Lara Teeter ( he/him ) › Professor, Musical Theatre › BA, Oklahoma City University › Doctoral Equivalency, California State University, Fullerton › At Webster since 2007 › larateeter06@webster.edu Lara is Head of Musical Theatre and teaches Musical Theatre Song & Dance Styles. He has performed, directed, and choreographed for major theatre and opera houses nationwide. He received a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Junior Dolan in the 1982 revival of On Your Toes . Other Broadway credits include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Pirates of Penzance, Happy New Year, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers . National Tours include Singin’ In The Rain, Oklahoma!, and The Wizard of Oz starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt. Before coming to the Sargent Conservatory at Webster, Lara taught musical theatre courses at California State University at Fullerton, Northwestern University, and the Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University. Carole Tucker ( she/her ) › Professor, Costume Construction › Associate Chair › BS/BA, Fontbonne College › MFA, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Paul Steger ( he/him ) › Professor & Dean,
Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts › BA, St. Louis University › MFA, Western Illinois University
› At Webster since 2019 › psteger@webster.edu
Paul Steger is the Dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University. Steger is a director, actor, action designer, and fight director with credits on Broadway and in numerous regional theatres. He is an Emeritus Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and holds certificates from the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Nordic Stagefight Society, and Fight Directors Canada. He created fights for The History Channel series Vikings with his colleague Richard Ryan, and presented at the inaugural “World Combat Teachers Conference” in Toronto. Paul has appeared across North America, Europe, and Scandinavia as a performer, director, speaker, and consultant, coordinating efforts to create common vocabularies for world stage combat organizations and fight teachers at the international level. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the National Theatre Conference among others. Collaborations with video and performance artists have played such venues as Franklin Furnace (NYC), Randolph Street Gallery, Club Lower Links, The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), The Contemporary Museum of Art (Glasgow), and the Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia). Paul shares his joy of the Arts with his wife Sara Bucy and their daughter Cooper.
› At Webster since 1993 › tuckerca@webster.edu
Carole Tucker joined the Conservatory in 1993 and serves on the faculty as head of the Costume Construction program and Costume Shop Manager. She also currently serves as the Associate Chair of the department. Carole continues to work professionally as a draper, costume shop manager, firsthand, floor manager and costume coordinator. Carole also served as the Emerson Costume Apprentice Mentor with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for seven seasons. In pursuing an endless curiosity of how theatre is realized in non-academic venues, Carole’s summers have been spent
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