About Us
Varsity Letter Requirements
We strive for those who earn their Dexter Drama Varsity Letter to represent an individual who seeks to possess a comprehensive experience of the theatre world. These requirements will help ensure students exiting the DHS Drama program are at the very least exposed to different aspects of theatre.
Requirement 1: Involvement in 3 productions in at least 2 different areas of theatre. Example: Acting and Pit Orchestra or any combo of Sound/Light/Costume/Props/Running Crew or any designer position, etc.... Combinations are endless!
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OfficersPresenting your 2021-2022 Drama Club Officers!
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President:
Toni Butka Vice President: Emmy Rhizal Communications: Owen Carlson Weston Myers Sergeant at Arms: Kennedy Lint |
Thespian Liaison:
Shelly Beach Tech Liaison: Noelle Whipple Improv Captains: Ryan Grant Elliot Portice Pit Liaison: Delaney Christy |
Dexter Drama Club Advisor: Erin Palmer
OR to send an email through the website to any officer, Mrs. Erin Palmer or our booster club
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2020-2021 Drama Club Officers!
Toni Butka
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Emmy Rhizal
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Kennedy Lint
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Owen Carlson
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Weston Myers CommunicationsWeston Myers is a senior this year and is one of the two communications officers, he has been in this club since he was a freshman and has enjoyed every second of doing tech and acting. If you have any questions about the Dexter Drama social media or the website feel free to reach out!
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Elliot Portice
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Ryan Grant
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Noelle Whipple
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Shelly Beach
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Delaney Christy
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Mrs. Erin Palmer
Drama Club Advisor
Erin Palmer is in her fifteenth year at Dexter High School as a World History teacher and Drama Club advisor! Palmer additionally teaches the US History course populated with many exchange students each year. She very much enjoyed teaching an online course for her Chinese students during the 2020-2021 school year even if it was at 9pm to accommodate for the time change! Palmer is a proud alumna of Kalamazoo College where she earned a BA in History and 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 has spent 3 summers in the forests of Oregon where she facilitated teen programs on high and low-rope challenge courses. She worked as an inclusion specialist and specifically with the foster system of Portland, Oregon to provide more student opportunities outdoors and help ensure accessibility. As the advisor of the Dexter Drama Club and Improv Club she is the proud sponsor of 4 main productions a year and 5 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, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Wizard of Oz. During the Covid-19 pandemic outdoor performances included Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Disney’s Tarzan. Palmer would like to enthusiastically recognize her student designers and officers for all they do to make the Dexter Drama productions incredible as well as her parent booster club for all their efforts. A special “shout out” to Jodi Helmholtz, her Parent Booster president and Dexter Drama Club producer who is extraordinary. Dexter Drama Club would also not be possible without the talents of her “partners in crime”: choir and vocal director Julie Bassett, pit orchestra director Brian Rose, and my wonderfully talented program choreographer Amanda Webster.