Youth Theatre and Education Director

Linda O’Day Young has been involved in Theatre Education for the past twenty six years and has designed and taught drama classes for a variety of age groups from 18 months to 94 years and for various special needs populations. Her RLT directing credits for the Youth Series shows include: Sleeping Beauty, James and the Giant Peach, Pinocchio, Merlin and the Cave of Dreams, Baba Yaga and the Black Sunflower, Peter Pan, Ozma of Oz and Wiley and the Hairy Man. She has also directed The Story, A Raisin in the Sun and Intimate Apparel for the Adult Series.

Associate Education Director

Kathleen Rudolph has been working with the Raleigh Little Theatre Education Program for the past 14 years. After receiving her BA in Communication Arts from Marist College, she continued her theatre education at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and Herbert Berghof Studios in New York City. Besides being a theatre instructor, Kathleen has appeared in many productions including RLT’s Side By Side By Sondheim this past spring. Her directing credits include The Emperor’s New Clothes, Miss Nelson Is Missing!, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, The Reluctant Dragon and Bunnicula.

Adjunct Faculty

Anoushka Brod is a performing member of Transactors Improv Company performing improvisational theatre throughout the Southeast and beyond. She teaches improv to people of all ages in a variety of venues. You can also see her perform here in Raleigh at Comedy Worx, with the all-female improv group, Ask Daphne.

Barbette Hunter holds a BA in Speech/Communications from NC State University and did graduate work in acting at UNC Greensboro. She has earned three performance awards and two technical theatre awards from RLT. As a professional actress, she has performed with numerous companies in the Triangle including the Justice Theatre Project, Raleigh Ensemble Players and Theatre in the Park. Barbette has been working with the RLT Education Program for several years.

Rob Jenkins received a BA in Theatre Education from East Carolina University and studied Meisner Acting Technique under Don Biehn. He has earned three performance awards from RLT. Rob is the drama teacher at Wendell G.T. Magnet Elementary School, where he also produces three shows a year with his students.

Marta King is the co-founder of Flying Machine Theatre Company as well as a director, actor, choreographer and teacher. She teaches drama at Powell GT Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Marta assistant-directed the American premier of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child in Hungary, which received the Silver Star Award.

Johannah Maynard received her BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. After spending eight years in New York working and training as a director, designer, playwright and performer, Johannah currently resides in Raleigh. In addition to teaching and freelance work, she is also Co-Artistic Director of the theatre group, The Distillery.

Susan Meyer studied theatre at Western Carolina University and has taught classes and camps at RLT for several years. She has worked with special needs children for many years and believes in adapting her classes to the specific needs of each student in those classes. Susan was in the original cast of RLT’s Cinderella in 1984 and again in 2002.

Jan Morgan is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and received her MFA from Brown University. She has taught students ages pre-school through adult, in settings ranging from the public school classroom to Meredith College. Jan is an active company member with Burning Coal Theatre, for whom she directs TEATRO, a program of creative dramatics for ESL students.

Virginia O’Brien stopped performing professionally to raise her family, and for the past 20 years has devoted her experience and passion to training the next generation of performers. Her students have ranged from 4 years old to adults. She currently teaches at Salem Middle School in Apex.

Rod and Nancy Rich own and operate MONKEYBRAVO, a video production company located in Raleigh. One of their most recent projects included a series of TV commercials for Nash Healthcare which is airing locally. In addition to their “real” jobs, Rod and Nancy have been very active in community theatre for many years as directors, actors and backstage technicians. Nancy is a choreographer as well.

Lucius Robinson has studied at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theater and with the Royal Academy of Art in London. This is his second year teaching at Raleigh Little Theatre where he long ago appeared in Mother Hicks and The Crucible. He studies performance and literature at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Staci Sabarsky is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in Dramatic Arts. In addition to being a drama instructor, she is a professional actress, vocalist and private acting coach. Although her first love is the stage and live performance, she has also worked on local television, film and industrial shoots throughout the state.

Martie Todd Sirois has taught several classes at RLT and has been performing around the Triangle for over twenty years. She holds a BA in Psychology with a focus on Early Childhood Education from Meredith College. Martie currently works as the Director of Wendell Baptist Preschool.

Mary Kathryn Walston has a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Meredith College. She is a singer, actress and private voice instructor. Mary Kathryn has been working with the RLT Youth Program for several years and has been the Musical Director for Sleeping Beauty, Miss Nelson is Missing!, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, Baba Yaga and the Black Sunflower, Peter Pan and Bunnicula.

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