User Name
Kelhai
Name
Krista Carson Elhai
Member Since
August 4, 2011
Bio
I am the Theatre Director at Claremont HS. I oversee a program with 500+ kids and we produce 7-10 shows each year.
In my spare time I also serve as the CA State Thespian Director and volunteer with the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and on the board of the CA Educational Theatre Association (CETA).
Educational Background
BS Speech, Theatre and English from Winona State University, Winona MN.
MS in School Counseling from the University of La Verne, La Verne CA.
Number of years teaching
29
Favorite Playwright
Tennessee Williams
Favorite theatrical moment
Every time a show clicks
Sondheim or Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Sondheim
Interests
Theatre
Theatre Advocacy
Reading
Pilates
Something you should know about me!
I took ten years of Ballet as a kid and I love Tina Turner
Accomplishments
CA Educational Theatre Association's Theatre Educator of the Year 2007
Inducted into the Educational Theatre Association's Hall of Fame 2009
Upcoming Projects
All Shook Up
EdTA's Advocacy Task Force
Sending off three girls to college
School/Organization Name
Claremont HS Theatre
Shows You've Worked On
Evita, Crazy for You, Cats, Little Shop of Horrors, Directed over 300. Favorites include: The Laramie Project, On Golden Pond, Dead Man Walking
