Cori has directed almost all shows produced by The Theater Bug in the past 6 years. Cori has written and produced 10 original plays and musicals for The Theater bug that have since been performed at The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Studio Tenn Theater Company, The Public Theater of Kentucky and Edmonson Elementary School. Cori has also worked as a teaching artist for The Nashville Children's Theatre Company, The Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Studio Tenn Theatre Company, Metro Parks Nashville, Vanderbilt University, University School of Nashville and several other elementary and middle schools in middle Tennessee. Cori was the youth programs director for Street Theatre Company where she created and directed programming for 5 years. She studied voice and song writing at the Musician's Institute of Hollywood before moving to Nashville a decade ago. Cori grew up in a youth theater program that was one of the most influential parts of her young life. With interest growing faster than we can accommodate, it is our hope to find more opportunity for young people than ever!Ĭori Anne Laemmel is the Managing Artistic Director of The Theater Bug. Throughout the year we offer two full-‐length original shows, a Shakespeare production, camps, specialty workshops, concerts, playwriting, home school programming and the performance of an original piece written by our students. We offer financial assistance for all programs and try to make sure that all children who wish to participate can, regardless of their financial situation.
#FALLSTON THEATER FREE#
The Theater Bug offers year round affordable and sometimes free programming centered around the performing arts. Each year we perform original material written specifically for our students that has addressed topics such as bullying, children with disabilities and children who have battled serious illness. We are proud to present high quality shows with meaningful subject matter to our audiences.
#FALLSTON THEATER PROFESSIONAL#
Our young actors could give any professional a run for their money in heart, work ethic and skill. We always tell our students that we are not a children’s theater company, we are a theater company where our actors happen to be children. It is top priority that our students are doing theater that challenges them not only as actors, but as people. Our other defining quality is our choice of performance material. After several years, we are getting to see the kids who were our youngest members take on a leadership role as an older student, and older students who have stayed in the program through high school and college as interns, teacher’s assistants and have even instructed classes! What we see at the Bug are the younger actors striving to be better because they look up to the older actors, and the older actors striving to be better because they are put in a position of being mentors. This is why we incorporate an all ages model into our programming. Our vision for The Theater Bug is all about community, a place for young artists to grow up in. On the inside, we are a small, but growing family of young artists from different parts of town, at different ages, with different backgrounds, building bridges, and finding community by creating art together. On the outside we are a local non-‐profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to inspire young people to create community and build confidence-‐encouraging them through educational experiences in the performing arts. Our mission is to inspire young people and audiences to create community and build confidence - encouraging them through educational experiences in the performing arts.
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