D R A M A
PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER POSITION
Jessie Grant, originally from Yadkinville, NC, is thrilled to be working with PIE and Vinalhaven School. She graduated from Lees-McRae College where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Performing Arts Studies with an emphasis in Musical Theater. As a performer some of her favorite roles include: Dotty in Noises Off, the Mayor's Wife in Seussical, and Topeka in Swingtime Cantine. Jessie taught for two years at C.E. Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. She has directed a variety of musicals and plays, from Little Shop of Horrors to Thoroughly Modern Millie and Complete Works of William Shakespeare to Noises Off. Before Jordan she was a guest director and choreograher for Forbush High School and local community theaters. She has also taught at a Creative and Performing Arts Camp for children for three summers. When she is not teaching or performing, Jessie enjoys spending time with friends,singing, reading and attempting to cook!
Jessie has created fun, colorful pdf documents with photos documenting each class' accomplishments as well as the afterschool Glee Club. You can view them by clicking on the thumbnail below:
Shakespeare Cast A
Shakespeare Cast B
Glee Club
Elementary
Middle School Q1
Middle School Q2
Red Hat Performance
PIE Holiday Show
THEATER TIMELINE
School Year 2010-2011
The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Condensed (High School)
PIE's Holiday Show (Community)
School Year 2009-2010
Wackadoo Zoo (Elementary)
Nobody Sleeps (Middle School)
The Butler Did It (High School)
Check Please Dinner Theater (Community)
School Year 2008-2009
Halloween Maze, (Middle School creation)
Holiday Show (Elementary)
Bugz (K-3)
Pippin (Highschool)
The Circus (4-8)
School Year 2007-2008
Remember Me, original pieces by Vinalhaven students
(integrated arts)
Folk Tales from Here, There and Everywhere (Elementary)
Selections from Free to Be...You and Me (Grades 3, 4, and 5)
The Love Doctor by Moliere and Sure Thing by David Ives (High School)
Our Town (Vinalhaven Players Community production)
You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart (Middle School)
School year 2006-2007
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (Community and MS tech.
class)
A Case of Belonging by Jan Allred and Word, Words, Words by
David Ives (High School)
A Taste of Impressionism and Through the Decades (Elementary
integrated arts)
A Merry Regiment of Women by Rae Shirley (High School)
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (Community)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream or the Night they Missed the Forest for the Trees by Nancy Lineham Charles (Middle
School)
School Year 2005-2006
Amy Goes Army & Happily Never After by Tim Kelly (High School)
101 Dalmations, Disney (K-5)
The Jungle Book, Disney (K-5)
Murder Well Rehearsed & If Sherlock Holmes Was A Woman by Jhn
R. Carroll (High School)
Beauty and the Beast, Disney (Community)
MacBeth, Shakespeare (condensed) (Middle School)
School year 2004-2005
From the Halls of Vinalhaven High School
The Best Christmas Pagent Ever by Barbara Robinson (Grades 4-12)
Southern Fried Murder by Billy St. John(High School)
The Wizard of Oz by Noel Langley(Community)
When Men Are Scarce by John Kirkpatrick(High School)
School year 2003-2004
Elementary Talent Show
Chicago Dance performance (Adults)
The Audition is Over by John Kirkpatrick (HS Drama)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll (MS Drama)
Annie Jr. by martin Charnin and Charles Strouse (Grades 3-High
School)
Parent and Community Resource
Click here for Rehearsal Schedules, photos and more for the current school year.