WHS Directors and theatre staff
ANDY REYNOLDS
Andy Reynolds has been the Head Director for Waxahachie HS for the past 23 years directing over 100 productions. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in Theatre Arts in Acting & Directing. He has brought home 20 District, 14 Area and 8 Regional championships with eight State appearances with four of them placing in the top 3 at the UIL State OAP Contest. He is also a TTAO Certified UIL Contest Manager with over two dozen contest managed. During the past 13 years, the WHS Musical Theatre Dept. has been nominated for Best Musical at the Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theater Awards (formerly Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Awards) nine times, winning the coveted prize of Best Musical in 2016 (SPAMALOT) and in 2021 (MATILDA). He also won for Best Direction in 2014 and again in 2021. In 2019 Mr. Reynolds was the recipient of the first DSM Outstanding Educator Award. Mr. Reynolds has also had the great honor of being a guest director at Texas A&M Corpus Christie CAMP ON THE COAST during the summer of 2023 & 2024 and will be again in the summer of 2025. He would like to thank the WISD Administration for the support for the Fine Arts in our district! He would also like to recognize the love he feels every day from his wife,
Melanie and his 3 children, Caleb, Noah and Sophia.
RYAN MULLICAN
Ryan Mullican has been a Theater Arts teacher for 23 years. Working alongside his friend and coworker, Andy Reynolds, for the past 17 years, and Paula Myers for the past 9 years. Together they have built what has become a thriving Waxahachie Theater Arts Department. Now, with the addition of Kaiden Maines, he is very excited about what the future holds for WHS Drama. Mr. Mullican received his BFA with an emphasis in performance from UT Arlington and has continued to enthusiastically act, direct, film, and create since his graduation in 1999. Also in 1999, Mr. Mullican married his high school sweetheart, fellow theater artist and the love of his life, Charity Mullican. He’s also very excited about what his future holds with her as well. He is the proud father of his three wonderful children: Turner, Silver and Davis and looks forward to all the brownie points he will earn with his sweet words about his beautiful, wonderful and far superior wife. :)
PAULA MYERS
Paula Myers has a lifelong love of theatre. Now in her 27th year teaching, she has been blessed to work with her outstanding colleagues at WHS for the past 9 years. Mrs. Myers earned her Bachelor's degree at the University of Toledo and completed her Meisner acting training through the True Acting Institute. In 2021-2022 she was recognized as an NBC 5/SMU Excellent Educator. She teaches Actors Studio, Costume Construction, Technical Theatre, and Theatre Arts 1, as well as being the artistic director and costumer for many WHS shows. She is married to the love of her life, Kevin Myers, and is grateful for his support (and willingness to swing a hammer on a set when needed).
KAIDEN MAINES
This is Kaiden's second year as a Director at Waxahachie High School, but she is no stranger to Waxahachie. Kaiden was a graduate of WHS in 2016 and as a member of the department, Kaiden was part of the 2015 and 2016 UIL One Act Play teams with state appearances as well as a part of the 2016 Dallas Summer Musicals Best Musical, Spamalot. Kaiden was honored to win the 2015 UIL 5A state Best Actress award as Mary Patterson in Anatomies and the 2016 DSM Best Actress award as Lady of the Lake in Spamalot. After graduating from Oklahoma City University, Kaiden became the head theatre Director at Blooming Grove High School where she made 2 state appearances. The first in 2021 placing first runner-up to the state champion and another state appearance the following year. Kaiden is more than thrilled to be back home. She feels incredibly blessed to be alive and grateful for every opportunity that comes her way.
CARRIE FOREHAND
Carrie Forehand has been a choral music educator for the past 24 years and is enjoying her third year being a member of the award-winning Waxahachie Fine Arts Department. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Tarleton State and a Master of Music in Music Education from Kent State University. She developed her love of musicals in college where she played Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors, and Anne in 1940’s Radio Hour. Throughout her career she has been a musical director for multiple high school and regional summer musicals. Her most memorable shows to date were, Tarzan, Into the Woods, Matilda and Something Rotten. When she is not at school, she loves spending time with her amazing husband, Brad, and their two teenage sons, Aiden and Calvin.