Faculty Profiles

BFA in Production and BFA in Design, Texas Christian University, 2008
MFA in Stage Management, University of Iowa, 2014

Leigh'Ann is the Stage Management Professor at Texas State University. She currently works as a stage manager with Ballet Austin and ZACH Theatre. Previously, she has had a long career in professional theatre and dance stage management. Immediately before working at Texas State, Leigh'Ann was the Production Stage Manager at Ballet Idaho for two seasons, where she worked on the world premiere story ballet of Peter and the Wolf. Prior to Ballet Idaho, Leigh'Ann lived in Seattle, WA where she served as Stage Manager at Pacific Northwest Ballet for three seasons. She stage managed more than 50 ballets including Swan Lake, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Nutcracker, PNB premieres choreographed by Justin Peck and Yuri Possokhov, as well as world premieres choreographed by Kyle Davis, Miles Pertl, and Robyn Mineko Williams. Also in Seattle, Leigh'Ann stage managed for Seattle Children's Theatre, The Guild Dance Company, Folklife Festival, and Olympic Ballet Theatre. Before moving to Seattle, Leigh'Ann was the original PSM for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Other stage management credits include two international tours with Trisha Brown Dance Company, more than 20 productions at Casa Mañana, three seasons with Trinity Shakespeare Festival, two seasons with Creede Repertory Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab, Trinity Repertory Company, Arvada Center, and Dallas Theater Center. Leigh'Ann has guest lectured on the topics of dance stage management and professional career development at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cornish College of the Arts, Stage Management Boot Camp, University of Northern Iowa, Iowa Thespian Festival, University of Iowa, University of Utah, Indiana State University, and Adams State University. She consulted on dance stage management for the textbook, Stage Management Basics 2^nd Edition, and co-authored the industry-studying 2013 Stage Management Survey. She received the Iowa Arts Fellowship from 2012-2014 and is a current member of AGMA and AEA.