Check out our summer camps for 2024!

Amy Himel Gomez is excited to be returning to Theatre Baton Rouge for her 3rd round of summer camps. Amy has been teaching workshops camps for TBR for the last 2 years! She has a BA in Theatre Performance from LSU. Not only does she love to perform, directing and coaching bring just as much joy! Her past directing credits include Junie B Jones the Musical Jr (Playmakers BR), High School Musical Jr (Playmakers BR), Matilda Jr (Company OGP), Annie Jr (Company OGP). She has been teaching Talented Theatre in Ascension Parish Schools since 2010. Amy has loved sharing her knowledge of the theatre with young actors to guide them to find their own spotlight on the stage!

Molly Beth Blanchard is thrilled to return to Theatre Baton Rouge after just graduating with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a Minor in Dance from Ohio Northern University! Select ONU credits include Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical (Anne Shirley), Julius Caesar (Portia), and 9 to 5 The Musical (Ensemble). Regionally, she has performed at Clinton Area Showboat Theatre in Young Frankenstein (Dance Captain/Ensemble), Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Gabrielle/ Dance Captain), SpongeBob The Musical (Karen) and at Tulane Summer Lyric in Into the Woods (Rapunzel). In addition to performing, she has choreographed at numerous educational and regional theatres with her favorite being It Shoulda Been You. She can’t wait to spend the summer doing what she loves at TBR!

Beth Nash Bordelon is a music and performing arts educator, music director, conductor,singer, pianist, director, and actress. She holds a BME concentrating in choral music and conducting from the University of Louisiana-Monroe and an MM in vocal performance from Southeastern Louisiana University. A passionate performing arts advocate, Beth has served as the choir and drama instructor at St.Aloysius School for 38 years. She has been a part of the Theatre Baton Rouge’s YOUNG ACTORS PROGRAM having served as Music Director for the Program’s musicals almost since its inception in 2011. In 2013, Beth conceived and implemented the YOUNG MUSICIANS PROGRAM. She has also served on the Louisiana Music Educator Association Louisiana State Advocacy Leadership Force. In addition to working as music director and director at other camps in the Greater Baton Rouge area, Beth has served as the Musical Theatre Production Camp Coordinator/Director at TBR since 2017.
Recent music directing/conducting and directing credits include Annie, The Lightning Thief, The Addams Family, Newsies, Jr., The Wizard of Oz, and Fiddler on the Roof. Stage credits include award-winning performances in My Fair Lady (Eliza), The Fantasticks (Louisa), and Grease (Sandy) and performances with Opera Louisiane in Carmen, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Madama Butterfly, as well premiere performances in Dead Man Walking (abridged) and The Christmas Spider. Beth co-founded The Louisiana Concert Movement, a composer residency that partnered local artists with living composers such as Dr. Gwyneth Walker and Jake Heggie. In 2017, along with six other women Beth co-founded Red Magnolia Theatre Company. Beth has maintained an active private voice studio for nearly 30 years and teaches class voice at Theatre Baton Rouge. Past president of The Shreveport Jaycees, she was named Outstanding Young Woman and Outstanding Educator in Shreveport. She is currently serving as president of the Board of Governors of Theatre Baton Rouge.