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Jason Tyler Vaughn is a Loveland based guitarist and musician. With over 19 years of experience playing music Jason has decided to focus more on teaching and encouraging the wonders of music on up and coming musicians and performers. Never without a want for knowledge Jason will be attending the University of Northern Colorado this Fall and taking what he learns and turning it right around on his students. Jason has been playing the guitar for 15 years, the piano for 4, and the bass guitar for 7. He will be offering beginning and intermediate guitar and bass guitar lessons at Up In Lights during their Fall class semester. Thanks to Up In Lights for this opportunity to give back and to all the people around him who encourage him to be a better human. Cheers. |
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Private Voice Paula received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre Arts from Marygrove College and the University of Detroit in 1980. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California in 1981. Paula has performed with semi-professional theatres in the midwest as well as on the west coast. Some of her more notable roles were “Kate” in “Kiss Me Kate”, “Liesl” in “The Sound of Music” and the role of “Nancy Twinkle” in “Little Mary Sunshine”, to name a few. One of here more recent roles was “Marmee” in “Up in Lights Productions” “Little Women”. Paula received 8 years of voice training and is currently singing in Loveland Choral Society’s spring production “Voices of Broadway”. She looks forward to watching the young talent of Loveland grow into outstanding actors, singers and dancers and she is proud to be a small part of their training.
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Britni has been the Director and Choreographer for Up In Lights, since it began in 2000. For the past 8 years she has successfully produced 7 musical productions, High School Musical marking her 7th show. She has been seen all over Northern Colorado in productions of Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey, Oklahoma with FRMT, Cinderella with FCCT, Remote Control with Encore!Encore!, and the Northern Colorado Premier of Cats at the Carousel Dinner Theater as Electra . Her Choreography has been seen in High School show choirs, musicals and local theatre companies. She has been the choreographer for Loveland Choral Society for the past Five years for shows such as Broadway Hot!, Smile...It's the 70's, Cole Porter : You're the Top , Toyland, Great American Songbook and American Music History Tour.
She has been trained at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado Academy of the Arts, John Robert Powers, and TVI Acting Studio in Los Angels, along with dance training for 22 years at some of Colorado's top dance studios. She has been the Creative Arts Director for New Song Church along side her Husband Jeremy who is the Worship Pastor. Together they produce musical productions, lead worship and run a graphic arts company.
Past UIL Productions include, High School Musical, The All Night Strut, FOOTLOOSE! , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Grease, Love At First Sight and Rockin' Summer Nights. Above all, Britni would like to thank her best friend and Savior Jesus, who has shown her such faithfulness through the years. Britni also sends her love and appreciation to the cast, crew, her Family, and last but not least to her AMAZING husband Jeremy. I can't think of anyone else I'd rather share all this with. You're my Favorite!!! Love you!
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 Broadway Tap 1 & 2 Private Lessons Steffan has been trained in dance from several programs, including Gandy Dancers, the Arvada Center for Performing Arts, Front Range Larimer, and the University of Northern Colorado. While versed in many styles, his passion has always been tap. He attended the Creative Arts Theatre and School of Arlington’s National Summer Musical Theatre Intensive for several years. He has performed with UIL in High School Musical, Godspell (Jeffrey), All Shook Up (Dennis), and Little Women (John Brooke). Outside of UIL he’s starred in such shows as A Chorus Line (Mark), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), 42nd Street (Julian Marsh), Man of La Mancha (The Duke/Dr. Carrasco/Knight of the Mirrors), Universal Language (Don), The Birds (Pithetaerous), Footloose (Bickle), and Pirates of Penzance (Major General Stanley). He began teaching for UIL’s Performing Arts Center in the fall of 2008. Last summer he was a counselor for UIL’s intensive youth camps. This summer you will see him as assistant choreographer for Thoroughly Modern Millie. While not performing in one way or another, Steffan is a professional piercer at the Millennium Gallery of Living Art in Fort Collins and Greeley.
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 Musical Theater Production Pre‐ Musical Theater Performance LATIN SOCIAL DANCING (Beginning) Swing (Beginning) Samantha is very excited to be apart of the Up In Lights staff and team! She loves to sing, has been acting most all of her life, and would probably fall apart if she didn't dance! She has been performing with Up In Lights since 2007 and past roles include High School Musical (Alaina), Godspell, All Shook Up (Natalie U/S) and 101 Dalmations (Anita). Beyond UIL, Samantha is proud to have been apart of the Thompson Valley Theatre Company's production of Les Miserables and has done two shows with That Local Group-a theatre company put together by some of her friends: Jekyll and Hyde (Katherine) and Little Women (Meg). Most recently, Samantha has been a reoccurring face in Encore!Encore!'s past shows Play On (Aggie Manville) and Exit the Body (Jenny). Along with instructing dance, directing, set-construction, and stage managing, Samantha has enjoyed working on multiple UIL kid's camp projects and is excited for another round starting this season. “Thanks to Britni for all the opportunities and for whatever it is that she sees inside of me that she keeps me around for. Thank you also to my mom, dad, and support – you know who you are. And most of all, thanks to my Savior Jesus Christ, who is the reason any and everything is possible.”
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