STAFF LIST:

John Doyle (Program Director) is a PA certified English and communications instructor with masters in Theatre from Villanova University. He has been director of the program since its inception. He is co-director of Iron Age Theatre and Managing Director of The Centre Theater. .

Kate McGrath (Playwriting Instructor) is a playwright and performing artist and teaches playwriting for the Philadelphia Young Playwright’s Festival, the Shipley School and for the past four years at the Cultural Center. She has an MA in theater from Villanova.

Kathy Beish (Music Instructor) is NY and PA certified in Music. She has a BME from Mansfield and her MME from Northwestern University. She has worked with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Syracuse Opera. She has taught in Pennsylvania and New York and at the Philadelphia Academy Charter School.

Kate McLenigan (Art Instructor) is a graduate of Seton Hill College in Greensberg. She has been involved in the Kids: Heart of the Arts program since its inception. Her favorite roles have been Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors and Grace Fryer in a new play Radium Girls.

Molly Sue Welch (Dance Instructor) will be attending the University of Maryland, College Park as a dance major in the fall. Her dance training began at the age of three and is currently under the direction of Jennifer Oldfield at the Steppin’ Out Academy for seven years.

Claire Golden Drake (Acting Instructor) is a graduate of University of the Arts with a BFA degree in Theater Arts. She has worked with professional theaters in and around the Philadelphia both on and off stage, and teaches theater arts and creative movement in other communities.

Franny Caulter (Acting Instructor)