Jennifer Niehaus-Rivers, Acting Instructor
Jennifer Niehaus-Rivers is a theatre educator, actress, singer, director, and stage manager. In the past 20 years, she has taught or performed at Lakewood Playhouse, Tacoma Little Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, and Auburn Avenue Theatre. She taught and directed The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes for Lakewood Institute of Theatre in 2016. Jennifer teaches Dramatic Arts at Lowell Elementary School in Tacoma. She was recently an evaluator for the 5th Ave High School Musical Awards, and enjoyed traveling all over Washington to see some of best high school productions in the state. Jennifer is on the Board of Tacoma Little Theatre, and is the Advisor for Club TLT, a unique club focused on training teenagers in theatre arts.
Jennifer was the Drama Director at St. Patrick School (2009 – 2014), where she taught Drama in the middle school, and directed the school musicals, including Into The Woods, Jr., Peter Pan, and Bye Bye Birdie. In 2017, she directed The Wizard of Oz at St. Charles Borromeo School, and I Hate Shakespeare for Club TLT at Tacoma Little Theatre. Jennifer is one of the co-founders of the Tacoma Musical Playhouse youth program with Jenifer King. Her directing and stage manager credits include the musicals Jungle Book, Godspell, Pirates of Penzance Jr., Grease (School Edition), Music Man, Jr., and the dramas Looking Glass Land and To Kill A Mockingbird, and the comedies A Flea In Her Ear, Sylvia, and Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike. Jennifer directed the Pacific Northwest premiere of the original teen musical Like You Like It at Tacoma Little Theatre in 2016. Originally from Sammamish, Jennifer has lived in Tacoma for 22 years with her husband Michael. Their son Dylan is a 2018 graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School. |
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