WHO WE ARE

In 2018, we began the application process for the next step of natural growth within our theatre environment, giving us House.  House Theatre Inc. is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization.  It is our hope to minister to and equip young learners with lifelong experiences, skills, and opportunities.  Additionally, this allows us to further minister to our community throughout the Lowcountry, including Summerville, Charleston, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Moncks Corner, and surrounding areas by providing wholesome entertainment, uplifting performance environments, and opportunities to use our resources and talents for the greater good.   

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OUR STORY

 
 

VOLUNTEERS

Our volunteers are a crucial part of our success story!  They have generous hearts and offer a large gamut of skills.  When these multi-skilled persons and diverse backgrounds join together, the true magic of theatre happens.  From tireless planning to organizing lesson plans, we are endlessly thankful for each individual who has given their time, talents, and hearts! 

Please read more about each of our volunteers!

  • I’m a Christ-follower, wife, and mom who finds deep purpose in building spaces where people can feel supported, heard, and seen. While my professional background spans marketing, education, and creative leadership, my heart has always been in helping and encouraging.

    At HOUSE, I’ve had the opportunity to come alongside a team that cares deeply about students, the arts, and creating something meaningful to honor the Lord. I love that HOUSE is a place where people of all ages are given the chance to be brave, tell stories, and step into their gifts—onstage and off. I’m grateful to be part of a team that shares the load and believes in what we’re building together.

TREY TRULUCK

BOARD CHAIR,
2025-2028

  • Married to the love of my life, blessed with three amazing kids, and honored to help people as a financial advisor, my life has been graced by the love of God in more ways than I could name. He has given me a life-long love of the arts. My parents put me on stage at age four, and they say I haven’t been off since.

    Throughout my life I have been heavily involved in music (classical, choral, solo, worship), and theater (plays, musicals, duets, dramatic readings) including being a part of the last two Summertime HOUSE productions. I love HOUSE and the Gospel focus it has for our kids!

ERIKA MATZELLE

BOARD VICE CHAIR,
2025-2028

  • I’m excited to be part of HOUSE! My husband and I have two amazing children—John, a recent Clemson graduate, and Lillie, a rising sophomore at the University of South Carolina.

    I’m an educator with a deep belief that all children deserve the best opportunities to learn and succeed.

    Being able to work with HOUSE and witness the incredible experiences students have in the arts truly makes this teacher’s heart happy. I look forward to serving alongside you over the next three years!

MELISSA ROGERS

BOARD TREASURER,
2025-2028

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS | STAGE HOUSE JR

SARAH FRALIN

  • I’m a Senior Vice President and Merchant Services Advisor at Pinnacle Financial Partners. With 29 years of experience in the financial services industry, I bring deep expertise in payments, client strategy, and relationship management.

    I grew up deeply involved in choir and attended a high school for the performing arts, nurturing a lifelong appreciation and love for creativity, collaboration, and excellence. I am passionate about serving HOUSE and the community. I and my husband, Jay, reside in Moncks Corner and are currently attending Cathedral.

TIMOTHY WOOD

BOARD SECRETARY,
2025-2028

  • My lovely wife, Robin, and I homeschool our three terrific kids and enjoy that HOUSE provides a creative outlet for the whole family. I am an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at The Citadel with a passion for helping students understand the beautiful ways God has made the world.

    When not teaching (either at home or The Citadel), we are hanging out with folks from Holy City Church on James Island. I love seeing my wife and kids on the HOUSE stage, glorifying God by sharpening their God-given talents.

JARED EVANS

BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE,
2025-2028

  • I am married to Becky and am a proud #theatredad to three daughters who have all taken the stage in various HOUSE performances. As the HR Director for Hammes Professionals, I bring my passion for people into every area of life.

    I love getting to share the stage with my family and treasure the Gospel-centered heart behind each production at HOUSE.

ANGELA SMITS

OPERATIONS LEADER

  • BIO FORTHCOMING

DANIELLE DOUTHIT

REGISTRATION COORDINATOR

  • Danielle is a mom to four kids, ranging from ages 4 to 14, and has been homeschooling them from the beginning. She has always lived in SC, growing up in Florence and moving to Charleston for college. She graduated from CSU in 2009 and hit the ground running in motherhood a year later. While there are plenty of things she enjoys, organization, reading, and teaching in some capacity have always been at the top of her list. She is constantly looking for ways to improve, help others, and learn new things. Maybe one day she’ll brave enough to audition for Summertime House!

