Meet the staff

Adult Staff:

• Karen Wiebe (Artistic Director) has worked on over 150 productions in Cincinnati, Columbus, Indiana, Tamworth, NH, and Birmingham, AL. She has a degree in theatre from The Ohio State University and a master's degree in Middle Grades Language Arts Education with an extension certificate for secondary English. She has been working with the high school program since 2012, and recently celebrated her 10th season with the Cooper Drama Club. Karen has been blessed to participate both onstage and backstage for shows in the community such as Little Women (Marmee), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), Footloose (Ethel), The Great American Trailer Park Musical  (producer) RENT (costume design), Belles (Roseanne), and others. She is also a judge for local theatres in the area and works with her students and other teens in coaching them through auditions for GSA, colleges, and various places. Many of her former students are working in the industry, and live in New York, California, Northern Kentucky, and Chicago. Karen is the current drama, performing arts, and film teacher here at Cooper High School.

• Delaney Holt (Assistant Director) is one of Karen's "OGs" from both the middle school and high school. She currently teaches 8th-grade language arts at Camp Ernst Middle School and is pursuing her administration certification. She has worked on many summer camps and is the current producer for the Cooper Drama Clubs. She also appeared in many productions at Cooper High School including Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), You Can't Take it With You (Penny), and Once Upon a Mattress (Winnifred). She currently directs the fall production for the Cooper Drama Club and assists with the musical.

Our Counselors and Interns:

Karen and Delaney take great care in thoughtfully matching our high school and college counselors and interns to ensure they work well with both our campers and one another. Each high school student is interviewed and given a leadership role designed to highlight and further develop their strengths. These students come to us from previous camps or through the Cooper Drama program. Our intern is a college student pursuing a degree in theatre or education.