Staff Bios

 

Gina Kehl: Director

 

This is Mrs. Kehl's 15th year as Director of the Shawnee Theater Department. Mrs. Kehl received her Bachelors of music degree from Westminster Choir College in 2007. While at Westminster, Mrs. Kehl studied Music Education with a double major in Musical Theater and a concentration in voice. Mrs. Kehl has directed/assisted/stage managed a variety of productions over the past 20 years. She has had the privilege of performing with Pennsauken theater and Westminster music theater: credits include Gypsy, Oliver, West Side Story, Showboat, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Laramie Project etc. Mrs. Kehl was a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir for four years, where she performed with various ensembles, such as The Philadelphia orchestra and the NY Philharmonic orchestra. Mrs. Kehl has been teaching private vocal and acting lessons for several years and has directed/stage managed for  various companies, including Westminster opera Theater, Westminster music theater, Pennsauken Youth theater, Princeton Festival, Natchez Opera festival, Passage theater, Legato Theater Company and Seneca High School, credits include:You're a good Man Charlie Brown, Annie,  A Broadway Christmas, And the World Goes Round, Move it and it's yours, Little Women the Opera, The Marriage of Figaro, Sweeney Todd,Gianni Schicchi, Tosca, Die Fledermaus, Fiddler on the Roof, Bells are Ringing, Godspell and many more. Mrs. Kehl has been directing for Shawnee since 2008, credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, Sleepy Hollow, Guys and Dolls, Footloose, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Peter Pan, Sister Act, Cinderella, Side Show, The Little Mermaid, 12 Angry Jurors, A Chorus Line, The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, Fiddler on the Roof, The Outsiders, and Singin' in the Rain. 

 

 

Robert C. Joubert: Vocal/Orchestral Director

 

Mr. Joubert joined the Lenape Regional High School District family in 2008. He taught at Lenape High School from 2008-2010, and prior to that in Pine Hill, NJ and Langhorne, PA.  Currently Mr. Joubert teaches vocal music at Shawnee High School.  In addition to classroom teaching he advises the extra-curricular Shawnee Men's Choir.  He has served as the vocal director for the Shawnww All-School Musical since the 2010 - 2011 school year [Little Women (2011), Guys & Dolls (2012), Footloose (2013), Les Miserables (2014), Oklahoma! (2015), Peter Pan (2016), Sister Act (2017), Cinderella (2018), Side Show (2019)].  He has also served as Vocal Director for Mainstage Center for the Arts as well as Broadway Bound Players of Southern New Jersey.

Outside of the classroom Mr. Joubert is a professional singer. As a member of The Philadelphia Singers (2006-2010), Rob performed under the baton of many world renowned conductors, including Simon Rattle, Christoph Eshenbach, and Charles Dutoit, in New York and Philadelphia.  He served as a member of their Chorale (resident chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra), and Core (small all-professional ensemble).  Mr. Joubert's performances have included soloist with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia for Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem in October, soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra for their Glorious Sounds of Christmas concert series, bass soloist for Handel's Messiah (Parts 2 &3) at Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia), the Commenadatore in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Bronx Opera Company, and Truffaldin in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble in New York City.  Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah with The Philadelphia Opera Collective as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Fringe Festival in September; bass soloist with Collegium Westchester for Schumann's Requiem fur Mignon and the Herald in excerpts of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.  Rob returned to Bronx Opera as Lob in Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Poisoned Kiss.  He appeared as the bass soloist for W. A. Mozart's Mass in C minor and Beethoven's Choral Fantasy at Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia).   Mr. Joubert sang with Choral Arts of Philadelphia in Rachmaninov's Vespers, soloist in Deerfield Presbyterian Church's recital series and Tenth Presbyterian Church's Reformation Hymn Festival, and as soloist in Haydn's Creation.  

During the 2014-2015 season Mr. Joubert appeared as soloist with his alma mater, Houghton College, in performances of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, and the premiere of Cantate Domino by David Davies in Houghton, New York, as well as with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in Rochester, New York.  This concert was repeated in March at Carnegie Hall in New York City.  Additionally, Rob performed in recitals in Deerfield, NJ in December, Philadelphia in January, and in Houghton, New York in March.    

Mr. Joubert also serves as a church musician.  He served on the music staff at historic Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA) for 8 years, culminating as Interim Choral Director.  His responsibilities there included the Director of Tenth Church Choir, Women's Chorus, June Choir, as well as soloist and chorister with the Men's Choir.  He served as Associate Choral Director at First Presbyterian Church in Haddonfield, NJ from 2014-2016.  He and his family are members of Immanual OPC in Medford, we he serves as choral director.  Time spent performing is now dedicated to being the Dad for 2 wonderful daughters.  

Mrs. Roth is one of the newest additions to the All School Musical family at Shawnee High School. She was hired at Shawnee in 2012 to teach biology which, in addition to music and theater, is one of her greatest passions. Before Shawnee she taught earth science in a middle school in Wall Township, but as a graduate of Shawnee's sister school Lenape Regional High School, Mrs. Roth was happy to return to the district she loves so much. While a student at Lenape High School, Mrs. Roth participated in many of the arts programs including (but not limited to) the musicals, concert choir, chamber choir, girls ensemble, art club, etc. Outside of school she was involved in several other theater programs, including a summer Broadway retreat. This retreat was an audition week long camp in which Broadway stars came to south jersey to work with a handful of students for five very long and intense rehearsals. At the end of the five days of rehearsing the students put on a local concert for the community.

After graduating from Lenape, Mrs. Roth attended Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Although she did still participate in some of the arts programs there, her focus turned mostly to her academics which were based in the sciences. In 2011 she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in biology and education, with a minor in chemistry.

Although Mrs. Roth has a fierce passion for the sciences, she could not be more happy to be back working with the music and theater that she also loves. She is overwhelmingly grateful for the opportunity to work with such a wonderful staff and with such wonderful students during the All School Musical.