Laura Loy
HMS Theatre Director

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M. Loy is the new Theatre Director at Herndon Middle School. Ms. Loy joined us in the Fall of 2019. She is an experienced Education Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the performing arts industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Theatre, Acting, Microsoft Excel, and Social Media. Strong education professional with a Master of Arts - MA focused in Theatre Education from Emerson College. M. Loy is the also the Director of Education at Arts on the Hoizon in Annandale, Virginia. She earned her Bchelors in Eduction and Theatre from DePauw University in 2016. Ms. Loy also earned a Masters in Theatre Education from Emerson College in 2019. Ms. Loy is excited to take the reigns of the HMS Theater program from Mr. Pafumi and lead us into a new decade!


Scott D. pafumi
HHS Theatre Director

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Mr. Scott D. Pafumi is the current Theatre Arts Director at Herndon High School.  Mr. Pafumi has been teaching in Fairfax County for over 20 years, having taught Theatre and Drama in a variety of schools at every grade level from K-12.  Mr. Pafumi taught at Herndon Middle School and built the theatre program inta a program that is second to none. Mr. Pafumi is also an Adjunct Theatre Professor at Northern Virginia Community College on the Loudoun campus. He earned a BA in Theatre and English Literature at Virginia Tech, and holds a Masters in Arts Management from George Mason University. Mr. Pafumi specializes in teaching and directing American Drama and Comedy, Shakespeare, Commedia dell’ Arte, Improvisation, Technical Theatre, and Storytelling. He is also a community theatre actor and a workshop teacher for hire, having worked at community centers, colleges, and educational theatre conferences throughout Virginia.  His productions and theatre programs have earned him local, state, and national acclaim.  As the founding Theatre Director at Westfield High School, his program was the subject of a two hour television documentary which aired nationally on ABC’s 20/20 in the winter of 2008.  The program, Drama High: The Making of a Real High School Musical, earned an Emmy nomination for Cultural Arts Programming.  Mr. Pafumi's connection to HMS is still very strong after theaching there fir many years and building the program but he is excited to be leading the Drama program at Herndon High School and strives to bring cultural enrichment and arts education to the forefront of the Herndon community.
Scott D. Pafumi – Directing Credits
40 Mainstage plays & musicals in FCPS since 1996 
Five schools: Grades K-12
Herndon Middle School
2018 The Lion King, Jr.
2017: Romeo and Juliet
​2016:  Godspell, The Human Family (original)
2015:  Our Town, Herndon Town (original)
2014:  13 the musical, Star Crossed Lovers
2013:  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2012:  The Wizard of Oz
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Bailey’s Elementary School
2011:  Such Stuff, A Nation Divided (original) 

Westfield High School
2010:  Brighton Beach Memoirs, Merchant of Venice
2009:  Doll House, Good Woman of Setzuan
2008:  The Wiz, We the People (original)
2007:  Macbeth, Fools, The Laramie Project
2006:  Our Town, Arsenic & Old Lace
2005:  Fiddler on the Roof, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Star Crossed Lovers (original)
2004:  You Can’t Take it With You, Picasso at the Lapin Agile
2003:  Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, A Christmas Carol
2002:  Hamlet, Once Upon a Mattress
2001:  Godspell, Dancing at Lughnasa
2000:  The Glass Menagerie, Much Ado about Nothing

Longfellow Middle School
1999:  Our Town, Twelfth Night
1998:  Romeo & Juliet, Such Stuff 
1997:  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pirates of Penzance

Hughes Middle School
1996:  Androcles & the Lion, Zorro 

Drama Club student Officers

Gaby Bradley
Morgan Butler
Paige Dury
Tommy Maxson
​Camryn Mendoza
 The Drama Club meets after school on Thursdays 2:30 -3:30 --join us!

HMS Theatre Booster Officers

Brian Altmiller (President)
 Paul Olsen (Vice President)
Elizabeth Lewis (Treasurer)
                      Megan Jameyson (Assistant Treasurer) 
                                                    Mariela Bradley (Secretary)                                                       
Theatre Boosters meet on the First Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Drama Room -- Parents/Supporters please join us!