager for Hollywood Video (Utah, Arizona, California, and Washington), managing 18 retail locations; Company Manager for Capital Playhouse where he implemented and developed a Human Resources program, oversaw the reorganization of their accounting practices, developed a Community Outreach program, oversaw Profit & Loss management, and ensured patron retention. In his five years as the Director of Education at Tacoma Musical Playhouse he developed a year round curriculum. He currently sits on the boards of the Washington State Community Theatre Association as its Secretary (www.wscta.org), The Rotary Club of Tacoma #8, and is the immediate Past President for the American Association of Community Theatre (www.aact.org).

Stephanie grew up in the Olympia theatre community. Her beginning with theatre arts was through Creative Theatre Experience, first as a student in the program and eventually filling the roles of intern, acting teacher, costumer, director, leadership workshop director, and assistant technical director. Additionally, she served on the board of directors for Olympia Family Theatre as its first student representative at the age of 16. It was through performances with OFT that she discovered the joy of creating art for and with children. She is a certified teacher in Washington State, and has worked as a middle school(LWSD) and elementary school teacher(NTPS). When she worked in Lake Washington School District, she taught English and social studies but also worked with a team to provide after school theatre programming for middle school students to participate on stage and in technical theatre. She even taught improv classes for the drama club. It is Stephanie’s greatest hope to provide meaningful learning opportunities for all ages and to make space for creativity to flourish.

It is with great joy and enthusiasm that she joins the team at Tacoma Little Theatre in their work of providing high quality arts experiences for learners of all ages and backgrounds.