DID YOU KNOW?
Tacoma’s story spans more than two centuries from the time Captain George Vancouver anchored off Tacoma’s north shore in 1792.
In 1870, Tacoma’s natural deep-water port became an attraction that the Northern Pacific Railroad couldn’t pass up, when it made Tacoma a stop on its transcontinental line.
Old Tacoma and New Tacoma merged in 1884 and incorporated as Tacoma. By 1890, the population reached 36,000 people.
Tacoma is home to the Port of Tacoma, the seventh-largest container port in the United States, and it is within 20 miles of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and 36 miles of the city of Seattle.
John Forier,
MS/US Drama & Performances, Performing Arts Dept Chair
John Forier teaches drama in the Middle and Upper Schools. His courses include improvisational theatre, monologues and scene study, theatre ensemble and technical
theatre. He directs the fall play and the winter musical and coaches student directors through the spring one-act show. Every Saturday, Forier leads the Challengers of the
Improv-ssible, a Charles Wright performance improv group. He brings to his work a special combination of kindness, humor and an uncanny sense of patience for developing students over time.
When he received the CWA Parent Association’s Most Inspirational Faculty Award in 2006, one parent wrote, “John has developed actors from awkward, shy, unlikely aspirers. He has pushed these kids, and he develops in his students the ability to take on challenges and risks with excitement, curiosity, humor and enjoyment.”
Forier holds a bachelors degree in fine arts from the University of Arizona. He once opened a show for Gladys Knight and the Pips as a stand-up comedian, but begs you not ask about the reviews. He also once owned Capt. Spiffy’s Superhero Emporium, a comic book shop. He says his greatest theatrical role was “Big Round” in a children’s theater production. The plot, he adds, was “something about nuclear build-up...it was the 80s.”
Forier serves as the performing arts department chair. He has also coached track at Charles Wright. He is ranked in the top five nationally in the master high jump. He also enjoys volleyball and claims, “I can still dunk a basketball, by golly.” He is a comic book artist and enjoys drawing.
Visit his web site
theatre. He directs the fall play and the winter musical and coaches student directors through the spring one-act show. Every Saturday, Forier leads the Challengers of the
Improv-ssible, a Charles Wright performance improv group. He brings to his work a special combination of kindness, humor and an uncanny sense of patience for developing students over time.
When he received the CWA Parent Association’s Most Inspirational Faculty Award in 2006, one parent wrote, “John has developed actors from awkward, shy, unlikely aspirers. He has pushed these kids, and he develops in his students the ability to take on challenges and risks with excitement, curiosity, humor and enjoyment.”
Forier holds a bachelors degree in fine arts from the University of Arizona. He once opened a show for Gladys Knight and the Pips as a stand-up comedian, but begs you not ask about the reviews. He also once owned Capt. Spiffy’s Superhero Emporium, a comic book shop. He says his greatest theatrical role was “Big Round” in a children’s theater production. The plot, he adds, was “something about nuclear build-up...it was the 80s.”
Forier serves as the performing arts department chair. He has also coached track at Charles Wright. He is ranked in the top five nationally in the master high jump. He also enjoys volleyball and claims, “I can still dunk a basketball, by golly.” He is a comic book artist and enjoys drawing.
Visit his web site
