Welcome to Triple Threat Theater Productions!
The Mission and Vision of Triple Threat
Transforming lives and communities through excellent theater education
We believe in
- Reflecting God’s image
- Triple Threat believes that we are all created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:14). This means that we reflect God’s image when we create art and treat each other with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, faith systems, or socioeconomic status.
- Triple Threat believes that we are all created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:14). This means that we reflect God’s image when we create art and treat each other with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, faith systems, or socioeconomic status.
- Excellence in theater
- We do theater excellently to celebrate God’s gifts in performance art (Phillipians 4:8, Exodus 35 and 36, Romans 12:3-8).
- We are reflecting God’s image as storytellers by producing art that celebrates truth about him, the world, and our place in it.
- Creating community
- Theatrical arts have a unique ability to create community and bridge strong connections between different groups. Enjoying theater as a community should not be restricted by talent, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, or age.
The Team
Andy Boettcher (Artistic Director) co-founded Triple Threat Theater Productions with Jessi Barakat and Brittany Boettcher in 2014.
Before founding Triple Threat, Andy has worked summer theater director for ESF Summer Camps, Assistant Director for The Arts Camp (now CAST), and Resident Director for Sovereign Grace Church's Summer Blast. His performance credits include Les Miserables (Valjean), West Side Story (Tony), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Titanic the Musical (Barrett), Dogfight (Eddie Birdlace), Brigadoon (Tommy), and Aida (Radames). His most recent credit is understudy to Beast in the Walnut Street Theater's recent production of Beauty and Beast. You can also see him singing regularly with Sovereign Grace Church's worship band and A1 Entertainment's Crooner's Series.
Andy's passion to spread the power of theater arts has taken him to the schools of Philadelphia and Camden City. He directed and produced the first musical at Woodrow Wilson High School in over 45 years and founded the Theater Program Mastery High School of Camden. He also serves as a Guest Teaching Artist at the Walnut Street Theater's Adopt a School program, partnering with Philadelphia teachers to expand theater arts in young people and develop their social/emotional learning.
His favorite directing credits include Matilda Jr, Beauty and the Beast Jr, Suessical Jr, The Lion King Jr, Once On This Island Jr, and Les Miserables HSE.
He currently holds a Master's Degree in Theater from Regent University.
Before founding Triple Threat, Andy has worked summer theater director for ESF Summer Camps, Assistant Director for The Arts Camp (now CAST), and Resident Director for Sovereign Grace Church's Summer Blast. His performance credits include Les Miserables (Valjean), West Side Story (Tony), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Titanic the Musical (Barrett), Dogfight (Eddie Birdlace), Brigadoon (Tommy), and Aida (Radames). His most recent credit is understudy to Beast in the Walnut Street Theater's recent production of Beauty and Beast. You can also see him singing regularly with Sovereign Grace Church's worship band and A1 Entertainment's Crooner's Series.
Andy's passion to spread the power of theater arts has taken him to the schools of Philadelphia and Camden City. He directed and produced the first musical at Woodrow Wilson High School in over 45 years and founded the Theater Program Mastery High School of Camden. He also serves as a Guest Teaching Artist at the Walnut Street Theater's Adopt a School program, partnering with Philadelphia teachers to expand theater arts in young people and develop their social/emotional learning.
His favorite directing credits include Matilda Jr, Beauty and the Beast Jr, Suessical Jr, The Lion King Jr, Once On This Island Jr, and Les Miserables HSE.
He currently holds a Master's Degree in Theater from Regent University.
Jon Schimpf (Associate Director) is a freshman at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, studying theatre and education. Jon has been involved in theatre since he was very young, but his passion for the performing arts really took off in middle school when he was given the opportunity of playing a leading role in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Since then, Jon has been involved both backstage and on-stage in a variety of different plays, musicals, and one-acts. Some of his favorite roles he has played include Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Orlando in Shakespeare's As You Like It, and Link in Hairspray. Jon also has some experience in the director's seat, having directed Shakespeare's The Tempest and Twelfth Night with the Burlington County 4H Players, and will be directing Arthur Miller's The Crucible at his college, where he is currently stage managing The Sound of Music. Jon is very much looking forward to his time with Triple Threat this summer!
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Kirsten Braatz (Associate Director) has always loved theater. As a young child, she caught the bug performing when she was cast in her elementary school's musical - H.M.S. Pinafore as Mrs. Cripps (Buttercup). She has not looked back! Kirsten enjoyed singing, dancing, and performing her way through middle school and high school and was honored to be a part of Piano's Music Corporation. Kirsten holds her Bachelor's degree Radio/TV/Film at Baylor University. She interned with Walt Disney World and teaches acting classes as a local Co-op school. She currently serves the community as an acting coach.
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Laurel Nicole Soffer (Vocal Coach) is a teacher and performer based in South Jersey. She has a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (Jazz Studies) from The University of the Arts and has received a Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy (CCM) degree from Shenandoah University. Along with the experience that Laurel gained while receiving her degrees, she has performed all over New Jersey and Philadelphia. Laurel has performed all kinds of genres including: Jazz, Musical Theatre, R&B, Pop/Rock, Classical, and Contemporary Christian. Laurel has over 15 years of performance experience, and has taught for 5 years at Laurel Soffer Music Studio and other local music studios in NJ. This is Laurel’s 3rd season as Triple Threat Theatre Production’s vocal coach!
Past Productions
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BROADWAY CAMP
Center Stage Camp
KIDS CAMPS
Winter Program
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WEST END CAMP
PHILLY CAMP
Ovation Camp
Fall Program
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