Heather Bellerud – Guided Pathways Specialist, Visual, Performing, and Applied Arts

Heather Bellerud (she/her) joined the staff at SFCC in December 2016, shortly after moving to Spokane with her family. She has a broad range of experience in education and the arts; she has worked as a cultural and natural resource interpretive ranger for the National Park Service in New Mexico and Arizona, taught art and environmental education in Colorado and Western Washington, and managed museum education programming for school and family audiences. Heather is an artist, a gardener, a bit of a bookworm, and a cargo bike nerd. She is happy to be serving as a Guided Pathways Pathways Specialist in the Visual, Performing, and Applied Arts Pathway.

Linda Beane-Boose, Dean of Humanities at SFCC since 2016, has enjoyed a career in higher education which spans thirty years, including positions as director of faculty development, founding director of academic service-learning, and founding director of language services for the Center for International Education at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin. She has experience in faculty development and mentorship, pedagogical innovation, enhancing institutional mission, accreditation, and administration. Linda has held leadership positions in the Professional and Organizational Development Network for Higher Education which focuses on faculty development. She completed a BA from the College of Wooster before earning her Ph.D. in French Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Linda’s favorite thing about being dean is working together with dedicated faculty and staff to advance the mission of SFCC. She loves collaborating with others to better serve students, faculty, and the community. In her spare time, Linda enjoys cooking, gardening, wine tasting, cross-training, and biking, hiking and cross-country skiing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

As a graduate of Eastern Washington university, Charles Blankenship holds a bachelor’s degree in theater, and in Music Technology. While at EWU, he focused his education pathway on sound related topics such as data sonification, composition, and audio engineering. However, he also spent much time exploring his passion for theater as a writer, director and designer. Professionally he has credits with various local theaters, though many of them are with the Spokane Civic Theater as an audio engineer. One thing Charles loves most about theater as an art form is its inherent basis in collaboration. Using that as a gateway, Charles strives to create interdisciplinary concepts and opportunities in all his work. He is very excited to be a part of the SFCC theater team and looks forward to creating works of art with passionate student minds. In addition to EWU, Charles is also an alumnus of the College Success Foundation.

An active member of the Washington arts community where she grew up, Rebecca Cook got her AAS in Radio Broadcasting at SFCC and her BA in Theatre from EWU. She has worked as an actress, director, costumer, make-up artist, accountant, producer, and director in film and theater throughout the region. For the last several years, she has worked on over 20 feature films, several commercial productions, and all 5 seasons of Syfy Channel’s Z Nation, as well as directed several award-winning short films and founded her own small company, Thundering Kitten Productions. In her passion for the film industry, she serves as Vice President for IATSE Local 488, serves on the board of Washington Filmworks, and is the President of Spokane Film Project. She has narrated various commercial and documentary voice overs, as well as brought to life over 100 audiobooks. Keeping to her theater roots, she has produced several original works play festivals for Spokane Stage Left Theater and has had the pleasure of being a living history actress at The Campbell House for over 10 years. Most recently, she began a class on Film Producing at SFCC each fall. She even enjoys rescuing feral cats from time to time. Because of her diverse background in the industry and entertaining style, she teaches classes and has been asked to speak to many students and local professionals about her journey creating a life in the arts here in Spokane.

Rebecca Craven has spent her life growing up in theatre and loves partnering with Spokane Falls Community College to train up the next generation. Having recently been partnering with Lilac City Dinner Theatre and Stage Left Theater, Rebecca is proud to bring her theatrical skills back to her alma mater. Reb looks forward to leading the next children’s show to introduce theatre to school children around the area.

Kemuel DeMoville is an award-winning poet and playwright whose work has been produced internationally every year since 2005. Recently his work was performed in Winnipeg (Canada), Budapest (Hungary), and all across the United States. In addition to his script writing experience, has extensive experience in theatre facility management and teaching/curriculum development.

Kemuel is the recipient of both the Residents Prize for Playwriting, and the Hawaii Prize for Playwriting from Kumu Kahua Theatre. He is also the recipient of the 2017 Milken Prize for playwriting. In addition to this Kemuel is an Aurand Harris Fellow by designation of the Childrens Theatre Foundation of America. He has an MFA in playwriting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and his MA in syncretic theatre is from Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. His work has been published by The Kenyon Review, Cirque, Spider Magazine, YouthPLAYS, Heuer Publishing, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal, Meow Meow Pow Pow, and is included in '222 MORE Comedy Monologue' an anthology from Smith and Kraus Publishers.

Kemuel also served as the Theatre Manager and Artistic Director of The Leeward Theatre, a 630-seat proscenium theatre located on the island of Oahu. As an arts administrator, Kemuel was responsible for managing the artistic content, negotiating contracts and grants, budgeting, staffing, volunteer management/development, and managing the theatre facility itself. Additionally, he has worked professionally as a publicity manager both in California, and Aotearoa New Zealand. Kemuel has been working in higher education - both as an instructor and administrator - since 2005.

Chris Hansen holds an M.A. in Theatrical Production from Central Washington University. He has worked professionally as an actor, designer, and technician at theatres across the region. He collects comics in his spare time and does stand-up comedy on occasion. Chris teaches everything from acting to scenic design here at SFCC.

Elizabeth graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2017 with a BA in Theater Studies. She has done lighting design and stage management before the pandemic and is thrilled to get back into the theatre industry. She is excited to share her love of technical theater with students and be a part of the creative process once more.

George Morse is a Technical Instructure for the Drama Department at Spokane Falls Community College. George has worked with students in the Spartan Theater for 5 years teaching safe power tool skills and set building techniques. George started his job in the theater as a student in the Business Technology Dept. doing work study alongside fellow students for which he earned Student Worker of the Year 2018-2019.  George graduated in 2019 with an AAS in Business Technology. George’s job at Spokane Falls is very important to him as he loves to engage with students. George had a long career as a journeyman carpenter in residential construction where he learned all the woodworking skills necessary to build almost anything from wood. George loves the outdoors where he enjoys camping, fishing, and the solitude of the woods. George enjoys spending time with his wife of 39 years his many small dogs and engaging with his teenage grandson who he sees often.

Denny is a graduate for Eastern Washington University in theatre. His attention to detail and ability to collaborate tailored his way into being a technical director and scenic designer for Spokane Civic Theatre. Hes worked on over 120 productions both on and off stage in the last 9 years which includes acting, lighting design, scenic design, scenic artists, master carpenter and drafting. He’s an advocate for fostering an inclusive culture that is safe for people to work and create!