ABOUT SUMMER STAGE

Summer Stage is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization (non profit) serving the young  people and families of southwest Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. These rising stars gather each summer to make lifelong friends, develop their talents, and perform for their community.

Mission Statement   To develop the creativity and leadership skills of youth through outstanding theater performances for the community.

Vicky Town (Executive Director) is a storyteller, director, choreographer, and playwright with over 40 years of arts education experience. She is the winner of three Parents’ Choice Awards

Angie Fleming—Music Director has been creating wonderful music with children, teens, tweens, and adults in the North Carolina and Virginia area for over 25 years. She has been the music director at Cliff View Church for over 5 years and has enjoyed watching her singers grow in skill and confidence! Other favorite music projects include directing summer music camps, creating music for Vacation Bible Schools, coaching youth music bands, and everything else in between! “I know that music has the ability to lift the spirit of all who listen, sing, and/ or play. It draws people together and creates an atmosphere of joy for the young and old alike,” she said recently.

Lacey Griffith

Lacy Griffith is a senior honors student at Carroll County High School. She will attend Radford University in the fall to pursue a degree in the business of music and the arts. Recently Lacy received the four- year merit scholarship from the Highlander Foundation!
Her interest in theatre, playwriting, and music started at an early age. Most recently, Lacy played Gabriella in Summer Stage’s production of High School Musical Jr. and was a dancer and Pick- A- Little- Lady in The Music Man Kids. She enjoyed creating multiple roles in the Cherry Orchard Theatre and the Courthouse Productions of Thunder in the Hills in April 2019 and has participated in two Twin County Arts Council’s productions.
This year, Lacy continues to study private voice and piano and can be heard singing with the Carroll County High School Chorus and the Hillsville Presbyterian Church’s adult choir.
In 2016 she joined “Maui” (Mt. Airy Ukulele Invasion) and has been sharing her passion for the instrument in venues around the community.
Lacy has composed several songs, performed at the Carroll County Fair, and in 2022 created the soundscape for Summer Stage’s children’s comedy East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
Lacy will be teaching our make- up and wig workshops this season and we look forward to having her with us in 2023!

Jacob Roberts

Jacob Roberts is a rising senior from Carroll County High School returning for his second year at Summer Stage. He has been heavily involved with his school’s theatre program, participating in both Alice in Wonderland and The Addams Family. 

His comedy, The Squabbling Squires, was a finalist in Barter Theatre’s playwright festival in 2023.

“I’m excited to work further with backstage tech this year. A lot of the magic the audience gets to experience comes from stagehands we’ll never see,”
~ Jacob Roberts

Jenna Turner

Jenna Turner is an Elementary Education major at Virginia Tech University. She has been involved in theatre since her middle school years in Grayson County Schools. Favorite roles include Olaf from Frozen, Jr. at Grayson High School and Ariel from Little Mermaid, Jr. at Summer Stage 2023!

“I love music and theatre; it makes me feel at home. This is my first year as an intern and I’m so excited to get started!” Jenna Turner

“I’m excited to work further with backstage tech this year. A lot of the magic the audience gets to experience comes from stagehands we’ll never see,”
~ Jacob Roberts