Meet the Team
Tree of All Seasons Theatre has a team several support staff to maintain excellence in the theatre and film education. These people work tirelessly with over 100 students per summer and bring their skills, knowledge, and artistic vision into the craft of creating theatre and film with young people.
Chad Weddle
Producer
Chad Weddle is a graduate of Miami University with a B.A. in Theatre. Mr. Weddle also holds a M.Ed. in Theatre Education from The Ohio State University. He began his teaching career in the Fort Thomas Independent School District. He currently teaches Theatre at Anderson High School and Nagel Middle School, teaching two classes at Anderson High School (Theatre Studio & Introduction to Theatre), one 8th Grade Introduction to Film class, and three 7th grade Theatre Survey classes. He is also the Artistic Director for the Anderson Theatre Department where he has directed 20 Main Stage Plays and Musicals, numerous One-Act plays, and three full-length films. Mr. Weddle also runs two summer camps, Film Camp which has produced 5 feature length films and a Theatre Camp for students grades 3-10. He is a co-founder of The(atre) League, a theatre sharing group, along with Indian Hill, St. Xavier, and Sycamore High Schools. Chad is also the resident fight director for Dennison University. This is his eighth year with the Forest Hills School District. Previous Theatre work done with Ovation Theatre Company, Clear Stage Cincinnati, Madcap Puppet Theatre, and The Children's Theatre of Mason. The two-time Cappie award winning director was generously awarded the Theatre Educator of the Year award from the Cincinnati Enquirer and 5/3 Bank. Chad spends most of free time with his three wonderful children. And the rest of the time cleaning up after the children with his wife, Emily.
Elaine Seeley
Managing Director
Elaine Seeley earned a BA from the College of William and Mary and an MFA from Emerson College. Her two daughters are Anderson Theatre alumnae who have gone on to study Theatre at Kenyon College and Animation at Savannah College of Art and Design. Elaine has been successfully coordinating Anderson Theatre and it’s programs and publicity for the last six years, and takes immense pleasure in working with this group of dedicated and talented Directors and students. In the past she has been a Director of the Anderson Girl Scouts Day Camp and Parent Coordinator and Stage Manager for Maddux Elementary's Musical. Currently she is also a Managing Director with Tree of All Seasons Theatre Camp, truly believing that children of every age should have a chance to experience the magic of Theatre. Elaine’s e-mail: quartermoon@earthlink.net
Emily Ellis
Consulting Manager
Emily Ellis was a Theatre major at Bellarmine University until she transferred to Columbia College Chicago where she currently is a Television Major with a concentration in Writing and Producing. She has written two films for the T.O.A.S.T. High School Summer Film Camp titled "Hardcore" and "Summer High", as well as co-directed "Summer High" with fellow AHS alum Jared Hudson. Emily plans to write sitcoms and make the world a funnier place.
Emily Weddle
Producer
Emily Weddle is a Cincinnati native and a graduate of Ursuline Academy, holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance and a Minor in Arts Management from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Emily has been involved in theatre as an actress and designer for many years. She has worked with local companies such as The Children's Theatre of Mason, Clear Stage Cincinnati, Showboat Majestic, The Cincinnati Opera and Ovation Theater Co. Emily teaches Acting and Improv at The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as well as Acting Classes and Private Acting Lessons in Mt. Washington at the Music Makers Studio.
Debra Heimbrock
Managing Director
Ms. Heimbrock earned a BA from Muskingum University and an MEd. from Xavier University. She began her directing career at Monroe Elementary and has run summer theatre camps for students in grades 1-6 through the Forest Hills School District Elementary Enrichment program. She is currently at Nagel Middle School where she has been since 2001. There she has directed/produced 15 full length musicals and 9 dinner theatre programs involving over 1500 students. Some of her favorite directing experiences are Music Man, Oklahoma, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, and Beauty and the Beast. In her free time Debbie travels to see her son perform in the Broadway touring company of Newsies.
Alec Bowling
Managing Director
Alec is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Marketing. He is an account coordinator at a local marketing firm GNGF, where he also produces video deliverables for clients. He also has worked with several local theatres including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Falcon Theatre. Alec has been a Film Camp director for the past two summers.