Author: Connie Devivic Nokes, Ph.D., M.M.

I am so excited to assist the amazing theatre teacher and director at TJJH, Doug Roberts, coaching his students as they prepare for performances. This year their musical is “Newsies,” one of my favorites!

For those of you who don’t know, I lost my singing voice to a brain tumor years ago. While not curable, doctors now think it may be manageable and today is my second treatment. In many ways, I am a better voice coach and perhaps a better person because of this personal tragedy, but (despite…