Staff
Executive Director
Greg Haupert
Sierra School of Performing Arts is excited to announce we have contracted with Greg Haupert to serve as our new Executive Director.
Greg was introduced to the performing arts at a young age and participated in live theater at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. His business career has included 20 plus years in corporate America, working as a banker in Michigan, South Carolina and Reno. Greg felt the calling of the Sierra Nevada in 2006, and moved with his wife to Reno. He first continued his banking career, then successfully launched 3 small businesses. He currently serves as Executive Director for Northern Nevada of Business Network International, a business networking and business referral organization, in addition to his new role as SSPA’s ED. Greg is eager to support the continued growth and development of the arts in the Truckee Meadows.
Greg was introduced to the performing arts at a young age and participated in live theater at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. His business career has included 20 plus years in corporate America, working as a banker in Michigan, South Carolina and Reno. Greg felt the calling of the Sierra Nevada in 2006, and moved with his wife to Reno. He first continued his banking career, then successfully launched 3 small businesses. He currently serves as Executive Director for Northern Nevada of Business Network International, a business networking and business referral organization, in addition to his new role as SSPA’s ED. Greg is eager to support the continued growth and development of the arts in the Truckee Meadows.
Producing Artistic Director/Education Director
Janet Lazarus
Sierra School of Performing Arts is excited to announce we have signed a contract with one of our founders to become our first Producing Artistic Director/Education Director. Janet Lazarus started her official duties on January 2, 2018. She has been guiding SSPA and creating great theater for us since 2005.
Janet received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and her Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in acting from UCLA. She has worked and performed in stage, film and/or television in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Italy, Honolulu, Lake Tahoe and Reno. In 1988, while living and working in Los Angeles, she co-wrote and co-starred in a critically acclaimed two-woman comedy that garnered rave reviews and was featured as a “critic’s pick” in the L.A. Times.
She has taught acting and movement classes since 1990 at various schools and colleges throughout California and Hawaii, and has taught theatre, acting and stage make up classes in Reno (at UNR, Bishop Manogue Catholic School and Sage Ridge School) since 2008. Since coming to Reno, she has performed with Reno Little Theater, Tahoe Players, the Nevada Shakespeare Company, and Take 2, and has been producing and directing “Broadway Bits” and full length classic Broadway musicals.
As Producing Artistic Director/Education Director for Sierra School of Performing Arts, Janet will continue to produce and direct musicals, as well as start our youth theater program. She will also oversee our performing arts camps and classes.
Janet received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and her Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in acting from UCLA. She has worked and performed in stage, film and/or television in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Italy, Honolulu, Lake Tahoe and Reno. In 1988, while living and working in Los Angeles, she co-wrote and co-starred in a critically acclaimed two-woman comedy that garnered rave reviews and was featured as a “critic’s pick” in the L.A. Times.
She has taught acting and movement classes since 1990 at various schools and colleges throughout California and Hawaii, and has taught theatre, acting and stage make up classes in Reno (at UNR, Bishop Manogue Catholic School and Sage Ridge School) since 2008. Since coming to Reno, she has performed with Reno Little Theater, Tahoe Players, the Nevada Shakespeare Company, and Take 2, and has been producing and directing “Broadway Bits” and full length classic Broadway musicals.
As Producing Artistic Director/Education Director for Sierra School of Performing Arts, Janet will continue to produce and direct musicals, as well as start our youth theater program. She will also oversee our performing arts camps and classes.