Our Team

HITS Theatre is fortunate to have a team of staff members with unique talents and training that truly help our students learn. HITS Theatre maintains a policy of nondiscrimination with employees and applicants for employment.  No aspect of employment will be influenced in any manner by race, religion, sex, age, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, veteran or military status or any other basis prohibited by law.

2024 Teaching Artists & Designers

COURTNEY CHILTON
Director/ Choreographer

A performer, director, choreographer, and teaching artist. Courtney has performed in theatre, opera, concert dance, and corporate entertainment with such companies as Theatre Under the Stars (16 different productions), Houston Grand Opera, and Casa Mañana. She believes in creating a playful and imaginative rehearsal space where creativity, joy, and teamwork guide our storytelling. She’s delighted to be back at HITS for her 5th production.

KRISTIN KNIPP
Costume Designer

Kristin got her start as a costume designer by costuming shows that her children were in and then  began working professionally designing costumes for shows such as: Godspell, A Christmas Carol, Evita, Lend Me a Tenor, It’s a Wonderful Life (Stageworks), Footloose, Shrek The Musical, and Anything Goes (HITS Theatre), Unlock’d, Violet, Elf, and Side Show (Queensbury). Kristin has recently designed costumes for two world premiere productions, Breaking Out of Sunset Place (Queensbury) and For Tonight (Queensbury). She was also the costume mistress for Houston Repertoire Ballet. Kristin won the 2014 Broadway World Houston award for her costume design of Stageworks Theatre’s Les Miserables and the 2019 Houston Press Award for her costume design of Queensbury Theatre’s Elf and Side Show.

DANA LEWIS
Choreographer

Dana Lewis has been teaching and choreographing at HITS since 2008. Dana was the Resident Choreographer for Stages St. Louis for 15 years, where she choreographed over 40 productions. She was on the dance faculty for Webster University where she taught jazz and musical theater styles. Additionally, Dana has taught numerous master classes around the country. Dana is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Dana attended Florida State University and has a degree in Dance.

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