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Meet our Teaching Artists
Cora Hemphill found her love for teaching at Unity Theatre in Brenham, TX where she was on staff as Education Development and Outreach Manager. Through this experience, she brought workshops to Title 1 schools, started a partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, facilitated Guest Artist Workshops, and taught homeschool acting classes as well as summer theatre camps. Outreach is exciting to Cora! She is a certified TimeSlips facilitator and has lead story making sessions with Alzheimer's patients. For several years, Cora toured with Books Alive!, a children's theatre, in schools, libraries and hospitals throughout Houston, TX. She is also a mom of two, an eleven and fourteen-year-old. Cora is excited to bring her expertise to Firebox Theatre Company!
Emma Suzik recently graduated from UNC Charlotte with a Bachelor's in Theatre, and a concentration in K-12 Theatre Education. She has always held a lifelong passion for performing as well as working with kids. Growing up, she was always involved in theatre, and this passion led her to pursue a career where she could share this love with young minds. During her time at university, amongst several volunteering experiences with various children’s theaters, Emma had the incredible opportunity to work in an elementary school theatre classroom, where she served as the assistant director for the school musical and built lesson plans for each grade level. Her experiences at Charlotte solidified her commitment to fostering creativity and confidence in children through the performing arts. She now aspires to bring her craft to many children’s theaters, and eventually wishes to have a theatre classroom of her own!
Jenni Elion is a veteran improviser based in Raleigh, NC. Jenni has performed with improvisers from around the country at Camp Improv Utopia in the Poconos and was a guest performer with ComedySportz in St. Louis, MO. Her improv career started in 2012 at ComedyWorx, where she still performs monthly in shortform shows. Jenni has studied under notable improvisors including Brian James O'Connell, Craig Cackowski, Bill Arnett, David Razowsky, and Louis Kornfeld and looks forward to sharing the wisdom she's picked up on her own improv journey.
Interested in private coaching?
We are available for monologue work, scene work, audition preparation, and personalized coaching. Contact us at play@fireboxtheatre.com and we will be in touch!