Our Staff

Emily Griffin graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Communication and Theatre Education. She was also the recipient of the Purple and Old Gold Award for Conspicuous Achievement in Performance Studies. She completed her student teaching in St. Paul, Minnesota at Central High School working with the Central Touring Theatre. In addition to her student teaching, Emily completed two summer internships at the Des Moines Playhouse. She continued to teach for the Playhouse’s Education Department for ten years after her internships. Emily’s first teaching job was at Central Middle School in Columbia Heights, Minnesota before returning to Iowa to take over as the director of Hoover Drama at Hoover High School in Des Moines Iowa. In addition to directing an award-winning theatre program, Emily taught classes in performance, technical theatre, and musical theatre. Outside of the classroom Emily enjoyed acting, stage managing, choreographing, costuming, and doing props around the community with the Ames, Ankeny, and Des Moines Community Theatres. She also enjoys writing plays for young actors and has had several plays receive All-State nominations with the Iowa High School Speech Association. She comes from a wonderful family back in Iowa and loves to spend time with her three nephews, Arlo, Hayes, and Gabriel. Contact Emily at 270.444.6828 ext. 102 or via email at egriffin@mhtplay.org.

Emily Suhrheinrich-Weeks has been teaching dance in Western Kentucky for almost 20 years! She graduated from Murray State University, where she was founder and president of Murray Dance Company. After working in a variety of programs and studios in the area, she is delighted to call DanceMHT her dance home! Emily is the Studio Manager, as well as a dance instructor. Her philosophy is that anyone can - and should! - dance! Whether she is introducing littles ones to their first dance classes, or work with her Adult Movement programs, she hopes to help anyone find their love of mindful movement and self love!

Jerome graduated from Southern Illinois University (SIU) with a degree in theater, specializing in technical direction. While at SIU, he was hired as Carpenter and Sound Technician for the theater as well as having sound designed several shows including The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Pippin, Punk Rock, and many others. In his final year he technical directed a production of To Kill a Mockingbird and was Assistant Technical Director for Sunday in the Park with George. Jerome also spent three summers working at McLeod Summer Playhouse as Carpenter, Lead Carpenter, then finally Sound Designer, working on such productions as Sister Act, Mamma Mia, 9 to 5, Gypsy, and eight additional shows. Jerome has been participating in theater in some capacity for over 15 years and has worked on over 40 productions. Contact Jerome at jerome@mhtplay.org.

Ronda joined the Market House Theatre staff in 2019. Though she has no theatre experience, Ronda prides herself on being "very dramatic." She's been involved in development for non-profits since the mid-1990s with experience ranging from scouting to public radio to human service. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Murray State University, studying Public Relations and Journalism/Radio TV Production. Ronda lives with her husband Brian and son Hayes (and five cats) on a family farm in rural Ballard County. Contact Ronda at 270.444.6828 ext. 103 or by email at ronda@mhtplay.org.