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Mr. Taylor returns to Weaver with more then twenty years experience in the classroom and on the stage. In the past several years he has earned his Masters degree (in Theatre Education) from UNCG, certification in Advanced and Intellectually Gifted education, and National Board Certification.  He taught previously in Gaston County where he also taught in their new teacher induction and mentoring program, Commissioners’ School of Excellence, and served as a Pinnacle technology leader and trainer. He has had a wide range of theatre experience as actor, director, designer, playwright, and stage manager.  His diverse resume includes experience with both classic and modern theatre, opera, musicals, television, and film, as well as working with churches to produce theatrical events and integrate drama into weekly services.  He has worked with traveling drama teams, the BALD KNOB Passion Play, and helped found a community theatre.  Recent credits include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Zombie Prom, The Diviners, and Where the Lilies Bloom.  Mr. Taylor currently serves as President for the North Carolina Theatre Arts Educators.
 
Mr. Taylor has been named the American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) 2008 Theatre Teacher of the Year.

Drama I • The first level majors course serves to set fundamentals and create ensemble from which to build the next four years. The course is a general exploration of theatre that develops a better understanding of the elements of theatre, an introduction to voice and body work, beginning vocabulary, and creating a production. 

Drama II • This course continues the exploration of basic techniques of acting, with an emphasis on external techniques focusing on voice, body, and physical approaches to characterization such as Commedia dell’arte and internal techniques focusing on scoring, objectives, tactics, character analysis, character history and an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the voice, body and character.

Drama III • This advanced acting course emphasizes ensemble work, character development, script analysis, and introductions to college-level acting techniques. Students continue to explore voice and body, improvisation, monologue, and scene work.

Drama IV • The senior level course has two focused training semesters:

Directing: This senior level course explores the role of the director with specific emphasis on play interpretation, casting, rehearsal procedures, staging, and practical application through projects in which the students take turns directing each other.

Period Styles: An advanced acting course emphasizing acting style and techniques related to specific periods of world theatre from the Greeks to Ibsen. Focus includes characterization and interpretation with a special emphasis on the language and movement of the period.