Summer Camp Staff

Olivia Geringer-Spagnola is in charge of and the director for the Beecher Part-Time Player’s Kid’s Summer Theatre Camp, along with help from Keilani Haddon.  Olivia goes to Beecher High School and has lived in Beecher pretty much all her life, also working a part-time job at Cardinal Creek Golf Course, and staying very local.  Last summer, she was co-director of the camp along with Josie Hurling and Stephen Gionatti for the kids’ performances of Peter Pan.  Not only has Olivia helped out with the camp the year prior to last, she also had been a camper herself from the very first year the camp was created and available to kids, where they only learned how to sing a song, dance to the hit song “Barbie Girl”, and perform a short skit in front of an audience.  The following four years, she continued to participate in the camp, performing in Seussical the Musical, Jr., Shrek the Musical, Jr., The Little Mermaid, Jr., and sadly her last summer able to participate was mostly cut off due to the virus, but was still able to learn and perform a skit, learn a dance, and learn the ASL (American Sign Language) version of “The Circle of Life” from movie The Lion King.  In high school, Olivia participated in the Drama Club second semester of her sophomore year, when it was finally available to students again, she was Mrs. Peacock in the school production of Clue.  Although during her junior year Drama Club was available for her, she was unable to participate as an actress due to many other commitments in and out of school, but still made it to the shows in the fall taking pictures and videos for her fellow actors on the stage, and in the spring as the Dance Captain, helping choreograph some of the dances for their musical.  One major commitment in Olivia’s life is dance, which she has been a part of the same dance studio, LM Premier Dance in Cedar Lake, Indiana(former Lynn Marie’s School of Dance in Beecher, Illinois), going on 15 years now.  At the studio, she has been dancing competitively going on 8 years, being on a variety of teams but specifically on two National Champion teams.  The types of dances vary from ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, jazz, contemporary, tap, and acro, all of which she enjoys greatly, especially when surrounded by her wonderful teammates who make the studio the bright, happy, safe-space it is.  In school, Olivia is a part of many activities and clubs, those of which being:  National Honors Society, Junior Class President, Student Council, Spanish Club, Math Team, band, and choir, all of these along with Drama Club, and dance. 

Keilani Haddon is the co-director for the BPTP’s Kid Summer Theatre Camp, along with help from her co-director Olivia Geringer-Spagnola. Keilani just graduated from Crete-Monee Highschool this spring, she has been apart of the Crete district since pre-school. She has been working at Culvers for 3 years while juggling 2 varsity sports and 9 clubs all 4 years of highschool, so time management is not a problem for her. Some of these activities being: Varsity Cheer, Varsity Soccer, Math team, National Honors Society, Show choir, PBIS, Colorguard, International Thespian Society, Technical Theatre, and more. She was also the vice president of her drama club. She has been a counselor at the Kid’s Summer Theatre Camp for the past 3 summers and has loved every part of it. Before becoming a counselor in 2020, Keilani had been a camper for the previous 3 summers as well. She participated in Seussical Jr. as the Cat in the Hat, Shrek Jr. as Pinocchio, and The Little Mermaid Jr. as Sebastian. She has also been in every production in middle school and highschool, which is why she has such a strong love for theatre and considers it a second home. Although Keilani has many sports and activities, she is dedicated and committed to each and every one, and puts 110% in 24/7. She was named an Illinois State Scholar this year, along with graduating Summa Cum Laude. In previous years, Keilani has helped to coach recreational cheer teams, so in addition to camp counseling, she has a lot of experience working with children. She is ecstatic to start camp and meet everyone!