Welcome to the 5th annual DYA Summer Musical Theatre Camp. This camp is designed to bring your child excellent instruction in acting, vocal performance and movement as well as workshops in set design, make up, play-writing and audition skills. All of this will culminate into a professional quality performance at the end of the camp. We believe the best experience for young professional is to have a professional experience.
DYA is an educational program for aspiring theater and musical theater performers. We provide training in all areas involved including acting, singing, musicianship, dancing, movement, character development and the creative process. Education is provided through classes and hands on training performing in full scale theatrical productions.
DYA is committed to not only creating artistic awareness and involvement but also developing young professionals. Our history is full of students going on to full time professional careers in professional theater, several of which have appeared on Broadway and National Tours. The majority of our high school seniors go on to major in theater or musical theater in college.
Vonda Bowling is a co-founder of Dallas Young Artists. She has been teaching choir and voice for 13 years and loves educating children about Musical Theatre. Vonda is a sought after Music Director in the DFW metroplex. Her favorite shows include: A Dog’s Life, The 25th Annual Putnam county Spelling Bee, The Drowsy Chaperone (Theatre Three), Forever Plaid and HONK! (Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre), RENT, Big River and Little Women (Collin Theatre Center) and The King and I, The Music Man and Bye, Bye Birdie (DYA). She was the assistant choir director at South Garland High School for 5 years, the choir director at Sachse High School for 3 years, on the voice faculty at John Horn High School for 3 years and is now the Upper and Middle School choir director at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas. Vonda received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and her Master’s Degree in Voice Performance from The University of Tennessee. She lives in Rowlett with her husband Jeffrey and two boys, Harrison and Mason.
Mark Mullino has over 20 years experience in professional theater and education. He has performed, directed and musical directed all over Dallas/Fort Worth and the United States including Water Tower Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Uptown Players, Plano Repertory Theater, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theater, Theater Three, Lyric Stage, Theater Arlington, Casa Manana, Casa on the Square, Labyrinth Theater and Collin Theater Center. He has received numerous Dallas Theater League Leon Rabin Awards and Column Awards for his work. He has taught his musical theater camps and workshops to much acclaim as well as keeping a steady private studio of musical theater coaching. Mark is also the accompanist for the ever popular Mama’s Party, a weekly cabaret review featuring the cream of DFW talent. Mark also teaches musical theater at KD College and Collin College. In addition to theater, Mark is also an artist exhibiting his art in many venues throughout the metroplex.
Brittany Noll; Business Manager: After graduating from Mesquite High School, Brittany attended Collin College where she studied Theatre Production with an emphasize in Stage Management. Some of her favorite shows at Collin include: The Rocky Horror (Puppet) Show, Don’t Rock the Juke Box and Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage. It was at Collin where she met Mark Mullino and the rest of the DYA staff. Throughout the DFW metroplex Brittany has worked as a Stage Manager, Assistant Director and even a theatre critic. When she is not working at Dallas Young Artists you can find Brittany employed by different odd ball companies doing anything from planning charity golf tournaments to educating people on rare and hand crafted beers.
Terry Tuck (acting coach and costume designer) Terry has worked in educational and professional theatre for 30 years and is a co-Founder of Dallas Young Artists. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, she is the Theatre Arts Director and Fine Arts Department Head at South Garland High School. Terry has directed over 100 plays. She has worked at the Country Dinner Playhouse Theatre in Richardson and Water Tower Theare in Addison.
Neely Dickson; Costume Design: A co-founder of Dallas Young Artists. She has worked designing costumes for various Dallas area theatres including Water Tower Theatre, Plano Reparatory Theatre, and Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre. She has taught elementary music in the Dallas area for 18 years and currently teaches music at Hodges Elementary in Mesquite, TX. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas and her Master of Education in Administration from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. She lives in Arlington with her husband Ken.
