the directors

Kelly Groves 

Mr. Groves has been the director of Theatre Arts at Martin for the past eight years, where he has directed over 30 plays and musicals. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, he earned a Master’s in Theatre Education and was awarded the prestigious Dean’s Fellowship in Theatre. He also holds a BFA in Acting from Boston University School of Theatre.
As a teacher, Mr. Groves has previously taught at South Garland High School, Richland High School and musical theatre at Emerson College. He has served as the Manager of Education and School Programs for the Tony Award-winning Dallas Theater Center and as the Publicity and Communications Manager for The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. He has coached countless students from ages 8 to 18 in acting, audition preparation, musical theatre, and Shakespeare. Many of his students have gone on to admission at some of the top theatre programs in the country. As an actor, Mr. Groves has appeared at regional theatres across the country, including the Huntington Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Hackmatack Playhouse, InterLakes Theatre, EgoPo Classic Theatre, and the Philadelphia Opera Company. Recently he has been seen starring as Tick in Uptown Players’ Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Kalita Humphreys Theatre, as Robin/Lady Capulet in Shakespeare in Love at Shakespeare Dallas and in the world premiere of Del Shores’ A Very Sordid Wedding at Uptown Players.
Mr. Groves is also the award-winning author and director of Beat (Playscripts Inc.) about the life of Allen Ginsberg.
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Nadaha Garcia

Is in her second year at Martin High School. Throughout her career, she has taught private, charter, and public schools in the DFW area. As a Stephan F. Austin University graduate, she holds a B.A. in theatre. Since graduation, she has worked on and off stage in many different avenues, designing and creating theatre and adjacent art. She is happy to be here at Martin, where she has had the honor to work with passionate and determined students and co-directors to create the type of theatre that ideally sparks conversation.  

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