Meet the Theatre Adults In Charge
Three friends who refuse to let growing up stop them from doing children's theatre.
Emily Clark
First Role: Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web
Favorite Role: Paulette in Legally Blonde the Musical
Emily has worked with children in various capacities, from running summer camps and directing makeup at All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre in East Lansing, MI to working with 40+ 7-year-olds at Wharton Center’s Take It From The Top musical theatre intensive. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2019 with a degree in Advertising Management and minors in Arts & Cultural Management and Musical Theatre. She was the Executive Director of the Roial Players, a student-led, student-run community theatre organization at MSU, for two extremely busy years. She is pursuing a career in theatre management, and she plans to establish and run a theatre of her own in the future. In her free time, Emily gives in to her silly side by taking improv comedy classes at the Pointless School of Improv in Ann Arbor, MI.
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Taylor McPhail
First Role: Baby Jesus in The Nativity Story
Favorite Role: Rapunzel in Into the Woods
Taylor has been doing theatre since infancy, and is a graduate of Michigan State University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and minors in Musical Theatre and Arts & Cultural Management. She now teaches acting courses at Jackson School of the Arts, and is the owner of By/For Publishing, which licenses plays written by playwrights of marginalized genders to community and educational theaters across the U.S. Taylor is a playwright, actor, and director, and plans to soon start a theatre company of her own. She is so excited to share her passion for theatre with young students!
Isabella Stenz
First role: Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
Favorite Role: Tricia in Dog Sees God
or Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins
Isabella Stenz is a recent graduate from Michigan State where she studied Theatre and Education. She is now a graduate student at the University of South Carolina. While at MSU, she especially enjoyed directing shows such as Number the Stars and The Miracle Worker and enjoyed performing in shows such Men on Boats and Dr. Fox and The Impossible Cure for Death. She was also part of MSU’s Sense-Ability ensemble where she helped create theatre for neurodiverse audiences. At MSU she served as a Peer Facilitator with board of Diversity and Inclusion, Vice President of MSU’s Second Stage, and Treasurer of MSU’s stART board. She has worked professionally as an actor, director, and teacher and hopes to continue to do so for the rest of her life. She adores creating theatre for all audiences; even if it’s through zoom! She looks forward to working with you!