MARYBETH SGAMBELLURI

ENGAGEMENTS & EVENTS

  • My love of music and theater started at a young age and although I've always sung in choirs, church and community, I took a break from theater when I started a family.

    House blessed me with the opportunity to return to the stage after a 40 year hiatus and I have not lost my passion for it at all! Getting involved with House Theatre has allowed me the opportunity to not only perform but to also serve an organization that truly spoke to my heart.

    I was drawn to the Christ-centered mission of the organization and I am able to use my past experience in fundraising and event management for something I believe in. When I'm not volunteering with House I am the Chief Operations Officer for an online company. My wonderful husband Art is a strong supporter of my love of music and theater. Our combined family includes 5 sons and 8 grandchildren.

GRETCHEN MCMILLIN

BOOKKEEPER

  • Gretchen has been involved with House Theatre since it began in 2019 and has enjoyed being part of its growth over the years. She has served as the main pianist for the House for the Holidays productions every year since 2019, with the exception of 2024. In 2021, Gretchen stepped into the role of Treasurer and also served on the Board of Directors from 2021 to 2024.

    In addition to her work with House, she has homeschooled all three of her children. Her oldest graduated in 2020, and her younger two—currently a junior and senior in high school—have participated in House Theatre programs since the beginning. She has found it a joy to support this organization both as a parent and as a member of the team.

HARPER MOBLEY

ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR CHOIR DIRECTOR

  • Harper is so excited to join House’s team teaching Elementary and Junior Choral! Since a very young age, she has been performing and singing in different groups throughout the Charleston Area. She has been in a choir of some kind since she could talk and has always had a deep love for music, singing and performing. 

    Harper received a Music Degree, with a concentration in Vocal Performance, from the College of Charleston in 2020 and has had starring roles in Operas such as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi. She is also still active in the theatre community and looks forward to the spring where she will be The Stepmother and Cinderella’s Mother in Queen Streets production of Into The Woods.

    Currently Harper is the director of music at Church of the Holy Cross and she owns a coffee truck that serves Charleston and the surrounding areas, Flower Power Coffee. In her free time Harper co-directs a musical theatre company in Summerville: Summerville Youth Dreams Company as well as teaches private voice and piano lessons. 

    harper believes that music is a tool to express different emotions and ideas that words simply couldn’t do justice. She also believes that children who sing in choirs or engage in theatre set themselves up for success by growing their confidence and public speaking skills.

BETHANY WILLIS

  • Bethany Willis grew up as a homeschooled LCHEA student with her 3 siblings. Bethany began her dance experience at Metro North Dance in the Cecchetti method of Ballet and passed Cecchetti exams 1-6.

    She then trained at Robert Ivey Ballet Academy in the Vaganova method of Ballet. Bethany is also trained in Modern, Jazz, and Tap. She graduated from the College of Charleston with a BA in Psychology and Dance, concentration in performance and choreography. Upon graduating college, she began dancing professionally with a local Modern dance company called Annex Dance Company. She recently completed her 6th season with Annex. Bethany has been teaching dance in the Lowcountry for 14 years and has a passion for teaching students to use their dance abilities for the glory of God! She currently lives in North Charleston with her husband (Justin), Husky (Juneau), and daughter (Ezri). Bethany is beyond excited to teach another year of dance with House!

DANCE HOUSE, LEAD INSTRUCTOR

AMY CAMPBELL

  • Amy Campbell has been playing guitar and leading worship for over 30 years; she has written, recorded, and released multiple albums nationally and internationally and served as Musical Director for multiple churches, training musicians in music and worship leading. With over three decades of teaching both in traditional school settings and homeschool, Amy has a deep understanding of how to inspire and engage others. Her ability to communicate complex ideas, foster creativity, and guide individuals toward their potential has seamlessly translated into her musical leadership.

    As a performer and ministry leader for more than 35 years, she brings the same disciplined yet innovative approach to music, creating connections that resonate both on stage and with her audience. She also has a focus to raise up the next generation of worship leaders who are passionate about worshipping God and making sure that He alone gets the glory from our worship. She has taught multiple bands comprised of both students and adults in the art of musical worship, focusing on having a God-honoring and humble heart posture when leading worship.

WORSHIP COLLECTIVE DIRECTOR

ROBIN WOOD

  • Robin Wood spent most of her vagabond childhood with her nose in a book. Her love for great stories merged with her love of music when she saw South Pacific at ten years old. From then on, she was hooked on musical theater! Robin was involved in as many plays, musicals, and choirs as she could through high school and college. The Lord saved her when she was nineteen at Texas Tech University, where she received a Master’s degree in Elementary Education and where she met her husband, Timothy.

