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Meet Our Team
At the heart of Katy Theatre Company is a passionate team of local educators and theatre professionals committed to developing extraordinary talent. Through collaboration, mentorship, and high-quality training, we create exceptional theatrical and educational experiences in a professional, nurturing environment.
Meet Our Team
Christian Brown
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Christian Brown is a trailblazing leader in arts marketing and executive management, with a distinguished career shaping the success of premier performing arts organizations. As the Founder and Owner of The Arts Marketer (2021–Present), Christian serves as a dynamic "CMO To-Go" for performing arts groups nationwide, driving revenue growth, expanding brand reach, and engaging new audiences for ballet companies, musical theatre productions and more.
Christian also founded BrightCatch Media (2017–Present) in Houston, a full-service marketing firm serving clients across 15+ industries. His executive-level expertise has solidified a reputation for transformative marketing solutions in the Greater Houston area.
From 2015 to 2017, Christian served as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Houston Ballet, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious ballet companies. During their tenure, they spearheaded a comprehensive organizational rebrand with Pentagram (Austin), launched a new website with Adage Technologies (Chicago), and forged strategic partnerships with Houston Methodist Hospital and Honda. Christian’s innovative campaigns, including a 10x increase in video and social media content, delivered record-breaking single-ticket revenue. Prior to Houston Ballet, Christian was the Assistant Director of Marketing and Sales at Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) (2010–2015), a leading non-profit musical theatre organization in Houston.
Christian has shared his expertise at the American Marketing Association, Dance USA Conference, Broadway League Conference and the University of Houston. With a proven track record of innovation, strategic vision, and revenue growth, Christian Brown continues to shape the future of performing arts organizations across the United States.
Christian and his wife, Laurelle, have been married for a decade and are parents to five children.
Laurelle Brown
Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Laurelle Brown earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Rice University. With a career spanning the United States and Canada, she performed with the Houston Grand Opera Chorus for nine seasons and numerous other opera companies. A semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Regional Council Auditions, Laurelle also won the Texas Young Artist Awards and became the first vocalist to receive a full-tuition scholarship to the Aspen Music Festival after triumphing in the San Diego Young Artist Competition. Her passion for both opera and musical theatre shines through in standout performances, including a recent role in Houston Grand Opera’s Sweeney Todd.
With over 20 years of teaching experience, Laurelle has shared her expertise at the Aspen Music Festival, RICE University, various School of Fine Arts studios, and several Katy High Schools. She currently runs a private voice studio in Katy, Texas, where she inspires students to unlock their full potential through personalized instruction.
Laurelle has been married to her husband, Christian, for 10 years, and together they raise five vibrant children: Colton, Annabel, Lily, Noah, and Sadie. Their family’s love for performance inspired them to found KTC, a creative outlet sparked by their children’s daily home performances.
Alexis Wiseman
Music Director
Alexis Wiseman has loved the stage since childhood, when she first discovered her passion for musical theatre. While living in Utah, she founded Spotlight Productions, where she helped elementary school-aged children shine through music and dance, as both their music teacher and choreographer. She has also had the opportunity to direct her church’s youth choir every Sunday. Currently, she teaches private voice lessons in Katy and continues to love sharing her passion for singing and performance with the next generation.
Bruce Lumpkin
Summer Musical Artistic Director
Bruce Lumpkin is an award-winning director, collaborator, and artistic leader whose career is deeply rooted in Houston's Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), where he began as a young professional and later returned as Artistic Director. A Houston native, he launched his directing career as Resident Director of TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (5 years, starting in the 1970s). His early production of Company there caught the eye of ten-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune, launching a major collaboration. Lumpkin served as Artistic Director of TUTS (2012–2016), overseeing productions, expanding audience outreach (including the edgier TUTS Underground series), and directing acclaimed shows during his tenure and beyond. He won Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Musical and Best Musical for his revisionist Cabaret at Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia).
Broadway & West End
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Grand Hotel (Associate Director to Tommy Tune; Co-Director, West End/Dominion Theatre)
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Stepping Out, Nine (Associate Director to Tommy Tune)
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Assisted on My One and Only, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
National Tours
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Dr. Dolittle, Nine (Associate Director to Tommy Tune)
Off-Broadway & Other
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Summer '69 (Douglas Fairbanks Theatre)
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Honky Tonk Angel (Lambs Theatre)
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Criss Angel’s Mindfreak (Artistic Director, Broadway engagement)
Opera
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The Barber of Seville (DiCapo Opera Company)
Key Regional & Premieres
Theatre Under The Stars (Houston): Resident Director (1973–1977) for Company, Cabaret, Show Boat, Man of La Mancha, Sweet Charity, and more; later/Artistic Director-era directing: Miss Saigon (2001 & 2010), Grand Hotel, Funny Girl, Bonnie and Clyde, Sweet Potato Queens (World Premiere), Waiting for Johnny Depp (World Premiere), White Christmas, Oliver!, Elf, A Christmas Story, Murder Ballad, Reefer Madness, Gigi. Walnut Street Theatre: Cabaret (Barrymore Awards: Best Director & Best Musical), Fiddler on the Roof (Barrymore Nomination), La Vie En Bleu (US Premiere; co-writer), Grand Hotel, Evita, Miss Saigon, and many others.
Casa Mañana: Grossingers, Dodsworth (World Premieres), Grand Hotel, Evita, Tommy.
Other venues: Pittsburgh CLO (Grand Hotel, Phantom, Evita), Maine State Music Theatre (Cabaret, Tommy, Victor/Victoria), 5th Avenue & North Shore Music Theatres (Grand Hotel), Heritage Entertainment, TheatreFest (Bus Stop w/ Jerry Hall), etc.
Leadership & Education
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Producing Artistic Director, On the Verge Theatre (Houston, current)
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Artistic Director, Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, 2012–2016)
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Artistic Director, Heritage Entertainment (2004–2006)
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Director of Entertainment, Astroworld Amusement Park (5 years)
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Resident Director, Humphreys School of Musical Theatre, TUTS (5 years)
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BFA, University of Houston
Member
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Currently developing a new musical on George Balanchine.
Karen Adamson
Guest Choreographer
Karen Adamson is the owner and principal dance instructor at Adamson Ballet School in Katy, Texas, where she choreographs extensively for annual performances and coaches students for dance team competitions. Her passion for dance began in childhood, leading her to dedicate herself fully to the art form and pursue a professional career in classical ballet. There, she met her husband, John Adamson, with whom she shares a deep commitment to their school, which they view as a divine calling and ministry. Karen particularly enjoys mentoring teenage girls—both through her church and in the studio—and considers it a profound blessing to guide her students as they develop as dancers and individuals. She continues to teach Ballet and Jazz classes with enthusiasm and care.
In addition to her work in dance education, Karen has an extensive background in theatre. She has performed in numerous productions with Kingwood Community Theatre, including roles in Peter Pan, The Music Man, Crimes of the Heart, and The Shadow Box, and choreographed their production of Camelot. She has also appeared in The Women with Kris Wilson’s Actor’s Theatre of Houston and served as assistant director for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.