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Varsity Letter Requirements
We strive for those who earn their Dexter Drama Varsity Letter to represent an individual who strives 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 2018-2019 Drama Club Officers!
Dexter Drama Club Advisor: Erin Palmer
Contact the officers via email:
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2017-2018 Drama Club Officers!
Will Fawcett
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Evelyn Maxey
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Ella Markel
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Jackson Helmholtz
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Victoria Ward
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Kristy Scott
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Ethan Dixon
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Ben Vanderhyde
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Cassie Bergen
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Ethan is a senior and has been a devoted member of the Drama Club since his freshman year. Ethan has been in a variety of positions in the club including acting, and many of the different crews: stage management, props, hair, as well as directing and more! Ethan is so excited to be the Tech Crew Liaison for the upcoming year!
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Ben Vanderhyde is a senior this year and is extremely excited about being Improv Captain again! Ben has been in Drama and Improv for 3 years and has loved every minute of it. He enjoys skateboarding, playing bass, video games, reading, writing, and of course, Improv! Ben can't wait for all the activities and opportunities that this year will bring, whether it's doing improv or teaching the next generation. He is also super excited to work with his fellow Improv Captain, Cassie, and the rest of the Officers!
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Cassie could not be more excited to be teamed up with the amazing Ben VanderHyde to lead the Improv Club for the second year in a row. Cassie loves ice and winter and happiness. She encourages everyone to come out and try Improv, even if you have no involvement with the Drama Club, as it is a great way to infuse laughter into your life. Come out, make new friends, and collect more experiences!
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Ms. Erin Palmer
Drama Club Advisor
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Erin Palmer is enjoying her eleventh year at Dexter High School as a World History teacher and Drama Club advisor. She is a proud alumna of Kalamazoo College where she earned a BA in History and minors in Psychology and Theatre Arts. Palmer has also completed her Masters of Public Administration at the University of Michigan-Flint. For several past summers she has taken her passion for teaching out of state and in one case overseas where she has taught English through performance in Poland. Palmer spent 3 summers in the forests of Oregon where she facilitated teen programs 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 5 Improv shows. Previous directing credits with the 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, Grease, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Chicago, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and now Disney’s Lion KIng Jr.. 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 who is extraordinary. Dexter Drama Club would also not be possible without the talents of her “partners in crime”: choir and vocal directors Julie Bassett and Liz Berghorst, choreographers Amanda Webster and Jessie Wise, and Co-director, Elizabeth Champion.