Mrs. Brookins teaches English and Theater Arts. Her favorite directing credits at GHS include PUFFS (2024), Clue: HS Edition (2021), The Addams Family (2021), The Doctor in Wonderland (2019), The Little Dog Laughed (2017), and A Murder is Announced (2017). She was the Choreographer for Beauty and the Beast (2019) and the Costume Designer for Seussical the Musical (2016).
Originally from the Madison area, she is a life-long theater kid, starting by telling dramatic stories in the backyard and performing in church plays. In high school, she was fortunate to learn from The Rick Braun. She obtained her degree in Theatre Education and Secondary English Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She began her professional teaching career at Pardeeville Area High School. At PAHS, she worked in a wonderful gym-a-torium directing Peter Pan and Wendy and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Mrs. Brookins is passionate about inclusion and involvement in the Hawks Drama program. Students can come as they are and find a place for themselves in the program. She encourages all students that have an interest in a theatrical field to join a production or take a class and explore that interest. |
Steve began working in professional and educational theatre in 2009, and stumbled into his career all because they didn't have his instrument in the pit that year. His past Greenfield credits include: Guys and Dolls (Scenic and Sound), The Doctor in Wonderland (Lighting, Scenic, and Sound), and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Scenic and Sound).
Some favorite light designs include Disney's Newsies at Divine Savior Holy Angels, Young Playwrights Festival at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Anthem for a Collective Body at UMN, UMN/Guthrie Theatre (Polaroid Stories; Uncle Vanya; Henry VI: Ascension & Contention; and World Without End). Some of Steve's past Assistant Lighting Design credits include A Year With Frog & Toad at Children's Theatre Company, MN and Energy and U with the UofM Theatre/Chemistry Departments. A favorite Sound design credit is Oklahoma! at Skylight Music Theatre. Additionally, he has worked extensively with Skylight Music Theatre as their Lighting and Projections Programmer, and Lead Electrician for the Cabot Mainstage since 2017. Some shows Steve programmed were Carmina Burana, Five Guys Named Moe, Urinetown, Zombies from The Beyond, Doubt, and Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Jersey Lily. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Design with an emphasis on Lighting Design from the University of Minnesota's Department of Theatre and Dance. While at UMN, Steve also began doing theatre photography to capture his designs, which allowed him to be published by the University for their BFA/Guthrie training program. |
Tomás Dominguez is a Milwaukee based acting musician and educator. He holds degrees in Vocal Music Performance from DePaul University and UW-Eau Claire. Over the past 10 years, he has performed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally in plays, musicals, and operas. He has taught voice and music theory, directed chamber works and scenes programs, conducted choirs at the secondary and collegiate levels, and music directed several successful stage productions in High Schools in Wisconsin. He is a Certified adjudicator for WSMA and teaches privately through Milwaukeesinginglessons.com.
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