Meet the Team
The Curtain Call Club
Jim Cook Jr. (President)
Jim Cook is a Woodstown High School alumni (2006), U.S. Army veteran, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Levoy Theatre (Millville, N.J.) and the Pilesgrove-Woodstown Historical Society. He also volunteers as the Assistant Director at the Woodstown High School Drama Club. Cook is the author of “The Woodstown Crier,” the only weekly news website highlighting the successes, events, and happenings of Woodstown and Pilesgrove.
Pam Chew (Vice President)
Pam Chew is A Woodstown High School alumni and an instructor at the William Roper School for children. She is the founder of the Kids Inquiry Conference (KIC), which provides opportunities for Woodstown High School students to create curricula for elementary-level students, and present science projects to the younger generations. It has been successful for more than two decades. A mother of three, her youngest son Karson starred in “Brigadoon” in 2023 at WHS.
Chuck Angelus (Treasurer)
Chuck Angelus is a Woodstown High School alumni (2003) who worked in the stage crew of many WHS Drama Club productions. He’s an elected member of the Alloway Township Committee, an Operations Captain in the Salem County Sheriff’s Department, and serves on the Salem County Information Technology Steering Committee. Angelus is the father of Juliette Angelus, who is currently performing in WHS’s fall play, “The Wizard of Oz.”
Woodstown Theatre Department
Shannon Sheridan (Director, WHS)
Mrs. Sheridan became the Drama Director at Woodstown High in 2016 when she debuted with “The Sound of Music.” She is the Director of Bands at Woodstown High & Middle School and Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School, and the Director of the award-winning Woodstown High School Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Concert Band. As a performer, has appeared on stage at the Levoy Theatre (Millville), Off Broad Street Players (Bridgeton), and has worked with Center Stage Kids at the Blue Moon Theatre (Woodstown).
Kahlil Gunther (Director of Music)
Mr. Gunther became Music Director of the Woodstown spring musical in 1996 with Big River. He currently is the Director of Music Instruction at Woodstown High, and teaches Music Theory, Music Fundamentals, Piano, and Music Technology. He is the Director of the award winning WHS Chamber Choir, Select and Concert Choirs. He is also the Director of the Salem County Oak Singers at Salem Community College.
Jennifer Arcolesse (Producer)
Ms. Arcolesse is a mathematics instructor at Woodstown High; Producer of Spring Musical since 2021; Theatre director in Millville and assistant director at Williamstown High School. Graduate of Rowan University (Masters in School Administration); University of Delaware, Stockton College; Formerly: instructed in Millville schools and Williamstown High School; administrator at Highland Regional High School, Vice Principal of Haddon Heights High School.
AngelaRae Wilson Hughes (Director, WMS)
Mrs. Hughes became the director of the Woodstown Middle School Drama Club in 2024 with the successful production of “Snow White Musicapalooza.” She is served for 15 years as a paraprofessional in Woodstown Schools, and begins as the Administrative Assistant to the Woodstown Middle School principal in 2024-2025. She has also coached sports in Woodstown schools, and is an alumni of Woodstown High School (1997) and Rowan University.
Stephanie Hill (Fall Play Advisor, WHS)
Ms. Hill has been the faculty advisor to the Woodstown Fall Play since 2021. She is an alumni of Woodstown High School and Liberty University. She is the owner and operator of Capture The Moment Photography. During her time at Woodstown, she appeared in Bye Bye Birdie, Damn Yankees, and Fiddler on the Roof. She recently advised for The Great Gatsby and Little Women.