Awesome Possum Theatre Company

The Awesome Possum Theatre Company is a new theatre company created to help young people discover theatre and experience the performing arts. Specially-crafted programs encourage children ages 6 to 18 to actively participate in all aspects of the theater from the technical, such as writing, design and show management, to performing. Each session ends with a live performance in which students are able to showcase their newly crafted skills and abilities. Since performances are designed to provide class participants with experience in front of an audience, they are free and open to the public.

The instructors, Colleen Williams and Erin Dolan have combined theatre experience of over 20 years. Prior to forming the Awesome Possum Theatre Company, the instructors worked youth theatre programs such as The Children’s Theatre at TrueNorth Cultural Arts and The Young Actors Conservatory in Houston.

Who We Are

Colleen Williams is happy to share theatre with young audiences and performers. She has worked in educational and professional theatres across the country. Her most recent professional credits include the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dayton Opera and Utah Festival Opera. Colleen completed her MFA from the University of Alabama where she received a full scholarship. She has experienced a number of roles on and off stage including everything from Acting and Directing to Designing and Stage Managing. She has always enjoyed children's theatre and is very excited to be working with young people for Awesome Possum.

Erin E. Dolan studied acting and theatre at Kent State University and Lorain County Community College.  She interned at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston . Erin has appeared in several shows in community, educational and professional theatre, including Nickel & Dimed, The Laramie Project, A Midwinter's Tale, Six Characters in Search of an Author at LCCC, The Spitfire Grill and Late: A Cowboy Song at Stages, as well as the Awesome Possum Theatre Company's School Outreach Program. Erin is also a director, sound designer, stage manager and award-winning playwright. She currently teaches Pre-Kindergarten at Westlake Montessori, in Westlake, Ohio. While Erin enjoys all aspects of theatre, her first love is children's theatre.