ArtSpark Lead Artistic Staff
Emily Aubrey
ArtSpark Instructor
Emily Aubrey grew up in the Twin Cities, attended Concordia College and now teaches elementary music and 6th grade choir in the Fargo School district. This will be her second summer teaching ArtSpark sessions and she is excited to be singing, dancing, and acting with young thespians again! In addition to her musical pursuits, Emily enjoys baking bread, working with her church’s youth group, and spending time outdoors.
Troy Brewster
ArtSpark Instructor
Troy Brewster is originally from Warroad, MN, and holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a B.S. Degree in Elementary Education, with a specialty in Literature/Language Arts. He currently teaches 4th grade at Jefferson Elementary School in Fargo.
Troy has directed actors of all ages in high school, middle school, and elementary school settings, as well as a variety of other organizations, including 5 community theatres. He has been an Artist-in-Resident for COMPAS, and was a founding member of an improv group in his hometown. Locally, he directed The Orphan Train at FMCT, and the world premiere of two plays by local playwright David Lassig: Who Maid Who? and Barely Heirs, both at Harwood Prairie Playhouse.
Some of Brewster’s favorite acting roles have included Macaroni O’Malley in Tony and Tina’s Wedding (FMCT), Mortimer in The Fantasticks, and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
He has written and directed more than 10 original plays himself, six of which have been produced. Last summer, Brewster took part in the National Writing Project, hosted at NDSU, where he continued to work on his playwriting.
Troy and his wife Kim live in Moorhead with their four children.
Mark Seeba
ArtSpark Instructor
Mark Seeba was born in Hibbing, MN, and is the youngest of ten children. His family moved to Fargo in 1984, and he graduated from Shanley High School in 1988. He received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Moorhead State University in 1994, and began teaching the following fall at Centennial Elementary. He taught fifth grade throughout his first three years, but switched to fourth grade in the fall of 1997 and has stayed there since. In 2006, he received a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from North Dakota State University. He currently lives in North Fargo with his wife, Becky, a registered nurse in the intensive care at Sanford Hospital. They have a lively and lovable west highland terrier named Frodo. In their spare time they love to travel to places they haven’t been, and some places they loved so much they wanted to return.