San Carlos Children's Theater Board
The San Carlos Children's Theater Board Members are all volunteers:
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Biographies of the SCCT Board Members
(in alphabetic order)
- Janet Brinkop has participated in amateur theater productions since college where her love of dance and choreography first emerged. She has 30 years experience as a performer and choreographer for the San Carlos Chickens Ball and Kiwanis Shows, and has studied dance at Canada College where she performed in many dance productions. "I like to tell a story through movement, and always visualize the choreography from the perspective of the audience. The goal is for the audience to feel energized, surprised, and amused by what they see and hear." Janet is especially thrilled to work with children whose guileless energy raises the creative bar.
- Debbie Fowler is President of the Board of Directors. She was drawn to SCCT when her own children expressed an interest in the theater and jumped right in as producer and costumer designer from her first show. She has a background in teaching music and directing performances for school and fondly remembers her days on stage as a budding actress. Her favorite part of being with SCCT is working with the great families and helping to select scripts for future shows.
- Xanthe Craft Hopp began her association with SCCT in 2002, as the parent of the little 8-year-old cast as Cinderella's cat in Hip Hop Cinderella. With no prior theater experience but loads of encouragement, she took on the job of Set Designer for that production, and more since then, and has loved every moment spent working with the directors, actors, and families of SCCT. Xanthe has a pair of jeans with paint on them from almost every SCCT show since summer 2002, and a B. Arch. from Virginia Tech.
- Susie Licko has a passionate interest in seeing SCCT expand its exposure and presence as a quality community focused youth theater organization. Her own son recently began acting with SCCT, with Susie immersing herself in play production. She has a background in marketing and enjoys working with the great families, seeing the progress of inspiring actors and seeing productions take shape into fabulous sold-out shows and great entertainment for one and all.
- Kevin Murphy is a native of San Carlos who returned in 1992 to get married and raise a family. He started writing songs at the age of 17, very much under the influence of the Beatles and late 60’s folk-rock. By the late 70’s he was a part of the San Francisco cabaret scene as a member of the group Tru-Art, which managed to land a song on Dr. Demento’s year end top 100 list. When his son, John, was cast in Wagon Wheel’s a-Rollin’ in 2005, Kevin contributed original songs and dance numbers. By the time he joined the board in June 2006 he had composed music and created sound cues for six shows and served as the musical director for Aladdin’s Magical Lamp. He was a recipient of SCCT’s Starlight Award in 2006.
- Robin Pang-Maganaris, an educator by profession, has a keen interest in seeing children on-stage and shining through performing arts. She was originally drawn to SCCT by the acting ambition of her daughter but remains with SCCT committed to seeing other children having the same opportunities as her daughter.
- Robin Weber returned to SCCT as the Treasurer in
2007 having begun her relationship with SCCT as the Treasurer in 1999.
Robin has lived in San Carlos for 25 years and during that time has
enjoyed volunteering in the community with the Chickens' Ball, Kiwanis
Show and SCCT. It is so great to come back and see how much SCCT
has grown and how much it has to offer to our young people.
Advisory Board
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| Cori Carpenter | ||
| Vicki King-Trager | ||
| Mark Luckenbach | ||
| Chester Moore | ||
| Gayle Stauffer | ||
| Robin Weber | ||
- Cori Carpenter served on the SCCT for almost 10 years in the capacity of Ways and Means and President. Cori has produced numerous shows for SCCT, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Peter Pan. Cori has been an active volunteer for organizations serving children such as Arundel, Central, Tierra Linda and Carlmont PTA's, AYSO, Hometown Days, Week of The Family, and SCEF. It is Cori's hope she can share her years of experience in theater with the current SCCT Board.
- Chester Moore and his wife, Elaine, have resided in San Carlos since 1972. A former chairman of the San Carlos Planning Commission, Chet is one of the original board members of SCCT, having served for over ten years. Active in the Chickens' Ball, Kiwanis Show, and the Clay-pipers Melodrama group, he still serves the theatre as its lead photographer. He can also be found every June at TL and Central Middle School photographing the graduating classes.
- Jeri Fujimoto is the Youth Development Supervisor for the City of San Carlos, Parks and Recreation Department. She is the Co-Founder of the San Carlos Children’s Theater and City Liaison. Jeri believes that all children should have opportunities to excel whether it be in sports, the arts, scholastically and through community service.
Staff
- Donna Avanzino, Theater Manager, takes care of the theater's day to day operations. You might hear her voice when contacting SCCT voice mail or receive mailings from her. The Theater Managers job also includes attending to mail, press releases, assist SCCT instructors, produce calendars, schedule classes and rehearsal space, maintain production manuals for each show, procure scripts and royalty rights as well as many other tasks. She comes to SCCT with a background teaching parent education. Donna has been active in the San Carlos School District and Sequoia High School District. Her daughter has been an SCCT participant in years past as both an actor and an assistant teacher. Donna loves theater and has been involved in Chickens’ Ball, Belmont Community Players and Kiwanis shows.
- Eron Block has been working with San Carlos Children's Theater for the past five years as the Resident Director, and main instructor. Before working with SCCT, Eron ran his own theater company in Santa Fe, NM. Eron also works as a consulting artist for the Performing Arts Workshop in San Francisco. With Eron's guidance the theater has grown to better serve the community He is looking forward to more theater magic with SCCT. Here's to the making of great art!
- Melody Cole brings to her directing over thirty eight years experience in theater. She holds a BA in Theater Arts from San Francisco State and has taught theater and mime at Bowditch Middle School and Foster City Park and Recreation. She has directed numerous productions and has performed in over 45 productions in the Bay Area. Melody directed the Wizard of Oz with her daughters Erin and Amy, who like their mother bring with them experience and a love of performing. Melody has also directed Jack & the Magic Beans, Pinocchio and an SCCT Community Theater Production of Oliver!