NAME:
Kevin N. Mettinger
SCHOOL:
Fauquier High School
PROGRAM:
FHS Theatre
SCHOOL PHONE:
540.347.6100 x2317
Kevin N. Mettinger in his eleventh year as director of the FHS Theatre
program.He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from James Madison
University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre with a concentration in
directing from Virginia Commonwealth University. A Warrenton native and FHS
graduate (class of '88), Mr. Mettinger returned to Fauquier County full-time
in 2001 to take over the FHS Theatre program. He teaches the Theatre and
Speech courses at FHS, and he served as an adjunct professor of Theatre and
Speech at Lord Fairfax Community College from 1998 to 2008.
Previous direction credits include the FHS productions of The Servant of
Two Masters, Guys and Dolls, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ragtime, William
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kiss Me, Kate, The (Wo)Man Who Came
to Dinner, Les Misérables, Antigone, The Pirates of Penzance, A Tuna
Christmas, All Shook Up, Under the Gaslight,
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mother Courage and Her Children,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Bald
Soprano (at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland), Tartuffe,
The Music Man, Red, White & Tuna, and Hairspray. Mr.
Mettinger has also directed several productions for Lord Fairfax Community
College and Fauquier Community Theatre, and recently staged John Patrick
Shanley's Doubt for the Fauquier Artists' Alliance.
In a previous career, Mr. Mettinger managed Regal Cinema's Westhampton Theatre
- central Virginia's premier art and specialty cinema - from 1996-2001. He has
also worked in many capacities with Blue Ridge Theatre Festival, a
professional theatre company based in Harrisonburg.
Mr. Mettinger lives in Warrenton with his cat, Oscar Wilde (pictured above).
The FHS Theatre Program develops skilled and disciplined theatre students who
possess a high standard of excellence, artistic integrity, and aesthetic
awareness. FHS Theatre strives to challenge students both artistically and
intellectually, so that they may become critical and creative thinkers,
while developing professional skills and attitudes.
The curriculum includes theatre history, cultural relevancy, acting theory and
training, directing theory, and production and design. Performance students
undertake a rigorous training of the mind, body, and voice, forming a solid
technique and approach to the craft. Production students develop proficiency
and appreciation of production and design through practical experience.
Advanced courses emphasize work in character analysis and interpretation,
scene study, analysis of dramatic literature, and theater history and criticism.
Special thanks to Mr. Dave Smith for helping to write this
mission statement
