Baggage Claim

Production Leadership

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  Julie Nelson

  Director

  Julie Nelson has always had a love for the arts. She has spent many years acting, dancing, and singing, and majored in Theater at Mankato State University. She has tutored and directed for the theater program at TCHA since 2015, and works with many homeschool co-ops providing a wide variety of classes to educate students and develop their talent while training them to understand and apply the craft of acting....

  Julie Nelson has always had a love for the arts. She has spent many years acting, dancing, and singing, and majored in Theater at Mankato State University. She has tutored and directed for the theater program at TCHA since 2015, and works with many homeschool co-ops providing a wide variety of classes to educate students and develop their talent while training them to understand and apply the craft of acting. Previous TCHA productions include Ben-Hur (2023),The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2022), Missionary of Oz! (2020/2021), The Hiding Place (2019), The Pilgrim’s Progress (2018) and Baggage Claim (2017).

  In addition to teaching in the homeschooling community, Julie has developed and taught theater programs for inter-generational, special needs, and elderly students and conducts private acting lessons. She has acted, written, and directed many dramas and plays for various churches, Sunday Schools and homeschool co-ops. She is enthusiastic about sharing her love for theater with her students and helping them explore their creativity and unique talents and use them to glorify the Lord and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. She is married and has four boys whom she homeschooled for eleven years.

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