The Rose’s professional teaching artists are the best in the region! They are the same professional actors who perform in The Rose’s main stage productions, and most have college and graduate degrees in theater arts and education. Each class features one lead teacher, as well as an assistant to help provide additional support.
Brian Guehring, Education Director & Resident Playwright
As The Rose’s playwright-in-residence, Brian has written many scripts including If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, The Bully Show, The Misfits, and Holiday Time Around the World and his scripts have been honored by American Alliance for Theater and Education, the Kennedy Center, and the Nebraska Arts Council. He was recently seen on stage as Colin in The Misfits, Starkey in Peter Pan, and as Uncle Drosselmeier/Mouse King in The Imperial Nutcracker. He earned his MFA in children’s theater and creative drama from the University of Texas at Austin, and was honored in 2006 with a Human and Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association. He is currently serving on the board of Theater for Young Audiences/USA. Brian can be reached at briang@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4636.
Kevin Ehrhart, Teaching Artist & Resident Director
Kevin has been teaching at The Rose for 21 years. He studied dramatic arts at UNO and is a Master Teacher with the Nebraska Arts Council’s Artist-in-Schools program. He teaches improvisation, directing, Shakespeare and all forms of creative drama for ages preschool through high school. As a director, Kevin has been responsible for numerous main stage productions including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; Velveteen Rabbit; and Old Yeller. He was recently seen on stage as the father in Forgiving Harvest and a pirate in Peter Pan. Kevin can be reached at kevine@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4620.
Michael Harrelson, Teaching Artist & Outreach Coordinator
This is Michael’s sixth season as a full-time teaching artist at The Rose. Michael coordinates The Rose’s outreach programs for children with special needs: financial barriers, autism, hearing impairments, Down syndrome, and prolonged hospitalization. Michael has a BFA from Hannibal-LaGrange College and was recently in Annie-The Musical, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, Miss Bindergarten, Little House Christmas, Horrible Harry, and The Wizard of Oz. Michael can be reached at michaelh@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4634.
Andy Saladino, Teaching Artist
Andy joined our teaching staff last season after graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Theater Education. He completed both a Rose summer advanced theater education internship and a yearlong teaching artist internship. He was last seen on stage as Skeezie in The Misfits and was the youth director for Peter Pan-The Musical.
Amanda Kibler, Teaching Artist & Associate Education Director
Amanda rejoins our staff after completing her MFA in Theater for Young Audiences from University of Central Florida. During her previous term as a Rose teaching artist, she performed in Cinderella, Nebraskaland, and Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs. Amanda has also worked as a teaching artist with the Orlando Repertory Theater, Visible Fictions Theater Company in Glasgow, Scotland, and several schools in Nebraska and Florida. Amanda can be reached at amandak@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4647.
Michael Miller, Teaching Artist
Michael joined our full-time staff in 2011 having previously worked for Macon State College, the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, Mercer University, Omaha Children’s Museum, Omaha Performing Arts, El Museo Latino, and Omaha Boys and Girls Clubs. Michael is a Master Teacher with the Nebraska Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools program with a focus on creative drama and design residencies. He has an undergraduate degree in American Studies from Yale University and a masters degree in non-profit management from UNO. He has directed for the Teens ‘N’ Theater season, designed sets for Holiday Times Around the World and Where the Red Fern Grows, and performed in the national tours of Frog and Toad, Richard Scarry’s BusyTown, and Treasure Island. Michael can be reached at michaelm@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4624.
Michael Wilhelm, Teaching Artist
Michael has been teaching at The Rose for 21 years, and for six of those years, also participated as a Master Teacher with UNL’s Arts Are Basic program. His many Rose acting credits include Annie-The Musical, Peter Pan-The Musical, Treasure Island, Frog and Toad, A Little House Christmas, A Night Before Christmas, and Coppélia. Michael is also the playwright for The Big (Not-So-Bad) Wolf, a popular one-man show that has been seen by thousands, in which he stars as the wolf. Michael can be reached at michaelw@rosetheater.org or (402) 502-4616.
