our people

  • Doug Phipps

    CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Carolyn Bruckmann

    CO-FOUNDER & SENIOR ADVISOR

  • Shanna Barber

    COMMUNITY CHAMPION

  • Justice Champ

    COMMUNITY CHAMPION

  • Cameron Coye

    COMMUNITY CHAMPION

  • Flor Flores

    COMMUNITY CHAMPION

  • Dwayne Lewis

    COMMUNITY CHAMPION

Community Champions

Our Community Champions are the heart of Student Productions.

Who are Community Champions, and what do they do?

Our Community Champions are…

  • Alumni of an existing theater program at a DC public or public charter school OR previous participants in Student Productions workshops

  • Experts in community-building

  • ‘Superconnectors’ who can shift the culture of any room they enter

Our Community Champions get paid to do the following:

  • Facilitate Student Productions workshops in schools

  • Run teacher Professional Development sessions

  • Support schools in building after school theater programs