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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 Director 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 Tonar |
Technical Director |
Steve began working in professional and educational theatre in 2009. Some favorite past Greenfield credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone (Lighting, Scenic, Sound), Legally Blonde (Lighting, Scenic, and Sound), and The Doctor in Wonderland (Lighting, Scenic, and Sound).
Some favorite lighting designs include Juliet & Romeo, a world premiere musical at Skylight Music Theatre, 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.
Some favorite sound designs include School of Rock, Xanadu, SuperYou, a world premiere musical, Spring Awakening, and the Midwest premiere of Waitress.
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 photography to capture his designs, which allowed him to be published by the University for their national campaign of their BFA/Guthrie training program.
Some favorite lighting designs include Juliet & Romeo, a world premiere musical at Skylight Music Theatre, 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.
Some favorite sound designs include School of Rock, Xanadu, SuperYou, a world premiere musical, Spring Awakening, and the Midwest premiere of Waitress.
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 photography to capture his designs, which allowed him to be published by the University for their national campaign of their BFA/Guthrie training program.
