Wendy Bramlett - Director
Wendy has enjoyed being in and directing theatre for the last 25+ years.
She is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University in Denton, where she worked in the theatre, music and dance departments, graduating with a B.A. in Acting. Since then she has had the opportunity to work extensively in the area. Ms. Bramlett is very excited to be a part of Byron Nelson Theatre. Amongst her favorite roles: Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors, Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest and Gotchling in Bright Room Called Day, for which she won an Irene Ryan Award. Ms. Bramlett is the 2013 winner of the North Texas Drama Teacher of the Year Award, which was presented at the Betty Buckley Awards. A highlight of her career is directing the "Buckley-nominated" South Pacific three years ago and the "Buckley- and DSMHSMTA-nominated" Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which BNHS took home the award for Best Direction as well as the "DSMHSMTA-nominated" The Addams Family in 2018. She would like to give a special thank you to all of the student crew heads, for their hard work and dedication as well as Samantha Howard, who did an incredible job with choreography. She would also like to thank her fellow BNHS Fine Arts collaborators for all of their hard work!! She would like to dedicate this performance to her mom, who is the best mom a girl could ask for.
Katherine Engle - Vocal Director
Katherine Engle is in her fourth year as the associate choir director at Byron Nelson High School. She has enjoyed directing vocals for The Addams Family, Thoroughly Modern Millie, South Pacific, Mary Poppins, and the NISD Middle School Musicals Disney’s Mary Poppins Jr., Beauty and the Beast Jr. and Lion King Jr. Last year, Ms. Engle and Mr. Sikon won Best Musical Direction in the Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Theatre Awards. Ms. Engle’s choirs have consistently earned Superior ratings at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Oklahoma State University and is currently working on her Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas. She would like to thank her fellow Byron Nelson fine arts colleagues and students for their hard work and dedication to this year’s musical. Enjoy The Drowsy Chaperone!
John Sikon - Music Director
John Sikon is enjoying his tenth year of directing choirs and musicals at Byron Nelson High School. “The Drowsy Chaperone” marks the thirteenth opportunity Mr. Sikon has had to conduct a musical production. Conducting the musical at Byron Nelson is one of his favorite times of the school year. Mr. Sikon’s choirs consistently earn Superior ratings at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. Aside from teaching, Mr. Sikon also performs as a soloist and a section leader for the chancel choir at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Mr. Sikon holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Louisiana State University where he attended with a full tuition vocal scholarship. He would like to thank his Byron Nelson fine arts colleagues and students for their dedication to this huge collaborative project. He would also like to thank all of the Drowsy Chaperone musicians for allowing him the opportunity to sit in front of them and conduct this wonderful music.
James Hammer - Technical Director
Since 2011, Mr. Hammer and his technical crews have been creating the magical worlds in which our talented actors here at Byron Nelson tell their character’s stories. The Drowsy Chaperone is billed as “a musical within a comedy” and the challenges with this world is creating the Man in Chair’s apartment, but incorporating stylistic elements of a musical from the 20’s. What fun it’s been! He’d like to thank his wife, Christy, for her support through eighteen years of the high school theatre experience.
Sam Howard - Choreographer
Sam Howard, a freshman at Tarrant County College, has choreographed NISD’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. and Mary Poppins Jr. along with assisting Vincent Donato in the choreography of Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Addams Family. Sam has had an enlightening experience working with the cast and is extremely proud of all dedication they have put into this production. Sam would like to give a huge thank you to Joe Caskey who played a huge part in the choreographic process. Sam is extremely grateful for the opportunities this department has given her and hopes to continue working with the wonderful directors involved in the creation of this production.