    Believing that her theater career was long behind her, Robin began homeschooling when her oldest was five. It has been a great joy for her to be able to come alongside her three children as they have ventured into Stage House. Graciously, the Lord allowed her to have a small part in Summertime House’s production of Mary Poppins, and she has been delighted to serve at the Stage Manager for Little House on the Prairie. She is over the moon excited to be able to serve the students and families at House, as House has truly become her home.  

STAGE HOUSE ELEMENTARY DIRECTOR

KAYLEIGH-ANN RUTAN

STAGE HOUSE ELEMENTARY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

  • Description text goesKayleigh-ann Rutan is thrilled to work with talented children in the field she loves most and help lead the young leading ladies and gentlemen of House Theatre reach their full potential as performers. Kayleigh-ann always wanted to be in theater. She was homeschooled and spent many free hours daydreaming and telling stories. She would walk around outside and act out whole scenes from her imagination. She memorized, rehearsed, and performed entire movies for her mother. As time went on, she became the official bedtime book reader for her younger siblings, doing each character’s voice. Last year, Kayleigh-ann auditioned for Little Women with House Theatre and got her dream role: Meg March. She made new friends, grew in her gifting, and had a blast! She fell in love with the creative culture and excellence of House Theatre. She knew right away that she wanted to be a part of this amazing group of people in any way she could. She was delighted to be a narrator for House for the Holidays and when the opportunity is available, sings her heart out in the House Community Choir.

    Kayleigh-ann works as a special care assistant for her younger sister, Isabella, who was diagnosed with profound autism. Since she has the opportunity to work from home, she participates extensively in the homeschooling of her younger siblings, from teaching parts of speech to making maps for history. Kayleigh-ann also loves helping her siblings practice scenes and songs for musical theater, and cannot wait to use her experience to help grow and develop other young students in the joy of musical theater. here

RACHEL BALAKRISHNAN

STAGE HOUSE JUNIOR MUSIC COORDINATOR

ADELAIDE LOVELADY

STAGE HOUSE SENIOR, DIRECTOR | SUMMERTIME, DIRECTOR

SERENA MADDEN

STAGE HOUSE SENIOR, CHOREOGRAPHER | SCRIPT INSTRUCTOR

JUDI BOUDREAUX

THE CREW, TECH DIRECTOR

KAYLA LONG

COSTUME DESIGNER

CHORALE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, VOX AND SENIOR CHOIR DIRECTOR | HOUSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, CO-DIRECTOR

RACHEL PREMO

  • Rachel Premo was homeschooled throughout grade school, along with her five younger siblings. She then attended Anderson University, where she received her Bachelors of Music Education (Vocal/Choral) in May of 2015. During her time in Anderson, she received multiple performance-related honors and scholarships for piano and was a featured guest soloist with the Anderson Symphony Orchestra. She was also privileged to be one of the founding members of the breakthrough piano ensemble, Noteworthy, and served as the accompanist and music director for multiple collegiate performances, including Barnum, Mary Poppins, and The Corn Is Green. Rachel completed her student teaching clinical by directing five choirs and teaching AP Music Theory in one of the top choral programs in the state at Seneca High School. Since graduating college, Rachel has become an entrepreneur music teacher, performer, and arranger. She gives private vocal and piano instruction in her home studio and is blessed to be able to play and sing in many capacities, including dinner parties, weddings, and a large variety of school and professional accompanying opportunities. Rachel works as the Administrative and Worship Assistant at her home church and is also an active singer in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Taylor Festival Choir. She enjoys working as an “arranger-for-hire” in her spare time and has completed two books of hymn arrangements, multiple collections of wedding music, and an orchestral reduction for a musical theater production. As a director, Rachel has been privileged to conduct multiple homeschool choirs in the Lowcountry area since 2015, and she is currently the music director and vocal coach for SHEEP Musical Theater. She is thrilled to now be a choral and music director for House Theater Inc. Since July of 2016, Rachel has been happily married to Craig Premo, who is a local real estate agent. They enjoy long evening walks, reading novels out loud together, eating homemade pizza, camping in the mountains, and spending quality time with their families. Rachel is extremely passionate about music and loves the thrill of serving others through her playing, singing, and directing.

