Our talented faculty is divided into two teams, and as the sessions are split in half, each group gets to work with both. Each team consists of a director, a musical director, and a choreographer. Here's a little bit of information on each member of our talented faculty and staff.

Faculty Pam Gregg -- P.A.C. Director Pam graduated from Emerson College in Boston as a Theater Arts Major. After graduation, she taught speech and drama at Fox Chapel High School. She is well-known in the Sewickley area for her Attic Workshop and has made her mark on many community dramatic efforts such as Child Health and Sewickley Academy.

Dianne Melodia -- P.A.C. Co-Director and Choreographer A graduate of Duquesne University where she was a member of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Dianne spent five years in Bulgaria, where she received a degree in choreography from the Artists' Institute. Dianne has choreographed for the Child Health Association, the Attic Workshop, the Children's Festival Chorus, and was the Artistic Director for the Pittsburgh International Folk Theater.

Thom McLaughlin -- Drama Director He was the Artistic Director for the award winning Upstairs Theater. Thom taught theater at Sewickley Academy for 15 years, and is currently teaching at The Chadwick School. He's worked for The New Group Theater, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, Apple Hill Playhouse, Robert Morris University, The Olin Fine Arts Center, The Theater Factory, South Park Theater, and Patina Productions. He was cited as Director of the Year and has spent many years as an Artist in Residence.

Paula Jersey -- Choreographer Paula is the Director of the Paula Scriva School of Dance in Rochester, PA. She is a member of Dance Masters of America, Actors Equity, and Dance Educators of America. She's received numerous choreographer awards. Recent students have held titles: Teen Miss Dance Educators of America, Junior Mister Dance of America, and Junior Miss of PA. Her students were picked by the Chinese Foreign Ministries to perform in China. Others attend such schools as The Juilliard School and NYU on full scholarships.

Nina Mascio -- Musical Director Nina graduated from Duquesne University's School of Music with a Masters in Music Education. She is Organist/Director of Liturgical Music and Choirs at St. Therese in Munhall, and Musical Director for Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School's Masque. She has traveled to Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, and the Bahamas as Musical Director, Performer, and Arranger for major corporation Industrial Shows. She's a studio musician and arranger.

Lisa Gojkovich -- Musical Director Lisa is a composer, performer, and pianist in the Pittsburgh area. She's a graduate of Duquesne University and has taught music in the public schools, directed and musically directed numerous musicals, and worked with Larry Cervi's East End Kids, Gargaro Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and Civic Light Opera. She is glad to be back at Sewickley's Performing Arts Camp for another year.

Staff Dru Cox -- Camp Coordinator (Camp Mom) Dru graduated from the University of Wyoming and in 1980, got her Masters in Being A Great Mom from the University of Her Daughter, Lauren. She is in charge of all the administrative, behind-the-scenes work at Performing Arts Camp, including organizing the volunteer parents, categorizing applications, keeping the cafeteria, pop cart, and first-aid kit stocked, and generally keeping the faculty on the right track. During camp, when anybody needs a question answered, Dru is the person to find. You can track her down easily, because she is often in five places at once.

Ellen Martin -- Registrar Ellen Martin has been "keeping the books" since this camp started. Able to balance her full-time job as Sewickley Academy's switchboard operator with her ability to balance out the camp's checkbook and keep the tuition checks in line, Ellen is a valuable member of the staff, especially since the faculty is terrified of the responsibility that comes along with accepting checks. Also, if you ever call the camp phone line, you talk to her first. So be nice to her, because she has the power to "accidentally" route your call to the imaginary phone in the janitor's closet.

Lauren Cox -- Camp Daughter Lauren attended this camp from second grade all the way through high school and was the recipiant of the very first Lifetime Achievement Award. She received a double major in Theater and English from Vanderbilt University. She is in charge of the hilarious Picture Pages, hung on the walls outside her office, and they are the reason some people come to camp at all! She also likes to lie a lot. During show time, she can be found backstage as Stage Manager, keeping the children quiet, finding missing props, and helping children with mics and costume changes. When she's not working on this website, she's living in Japan teaching English to high school students, where no one gets her hilarious jokes.