Meet the Rising Stars Program Directors
Charis Ifland
Charis Ifland
Charis Ifland
Choral Specialist
Charis Ifland is a Kitsap-based music educator and performer who believes in the transformative power of the arts. With over a decade of teaching and performance experience, she brings passion, creativity, and compassion to every stage and classroom—creating space for students to express themselves, grow, and find joy in music and community.
Alix black
Charis Ifland
Charis Ifland
Acting Specialist
Alix Black holds a BFA in Acting from The University of Montevallo. She has taught various workshops to youth in improv, audition technique, and acting technique. She has a particular love for Shakespeare and is currently working on BPA's summer production of Macbeth. She has been seen onstage at PGT as Amanda Wingfi
Acting Specialist
Alix Black holds a BFA in Acting from The University of Montevallo. She has taught various workshops to youth in improv, audition technique, and acting technique. She has a particular love for Shakespeare and is currently working on BPA's summer production of Macbeth. She has been seen onstage at PGT as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Most recently, she portrayed Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Ernest at JBT.