Academic Professional | Stage Manager Chelsea is currently working as a deck manager on Houston Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. They have also been accepted as the Stage Management Deputy Coordinator for KCACTF Region 4. Recent work includes Production Stage Manager at the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre on Anything Goes and Little Shop of Horrors. Deck Manager at Houston Ballet on The Nutcracker. Stage Manager at UGA-Department of Theatre & Film on 9 to 5, Little Shop of Horrors and Mother Courage and Her Children. Stage Manager at the 2023 Texas Shakespeare Festival on Pride & Prejudice and Lear. Chelsea has also worked with Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Central City Opera, The Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ballet, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Their former teaching experience includes work as a Technical Theatre Director at Cedar Ridge High School within the Visual & Performing Arts Academy in Austin, Texas. Chelsea received their MFA in Stage Management at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). While working on their Bachelor of Arts at Texas Woman's University, Chelsea was a member of the honorary theatre fraternity, Alpha Psi Omega, and served as chapter president. Chelsea is currently a member of USITT, the Stage Managers' Association, and KCACTF Region 4. Education Education: MFA in Stage Management University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) BA in Theatre Education Texas Woman's University (TWU) Selected Publications Selected Publications: Tips from a First Year College Professor (3 part blog series), Stage Managers’ Association Newsletter (April to June 2024)
