Faculty & Staff
Amanda Simmons, Producing Director
Ms. Simmons is overjoyed to become part of the faculty at New Albany High School as the Director of Theatre Arts. She is a graduate of Morehead State University with her B.A. in Theatre, and M.A. in Communications, and she is recently completed a second M.A. in Roosevelt University's Theatre Directing Intensive program. Simmons has been a theatre educator for the past twenty years. Highlights include taking two student productions to the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland with the American High School Theatre Festival, developing new works with Actors Theatre of Louisville and local playwrights, and touring Theatre for Young Audience school tours. Additionally, she has collaborated on theatre programming with staff and students at Down Syndrome of Louisville and Kentucky Autism Training Center. She has also served Stage One Family Theatre, Actors Theatre, and Kentucky Performing Arts in a variety of artistic, educational, and administrative roles. Go, Bulldogs!
Crit Fisher, Resident Designer
Crit Fisher is beginning his 11th year at New Albany High School. Crit has over 30 years of theatrical experience regionally as an actor, director, and designer. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Theatre. Before New Albany Crit spent many years as Technical Director/Designer for Charlestown High School Theatre and Louisville Collegiate School. His regional theatre credits include: TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana, Clarksville Little Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, and Bunbury Theatre to name a few.
Crit has had some very memorable productions over these years. Some of his favorites include: SHREK: The Musical, The Laramie Project, Bright Star, May We All (MTI Pilot), The Addams Family and The Baltimore Waltz, for which he received a nomination for a Barbizon Award for Theatrical Design Excellence.
Crit has enjoyed working with some very creative and talented young adults, which included his daughter who is now back at New Albany as the Radio/Television teacher.
Crit is an active member of the Educational Theatre Association as an adjudicator, a member of the Thespy Committee and has been a recurring guest artist at the International Thespian Festival.
Crit has had some very memorable productions over these years. Some of his favorites include: SHREK: The Musical, The Laramie Project, Bright Star, May We All (MTI Pilot), The Addams Family and The Baltimore Waltz, for which he received a nomination for a Barbizon Award for Theatrical Design Excellence.
Crit has enjoyed working with some very creative and talented young adults, which included his daughter who is now back at New Albany as the Radio/Television teacher.
Crit is an active member of the Educational Theatre Association as an adjudicator, a member of the Thespy Committee and has been a recurring guest artist at the International Thespian Festival.