PARKVIEW'S DRAMA SPECIALISTS
Spencer Sutterfield (Children's Theatre, Theatre History, Ensemble Theatre, & Auditorium Management)
Spencer Sutterfield -- Drama Department Chair
Email: spencer.sutterfield@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2364
Education: BSE Theater Arts Education/Speech Communication Education (Magna Cum Laude) - Ouachita Baptist University; MFA Drama & Theater for Youth, University of Texas at Austin.
Directs: Spring Musical, Arkansas Adventures, & P.O.I.T.
Honors: Regional Finalist- Arkansas Teacher of the Year; LRSD Teacher of the Year; Arkansas Arts Council Artist in Residence; Coleman A. Jennings Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Creative Drama/Theater for Young Audiences, 2005-2007; Delta Kappa Secondary Education Award for Excellence in Teaching (Ouachita Education Department), Spring 2004; Outstanding Ouachita Baptist University Teaching Intern, Spring 2004.
Email: spencer.sutterfield@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2364
Education: BSE Theater Arts Education/Speech Communication Education (Magna Cum Laude) - Ouachita Baptist University; MFA Drama & Theater for Youth, University of Texas at Austin.
Directs: Spring Musical, Arkansas Adventures, & P.O.I.T.
Honors: Regional Finalist- Arkansas Teacher of the Year; LRSD Teacher of the Year; Arkansas Arts Council Artist in Residence; Coleman A. Jennings Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Creative Drama/Theater for Young Audiences, 2005-2007; Delta Kappa Secondary Education Award for Excellence in Teaching (Ouachita Education Department), Spring 2004; Outstanding Ouachita Baptist University Teaching Intern, Spring 2004.
Tamara Zinck (Drama I, Drama II, & Mime)
Tamara Zinck
Email: tamara.zinck@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2355
Education: BSE – Speech Communications and Theatre, Ouachita Baptist University - 1983; MSE – English, Ouachita Baptist University 1985.
Directs: Medieval Feast, Tales of the Crypt, Freshman One Act, Black History Month Presentation (through the Clinton Presidential Center), and the Mime Troupe.
Email: tamara.zinck@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2355
Education: BSE – Speech Communications and Theatre, Ouachita Baptist University - 1983; MSE – English, Ouachita Baptist University 1985.
Directs: Medieval Feast, Tales of the Crypt, Freshman One Act, Black History Month Presentation (through the Clinton Presidential Center), and the Mime Troupe.
Leslie Harden (Theatre Promotion & Operation and Communication)
Leslie Harden
Email: leslie.harden@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2359
Education: Bachelor of Art in Speech Communication & Theatre, Arkansas Tech University 2000. Licensed in Language Arts 7-12, Journalism, Speech Communication & Drama.
Directs: Thespian Troupe 7955 & The Parkview Talent Showcase
Email: leslie.harden@lrsd.org
Phone: 501.447.2359
Education: Bachelor of Art in Speech Communication & Theatre, Arkansas Tech University 2000. Licensed in Language Arts 7-12, Journalism, Speech Communication & Drama.
Directs: Thespian Troupe 7955 & The Parkview Talent Showcase
Wyatt Hamilton (Theatre Appreciation & Acting)
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Wyatt Hamilton
Email: wyatt.hamilton@lrsd.org Phone: 501.447.2356 BIO: Wyatt Hamilton is a teacher, director, and actor who has been working in the theatre since the age of 10. He holds a BFA from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in History from the University of Louisville. As an actor, Mr. Hamilton has worked professionally on a local level at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse and The Shakespeare Festival of Arkansas and nationally at Stage One Children’s Theatre in Louisville, KY where he served as a company member and earned membership into the Actors Equity Association. While in Louisville, Mr. Hamilton co-founded the Louisville Playwright Festival. As a teacher, Mr. Hamilton served as a member of the Arkansas Teacher Corps and has previously taught theatre in Texarkana and Bauxite. Mr. Hamilton says: “Nothing brings me more joy than helping students learn and grow through the educational opportunities that theatre provides.” This summer, Mr. Hamilton will be leading teachers across the state in drama based professional development curriculum he co-developed for the Arkansas Department of Education. As a native of Central Arkansas, Mr. Hamilton will return to the area for the 2018-2019 school year to join the Drama faculty of Parkview Arts / Science Magnet School where he says we have “a legacy of producing outstanding students and theatrical productions.” |
Lauren Lusk (Stagecraft I, II, & III)
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Lauren Lusk
Teaches: Stagecraft I, II, & III Email: Lauren.Lusk@lrsd.org Phone: 501.447.2381 BIO: As an alumnus of Parkview Drama, Lauren is thrilled to return as our new Stagecraft teacher. After earning her B.A. from the University of Arkansas, she attended Indiana University where she earned her M.F.A. in Scenic Design. For the next 3 years, she was the Resident Scenic Designer and Charge Artist for Midland Community Theatre in Midland, TX. While at MCT she designed and painted over 30 productions including her national award-winning scenic design of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Since moving back to Arkansas last summer, she has served as the first Technical Theater-focused Assistant Director of Drama for the Arkansas Governor's School, she designed Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre's 2017 fall tour of Taming of the Shrew and the University of Central Arkansas's spring production of Three Days of Rain. This past season she also served as the Resident Props Master/Charge Artist and as a Scenic Designer for the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre. |
