Within the Dexter Drama Club we make it our mission to be deeply inclusive. We strive to create an environment where students of diverse backgrounds are confident they can bring all of who they are to our program and be excited to do their best work. No matter if the student is interested in being onstage, backstage, or under the stage in our Pit Orchestra, we want all students to feel valued. Moreover, our students are diverse not only in their interests or level of theatrical experience, but in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, class, religion and age, and also in life experiences, thoughts and ideas. We believe that diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our productions and personal growth as a community. We, at the Dexter Drama Club, know we are not all the same and that is truly our greatest strength. We pledge to continue to work every day to build an inclusive environment where all students and staff feel they can contribute fully to meet their own goals and the goals of the Dexter Drama Club.
Theater Together
Erin Palmer LaVoy
Dexter Drama Club Advisor | Director
Erin Palmer LaVoy is in her nineteenth year at Dexter High School as a member of the Social Studies Department in which she teaches various history courses. Palmer is a proud alumna of Kalamazoo College where she earned a BA in History with minors in Psychology and Theatre Arts. Palmer also holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Michigan-Flint. In past summers she has taken her passion for teaching and theatre overseas where she has taught English through performance in Poland. Palmer also spent 3 summers in the forests of Oregon where she facilitated teen programming on high and low-rope challenge courses. As the advisor of the Dexter Drama Club and Improv Club she is the proud sponsor of 4 main productions a year and 4 Improv shows. Previous directing credits with Dexter Drama include The Odd Couple, Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Back to the 80s, A Year With Frog and Toad, Guys and Dolls, Alice in Wonderland, The Music Man, Willy Wonka, Into the Woods, Disney's The Jungle Book, Crazy For You, Hercules, Grease, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Chicago, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Disney’s Lion King Jr., On the Town, Peter Pan or the Boy who Would Not Grow Up, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wizard of Oz, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Footloose, Disney's Descendants, The Sound of Music, Disney's Frozen Jr., and Pippin. During the Covid-19 pandemic outdoor performances included Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood and Disney’s Tarzan.
David Moan
Director | Vocal Director
David started his time as a DDC director in 2022 with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and has since directed last year’s Brigadoon, Murder on The Orient Express, and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, as well as vocal directing on many shows including Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Brigadoon, Mamma Mia, and Frozen Jr. David also serves as Improv Coach of DDC’s improv troupe, Off Q! While not working with DDC, David can be found onstage in theatres throughout South East Michigan including The Encore, Detroit Opera, The Dio, Meadowbrook, and many others. David is currently Summer Camp Director at the Encore, one half of the musical improv duo, Torch Song, and private vocal and acting coach.
Jennifer Moraschinelli
Producer | Set Designer
Bio coming soon…
Amanda Webster
Choreographer
Amanda Webster (Choreographer) graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Elementary Education and has been teaching 4th grade at Heritage Elementary in Saline for 13 years. She received her Masters in Educational Technology from MSU. Macbeth marks her 27th production with the DDC, and she couldn’t be more excited to add some movement to our witch covens' storytelling! Amanda has danced and choreographed for RhythM Tap Ensemble on UM’s campus, co-owned A2 Movimiento Latino dance studio in Ann Arbor, and has taught dance technique and Zumba Fitness classes in the surrounding areas for the past 20 years.
Alia Campbell
Assistant Choreographer
Bio coming soon…
Pit Director
Brian Rose
Bio coming soon…