NAME:
Ms. Ducote
SCHOOL:
Mandeville High School
CLASS:
Talented Theatre I and III
EMAIL:
Cherie.Ducote@stpsb.org
Cherie Ducote (Director/Teacher, Drama Club Sponsor) This is Ms. Ducote’s
ninth year teaching in St. Tammany’s Talented Theatre Program, and her
seventh year here at Mandeville High School. She also serves as a teacher
assessor for the Talented Theatre program. Some of her favorite MHS
theatrical endeavors include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Wizard of Oz,
The Importance of Being Earnest, Steel Magnolias, I Wanna Go Home, Little
Shop of Horrors and Grease. She also loves co-directing and producing the
annual productions of Shakin’ Up Shakespeare and the TAP Student Film
Festival for the Talented Arts Program. She has taught workshops on
improvisation, Shakespeare, Theatre Games and Playwriting for the St.
Tammany Talented Arts Program, LA State Thespian Conference, Girl Scouts of
America, and at the International Thespian Conference in Lincoln Nebraska.
When she's not at school, she enjoys singing, playwriting, acting and
shopping. She holds an MFA in directing and a BA in Drama from the
University of New Orleans, as well as ancillary certification in Theatre
from the state of Louisiana. She also teaches video teleconferencing
theatre classes for talented theatre students around the state, for which
she wrote the state curriculum. She has directed and performed in many
theatres in the Greater New Orleans area, as well as at the Kennedy Center
in Washington D.C. She loves her job and couldn't be prouder of the young
people she is privileged to work with. And she really means that.
The mission of the talented theatre classes is to teach high school theatre
students the skills needed to perform and produce quality theatre. The
students will experience a well rounded curriculum which includes
performance, literature, technical production and design, history,
directing, analytical and critical thinking skill work.