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Greg Phillip Viscomi (Director of Theatre) The 2007 Dearborn Area Theatre Association Hall of Fame inductee, Greg Viscomi has been the DHS Director of Theatre for 15 years and in his career amassed 117 stage productions to his credit, with 48 of those at DHS. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance (BFA), and American University (MA) in Washington D.C. In his career he has earned honors including the 2003 Mayor's Arts Educator of the Year Award, 5 DPS Superintendent's Honors Awards, numerous Dearborn Press & Guide Entertainment (PAGE) Awards and has been included in multipe editions of both Who's Who in Entertainment and Who's Who Amoung American High School Teachers.

Carmelle Siciliano-Atkins (Director of Vocal Music)
Carmelle has just completed her 10th year as the Director of Vocal Music at DHS and has provided musical direction for the DHS productions of GREASE, Hello, Dolly! (2009 PAGE Award), Kiss Me, Kate (2008 PAGE Award), West Side Story, Damn Yankees, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, 42nd Street, Oklahoma!, and The Fantasticks. She has both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Eastern Michigan University and has been teaching elementary through high school music for the past 19 years.

Jeff Oshnock (Instrumental Music Director)Jeff is currently in his 16th year as the Director of Instrumental Music for Dearborn High School and in his 22nd year with the Dearborn Public Schools. He holds his Bachelors from the Michigan State University and his Masters Degree from the University of Michigan School of Music. He has conducted the DHS Orchestra for the musicals GREASE (1999 and 2010), Hello, Dolly!, Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story (2007 and 1997 versions), Damn Yankees, Bye,Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls (1996 and 2004 versions), Oklahoma!, 42nd Street, My Fair Lady and The Music Man.

Joan Arrick (Lighting Design)The 2006 Dearborn Area Theatre Association Hall of Fame inductee, Joan has been a director as well as lighting plays, musicals and one-acts for decades. Her lighting design credits include area productions of Our Town, MacBeth, Dracula, The Gondoliers, Camelot, and Agnes of God, all for the City of Dearborn and The Last Five Years, The Fantasticks, Snapshots from the Stage, ART, and The Guys, all for West Side Theatre Project; Hello, Dolly!, Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story, and The Music Man, for Dearborn High and Mr. Lincoln for Henry Ford Community College. She has been honored four times with a PAGE Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Kiss Me, Kate, The Guys and Mr. Lincoln, as well as A Midsummer Night's Dream for EFS. A career educator, she is a graduate of Northern Michigan (BA) and Eastern Michigan (MA) Universities. The DHS Theatre Program's Joan Arrick Award in Theatrical Lighting Design is named in her honor with the first recipient, Dylan Frabutt, awarded in 2008.

Jennifer (Schofield) McPherson (1997) Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Educator: Since her graduation from DHS in 1997, Jennifer McPherson has worked extensively as a dancer, choreographer, and dance educator.
A graduate of Eastern Michigan University with Bachelor degrees in both Communications and Theatre for the Young, she served on the faculty of the Jeanie Zimbalatti School of Dance for over a decade teaching classes in all dance disciplines with an emphasis on jazz and tap, and choreography numerous dances for annual dance recitals. Currently the resident choreographer for the Dearborn High Theatre program, she has choreographed their musical productions of Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Damn Yankees, Hello, Dolly!, Kiss Me Kate, 42nd Street, and GREASE, winning the Dearborn Press and Guide's PAGE Award for Outstanding Choregraphy for the latter three. Mrs McPherson trained extensively in the metropolitan Detroit area at the Noretta Dunworth School of Dance and Sheryl's chool of Dance and while a Dearborn High School Thespian, appeared in productions of Our Town, Antigone, See How They Run, Guys and Dolls, and West Side Story, serving as the dance captain for the latter two. Upon her graduation, she earned the DHS Theatre Production Award for her work as a student choreographer. Married to Mr. Zach McPherson, they are the proud parents of Olivia and Wyatt.

Carol Peterson (Resident Costume Designer) West Side Story marked Carol's 19th collaboration with Mainstage Dearborn High. Her costume designs have earned her 3 PAGE Award nominations and graced our productions of West Side Story, Frankenstein, Into the Woods, The Fantasticks, Oklahoma!, Rumors, 42nd Street, The Music Man, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Guys and Dolls (1996 and 2004), See How They Run (1996 and 2005), and The Mousetrap. Her contributions in Scenic Design include 2008's Moon Over Buffalo, The Fantasticks, and Kiss Me, Kate. The DHS Theatre program's Carol Peterson Award in Technical Theatre and Design is named in her honor. Carol was honored with the 2007 Mayor's Arts Award for her years of dedication.

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