Scott D. pafumi
Mr. Scott D. Pafumi is the current Theatre Arts Director at Herndon Middle School. At HMS, he also teaches Peer Helping and is the sponsor and producer for the school News Show –Halk Talk. 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 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 is excited to be leading the Drama program at HMS and strives to bring cultural enrichment and arts education to the forefront of the Herndon community.
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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 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
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)
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!
