Who We Are
Our Teachers
Lindsey Atkins has been a part of the NRACT community for half of her life. Starting as a student, Lindsey enjoys giving back as a teacher to the theatre that gave her so much. She enjoys performing as well and has been on the NRACT stage often. When not at a theatre, Lindsey teaches First Grade in Wake County Public Schools. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and volunteering at the local animal center.
LINDSEY ATKINS
Victoria Woest holds a BFA in Theatre Design and Technical Production from UNCG. She has been the Stage Manager and Lighting Designer at Forest Moon Theatre, NRACT, and Cary Players.
VICTORIA WOEST
Since 1992, Romni Rossi has appeared in over 75 theatrical productions and independent films. She has been an improv teacher in the Triangle area for over 20 years, teaching at NRACT since 2002. She is a founding member of Venus Fly Trap Comedy (2018), and a member of Raleigh’s Village Idiots Improv Troupe (1998). She performed Commedia Dell’arte with iFirenzi. Currently, she can be found singing in her band Redrum by Numbers and she just appeared in a production of The Whirling Dervish.
ROMNI ROSSI
Liam Yates is an actor, director, and writer. He studied at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, specializing in theatre education, film and radio, stage combat, and Shakespearean performance and analysis. He has worked with such local theaters as NCT, Moonlight Arts & Entertainment, and Theatre Raleigh. He is delighted to return to NRACT!
LIAM YATES
Renee Wimberley is a Triangle based actor, director, caregiver-artist advocate, and educator specializing in arts integration. She has over 35 years of experience teaching theatre arts programs in Wake County Schools, homeschool coops, and community programs such as Seed Art Share, Applause Youth Theatre, and Raleigh Little Theatre. She has worked with students at Meredith College, NC State, Barton College, William Peace University and toured with The Missoula Children’s Theatre. In 2020, she was nominated for Broadway World Regional’s Theatre Arts Educator of the Decade. Favorite local roles include Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (The Justice Theater Project), Joyce in The Sum of Us (Honest Pint Theatre), Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (RLT), and most recently The Duchess of York in Richard III (Sweet Tea Shakespeare)., BA Theatre Ed. UNCG. Her favorite humans are her husband Joe and kiddos Max, Cana, and Stella.
RENEE WIMBERLEY
Peter Comperatore has been a Wake County Theatre teacher since 2010. Peter has had 4 productions represent the State of North Carolina at the Southeastern Theatre Conference: The Yellow Boat (2016), 26 Pebbles (2019) and Ernest and the Pale Moon (2020) at Sanderson High School and Anon(ymous) (2025) at Green Hope High School. Peter has been the director and teacher of NRACT's CAST Camp since he moved to the area in 2008 and has directed several other productions at NRACT including Heathers: The Musical, First Date the Musical and Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.
PETER COMPERATORE
Emily Arbour is a voice teacher and music director with seven years of experience. As the Vocal Teaching Artist in Residence at Ravenscroft, she teaches private voice and piano, works with choral ensembles, and directs and coaches the school musicals. Emily has taught various classes at the NC Theatre Conservatory, including Acting Through Song, Vocal Technique, Music Theory, and genre-specific vocal repertoire (e.g., Legit, Belt/Contemporary, Pop/Rock/Folk). Outside of teaching, she performs with the NC Master Chorale, NC Opera, and local theatres. Emily is passionate about vocal health and helping students set goals to grow as singers and performers.
EMILY ARBOUR