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Paula is very excited to be a Contributing Editor for BroadwayWorld.com! Paula is an Associate Member of SDC and Actor's Equity. Paula earned her Master’s Degree in Theatre from Oklahoma State University, where she directed These Shining Lives and a new work, Trigger. Paula received her BFA in Theatre Performance from Wichita State, where she also served as an Adjunct Lecturer and Online Instructor. Paula was an Associate Professor of Theatre at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS., where she directed You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Silent Sky, The Odd Couple Female Version, and She Kills Monsters. As an Adjunct Professor at Southwestern College, Paula directed The Liar. She directed High School Musical and Annie for MTYP, and an original show written by her Performing Arts students at Upward Bound Wichita Prep at Wichita State. Paula also directed Othello for Wichita Shakespeare Company, and Frost/Nixon for Wichita Community Theatre. Paula is also an actress, and has many favorite roles, including Bad Ass Betty in The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical at Roxy’s Downtown, Janis in Hands On A Hardbody at the Forum Theatre, and Peggy in Weekend Comedy at the Great Plains Theatre in Abilene, KS. Paula played Martha in last three productions of White Christmas at the Crown Uptown; she also played Prudy, The Gym Teacher and the Matron in Hairspray, and Miss Hannigan in Annie. Paula directed and appeared in many of the Crown’s Children’s Theatre offerings. Other favorite roles include Sara Jane Moore in Assassins, Miss Lynch in Grease, and Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Paula can also be seen from time to time on the stage at Prairie Pines in their interactive murder mysteries. A native of Buffalo, New York, she now calls Wichita, Kansas home. In Buffalo, Paula was a member of the Buffalo Ensemble Theatre and Theatre of Youth. In Michigan, Paula was an Adjunct Instructor of Drama at Olivet College, and also ran the Youth Theatre Programs at the Marshall Civic and Marshall Middle School, where she directed and choreographed many productions.

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First Show: Jekyll & Hyde
Favorite Show: The Drowsy Chaperone

Favorite Stories

BWW Review: SISTER ACT Sizzles! at Music Theatre Wichita - This is my favorite because it was my first MTW Review and I had so much help writing it - my friends Mark Robinson (Playbill) and Jeff Ellis (BWW Nashville) encouraged and supported me when I texted them frantically with questions! They are my heros!
BWW Review: MIRETTE at Music Theatre Wichita -
BWW Review: THE AGITATORS: Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass at The Forum Theatre -
2022-2023 Broadway in Wichita Season Announced at Century Concert Hall -
BWW Review: DISASTER! at Roxy's Downtown -

Latest Articles

Interview: Eric Sciotto And Brian J. Marcum of ROCK OF AGES at Music Theatre Wichita

June 1, 2023

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, I had the excellent opportunity to sit down with Eric Sciotto, Director and Choreographer of Rock of Ages at MTWichita, and Brian J.

Previews: GUYS AND DOLLS at Cowley Summer Theatre at The Robert Brown Theatre

May 27, 2023

Having wanted to start a Summer Theatre at Cowley College for the past five years, director of theatre Nick Albrecht is excited to announce the inaugural season of Summer Theatre thanks to a generous grant from the V.

Previews: ROCK OF AGES at Music Theatre Wichita at The Capitol Federal Amphitheater In Andover, KS

May 27, 2023

Rock of Ages is coming to the Capitol Federal Amphitheater in Andover, KS.

Previews: PANTIEMONIUM at Kechi Playhouse

May 25, 2023

Feature: BROADWAY BOOTCAMP at Crown Uptown

May 25, 2023

Attention Wichita Area Performers! The Crown Uptown and Injoy Fountain presents Broadway Bootcamp, featuring seven days of intense training from industry professionals in Voice, Acting, and Musical Theatre Dance followed by a Showcase at the end to bring it all together.

Feature: Little Satchmo Nominated for An Emmy

May 5, 2023

Over 50 years after the death of Louis Armstrong, the American icon’s only child, Sharon Preston-Folta, comes forward in the acclaimed PBS documentary, Little Satchmo.

Previews: HAMILTON at Century II Concert Hall

May 3, 2023

HAMILTON is coming to Century II in Wichita, KS!! Single tickets are on sale to the public at BroadwayWichita.

Previews: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Roxy's Downtown

January 6, 2023

I saw this show last night and it was brilliant! It's going to sell out quickly, so please get your tickets ASAP! My review is forthcoming.

Review: THIS IS OUR YOUTH at Jabara Flexible Theatre In De Mattias Hall At Newman University

August 18, 2022

What did our critic think of THIS IS OUR YOUTH at Jabara Flexible Theatre In De Mattias Hall At Newman University?

Previews: CALENDAR GIRLS at Crown Uptown

August 16, 2022

The Crown Arts Collaborative (CAC), a 501(c)3 non-profit with a mission of returning theatre and art to the historic Crown Uptown Theatre, presents the first non-musical production of its inaugural season with Calendar Girls, a stage play based on a true story and popularized by the 2003 film of the

Previews: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Music Theatre Wichita, Century II PAC, Concert Hall

August 15, 2022

Wayne Bryan reluctantly leaves his role as Man in Chair in MTWichita's season finale, The Drowsy Chaperone due to medical reasons.

Previews: BIG RIVER at Roxy's Downtown

August 15, 2022

Roger Miller (KING OF THE ROAD) and William Hauptman’s musical adaptation about Mark Twain’s rebellious teenager Huck and a runaway slave named Jim, takes off, raft and all, on Roxy’s stage August 4, 2022.

Review: THE WEDDING SINGER at Crown Uptown

August 12, 2022

The Wedding Singer made its Regional Debut at the Crown Uptown in July.

Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at Roxy's Downtown

July 22, 2022

WhHeathers: The Musical is the comically dark story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy teenage misfit who offers her forgery skills to the Heathers, the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High, in exchange for the good life.

2022-2023 Broadway in Wichita Season Announced at Century Concert Hall

July 19, 2022

The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation announced that LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL will join the 2022-2023 Broadway in Wichita Series at the Century II Concert Hall alongside the Add-On production of THE CONCERT: A TRIBUTE TO ABBA.

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