Meet Our Team

KEVIN ROGERS

Technical Director 
Kevin Rogers is currently in this seventh year at Bartlett High School. He graduated from Harding University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre and Oral Communication. He serves as the District I Director for the Tennessee High School Speech and Drama League.  He was named a 2016-2017 WREG News Channel 3 and Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Week. He was also the recipient of the 2017-2018 THSSDL Krider Award for Outstanding Speech and Drama Educator of the Year.
He is also a local theatre artist having been the lighting designer for productions at Germantown Community Theatre and the Harrell Theatre in Collierville.

CHRIS STEELE

Assistant Director
Chris Steele has been teaching English at Bartlett for over 20 years and loves it.  She has a degree in speech and theatre and has enjoyed working with the students in the Panther Playhouse over the past few years.  Previous credits include: East Lynne (Show Girl), And Then There Were None (Vera Claythorne) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Miss Maude).   She loves to perform and direct.  “It is so much more fun to work with such amazing talent.”

KIRIE WALZ

Theatre Director
Kirie Walz is a 2004 graduate of Germantown High School.  Mrs. Walz earned a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Memphis. After college, Mrs. Walz taught at Germantown High School for nine years.  She has worked at several theatres in the Memphis area including Theatre Memphis and Playhouse On the Square. She has received Ostrander awards for Leading Actress in a Musical in the U of M's production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and in Theatre Memphis' production of Annie Get Your Gun. Other favorite productions include Elegies: A Song Cycle, Big River, Assassins, Noises Off, Parade and Aida. Mrs. Walz currently teaches Intro to Theatre, Production Workshop, and Acting.