Director, MGM Theatre

Ms. Tooch began teaching at MHS in the fall of 2003, serving as the technical director for the program for 3 years.  She became the director for MGM in the fall of 2006.  Previously, she has taught middle school theatre, served as a production manager for Sterling Renaissance Festival in upstate NY and the Yale Summer Cabaret in New Haven, CT, has worked in several East Coast regional theatres as a professional stage manager, and spent 18 months as an office manager for a government contractor in Washington, DC.  In addition to directing the theatre program, Ms. Tooch is now the Fine Arts Department Chair for MHS.  She received her BFA in Theatre & English from Sam Houston State University, and an MFA in Stage Management at the Yale School of Drama-Yale University.