Flat Rock Playhouse Welcomes New Director of Education

Flat Rock Playhouse announced today that Sue Carpenter Fair has assumed the position of Director of Education for the newly formed Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52, a division of the Vagabond School of Drama, est. 1952. A graduate of West Henderson High School, Florida A & M University and Florida State University with a degree in Theatre Education, Fair will be responsible for creating educational programs for Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52 that will bridge the gap between the Playhouse and the community while building future audiences, nurturing growing theatre artists, bringing the arts into the local school and fostering at-risk children. She will report directly to Lisa K. Bryant, Artistic Director for Flat Rock Playhouse.

"We are so very fortunate to have Sue Fair as our new Director of Education," says Bryant. "Her passion for education and our community, combined with her internal determination and dedication drive her current successes and will be the sparks that ignite the vast achievements of her future."

Bryant continues, "Sue is a generous team player who is eager to work collaboratively with both the Flat Rock Playhouse staff and local community to help ensure that Studio 52 provides meaningful service and outreach to the children and families of Hendersonville and Western North Carolina. As a native of Hendersonville, Sue has waited a long time to make her way back home. Her enthusiasm and devotion to Henderson County is a win for our home, our Playhouse, and especially our students!"

Fair was born in Asheville, North Carolina and is a third generation native to Henderson County. She also served her country in the Army Reserves for eight years as an Intelligence Officer. Fair has worked professionally at Gardner-Webb University as the Theatre Arts Department Chair, Instructor, Designer and Managing Director, as well as at Florida State University's Developmental Research School, Tallahassee Community College's Theatre Arts Department and Young Actor's Theatre before making her way to Flat Rock Playhouse.

"I was taught from an early age that community and family are very important. This is why I'm so excited to be back at Flat Rock Playhouse, the place that nurtured my creativity as a child and fostered my love for the theater," says Fair.

Fair has directed many shows including Big River, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Big, The Secret Garden, Seussical The Musical, Wizard of Oz, The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe, and Fiddler on the Roof. She has done scenic and costume design for Into the Woods, Annie, Oliver, Velveteen Rabbit and many others. Sue has acted in several commercials, training films, plays and films. She also wrote two television pilots for Nickelodeon, one of which was filmed recently.

She is married to Michael Fair, and they have two daughters, ages four and nine. Besides watching and participating in theatre activities, Fair and her family love to be outdoors hiking, kayaking, and biking.

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