About SPA

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 Los Angeles native Barb Stitzer started acting when she was six years old and spent the next 20 years working as an actress in television, film, soap operas; commercials and theatre. She studied directly with the legendary Sanford Meisner, who then taught her to teach others to Live Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances. She coaches actors from beginners wanting to get their first agent to recognizable names. She is a Momager to her daughter Tenley, a television actress with a recurring role on Vindication, a faith based television series and to Zoe, a copywriter and novelist. She is also an award winning commercial photographer, and trains her actors to look and, more importantly, feel their best in front of the camera.

Her favorite moment is when a young person’s eyes light up when they make the connection between who they are as a person and who they are as an actor, because that is where the magic begins.

 Lisa Huston, a 1988 Music-Ed / Piano graduate of Otterbein College (University) has been working with youth musicians professionally since 1988. She began her career teaching ages K-12 in Danville Local Schools. While at Danville, she also began having the students perform musicals each year. Unlike past performances in Danville that used recorded music, Lisa introduced live musicians to accompany the performance. She also directed, or performed as musical director, for community theater and church musicals during this time. Since moving to a position as High School Choir Director at Big Walnut in 1998 (and Assistant Band Director since 2000), Lisa served as Music Director for the High School Drama performances from 1998 to 2019. During her career she has directed and been Musical Director in over 40 musicals in the public school, summer community theater and church productions and has taken groups of students to multiple locations nationally to learn from professional musical theater performers.

 Courtney Lucas is a choreographer and teaching artist based in Columbus, Ohio. As a young dancer, she competed nationally in jazz, tap, and contemporary, while receiving classical training from Virginia Ballet Theatre and the Eastern Virginia School for the Performing Arts. Courtneyearned her B.F.A. in Dance from The Ohio State University, specializing in Dance and Technology, and had the opportunity to learn from inspiring mentors like Bebe Miller, Susan Hadley, and Abby Zbikowski. She also performed as a company member with New Vision Dance Company from 2015-2017.  With over fifteen years of experience, she has taught jazz, tap, ballet, modern, and contemporary dance to students of all ages. Her students have gained acceptance into prestigious dance programs, including The Ohio State University, STEPS on Broadway, CLI Conservatory, and BalletMet, among others.   Recently, Courtney directed a preprofessional repertory company for five years, producing dance adaptations of popular shows such as An American in Paris, Stranger Things, School House Rock, and West Side Story. This summer, she relocated to Westerville with her husband and three-year-old son.   Courtney is thrilled for the opportunity to work with the talented performers and staff at Sunbury Performing Arts.

 Kyra Bauman is as passionate about teaching as she is performing! Holding a degree in Music Industry with a Voice concentration from the College of Saint Rose in New York, Kyra combines the importance of using vocal technique while teaching the fire of what it takes to be a performer! She is a former signed Artist to Rose Record Label Group and the current lead singer of the rock band Thermal Runaway, which just released their debut album. Kyra has been involved in musical theatre since she was 5, with her favorite past credits including Songs for a New World (Woman 2), Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Grande Bouche), Big Fish (Josephine Bloom), and working as a Metaperformer at Shadowbox Live! She now gives voice lessons to students from 4 years to 40 years old all across central Ohio, and can’t wait to start working with the talented kids in Frozen Jr. Special thanks to her husband, Brenndan, and three kids, Aidan, Logan, and Maxx, for all their love and support!