CLAUDIA RAMIREZ
Claudia Ramirez is a theatre artist and creative consultant who after 12 years of teaching in Title I schools, 10 of those in high school theatre as Head Director, continues to pursue her love of theatre and design through her growing creative consulting business in the education, corporate, and non-profit arenas. Claudia's experience includes earning two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theatre and in Spanish from the University of Houston, serving as Directing Intern under Sidney Berger at the Houston Shakespeare festival, and teaching and directing at a local children's theatre. She is honored to have directed 9 UIL One Act Plays in the 5A conference, making it to Area multiple times including alternate to Region. Her students also were state finalists in multiple categories of the UIL Theatrical Design Contest for 5 years and placed in the top 6 in the State 2 years. Claudia also coached students in thespian events every year, resulting in many international qualifiers and one international MainStage champion in Stage Management, receiving perfect scores from all judges. She is a member of Texas Theatre Adjudicators and Officials (TTAO) and is honored to judge in the UIL OAP contest annually as well as clinic schools throughout competition season. She is a member of the Texas Educational Theatre Association where she previously served on the K-12 Committee and she continues to be involved in the Texas Thespian State Festival serving as a judge and workshop presenter as well as assisting in running the film contest.
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Claudia recently completed the Intimacy Professional Accelerator Program with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) and will perform her in-person training and certification in April 2025. She is passionate about empowering Texas theatre educators and students to create beautiful, honest moments on stage and hopes to serve as a driving force in building a culture of consent in Texas theatre and film.
In her free time Claudia analyzes movies with her theatre nerd husband, Bobby, trains in agility work with her corgi, Puck, and spends as much time as she can with her 3 amazing step-kids.
TRAVIS SPRINGFIELD
Travis Springfield has been involved with educational theatre for the last 30 years as a classroom teacher, fine arts administrator, director, clinician, contest manager and judge. Mr. Springfield is the founding Chair of the Texas Theatre Adjudicators and Officials (TTAO) and past member of the UIL Advisory Committee. He currently serves as Past-President of the Texas Educators of Theatre Association (TxETA). A sought after one act play judge and clinician, Travis works with over 100 campuses annually and has adjudicated at all levels of competition including eight appearances as a UIL One Act Play State judge. Mr. Springfield has also taught for the past 13 years as an adjunct professor for the University of Houston summer master’s program and has recently accepted a part-time position as Conference Manger for the Arts Schools Network (ASN), a national non-profit organization of arts schools and organizations following his retirement in 2024. During his free time, Travis enjoys films, travel, and exploring antique and thrift stores looking for fun-finds and lost treasures.