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Impressions Theatre was founded out of a desire to bring high-quality educational theatre to elementary school children across the country. We believe that theatre is more than just entertainment, it can also be a teaching tool.
Teachers do the best they can with the tools
they have available. As a licensed teacher myself,
I know just how important it is for them to have
the right tools at their disposal. That’s
where we come in. We are a resource for you to
use in conjunction with your current curriculum.
Elementary aged students are highly impressionable.
It is imperative that we impress upon them that
learning is fun, exciting, and super cool. Studies
have shown that children retain more information
when it is presented in an actively engaging format.
Our mission is to instill a thirst for knowledge
in young people through the wonder of live theatre.
Our offices are located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, but we are a traveling company. We have performed our programs for schools and libraries throughout Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio and look forward to adding new territory each season.
Please contact
us for pricing and scheduling opportunities
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Christopher
Markham- Founder |
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Christopher began his career as an
actor in Virginia. While at Wayside
Theatre in Middletown, he helped pioneer
their touring children's branch by
co-writing, directing, and performing
in the flagship show Fractured Fairytales.
After moving to Chicago, he worked
with children's companies such as
Timestep Players, Emerald City Theatre,
the National Theatre for Children, Traveling
Lantern, and Mad Science before assimilating
all of his experiences into Impressions
to address the need for quality edutainment available to local schools.
He returned to the Shenandoah Valley in August of 2007, reaquainting himself with the many theatres in the area and is currently on the Board of Directors for Imagine That! He holds a BS in Fisheries Science from Va Tech, he is a licensed teacher, and is working on a Master's of Arts in teaching through Mary Baldwin.
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Rachel Quagliariello - Actor |
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Rachel Quagliariello has too many degrees and prefers to spend as much time as possible on stage. Since receiving her M.M. in Vocal Performance from JMU in 2007, she has been teaching voice at Southern Virginia University and Mary Baldwin College, where she also directs Baldwin Charm, MBC’s pop a cappella ensemble. In addition to Pirates of the Chesapeake, she is currently performing with Traveling Jones Theater as Anita in Anita Reedmore’s Rock and Roll Book Report, and with Golden Duck Productions as Petunia in A Murder of Convention. In spring of 2011, she plans to co-produce a community production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, in which she will also sing Fiordiligi. Her long-term goal is world domination through opera.
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Christina Scott Sayer - Writer, Actor |
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Christina Scott Sayer holds a master's of fine arts in dramaturgy and a masters of letters in teaching from Mary Baldwin College's Masters in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance Program, a master's of arts from Hollins University's Children's Literature Program, and a B.A. in English and theatre from Mary Baldwin College. She is primarily responsible for churning out the script for Pirates of the Chesapeake. In addition to her acting and writing for Impressions Theater, she writes and performs in murder mystery dinner theatre through Staunton-based Golden Duck Productions and is a theatre reviewer for the Staunton News Leader.
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