KJPAS 2011 Summer Performing Arts Camp Staff
Kevin Jones serves
as the artistic director of the Summer Performing Arts
Camps. He has worked professionally for nineteen years
as both an actor and a musical director. His credits
include the Broadway first national tour of
Beauty
and the Beast, the Asian tour of
Annie, The
European Tour of
Annie Get Your Gun, three productions
of
Evita, and two of
Phantom. Locally,
he worked on twelve shows at Mill Mountain Theatre and
has served as choreographer for the Roanoke College
Children's Choir for the nine years. Kevin continues
to work professionally as an actor, filming commercials
and print ads. Welcome to our 13th annual camps!
Mary Jane Houdina
- Choreographer for the middle and high school camps.
Mary Jane was associate choreographer for the movie
The Great Gatsby; tap consultant for Peter Allen
at Radio City Music Hall; on Broadway she was associate
choreographer for the original production of
Annie,
and choreographer for
Into the Light. As a performer,
Mary Jane sang and danced in ten Broadway shows including
Follies directed by Harold Prince. Regional theatres
have seen her work in a myriad of musicals, including
Oklahoma!,
Follies and
Showboat,
with such stars as Jean Stapleton, Juliet Prowse and
Gavin MacLeod. She danced in ten Broadway shows, as
well as in Peter Gennaro’s night club act. She is the
1998 Barrymore Award recipient for her choreography
for
Crazy for You at the Walnut Street Theatre
in Philadelphia, and a Barrymore nominee for her 2001
choreography there for
Singin’ in the Rain. She
has received stellar reviews for her choreography and
staging of
Annie at the Allenberry Playhouse
in Pennsylvania,
Follies at Maine State Music
Theatre,
Annie,
Annie Warbucks ,
42nd
Street and most recently,
Oliver at the Walnut
Street Theatre.
Collette Riddle
- Director for all camps. Collette, a KJPAS Alumni,
is a rising sophomore music theatre BFA major at Catawba
College in NC. KJPAS Credits include
Broadway Invasion
and
Broadway Showstoppers. Other performance
credits include Mill Mountain’s
Oliver! and
Soup, Soap, and Salvation and Showtimers’
Big River and
Sound of Music. Performance
aside, Collette enjoys all aspects of theatre and cannot
wait to direct at camp again this summer!
Bill Harker - Director
for the middle school and high school camps. Bill returns
for a record 12th season of KJPAS camps. A true renaissance
man, Bill resides in St. Augustine, Florida.
Andrea Rodgers - Choreographer for the High School camp. Andrea is a junior at Radford University majoring in Dance Education with a minor in Business Administration. Credits at Radford include The
Nutcracker, and Sounds and Stories. Andrea is an alumi of the Burton Center for the Performing Arts where she studied acting with Kevin Jones.
Mary Hannah Garber - Choreographer for the High School camp. Mary Hannah, a KJPAS alumni, is a sophomore at Virginia Intermont College majoring in Musical Theatre. Credits include
Me and My Girl, Backstabbers, Ravenscroft (all at VIC), and
Broadway on Thin Ice and Broadway Showstoppers (among others) with KJPAS at the Jefferson Center.
Lauren Harris
- Choreographer for the elementary and middle school camps. Lauren, a KJPAS alumni, studied dance at Ardell Stone School of Dancing for fifteen years and was a member of the Kevin Jones Performing Arts Studio for six years. Credits include the title roles in
Peter Pan and Cinderella, and appearances in
Jekyll and Hyde, The Sound of Music,
Children of Eden, Monster Musicals,
Broadway Showstoppers and Broadway on Thin Ice. Lauren is a freshman at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Patrick Lynch -
Stage Manager for all camps. Patrick, a KJPAS Alumni,
is a rising Sophomore at Christopher Newport University
where he is a Musical Theater Major with a Dance Minor.
He was last seen in CNU's Production of
HMS Pinafore.
By working at this camp, he hopes to earn enough points
to be inducted into Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theater
Honor Fraternity. When not performing, he likes to play
guitar, and hang out at the beach.
Nic Wilder - Tech
Guru for the middle school and high school camps. Nic
currently attends Wesleyan University with a major in
Biochemistry. When not in the lab, he performs in an
a capella group titled
Waiting in Line, and dabbles
in break dancing whenever he gets the chance. In addition
to appearing in several one act plays, his roles include
Bob Baker in
Wonderful Town, and Tobias Ragg
in
Sweeney Todd. Needless to say, he is very
excited for this summer!
Amy Nance-Pearman
- Camp Headshot Photographer for all camps. Amy returns
to KJPAS for her sixth year to photograph the camp headshots.
Amy has worked as a professional photographer in a commercial
studio for eleven years. As a model she has booked both
runway and print ads including work for Timberland,
Advanced Auto, Foot Levelers and Valley View Mall.
