Diane Marco
Director & Staging
Diane Marco is a retired 1st grade teacher that spent her Georgia teaching career here at Shallowford Falls and is now one of its long serving substitutes. Ms. Marco is originally from San Francisco where she not only grew up with a love for the theatre, but also started her teaching career. She has been a part of the drama program for over 23 years and has been an owner and the head director for the last 15. This is a role which she has well continued even after retiring from teaching full time. Ms. Marco believes that the theatre is a space for children of all ages and degrees of interest in the arts to build not only their love of theatre but also to help build and establish confidence in themselves.
Lindsey Pittman-Opp
Admin, Technology, and Vocals
Lindsey is a DHH/Special Education Paraprofessional at Shallowford Falls Elementary School and is a lifelong East Cobb Resident. She has been at Shallowford for 8 years and has been full time with the Drama Program for the last 6 years and loves it. Lindsey lives in East Cobb with her husband, fur baby Quinn, and 2000 books. Yes, she really has that many. She is an avid bookworm who heartily encourages students to read and tries to grow their love for not only literature but for story telling in the arts as well. She believes that every child should have the chance to build their confidence in a safe and nurturing environment and strives to help make the Drama Program a loving and encouraging place to do so.
Julie Belvin
Dance & Stage Manager
Julie Belvin is a 3rd grade teacher at Shallowford Falls Elementary and has been full time with our Drama Program for the 5 years. She is a lifelong Cobb County resident and currently lives here in Cobb with her Goldendoodle Cosmo. Ms. Belvin loves to travel, play trivia, and hang out with the worlds most dramatic puppy who is also M.O.B.'s official mascot. In her travels, Ms. Belvin has picked up many variations of story telling that have added to our abilities in drama to teach our children how to better enhance their own performances and how to embrace other facets of story telling in the arts.
Nolan Opp - Security and Safety
Nolan, Mrs. Opp's husband, is a former Army Infantryman. He has both combat and security experience. Mr. Opp comes in with us for show week and is our security at Hightower to make sure all the children are safe on stage and that everyone is safe within the building.