Gabby billings// musical theatre-dance
​Billings graduated this year from Collins Hill. She is dedicated to theatre, absolutely loves acting and highly enjoys long naps. She is attending Georgia State in the fall and plans major in sociology or something else that's cool. She has been in a number of shows including Wizard of Oz, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Brothers Grimm Spectculathon, Grease, the Musical Theatre showcase, and, now, Little Shop of Horrors.
Tabitha Krambier
Tabitha Krambier is a rising senior at Collins Hill High School. She has been involved in theatre for 5 years.
​Hailey LeFrere
Hailey loves theatre and kids, so she is super excited to be working with the kids during the camp!
Tara Weintraub// Director
Tara Weintraub is the director of the Collins Hill Theatre Program. Her love for teaching began at age seventeen with her first experience as an educator. She has always thought of it as a privilege to help students find their passion and give them the opportunity to grow and mature as both artists and individuals. She believes this educational evolution is guided and nurtured by a teacher and mentor, a responsibility which should never be taken lightly. Her theatre teachers shaped her as a student, an actor, a director, as an educator and as a person. They took her love for theatre and turned it into pure passion. This ability to engage and inspire a student is paramount at every level of study. The educators that had the most profound impact on her shared this same spark, this pure passion for their art and for teaching. In making learning both challenging and exciting, they inspired her to push herself academically and become the best that she could possibly be. A favorite of her students Tara makes her classes a joy to be involved in.
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Instructors!
Gabe haynes// improv
Gabe Haynes is a Collins Hill Theatre alum and former president of the Collins Hill Theatre program. He's very thankful to have learned improv and many other acting skills under Tara Weintraub. Gabe has played Paul in "You Can't Take It With You", Eugene in "Grease", Theseus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", along with many other roles. He will be attending The Savannah College of Art and Design in Fall 2016 to get his B.F.A. in Performing Arts and his M.F.A. in Teaching (Drama).
Olivia eafano// Musical theatre-dance
Olivia Eafano is a rising senior of Collins Hill High School. She has been involved with Collins Hill Theatre since her freshman year and has fallen in love with the program. She has an intense passion for musical theatre and has been doing it from a very young age. Some of her recent theatrical involvement is as follows: performing in CHHS Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey II, receiving a superior rating for her Individual Event at Georgia Thescon for "Lost in the Brass" from the musical Band Geeks, and working in the Box Office at Aurora Theatre. Olivia is absolutely ecstatic to be teaching as a Musical Theatre dance teacher with "Drama on the Hill"! She hopes you will all gain as much knowledge and creative confidence from this program as she has. She thanks you so much for supporting Collins Hill Theatre! She wishes you all a wonderful Summer and a beautiful day.
Julia Whitten//Acting-scene study
​Julia Whitten is thrilled to be a rising senior with the Collins Hill Theatre and president of the 2016-2017 drama club. She has been involved in the theatrical world for nearly nine years, and is proud to say that acting, singing, dance, technical theatre, and theatre education have stolen her heart completely. Trained in sound, singing, acting, dancing, film, and improv, Julia's recent theatrical credits include a regional win in the GHSA Literary Competition for oral interpretation, playing Essie Carmichael(from You Can't Take It With You) and Frenchie(from Grease), and managing puppeteering as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Julia has been a teacher's aid for young children for years and plans to continue on that path by double majoring in special education and musical theatre. Her goal as a budding fine arts teacher is to spread the same love and passion for life and theatre that her wonderful mentors and directors have sparked in her. Julia cannot wait to smile, laugh, and learn with all of the campers this summer at Drama on the Hill and wants to thank you from the bottom of her heart for supporting the Collins Hill Theatre Department!
Brian work// Acting- scene study
Brian is an actor, writer, filmmaker, and comedian with a BFA in Theatre from Valdosta State University. He lives in Atlanta, where he writes, directs, and produces films with his production company, Cold Silver Films. He also performs improv around Atlanta, as well as in Chicago with his improv/sketch group, Michinoku Driver.
Counselors!
Ethan spruill // tech theatre
Ethan a techincal theatre student at Collins Hill High School is a Collins Hill Theatre Officer and has done sound and built sets for many shows in the Collins Hill theatre.
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Chad Abercrombie
Chad is in the tech class and helps build all the sets for the theatre.
Rachel Fernandes
Rachel Fernandes is a rising senior at Collins Hill. She began storytelling as a child and has been involved in theatre since 7th grade.
Derrian Brown
Derrian is a rising sophomore at Collin Hill High School. He was recently elected as a CHHS Theatre student officer and will be managing our social media.
Lucy Vilchez
Lucy loves and has been doing theatre since 6th grade.
Karla Morales
Karla is 16 and has been apart of the Collins Hill Theatre program for one year.
Daisie Akkasha
Daisie graduated this year from Collins Hill High School. She will be attending Georgia Gwinnett College in the fall. She has played roles like Belle in Beauty and the Beast and most recently, Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors!
avelyn stemmer // tech theatre
Avelyn Stemmer has always enjoyed theater and loves helping people embrace the crazy as well. He strives to help other and enjoy life anyway he can. He has been working on tech in theaters since he was in the seventh grade and has loved it since. His favorite show to work on was ‘Little Shop of Horrors”. Avelyn has always had a dream of building a set for a broadway show and is going to work his way up there someday.