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E. F. Bluestein
Chairman
E. Frank Bluestein is the chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Germantown High School. He is founder and director of the school's theatre, the Poplar Pike Playhouse, and also serves as executive producer for the school's three million dollar educational television facility. In 1998, USA Today named Mr. Bluestein as one of the top 40 teachers in the United States. Two years earlier, he was selected as the 1996 Disney and McDonald's National Performing Arts Teacher of the Year. In 1994, Mr. Bluestein was chosen to serve as Tennessee's Teacher of the Year. He is a past winner of the American Theatre Association's John C. Barner Award, a national award given to one secondary school teacher whose theatre program is judged most exemplary for the year. Mr. Bluestein has served as an arts advisory panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the College Board Arts Advisory Committee, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the Tennessee Arts Commission. He is a former president of both the Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education and the Germantown Arts Alliance. Mr. Bluestein supervises the theatre division of the Tennessee Arts Academy, a statewide teacher training institute. He was named to Memphis Magazine's "Who's Who in Memphis" poll and was presented a community service award for his accomplishments in education by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Under Mr. Bluestein's leadership, the studios of GHS-TV have received Emmy and Cable Ace Award nominations, over 70 first place Hometown Video USA Awards, and a national Student Emmy Award of Excellence. In 1984, he helped the Germantown High School Fine Arts Department become one of eight secondary schools in the nation chosen to receive the prestigious Rockefeller Brothers Fund Arts in Education Award. Mr. Bluestein has served as a director of shows at Opryland, USA and most recently wrote and directed the musical review Beale Street Saturday Night starring blues legend Joyce Cobb. He is a frequent speaker and writer on arts-related issues.
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Theatre Arts Teacher
Patrick Lee Ashcraft
Patrick Lee Ashcraft began his career in the arts starring as a child actor in such films as Heavy Weights, Angus and Menace II Society. A graduate of Germantown High School, Patrick went on to act, direct, write and sound desgin over twenty playings in Iowa City, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Patrick double-majored in Theatre and Cinema. Favorite theatrical works include Woyzeck, The Puzzle Locker, Orson Welles Is Dead, The Beguiled and Little Shop of Horros. Patrick's talents in puppetry, sound, playwritting and multiple-character work formed the produced works The Death of Pimpleville, The Invisible Man, Quote Boy and Ethan: The Talking Mime series at Iowa's "After Hours" Playhouse.
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Allison Rogers
Theatre Arts Teacher
Allison Rogers is in her fifth year on the Fine Arts Department staff. A 1994 graduate of Germantown High School, Ms. Rogers appeared in the Poplar Pike Playhouse productions of The Nerd, Once On This Island, and Can't Stop Dancin'. Ms. Rogers attended Baylor University where she received a B.B.A. in Broadcasting. Before returning to Germantown, she worked with Susquehanna Broadcasting, CBS Promotions Group and ABC Radio in Dallas. Ms. Rogers currently teaches Communication Arts and Introduction to Film & Video.
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Courtney Smith
Theatre Arts Teacher
Ms. Smith is in her third year at Germantown High School, though she is no stranger to the PPP. A 2000 graduate, Ms. Smith was the general manager of GHS-TV and costume manager for the Poplar Pike Playhouse. After graduating, Ms. Smith attended The University of Southern Illinois where she recieved a Bachelor of Arts. Ms. Smith teaches Intro to Film and Video, and Film and Video II.
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