  • Rachel Balakrishnan was homeschooled from pre-k through high school, which allowed her to pursue her passion in music. From a young age, Rachel Balakrishnan loved assisting her mother with learning and leading music at vacation bible school at their church. This love grew to a passion for learning to sing, play piano, guitar and pipe organ. After taking private lessons in these various instruments, by high school Rachel was assistant directing the children’s choir at her church. At age 16 she became a part time pianist and six months later, a full time organist. After graduating high school, she worked at a summer camp, leading the creative arts track group each week. She was then a barista for three years, all while continuing as a pianist, now at the military base chapel. She has sung with several church and community choirs, and been on mission trips which included teaching music to orphan children in India. Rachel has studied under Rachel Premo for the past two years, learning to direct choir, while also fine tuning her music skills. She currently works at Chic-fil-A as a team leader, while continuing with her many music ministries. One of her favorite Bible verses is Psalm 96:1-2 “Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.”

  • Before moving to South Carolina in 2015 Adelaide lived in Georgia, and this is where her passion for the arts began to grow. Her first musical was in 8th grade: The Little Mermaid Jr and she played- can you guess?- Sebastian! She quickly realized that theatre was a huge outlet for her creativity! After a couple more years in Georgia, she moved to South Carolina where she really honed her skills. From high school through college, she found every opportunity to perform and has done a variety of shows: straight plays, improv, musicals, cabarets, and reviews! She performed as Gertrude in The Seussical, Connie Miller in 1940's Radio Hour, and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof just to name a few! One of her most memorable moments was co-writing and directing a CSU show, Dis Connected, during the height of Covid-19. Adelaide graduated from Charleston Southern University in May of 2021 with a degree in Marketing and Theatre and currently works as a Communications Specialist at the David M. Gilston Agency.

    She enjoys Orangetheory Fitness, authentic ramen, and moments alone on the beach. One of her lifelong goals is to hike the Appalachian Trail in one go! She feels blessed to be given an opportunity to connect with talented individuals in House Theatre and is looking forward to the growth of this amazing program.

  • Serena Madden was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school, and she loved the opportunities that it provided her. Her parents and grandparents established a love of musical theatre in her from a very early age! She grew up watching musicals like My Fair Lady and Singin’ in the Rain, and loved reenacting them in her living room. She began her dance training at the age of 5 and continued to study ballet for the next 10 years. She also studied jazz, tap, lyrical, ballroom, and musical theatre dance. She discovered the magic of theatre in high school and continued to pursue that passion in college. While in college, she was presented with many opportunities which ranged from playing Viola in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to directing a mainstage production of Steel Magnolias, and even writing and directing a Vintage Variety Show for her Dean’s Commendation Project. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in theatre performance and minor in music from Coker University in May of 2021. Since then, Serena has worked as a preschool performing arts teacher, performed in the 24 HR Musical Fundraiser, and has performed in some of House’s productions, including House for the Holidays. She is currently working as a ballroom dance instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studio, and she loves sharing her passion for dance and music with her students there. From very early on, Serena knew that she was called to be a teacher in the arts. Being a part of theatre in high school, she saw the healing and growth that took place in her fellow students over the years. She saw how the arts could be used as a ministry to share the love of Jesus with people – both those in the audience and  those on stage. Serena could not be more excited to be a part of a ministry as special and close to her heart as House Theatre.

  • Judi has over 40 years experience in the arts performing on stage and working behind the scenes to include dance, vocal performance, acting and technical theatre. She has had the privilege of working as an event coordinator, creative director and theatre manager for Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale from 2003-2016. She spent over 12 years training student technical teams to design, build and “run” a show. She enjoys teaching children to use their creativity to honor God.

    Judi has a 27 year old son from a previous marriage. She and her husband, James, have been married for 18 years and are parents to Anjolie, age 15, who has a love for horses and the arts. Judi and James relocated to South Carolina from Florida in 2016. She currently teaches private voice lessons while homeschooling Anjolie.

    With a passion for health and wellness, Judi is enrolled in school and working toward completing her clinical in homeopathy and natural health. She is excited to come alongside the team at House Theatre to train up the next generation in the area of technical arts for the Glory of God.

  • Kayla has been a part of House in various ways for 4 years - including acting in Summertime productions, volunteering in the classroom, and singing at various events. This will be her second year costuming the school year shows, and her passion for sewing and costumes continues to grow with each new production. She and her team love the challenge of bringing characters to life through fabric.

    Kayla has enjoyed getting the opportunity to watch the love of the arts grow in her entire family. Her son, Finn, is in the school year productions, and she has had the pleasure of performing with her husband in House for the Holidays as well as Sing and Dine. The impact this community has had on her and her family is immense, and she considers it a blessing to get to work alongside both friends and family in this ministry. She cannot wait to see where the Lord continues to take House.