2026 Rising Stars Instructors
Sandi Buckley
Sandi is so excited to be a part of this year’s GPLT Rising Stars and can’t wait to teach and share her passion for acting! She has participated in the summer camps as a student, has had much experience acting and doing performance arts, and will be going to college for musical theatre in the fall! She is so looking forward to meeting you all!
Mia Schmidt
Fresh faced to the Rising Stars program but elated to join, Mia can’t wait to share their love for theatre with students both behind the scenes and in. Mia has run theatre tech in a variety of different departments since high school; From sound, to prop design, creative directing, and even time on stage, Mia is bringing all this and her endless stencil supply for this year’s students!
Olly Syriste
Having been a student in the rising star camps for a large portion of their own life, Olly is ecstatic to be given the chance to help run the camps this year! Olly is a student at NWP working towards their Bachelors in Education, they have had a passion for all things theatre since the age of 5 and they are very excited to get to share that passion with the next generation of Rising Stars.