Billie Sue Thompson
Artistic Director
Billie Sue has been teaching, acting, and directing in the Tulsa area for more than 35 years in both professional and educational environments. Her teaching credits include serving as teaching artist for Harwelden Institute, Tulsa Summer Arts, Oklahoma State University, Loyola University in New Orleans, La., Tulsa Community Arts, Broken Arrow High School, Theatre Arts, Inc., NSU’s Summer Repertory Theatre, Tulsa Arts and Humanities Artist in the Schools, and Monte Cassino School’s "After 3" classes, and Cassia Hall Performing Arts Camp. She currently is teaching Improvisation for Teens and Children’s Theatre at The Spotlight and Theatre Tulsa.
Acting credits include New Orleans Mime Troupe, commercial and industrial film work, and major plays mounted by Tulsa area theatres including On Golden Pond, The Bald Soprano, The Lion In Winter, The Foreigner, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Quilt, To Kill A Mockingbird, Agnes of God, Night of the Iguana Playhouse Creatures, and Oklahoma Outdoor Theatre’s The Trail of Tears.
Her directing credits include critically acclaimed work in After Miss Julie, The Children’s Hour, Lost in Yonkers, Pinocchio, Stuart Little, Charlie Brown, Anne of Green Gables, The Cemetery Club, Summer and Smoke, Cheaper By The Dozen, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Tom Sawyer, The Yellow Boat, An Inspector Calls, Step On A Crack, Cinderella, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory , Bus Stop, and Screwtape Proposes A Toast.. A teaching artist for Harwelden Institute, BS directed and acted in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the children’s tour show selected for Harwelden. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Theatre from Oklahoma State University and pursued graduate work in Children’s Theatre at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Billie Sue was selected to study with George Morrison at the New Actor’s Theatre in New York City. She was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for contribution to the State on Excellence for Community Service in the Arts, and selected Broken Arrow High School teacher of the year. She was a founding member of Broken Arrow Community Theatre and is the artistic director of Actor’s and Children’s Theatre.
Acting credits include New Orleans Mime Troupe, commercial and industrial film work, and major plays mounted by Tulsa area theatres including On Golden Pond, The Bald Soprano, The Lion In Winter, The Foreigner, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Quilt, To Kill A Mockingbird, Agnes of God, Night of the Iguana Playhouse Creatures, and Oklahoma Outdoor Theatre’s The Trail of Tears.
Her directing credits include critically acclaimed work in After Miss Julie, The Children’s Hour, Lost in Yonkers, Pinocchio, Stuart Little, Charlie Brown, Anne of Green Gables, The Cemetery Club, Summer and Smoke, Cheaper By The Dozen, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Tom Sawyer, The Yellow Boat, An Inspector Calls, Step On A Crack, Cinderella, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory , Bus Stop, and Screwtape Proposes A Toast.. A teaching artist for Harwelden Institute, BS directed and acted in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the children’s tour show selected for Harwelden. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Theatre from Oklahoma State University and pursued graduate work in Children’s Theatre at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Billie Sue was selected to study with George Morrison at the New Actor’s Theatre in New York City. She was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for contribution to the State on Excellence for Community Service in the Arts, and selected Broken Arrow High School teacher of the year. She was a founding member of Broken Arrow Community Theatre and is the artistic director of Actor’s and Children’s Theatre.
Actor's & Children's Theatre * (918) 455-2953 * Tulsa, Oklahoma
