04/08/2024
Don't let Monday ECLIPSE our staff celebration here at Lion Theatre Camp! Don't forget to register for camp before May 1st, spots are filling up! Meet our 2024 CLASS INSTRUCTORS:
Jamie Rogers, ACTING CLASS INSTRUCTOR
Jamie Rogers holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School and an MFA in Arts Administration from Texas Tech University. Currently, Jamie is an Associate Professor of Drama at Austin Community College and a Teaching Artist at the Georgetown Palace Theatre Education. He has worked as an actor and teacher in New York City, Los Angeles, and in various cities across the country. Recent Directing credits at ACC Drama were the Fall 2023 production of Bat Boy the Musical, the Spring 23 production of The Snow (nominated for 8 B Iden Payne Awards, including Outstanding Direction of Theater for Young Audiences) & the Fall 21 production of Lonely Planet (nominated for 4 B Iden Payne Awards, including Outstanding Production of Digital Theatre & Outstanding Direction of Digital Theatre). Other recent directing credits include: Clue The High School Edition,The Laramie Project, Pippin, The Stronger. Favorite acting performances include Hector Hushabye in Heartbreak House (Different Stages-Austin & B Iden Payne Award Nomination for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Comedy), Louis in Angels in America (NoHo Arts Center), Vince in Tape (Westbeth Theatre, NYC), Reverend Shaw in Footloose (Theatre West Virginia), Mr. Banks in Mary Poppins (Lubbock Moonlight Musicals), Trigorin in The Seagull, Mark in Rent, and Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive (TTU School of Theatre and Dance). Jamie is excited to be joining Lion Theatre Camp this summer!
Patrick Darling, IMPROVISATION CLASS INSTRUCTOR
I am Patrick Darling! I will be returning to Lion Theatre Camp 2024 as the improvisation instructor. When I am not at LTC, I am usually at rehearsal for whatever show is going on at Texas A&M University Commerce or conducting meetings for our student-organized improv troupe: Cricket City. As both an alumni and returning employee of Lion Theatre Camp, I am so excited to see what this Summer has in store for all of us!