Meet our team! 

SHARISSE LEBRUN - Director of Education & Outreach

Sharisse LeBrun (she/her) is from Eqpahak/Fredericton, New Brunswick where she has worked in arts education for ten years. She has been Theatre New Brunswick's Theatre School & Young Company Director since 2018. She is thrilled to be joining the team at Neptune Theatre and can’t wait to get to know the students and artists that make it what it is. Education: MA in Theatre (UofT) and BA in English (STU). Recent Directing: Beneath Springhill, Sidewalk Chalk, S.T.O.P, Altar (YOCO) and The Spongebob Musical, Romeo & Juliet, Rose (Theatre School). Recent Performance: Bluebirds (TNB) and The Company Store (Theatre Baddeck).

MADDIE MAITZEN – Theatre School Manager

Maddie Maitzen (she/her) has been involved with Neptune Theatre School for 5 years, starting as a student and YPCo member before becoming an instructor. She later joined the Theatre School Administration team as a Content Creator, Administrative Assistant, Songs for Seniors Program Coordinator, and Stage Manager. Maddie couldn’t have been more thrilled to take on the role of Theatre School Manager in January 2024! Maddie graduated from the Fountain School of Performing Arts with a Bachelor’s in Music - concentration in vocal performance. She is currently taking courses with Dalhousie University Continuing Education to earn a certificate in Human Resource Management. She loves performing opera, musical theatre, pop music and has a special interest in songwriting and post-production editing. 

LUCAS ARAB – Education Content Creator

Lucas Arab (he/him) considers himself to be a "Professional Make-Believer" with the goal of creating immersive and visually intriguing storytelling spaces for all. He is a scenic designer who is passionate about theatre education for students of all ages. Lucas has designed the sets of many YPCo and professional productions at Neptune Theatre such as Heathers the Musical, Dear Rita, The SpongeBob Musical, Little Women, as worked as an assistant designer on Disney's Frozen and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. When Lucas isn’t designing for the stage, he usually taking audiences behind the scenes on social media or creating new didgital content and exciting programs for Neptune Theatre School. 

SARA COURTNEY - Curriculum Coordinator

Sara Courtney (she/they) is a multidisciplinary performer from Ponamogoatitjg (Dartmouth), where she works primarily in childcare. Sara is a former student of Neptune’s Theatre School and now works as an instructor (and loves it!). Sara has been working in children's theatre for over five years, directing, choreographing and stage managing youth productions around the HRM. In their spare time she loves painting, baking and doing fun crafts!

SOPHIE WILCOTT - Theatre School Adminstrator

Sophie Wilcott (they/she) is a Maritime-based, multidisciplinary theatre artist with a dedication to theatre for young audiences. They have collaborated with Neptune Theatre, Theatre Nova Scotia, Prismatic Arts Festival, Atlantic Repertory Company, Theatre New Brunswick, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, The Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company, The Voice Factory, Symphony New Brunswick, Connection Dance Works, and InterAction School of Performing Arts. In spring of 2023, they received a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre (Acting) and a certificate in Dance & Movement Composition from Dalhousie Fountain School of Performing Arts. Sophie is a recipient of the prestigious Dalhousie Chancellor’s Scholarship (2019-2023), the Fountain School of Performing Arts Undergraduate Scholarship (2019-2023), the Christine Zinck (Theatre) Scholarship (2022), and the Arts New Brunswick Scholarship in (2019 and 2022).