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Hello from Kip’s Korner! It’s been a minute (or 8 months actually) since we were together. I hope y’all missed me as much as I missed you. But I’m back now. So much has happened since my last post about SHUCKED… where do I begin??

How about: Christmas, Ringing in the 2026 New Year, Hadestown, The Sound of Music, The Choir of Man, High School Musical Season begins with a plethora of episodes on "Show & Tell," & Juliet, Fabiola’s Masterclass with 70 of our high school theatre students, New Season Press Conference, Mrs. Doubtfire, NASA Artemis II Launch with Megan Carter (my Right-Hand Person with the Tallulahs), Seeing all of the Spring High School Musicals, Water for Elephants, THE TALLULAH AWARDS, Rehearsing our Jimmy nominees Linda Mathis & Lucas McMinemon and taking them on the Tallulahs/Jimmys press tour all over Huntsville, Twelve day trip to NYC as a chaperone for the Jimmys, The Jimmy Awards, slept for a month and now back at it for the 26-27 BTL Season with a big ‘ol tattoo of Ms. Tallulah Bankhead on my right arm to remind me what she'd say: “Nobody can be exactly like me, Darling. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.”

Since writing about all the above would result in a thousand-page Kip’s Korner blog post, how about I share some of my camera roll crumbs instead. Or as the kids say, December 15th  through August 20th  photo dump:


Show & Tell: The SANTA Episode




Mi Familia




Show & Tell: The New Year/New Me Episode 
with Stephanie Mell (ChurchStreet)




Hadestown Load-In




Hadestown Student Workshop





The Sound of Music - Sister Ana Phylaxis





Show & Tell: High School Musicals Season





Show & Tell: The & Juliet Super-Fans Episode

 



Tennessee Valley Living with 2025 Jimmy Awards Winner 
and Star of & Juliet: Fabiola Caraballo Quijada





Fabiola's Student Workshop





Linda Mathis (Lee High School)





& Juliet Student Workshop with Fabiola





26-27 Season / The Tallulah Awards Press Conference





Mrs. Doubtfire 





Mrs. Doubtfire Student Workshop





NASA's Artemis II Launch with Megan Carter killing it






Hadestown - Huntsville High School





Chicago - Lee High School





Chicago with Jessie Kisor (Lee), Jameel White (Jemison) 
and Luz Ladrillono (LMP)





Spongebob the Musical - Sparkman High School





Into the Woods - Albertville High School





Matilda - Randolph High School





Water for Elephants - Backstage with Rosie






Water for Elephants Student Workshop





The Tallulah Awards 16 Semifinalists
2nd Adjudication Round






The Tallulah Awards - Rehearsal with the Top Eight Finalists






The Tallulah Awards - Rehearsal





Staging Rehearsal





Kip & Megan Rehearse the Opening Number






Step & Repeat with Megan & Chris Carter





It's Showtime!






Opening Number - "Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along






Full House





The Tallulah Awards Winners Linda Mathis (Lee High School) 
& Lucas McMinemon (Hartselle High School)





Top Eight Finalists & Winners





Andrew, Kaitlyn, Tanja & Jay head into the After-Party





After-Party at Mars Music Hall





Rehearsing with our Jimmy Nominees 
Linda & Lucas





Tennessee Valley Living (Payton Walker) - Press Tour






Day to Day with Mariah - Press Tour





Star 99.1 with Kevin & Ms. Josie - Press Tour





10-Day Intensive at the Jimmy Awards 
Lincoln Center Fountain





Rehearsal





NYC Subway





Linda's Billboard up in Times Square





Lucas's Billboard up in Times Square





It's the Day of the Show Y'all
Bowen Yang - Host for the Jimmys





After-Party at Hard Rock Cafe






Bye NYC






Back in Huntsville






Vacation






Fourth of July - Family Vacation







That's a Wrap Darling!









































































































You might have seen me as Enjolras in Les Misérables, Munkustrap in Cats or the Prince in Cinderella. I used to perform in many Broadway Tours all across the country. Now I report on them and give you an insider's view into this unique little world. So, let's talk about all things Broadway!

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