gvdrama.org | bit.ly/GV_DramaRama | @gvhs_theatre_and_film | School Phone: 209-325-1800
District Theater Manager: Christopher Battisti | Office: Performing Arts Hallway GVHS site | cbattisti@muhsd.org
Room: Business 4 (B4) akirby@muhsd.org | @Kirby_in_b4
Courses: Theatre Arts 3 #0236 | Theatre Arts 4 #0226 | Film 1# 0233 | Film 2 #0235 | Film 3 & GVTV NEWS #0229
Clubs: Thespian Troupe #5722 Director | Skills USA Film Advisor Drama Club Advisor | GVTV News Advisor | ASU FDIM Club Advisor
Education: 2018 | Fresno Pacific University | Credential in Designated Design, Career and Technical Education |Fresno, California
2015 | University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education | Masters Degree in the Art of Teaching with Single Subject English Credential | Los Angeles, California
2013 | University of California Merced | Bachelor of the Arts in Literature and Culture of the English-Speaking World with a Minor in Writing | Merced, California
2007 | Merced Community College | Associate in the Arts and Science Equivelance/Transfer Student| Music and Anthropology
Certifications: 2023 | Ve Neil's Legends Makeup Academy | Certification in Prosthetic Application Mastery | Burbank, California
2022 | Breath for Change |RYT Certified 200-hour Social and Emotional Learning Yoga Instruction | San Fransisco, California
Associations: CA Create Now! Leader | MUHSD 2030 Team | 2024 GVHS ILT Team
Awards: 2018, 2022 Cougar Pride Award | 2023- 2024 GVHS Teacher of the Year | 2023-2024 MUHSD Teacher of the Year | 2023 - 2024 Merced County Teacher of the Year
Room: Business 2 (B2) | kcullen@muhsd.org @Cullen_in_b2
Courses: Theatre Arts 1 #0232 | Theatre Arts 2 #0234 | Theatre Arts 4 #0226
Clubs: Drama Club Co-Advisor | Thespian Troupe #5722 Co-Director | ASU FDIM Club Co-Advisor
Education: Fresno State University | Bachelors of the Arts in English Education, Emphasis in Theater Arts | Fresno, California
Stanislaus State | Multiple Subject Credential | Turlock, California
Orange County Department of Education | Designated Design Credential in Career and Technical Education | Orange County, California
Already, you’ve demonstrated your brilliance by choosing this career pathway. It also means that you are already incredibly creative or have an incredible amount of creativity locked away inside you that we shall unleash like the Kraken! These courses fall within the Career and Technical Education, Arts Media, and Entertainment pathway. They are designed to prepare you to work in an industry straight out of high school. The more you delve into these classes the more prepared you will find yourself to work straight out of high school. Theatre and film are also academic and scholarly, therefore this pathway will prepare you for a degree if you choose to pursue it! Likewise, you could work in the industry as you put yourself through school and obtain those degrees! Whether you want to be on the stage, screen, or behind the scenes, the entertainment industry is a broad and rich field that offers career opportunities for academic scholars, artisans, and industry specialists---your ambition is your only limit. Our hope is that you enjoy yourself in this class and at the minimum walk away with public speaking skills that will enhance the rest of your education and hopefully, your life. Let’s have some fun!
We believe that Performing Arts are vital to the constitution of a healthy human being
We believe that Performing Arts Education belongs in PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE IT IS ACCESSIBLE, and FREE to all students
We believe that students should be career ready and technically trained for one of California's largest industries
We believe that acting is an exploration of the human condition that develops soft skills such as listening, artistic sense, non-verbal communication, storytelling, enthusiasm, discipline, and generosity
We strive to empower every student's voice
We aim to deliver on our mission through:
Performance, composition, design, creation, and workshop discovery
Partnerships, internships, workshops, and tours with industry specialists such as the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Brian Sipe's Gamut Studios, Gravallis Inc, Gnomon, Legacy Effects, Cinema Makeup School, MUD Makeup Designory, Ve Neil's Legends Academy, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Stan Winston School of Character Arts, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, The American Academy for Dramatic Arts, Columbia College Hollywood, Los Angeles Film School, AMDA College of Performing Arts Los Angeles, New York Film Academy.
Active Club and Parent Participation
Extracurricular opportunities, educational tours, field trips, Skills USA competitions, and membership in Troupe #5722 of The International Thespian Society
College, Summer Camp, Scholarship, Award and Grant exposure through the International Thespian Society, and a vast collection of links available on this site
And lastly through a commitment to continual program growth in all of the above-outlined areas AND die-hard dedication to the strengthening of student empowerment through voice.
