Chuck Driscoll - Director of Theatre
cdriscol -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Director/Designer/Technical Director, earned his M.F.A. Theatre Design/Technology from the University of Washington. He has worked in all forms of theatre, including educational, community and professional. Over his 30+ year career he has acted, directed, lit, designed and built for hundreds of productions. He has experience in all of the performing arts from Rock to Opera, but most of his focus is in Theatre. He is a former member of IATSE, the union for professional theatre technicians and currently maintains an active membership in the USITT- a professional organization for theatre technicians and designers. During his free time he enjoys camping and hiking with his wife and four children, riding his motorcycle, or bicycling. He loves Helena and its central location between Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP.
Courses Taught: Stagecraft I & II, Scenic Art, Stage and Sound, Scene Design, Lighting Design, Advanced Design, Theatre History I & II, and Survey of Drama.
Pictured: Alexa Etchart, Chuck Driscoll, Jasmine Van DeMarr, working on As You Like It
Nancy Harper- Acting Teacher & Costumer
nharper -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Theatre Faculty &Costumer, Ms. Harper graduated Summa Cum Laude with a fine arts degree from Rocky Mountain College. She has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company with Leon Rubin, director, the LA Public Theatre, the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, and toured with Colorado Chautauqua, as well as performing off Broadway in New York in OUTSIDE THE WALL. She has extensive musical training with Dale Moffitt at SMU, Kiva Lawrence Voiceovers in LA, and Elizabeth Rowan from the MET. Nancy has been a guest soloist with the Helena Symphony for the last 10 years. She was a recording artist in Nashville, and has taught workshops in costuming and musical theatre at numerous theatres across the country such as Belmont University and Colorado Women’s College. She is our full-time liason to The Grandstreet Theatre. She is proudest of the accomplishments of her teen age daughter, Emily.
Courses Taught: Intro to Acting, Costuming I & II, Make-up.
Pictured: Nancy Harper, Sara Walker, Ryan Pfeiffer working on Caucasian Chalk Circle
Michael McNeilly - Acting/Directing/Improv
mmcneilly -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Theatre Faculty & Improv Troupe Director, Mr. McNeilly graduated with a BFA from the Professional Acting Studio at Ohio University. He has been a Guest Artist in Theatre at UCLA, USC, Cal Poly:
Pomona, UC: Santa Barbara, University of Washington and at LSU for over 20 years, to name a few. He spent 17 years as a professional actor in Hollywood acting in over 40 productions, with the Mark Taper Forum, the John Ford Theatre, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Theatre Exchange, and appeared in movies, television, commercials and was a Mighty Carson Art Player with Johnny Carson. His company Mimeprov has performed his original works JUNGLE LIFE and THE LOST JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK. He recently wrote THE PIRATE PLAY which premiered in 2009. For the last 15 summers he has guided fly fishers down the Smith River and lost no one to date.
Courses Taught: Acting: Improvisation, Acting: Advanced Methods, Play Directing, Stage Combat.
Pictured: Doug Sheehan and Richard Dean Anderson with Michael McNeilly.
Edward Noonan - Arts Managment & Admin.
ednoonan -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Theatre Faculty, AB Speech (Theater) Lewis University, MA Speech (Theater/Film) Ball State University. Mr. Noonan is the Executive Director of the Myrna Loy Center; and a playwright, winner of Montana Arts Council Fellowship for Playwriting. Mr. Noonan is the Progam Administrator of the Arts Management and Administration Minor for Carroll College.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Arts Management and Administration, History of Film, Playwriting, Theatre Appreciation.
Pictured: Ed Noonan at the Myrna Loy Center