You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Creative
Stage Director
Elena NavarretteMs. Navarrette "Nav" has served in education for approximately 16 years. Theatre has been her passion for as long as she remembers. Leading Torres Theatre Company has been some of her proudest work!
Sound Designer & Music Director
Kirstyn OlsenMs. Olsen has served in education for over a decade. She currently is the choir and guitar teacher at THS. She is classically trained in opera and is making her directorial debut in The Wizard of Oz.
Scenic Designer and Construction Supervisor
Jim GunnMr. Gunn is a former Theatre Arts teacher of MUSD. He retired in 2019 and is back designing TTC productions and supervising construction on construction all whilst teaching the advanced TTC students set design. We are so grateful for his work!
Assistant Director
Graciela Chavira"Gracie" is currently a senior at THS. She is highly involved in the arts as she balances time between TTC shows and Band. This last summer she served as a crew member in Madera Theatre Project's production of Harvest Moon.
Choreographer
Elizabeth St. LuciaMrs. St. Lucia is currently an ELA teacher at THS. However, her passion for dance dates back to when Mrs. St. Lucia was in grade school. Mrs. St. Lucia has been dancing she was very young and even taught dance when she worked at Firebaugh Middle School.
Production Manager
Nicole Osbourne YarbroughMs. Nicole is new to the TTC team! She has extensive experience in film and theatre...especially improv!!! Recently she served as part of the production team for MTP's Alice In Wonderland.
Costume Designer
Rose CantuMrs. Cantu is no stranger to costume designing in Madera. Her AMAZING costumes have been seen in ALMOST every single play in town. What a gift she is to our community!
Graphic Design/Makeup Designer
Andrea BelluominiMs. Dre is new to the TTC team! She has been involved in theatre since she was just tiny, young person. She has worked as a technician for Duncan Needham for years and was a former student of Jim Gunn. We are so excited to have her as part of the TTC team!
Lighting & Sound Specialist
Brandi MartinMs. Martin recently was hired by the district to serve all VAPA departments in the area of lights and sounds. Ms. Martin has quite an impressive resume as she has worked in the industry on both WEST and EAST coast. We are vey lucky to have her in Madera Unified!
Sound Board Assistant
Emma PickettEmma is a THS alum! She is returning to TTC as a hired technician! We love to see our Toros return and call them our colleagues!
Stage Manager
Karina LopezThis is Karina's first show with TTC. She quickly learned the light board as a year 1 tech students. We cannot wait to see what she can do in our next show!
Asst. Stage Manager
Eneyssa ContrerasThis is Eneyssa's first show with TTC. She has done an excellent shop at assistaning with makeup!. Currently she is a junior and a year 1 tech student.
Stage Crew
Carlo ArmentaCarlo is currently a seniorat THS and a Theatre Tech student. He is one of our most dedicated technicians. You will most likely find him in the control booth programing sound cues or helping other programs on campus set up in the theater.
Stage Crew
Leyla PerezLeyla is a junior at THS. She has been involved with TTC the last few years and is one of our most valued technicians.
Stage Crew
Kayle CruzKayle is currently an 8th grader at Desmond! We cannot wait to welcome her as a Toro!! Kayle has worked on several TTC shows!
Sound Board
Lavender RiveraLavender is currently an advanced Theater Arts student. She has been in several TTC shows. We are so glad to have such an established artist in our family!.
Light Board Operator
Daniel Garcia CotaDaniel is currently a freshman at THS. This is his second production with TTC. He was last seen as one of the dwarves in The Brother's Grimm Spectaculathon.
Costume Crew
Eufrosina Cruz-Gonzalez"Eufro" is one of our strongest student technicians. This is her fourth production with TTC. She recently worked as assistant stage manger in Madera Theatre Project's production of Harvest Moon. This summer she hopes to attend CSSSA and UCLA's summer program for Theatre Arts and stage management.
Props Master/ Costume Crew
Kyra RomanKyra is currently in Theatre Tech. Kyra excels in the art of prop making and had graciously agreed to creating all props for this show. Next year she hopes to take ROP Theatre Productions.
House Manager
Eduardo RuizEduardo is currently a sophomore at THS. He recently discovered that he had a knack for working with the public. He currently is theatre tech student and is interested in the business side of Theatre Arts.
Asst. House Manager
Savannah GallegosSavannah is currently a junior at THS. She is also an advanced Theatre Arts student. She is no stranger to the TTC stage and we are so excited to see her explore the tech side of theatre this year!
Box Office Manager
Emily MartinezEmily is a TTC alum! Emily has returned to THS as part of the TTC staff! We love when our former Toros return!
Acting Coach
Thomas EstradaMr. Estrada wokrs exclusively with the Theatre Arts II students at THS. Recently he directed TTC's Children's Tour and their production of Bully, Bully. During the rehearsal process for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown he work with the two students who had been cast in the leading role of Charlie Brown!
Acting Coach
Jessica KnottsMs. Knotts is an acting coach for TTC. Ms. Knotts works exclusively with Theatre Arts II students and has a knack for classical theatre. Ms. Knotts is also very acttive in community theater within the central Valley. We are very lucky to have her as part of the TTC family.
Videographer
Freddie AndersonMr. Anderson currently teaches videography and business at THS. He is also the moderator of the Create Club on campus. You can usually find him in the recording studio on campus or behind a camera documenting all the important events that happen at toronation.
Original Creative Team
TTC's creative team consists of THS staff , students, and industry members. Together the three groups work together on producing quality productions to nurture a love for the world of theatre here on the Torres campus.